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Summer Scandinavian News and Events 2009
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Hi All – See below (more detail on these events further below) on these events and activities occurring that you might be interested in:
New - Scandinavian Foods in Austin: Timothy's Scandinavian Treats - http://www.timothyssc...  Scholarships for Study in Sweden May 8 (Fri) - Scandinavian Club Meeting - Scandinavian Foods and Letters May 8 (Fri) through May 16 (Sat) - Chamber Music Festival In Fayetteville, Texas with Swedish May 10 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander May 17 (Sun) - Sons of Norway Meeting - Syttende Mai Cookout/Parade May 17 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander May 31 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander June 18 (Thurs) - Mid-Summer Celebration in Elgin June 23d (Tues) – St. Hans / Midsummers Celebration in Austin June 23-28 - Mamma Mia! in Austin June 28 (Sun) - Texas Swedish Pioneer Association Meeting Scandinavian Businesses in Austin Scandinavian Groups in Austin Ongoing - Swedish Language Instruction Ongoing - Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Classes at the University of Texas Ongoing – Austin Scandinavian Dancing Ongoing – Floorball New Scandinavian Foods in Austin: Timothy's Scandinavian Treats - http://www.timothyssc... ====================================== ==================From Timothy Mattison: I was wondering if I might add my Scandinavian food business here in Austin to your newsletter. You can find more information about Timothy's Scandinavian Treats at http://www.timothyssc... . Best Regards, Timothy Mattison, Owner/Proprietor Timothy's Scandinavian Treats (512) 698-0417 and elijahscome@yahoo.com Scholarships for Study in Sweden ========================== From Carrin Patman: If you go to UT and are interested in studying in scholarship information on studying in Sweden there is a UT Swedish Excellence Endowment at UT. The Swedish Excellence Endowment offers aid to University of Texas students who study in Sweden. Applicants from all academic disciplines may apply. The scholarship can be used for study or research in any academic field. Knowledge of Swedish is not required. For more information contact Study Abroad Advisor Laura Bayne at 471-8855, laura@austin.utexas.edu or Jesse Damon at 471-0209, jdamon@austin.utexas.edu. You may apply on line at http://www.utexas.edu... May 8 (Fri) - Scandinavian Club Meeting - Scandinavian Foods and Letters ====================================== ===From Marlene Bartlett: Program will include members describing their favorite Scandinavian foods and sharing samples. Letters from early immigrants will also be read. The Austin Scandinavian Club meets 7:00 pm at Gethsemane Lutheran Church @ 200 W Anderson. For more information contact: marlene.bartlett@sbcglobal.net May 8 (Fri) through May 16 (Sat) - Chamber Music Festival In Fayetteville, Texas with Swedish Artistic Director Håkan Rosengren ====================================== =========================================From Elisabeth Kihlberg: Håkan Rosengren, Artistic Director, is a Swedish citizen, a music professor in California, and also a member of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce of Texas. Third Annual Festival will be May 8 through 16, 2009 in historic, downtown Fayetteville, Texas. Repertoire will include: music by Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Janacek, Dvorak, Martinu, Berwald and others. http://www.fayettevil... May 10 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander ====================================== ====================Kenneth Branagh stars as complex detective Kurt Wallander, fighting crime and his own demons. Based on the books by best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell, Wallander was filmed in rarely seen locations in southern Sweden. http://www.pbs.org/wg... May 17 (Sun) - Sons of Norway Meeting - Syttende Mai Cookout/Parade ====================================== ===From the Sons of Norway –Norwegians traditionally celebrate Syttende Mai (Constituion Day) with a children’s parade—a crowd of excited children marching through the streets waving flags, singing songs, and bringing good cheer to the day. This year’s Austin Syttende Mai Celebration is at Walnut Creek Park on Sunday, May 17th! For more information go to: www.clengpeerson.org May 17 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander ====================================== ====================Kenneth Branagh stars as complex detective Kurt Wallander, fighting crime and his own demons. Based on the books by best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell, Wallander was filmed in rarely seen locations in southern Sweden. http://www.pbs.org/wg... May 31 (Sun) - 9:00 pm - PBS Masterpiece Mystery plays Sweden’s: Wallander ====================================== ====================Kenneth Branagh stars as complex detective Kurt Wallander, fighting crime and his own demons. Based on the books by best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell, Wallander was filmed in rarely seen locations in southern Sweden. http://www.pbs.org/wg... June 18 (Thurs) - Mid-Summer Celebration in Elgin ====================================== ======The Swedish Association of Elgin and vicinity has set Thursday, June 18 for its 63rd mid-summer celebration at the SPJST Hall in Elgin. The social-fellowship hour is from 5:00 to 7:00 pm with viewing of the silent auction at this time also. At 6:30 pm, a chicken fried steak dinner will be served. Cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children 10 and under. The featured entertainer will again be Chris Rybak and his accordion. Call Leland Lundgren (512-278-0691) about tickets. June 23d (Tues) – St. Hans / Midsummers Celebration in Austin ====================================== ========From Kay Knutsen: Join us for our annual Scandinavian boat excursion on LadyBird Lake for St. Hans on June 23rd. This event is open to all Scandinavian groups and interested people and is being organized by the Norwegian Society of Texas. For more information on the boat, we'll be on: www.LoneStarRiverBoat.com To rsvp contact: kayknutsen1@hotmail.com June 23-28 - Mamma Mia! in Austin ============================ Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA! June 23 - 28, 2009 at Bass Concert Hall, Price: $21.50 - $65.50 |
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June 28 (Sun) - Texas Swedish Pioneer Association Meeting
