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Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Qupperneq 7

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Qupperneq 7
Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur. 11. september -1992 • 7 The Gift of Music Two young lads who have a gift for playing music are Grant and Ryan Sigurdson from Edmon- ton, Alberta. They are by no means strangers to Manitoba where they have visited in the Interlake most every summer with their parents, Shireley (Thorsteinson) and Solli Sigurdson. One could say that they come by their talent honestly from both parents who themselves have played instruments and sang songs. Solli’s record of songs he wrote and sang mostly about Lake Winnipeg fishermen, is still played by many in this area and elsewhere. The brothers Grant, seventeen, and Ryan fourteen, are best known for playing the violin. Both began taking lessons on that instrument at age three. But their musical abilities also extend to the piano, wind instruments and singing. Grant is at the Grade 8 level for piano, taking examinations for this and violin from the Western Board of Music main office location at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Attending a music school in Courteuay B.C. summer of 1990, also assisted Grant with his musical studies. He has played the Oboe for 4 years in his school band and has taken part in a musical put on by a community group where he played the fiddler in “Fiddler on the Roof’. Grant is a member of the Pagliacci String Quartet. This group is often asked to play at receptions and i í The lcelandic National League of North America Part Time Contract for Executive Secretary Position (October through May) — 15 hours per week The Board of Directors of the lcelandic National League will require the ser- vices of an Executive Secretary on a part-time basis to perform duties relat- ing to the headquarters office in Winnipeg. The Executive Secretary will be responsible for overall office and sec- retarial functions in serving the Board of Directors. Good typing skills; good communication - both telephone and written; knowledge of the lcelandic communities an asset. Applications should be postmarked no laterthan September 18, 1992. Please forward your application and resumé to: The Selection Committee lcelandic National League Headquarters 699 Carter Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba church functions. Both Grant and Ryan play the vio- lin in the Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Grant now for 6 years and Ryan for 2 years. This is a full symphony orches- tra of 80 members. Last year they toured England and Wales with this orchestra giving 10 performances in 17 days. Grant has also toured eastem Canada with this same orchestra. Besides the violin, Ryan is also working on Grade 8 piano and plays the trombone in his school band. This year he attained the highest award for trombone in Grade 9 at his school, Riverbend Junior High. He also took a singing role in “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, a musical at the Teen Festival with the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. He also pians on joining the choir of students from Edmonton Public Schools for Senior High this fall. Music does not take up the total focus for either Grant or Ryan. They devote as much energy into their aca- demic studies and have maintained a high standard in their grades. Ryan attained highest marks for Grade 9 this year and is going into the Intemational Baccalaureate program for Senior High this fall. Grant has just graduated from this same pro- gram, coming out of Grade XII in the top 2% of 850 graduates. This high school has the largest enrollment for a Senior High in Western Canada. Grant will be going to the University Vancouver’s Swedish Press is a survivor by Alyn Edwards, Western Correspondent, Canadian Scene At one time, there were more than 2,000 Swedish language magazines and newspapers published in North America. Now, there are five and only one of them has survived in Canada. It is called the Swedish Press — Nya Svenska Pressen — and it has been published in Vancouver since 1930. The current owner, Anders Neumueller, is among those who are surprised his magazine has endured when better-known Swedish publi- cations in North America have fold- ed. Neumueller bought Swedish Press six years ago when circulation was down to a mere 700 copies. He changed the format from a broad- sheet to a magazine which publishes monthly. Circulation has now grown to 7,000 with more than half the copies going to the United States. Several hundred copies are shipped to Sweden for distribution every month. Neumueller believes his ethnic magazine survives because every- thing in it is read completely, from Ryan and Grant Sigurdson Alberta taking Science but has also signed up to study violin for his arts option, with the academy strings orchestra. At this time neither Grant or Ryan see themselves pursuing a lifelong career in music none-the-less, they maintain a keen interest in classical music, as well as, the songs from the Broadway Musicals. But as we who have heard them play, know that they can also come up with some fine Old Time music. Over the years they have most graciously played for functions for Icelandic National League, the Gimli Icelandic Festival, The R.M. of Gimli Centennial function, Riverton Reunion Days and family gatherings at Hnausa where they also play for dances. It has also become a tradition that they play for the residents at Betel in Gimli while here on their summer the news stories to the advertise- ments. Four out of five subscribers save every copy and often reread them. Neumueller produces the maga- zine in his Vancouver townhouse with his wife as co-publisher. summer holidays. They see it as part of summer to come and visit their Amma Veiga Thorsteinson of Husavick and their Afi Stefan Sigurdson of Riverton, as well as many other relatives in the area. They are both keenly aware of their heritage. Four years ago they travelled to Iceland with their parents and Amma Veiga. Grant has studied Icelandic offered at evening classes in Edmonton. On July 12, 1992, they participated in the ceremony marking their forefather’s farm “Holmi” as belonging to the family for 100 years. There they played classical music found in a box that was their great grandfather Oli Thorsteinson’s music. They will be taking this music home and playing the selections known and taught to many a student at the Thorsteinson home. But on arrival home in Edmonton, they will firstly join their colleagues in the Edmonton Youth Orchestra to play for the Opening Ceremony of the new Edmonton City Hall where it is expected that 50,000 people will attend. For us in the Interlake, we will look forward to their retum next sum- lcelandic Courses at University Of Manitoba: 12.090. Introductory Icelandic. General. Fall and spring semesters. Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30-10:30. 12.121. Intemediate Icelandic. General. Fall and spring semesters. Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:30-11:30. 12.333. Icelandic Sagas in Dranslation. General. Fall semester. Classes: Tuesday evening 7:00-10:00. 12.231. Introduction to Old Icelandic. Honours. Fall and spring semes- ters. Classes; Tuesday 10:00-12:00 and Thursday 10:00-11:00. 12.443. Icelandic Children’s Literature. Honours. Spring semester. Classes: To be announced. 12.704 Advanced Icelandic. Graduate. Fall and spring semesters. Classes: To be announced. 12.705. Individual Modem Authors. Graduate. Fall and spring semes- ters. Classes: To be announced. For more information, please contact: Department of Icelandic, University of Manitoba University College 372, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Phone: 474-9551

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