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The news page also features links to previous years activities, going all the way back to 2004. So, take a 'tour' of our wonderful journeys and events and documentation in photos and videos. </font></p> <a name="archive"> </a> <h4 align=left><font style="COLOR: #000066; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Film and Video Archives: </b> </font></h4> <p> The <font style="COLOR: #9f0000; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>LB Spindulys Film and Video Archive Project </b></font> representing the collected films and videos from the <b>Paulius Jasiukonis Estate</b> has now been digitized in video and audio files. <font style="COLOR: #666600; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Spindulys</b></font> intends to continue the work of <i>making the archive material available</i> to the general public and for further edited publications, viewing and studies by academics, historians, and future generations. <p>For information how you can support, utilize, and continue this project contact <a href="mailto:spindulys@aol.com" target="_blank"><b>Danguole R. Varniene</b></a>. </p> <p align=left> <font style="COLOR: #220000; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <p>Also visit <b><a href="perf_archive.htm">performance photo-video archive</a></b> for more photos and videos of past events.</p> </font> <h5 align="center"><font style="COLOR: #000066; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Gifts of lasting music and dance</b></font></h5> <table border=0 width=700 align=center> <tr valign="top"> <td> <font style="COLOR: #220000; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <p align=left>Lithuanian children's <b>musical videos and DVD</b> and other exciting products are available via mail order or on-line purchase at the <a href="order_f.htm"><b><i><font color="#777700">Spindulys Store</font></i></b></a>.</p> <center> <table border=0 height=80 width=581> <tr> <td valign=top width=140 height=80> <a href="order_f.htm" target=_blank> <img src="images/z-ziogai.gif" height=80 width=126 hspace=7 vspace=0 alt="Musu muzikantai! - click for STORE!" border=0></a> </td> <td valign=center width=431 height=80> <font style="COLOR: #990000; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> < <b>Visit our on-line store<br> for children's musical DVD<br> and historical book on Spinduys</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <br> <a name="background"> </a> <h4 align="left"><font style="COLOR: #000066; FONT: 10pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Historical Background</b></font></h4> <a href="ona_razu.htm" target="main"> <img src="images/t-dangonanew.jpg" height="208" width="142" alt="Ona Razutiene ir Danguole Razutyte - Varnas - LINK to ONA RAZUTIENE KNYGA (BOOK)" border="0" align="left" hspace="12" vspace="10"></a> <p align="left"> <i><b><font style="COLOR: #888800"; FONT: 11pt verdana">SPINDULYS</font></b></i> is under the direction of <b>Danguole R. Varnas.</b>&nbsp; It's origins can be traced to 1949, when <b>Ona Razutiene</b>, a Lithuanian immigrant, founded the first Lithuanian folk song and dance group in Los Angeles.&nbsp; This original group continued to thrive and grow, and in 1977 was re-named <b>'SPINDULYS'</b>. The complete history is available (in Lithuanian) as a <a href="ona_razu.htm" target="main"><b>Historical Book</b></a>.</p> <p>Additional historical photos, videos and being collected in the current <a href="#archive"><b>Film Archive Project</b></a>. <p align="Left"> In the past decades, <font color="#777700"><i><b>SPINDULYS</b> </i></font> has distinguished itself in numerous performances at local and international song and <a href="perf_archive.htm"><b>folk dance festivals</b></a> around the world.</p> <center> <br> <a href="mailto:spindulys@aol.com" ><img src="images/emailbut2.gif" width="122" height="26" alt="E-Mail Spindulys - D. 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