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Mieskuoro Huutajat (Men's Choir Shouters) is an internationally famous shoutingchoir fromOulu,Finland. They were established in 1987 and originally comprised 20 shouting men, since expanded to 30.
Led by conductorPetri Sirviö [fi], the choir is best known for their loud renditions of Finnish patriotic songs, but have also performed foreign tunes such asThe Star-Spangled Banner.[1][2]
They were guest performers atCongratulations, a special 50th anniversary concert for theEurovision Song Contest held inCopenhagen,Denmark in October 2005, at which they performedWaterloo. Co-hostRenars Kaupers suggested jokingly that perhaps Finland's notoriously poor performances at Eurovision in future could be remedied by the choir performing their own songs. This suggestion was somewhat ironic, as Finland won thesubsequent contest.
The performances show some similarities to the traditionalMāori'shaka war cries.
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| Directed by | Mika Ronkainen |
| Produced by | Kimmo Paananen |
| Cinematography | Vesa Taipaleenmäki |
| Edited by | Pernille Bech Christensen |
| Music by | Olli Tuomainen,Petri Sirviö [fi] |
| Distributed by | Trust Film Sales |
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Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | Finland |
| Languages | Finnish,English |
The choir was portrayed in a documentary filmScreaming Men,[3] released in 2003, directed byMika Ronkainen.
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