====================================== ===============The Texas Swedish Pioneer Association will meet June 28 at the Palm Valley Lutheran Church, 2500 Palm Valley Blvd., Round Rock at 2:30 pm. This will be the 92nd annual meeting of this organization, which was begun in 1917 to observe the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first large group of 100 immigrants to Texas from Småland, Sweden, 142 years ago, in 1867. S. M. Swenson, the first Swede to arrive in Texas in 1838 is also honored. He was responsible for bringing so many Swedish people to Texas. Both countries benefited from his efforts - Texas needed people to live on and farm the land; Sweden was overpopulated and was having crop failures. Swenson paid the passage of his former neighbors and family to come; then, they worked for a year or so on Swenson farm/ranch land to repay their debt. Many of our ancestors arrived here in Texas in this manner. We have so much of which to be proud of these courageous people who are mainly responsible for our being proud Texans. The meeting starts with an organ music by Dr. Ellsworth Peterson; then, we will have a program of music and history followed by refreshments in the Church Hall. Jean Sellstrom, says, “Please come. Välkommen Alla!!” Scandinavian Businesses in Austin ================================== Timothy’s Scandinavian Treats (www.timothysscandinaviantreats.com) - Scandinavian Food Copenhagen Furniture ( www.copenhagenliving.com ) - Contemporary Furniture and Accessories Ikea ( www.ikea.com ) - Furniture Roger Beasley Volvo ( www.volvoaustin.com ) - Swedish Autos Skandinavia ( www.skandinaviatexas.com ) - Scandinavian Furniture BoConcept ( www.boconcept.com ) - Danish Furniture Hästens ( www.hastens.com/en-us ) - Swedish Beds Tehuacana Creek Vineyards ( www.wacowinery.com ) - Swedish Winery in Texas (***To have a business added to this list, e-mail back the following: name of business / website / 1-7 word description of type of business. Needs to have an affiliation to Scandinavia.) Scandinavian Groups in Austin ================================== American-Scandinavian Foundation Texas Associates - www.asftexas.com Danish Rebild Society – contact Marlys Tjossem at 512-243-1843 Danish Club of Austin - www.dkaustin.org Friends of Finland - contact Tiina Tapia at tiinatapia@yahoo.com Friends of Iceland - contact Maja Nipper at ammamaja78727@yahoo.com VASA (Swedish) – contact Donna Olson at donnaolson@austin.rr.com Sons of Norway - www.clengpeerson.org Norwegian Society of Texas - www.norwegiansocietytexas.org Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce ( www.sacctx.com ); contact Anders Nilsson at ASwedishAmerican@aol.com SWEA-Austin Chapter (Swedish Women’s Educational Association - www.chapters-swea.org/austin/ – contact Elisabeth Kihlberg at kihlberg@mail.utexas.edu Austin Scandinavian Club - contact Leland Lundgren at llundgren@austin.rr.com Austin Scandinavian Languages Meetup Group - http://scandinavian.m... (***To have a group added to this list, e-mail back the following: name of group / website. Needs to have an affiliation to Scandinavia.) Ongoing - Swedish Language Instruction ====================================== ====================== ==From Karin Carlson: Contact me at 657-5080 or e-mail me at sheenaqueena@yahoo.com if you would like more information on Swedish Language Instruction. Välkommen! Ongoing - Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Classes at the University of Texas ====================================== ========================From Kit Belgum: Did you know that UT offers language instruction in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as well as numerous courses each semester (taught in English) on various aspects of Scandinavian culture and literature? Please pass this along to any UT students you know!! You can fulfill your language requirement with either Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish in just one year by starting with the DAN 604, NOR 60, or SWE 604 in fall and finishing with DAN 612, NOR 612, or SWE 612 in the spring. Check the web site of Germanic Studies for more information about these and other Scandinavian (SCA) courses at: http://www.utexas.edu... Ongoing – Austin Scandinavian Dancing ================================= Austin Scandinavian Dancing: Join us every Thursday for fun turning dances from Norway and Sweden. Each evening begins with a focus session at 7:30 to work on particular skills or dances, followed at 8:00 by lots of dancing, including regional polskor and hambo from Sweden, springar and pols from Norway, and gammaldans (vals, schottis, snoa). Some couple dance experience is helpful and we welcome the opportunity to share these dances with anyone who comes regularly and wants to participate. Remember to wear slick-soled shoes to make turning easier. You do not need to bring a partner, as we share partners throughout the evening. When: Thursday evenings, focus session 7:30 – 8:00 pm, open dancing 8:00 – 9:45 pm Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church's Howson Hall, 4700 Grover (in central Austin, near Lamar and 45th) Cost: $3 suggested donation. For more information call 454-0598 or 453-9633 or visit: www.austinscandi.org Ongoing – Floorball ================== From Jeff Morris: We have a floorball club in Austin that I’m trying to promote. I know floorball is popular in Scandinavia, if it’s possible to list our club in your newsletter or website I’d appreciate it. Here are the details: Austin Floorball Club - Floorball is a fast paced team sport that is simply described as a safe version of floor hockey. It is played indoors on foot using lightweight plastic sticks and a whiffle ball. The rules are easy to learn and there is no physical contact. It's a great coed game and it's very addictive. A basic floorball stick is provided; all you need to bring is a pair of sneakers. Info at www.austinfloorball.com , or email Jeff Morris at austin_floorball@yahoo.com About the American-Scandinavian Foundation =================================== Visit: www.amscan.org and www.asfta.org About this American-Scandinavian Foundation Texas Associates e-mail list ====================================== ======================E-mail nik@triand.com if... You know of someone who would like to be on this e-mail list. You know of a Scandinavian event that you would like listed on the events e-mail You no longer need to be on this e-mail list. |
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