Lögberg-Heimskringla - 22.03.1985, Side 3

WINNIPEG, FOSTUDAGUR 22. MARZ 1985-2
Whatever Happened to:
The Dutch woman, her Icelandic
horse, dog, and covered wagon
During the spring of '83 a young
Dutch woman named Joyce Mancini
embarked on a journey across the
prairies by covered wagon, to
photograph the Canadian people and
the landscape. Pictures taken on the
trip would later provide Joyce with
material for her sketches and oil
paintings.
Many of us met Joyce at Susan
Hodgson's farm, where she stayed
while waiting for her Icelandic horse
to come out of quarantine.
Joyce had built the 600 kilogram
(1300 pound) wagon herself and it
was neatly designed to house not on-
ly her basic needs, but to carry her
artist's supplies and the necessary
equipment to ensure proper
maintenance for horse, dog and
wagon. Her past work experience as
a veterinarian's assistant, a hospital
worker and a foreign language
translator in a Dutch Bank, proved to
be good training for the trip.
All the principles in this saga, came
to Canada in a half cargo, half
passenger KLM flight, which permit-
ted passenger to check on the living
cargo during the trip.
Joyce engaged a transport company
to take her from Susan's farm to
Brandon, Manitoba, and it was from
this point that the journey began for
Joyce, her Iceland horse Loa and a
German shepherd dog named Kazan.
The prairie crossing was a success.
Joyce saw the broad horizons she
sought for inspiration to her artistic
talents. She was rriet with great en-
thusiasm and congeniality along the
way where passersby accompanied
her caravan to learn her destination
and reason for the journey.
Alberta was Joyce’s final destina-
tion, which put her in touch with
some other Iceland horse owners,
among whom was our president,
Robyn Hood.
Before returning to Holland, Joyce
decided to sell her wagon and horse.
Loa was ridden at Equitana in
Calgary this past summer and may be
seen at Robyn's farm whérh; her
owner boards her. She is soníetímes
driven to a breaking cart.
The whereabouts of the wagon are
unknown, but suffice it to say that
somewhere in Alberta it travels the
back roads.
Someday we may get a glimpse of
Joyce's final artistry, showing the
wide-open spaces she found so
fascinating and in contrast to her own
country of tidy corners and contain-
ed spaces. I.C.H.F.
The Icelandic Canadian
Club of Toronto News
The Icelandic Canadian Club of
Toronto met on Saturday evening last
January 19. The weather was
atrocious — snowing and blowing —
so our attendance was not the one
hundred and fifty to two hundred
that we usually have for our
Þorrablót, but only just over one hun-
dred. As a consequence, there was a
surplus of the óelectablej^pod
prepared by our hardworking- lady
members. However, the ladies solv-
ed that problem by selling the surplus
delicacies so none were wasted.
The National Icelandic
League "Bruin" Chapter
The National Icelandic League
''Bruin” chapter of Selkirk hosted the
Betel birthday party for residents
having birthdays in January. This
was held on January 20th and is an
annual event for the chapter.
Residents celebrating birthday are
as follows: Victoria Wakefield, Lena
Stefanson, Dora Goodman, Anthony
Zastawny, Leifi Skagfjord, and Mar-
tha Skagfjord.
The entertainment was a group of
very talented people called "The
Family Spectrum." This is a family
of entertainers from Rosenort,
Manitoba.
The chapter will be having a "First
Day of Summer" concert on April 18,
in the Lutheran Hall. There will be
entertainment, ethnic foods and a raf-
fle of three handmade Icelandic
items. The raffle for the purpose of
raising money for bursaries.
On top of all the great food, we
were entertained with dance music
so we could ''trip the light fantastic''
into the wee hours.
Our next meeting is scheduled for
Monday, March 18th, at the North
York Memorial Hall, 5090 Yonge St.
The speaker of the evening was to be
Helga Stephenson and her topic "The
Festival of Festivals", held annually
at Cannes, France. However, she has
to be in Los Angeles on that date so
she will have to postpone.
However, we were able to obtain
two films that should be of real in-
terest to our members for their view-
ing pleasure on March 18.
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