Languadaign Concert

Languadaign Concert (also known as LLLanguadaign, Live Listening Concert: Languadaign and Griffin WLSC 205 Pre-party) was the live concert to honour Griffin national holiday - Language Day, as well as a television special where Griffin entry for the Waiting List Song Contest 205 was revealed. The show was broadcasted in Griffin Empire, Utopolis and Tanoiro.

Language Day
Since Griffin Empire is extremely irreligious country and the national religion is considered more as a philosophy than religion, there are no classically religious holidays, thus celebrations of virtues and philosophical concepts such as love, humility and responsibility are more common. Language Day (Griffin: Languadaign; Old Griffin: Ląńgüądágn), is a national holiday of Griffin Empire taking place on 20 September each year. The general objectives of the Language Day are to promote preservation and protection of the Griffin language, its dialects and all historical versions, but also to promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Griffin Empire and encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school.

On this day, a range of events are organised across the country, including those for children, television and radio programmes, language classes and conferences. Grand parades and concerts at the end of the day are common throughout the country, with large parties both indoors and outdoors following these events.

Celebration
After the whole day of different activities for children and grownups, the day was concluded with a grand parade and a concert. The parade passed down the Saint Belviederhee Avenue from the Gimgildahe Tere Square to the Kapii ot võitjating where the Empress, President, his government and foreign ambassadors to Griffin Empire stood. It proceeded to the Nýtkapii Tere down the Karl Korý Avenue. Overall length of the route was 7.4 kilometers.

Main concert was held at the Nýtkapii Tere Square and it was divided into two parts: first part involved 16 Griffin artists who sang their songs in Griffin language and the second part with various Natian artists that sang their songs in their national languages. The first part included Grifing song presentation for the Waiting List Song Contest 205. Around 105,000 people gathered to celebrate the Language Day on the streets of Kralingslæting with around 35,000 attending the concert itself.

Location
Nýtkapii Tere is a square in the Scirq District of Kralingslæting. Rectangular in shape, it follows in its length the orientation of the avenues Saint Belviederhee and Karl Korý.

Nýtkapii (literally New Gate), is a monument and building in the business district of Scirq and in the municipaliyt of Nýtsit, in Kralingslæting. Unlike its inspiration (Kapii ot võitjating), it is a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military victories. Nýtkapii is in the approximate shape of a cube with a width, height and depth of 110 m; it has been suggested that the structure looks like a hypercube (a tesseract) projected onto the three-dimensional world. It has a prestressed concrete frame covered with glass and is covered in Bethel Granite and was built by the Griffin civil engineering company PHKZ. The two sides of the Kapii house government offices. The roof section features panoramic views of the city and includes a restaurant and an exhibition area dedicated to photojournalism.

Jaagup Tuisk
Jaagup Tuisk is a young Griffin pop musician and actor from Kralingslæting. Relatively new to the Griffin scene, he gained massive popularity and following with his debut song "Beautiful Lie" which he wrote and produced himself. He plays piano, guitar, drum and trombone. Jaagup Tuisk finished Laagri Primary School, Gustav Adolf Gymnasium and currently is studying acting in the Kaari Sillamaa Musical Theater.

For his follow-up release, Jaagup Tuisk is offering up something completely different in the form of “miinusprojekt” — an electronic Griffin-language number with an urban flair. GTV explains that the lyrics were written by Tuisk himself, telling a story about communication and wrong decisions. The video features the talking car Kitt, from David Hasselhoff’s 1980’s TV show Knight Rider.

Reception and result at the Waiting List Song Contest
The concert was mostly praised both in Griffin Empire and outside its borders with some political parties already started protesting about the money spent. The song "miinusprojekt" recieved mixed reviews, but nevertheless debuted at number 3 on Griffin Charts. Utopolis Today in their review cocluded that "no expenses were spared, sh*t was lavish. Jaagup is going for the win it seems". At the 205th Waiting List Song Contest in Solentoya, Jaagup finished 6th with 67 points. This was 4th consecutive time that Griffin Empire placed inside the top 10.