Imatra is celebrating this week with traditional benches and old people's dances

The Abie festival will be celebrated this week on Thursday, when students in their final year at Imatra High School and IB High School will enjoy themselves before preparing for their exams. 

On Thursday, February 5, due to the start of the school buses, the student drop-off lane along Tainionkoskentie next to the Mansikkala School Center will be closed to other traffic. The parking lots on the edge of Karjaportinkatu and Ruokosuonkatu will also be out of use from 6 a.m. until noon. 

Bench car schedule on Thursday 5.2. 

In Imatra, four bench cars will set off from the yard of the Imatra Sports Hall at 11:55 a.m. The cars will circle the Mansikkala School Center twice.  

Cars 1–4: departure at 12:10 to Koski School Center 

Route: Mansikkala School Center—Imatrankoski—Koski School Center 

• Arrival at the Koski school center at 12.20:XNUMX. The trucks will circle the school center twice. 

Car 1: departure at 12:30 to Ruokolahti School Center 

The route runs along the Vuoksi River first to Vuoksenniska and then to Ruokolahti. 

• Arrival at Ruokolahti at 13 pm. 

Car 2: 12:30 p.m. Departure to Vuoksenniska School Center. 

The route runs along Vuoksi River behind truck 1, turns left at the Biovuoksi traffic lights and continues up towards the school. 

• 12.45:XNUMX pm arrival at Vuoksenniska School Center 

Car 3 to Imatrankoski and Meltola daycare centers. 

• at 12.30:XNUMX p.m. Koski School Center—Imatrankoski Kindergarten 

• 12.40:XNUMX pm arrival at Imatrankoski kindergarten 

• 12.45:XNUMX pm departure towards Meltola kindergarten 

• 13 pm arrival at Meltola kindergarten 

Car 4 to Korvenkylä kindergarten 

• at 12.30:XNUMX Koski School Center—Korvenkylä 

• 12.50:XNUMX pm arrival at Korvenkylä kindergarten 

• at 13.05 departure from Korvenkylä towards Mansikkala school centre via Imatrankoski or Mansikkala shops 

Old people's dances for the public on Friday 6.2. at the Imatra Sports Hall at 18 pm 

On Friday, February 6th at 9:30 a.m., the second-year upper secondary school students will first dance for the people of the Mansikkala school center at the sports hall. After that, the students and staff of the Koski, Vuoksenniska and Ruokolahti school centers will also be able to enjoy the old-timers' dances. 

A performance of old dances, open to everyone, will be held at the Imatra Sports Hall on Friday at 18 pm. 

Spectators can purchase a voluntary handout for the event for five euros. Payment methods include cash, card or MobilePay. The entire proceeds from the sale of the handouts will be used to cover the event costs of the Dancing Old Men's Senior Year and the activities of the Imatra High School Student Union. 

For more information: 

principal Johanna Ovaska, Imatra joint high school, johanna.ovaskaimatra.fi (johanna[dot]ovaska[at]imatra[dot]fi), tel. 020 617 5813 

Deputy Principal Kristiina Heikura, Imatra High School, kristiina.heikuraimatra.fi (kristiina[dot]heikura[at]imatra[dot]fi), tel. 020 617 5727