VIJA VETRA PERFORMANCE DRAWS RAVES.

On December 12th, a luminous event took place in the Community Room.
Vija Vetra shared her beauty and dance with an audience of more than 60 people most of whom
were Westbethians, but many were her Latvian countryman where Vija Vetra is now a legend.
Vija Vetra was celebrating her 90th birthday. First she was celebrated in Riga on her Jubelee.

And on the night of the 12th Vija celebrated with her Westbeth community and created a rich program
beginning with a live performance dedicated to deceased Westbethians. She was accompanied by
Susan Schweitzer on the flute and Pawnee Sills reading a poem. It was magical. This was followed
by a 6 minute edited video of Vija Vetra dancing, clips from youth to the present dancing in the great
halls of Europe, enthralling an entire continent in India with her Indian dancing.

That evening I understood that we have a National Treasure in Westbeth. Lilly Rivlin