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18 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 16. desember 1994
News from Florida
Three lcelandic Florida Groups Join
Together to create the Biggest Þorrablót
with Björgvin Halldórsson
and his band,
the Sveinsson sing-a-long
and
The Best Fortune Teller
In lceland —
Klara From Keflavík
Can you believe it, we are
doing it again! The three
Icelandic American Assoc-
iations in Florida are joining in hav-
ing a Þorrablót on January 28, 1995.
This will undoubtedly be the biggest
Þorrablót ever to be held in Florida.
Two music groups will.be coming
from Iceland. “Our Music Man”
Sighvatur Sveinsson and his wife
Arna, from last summer’s celebration,
and also one of the most popular
dance bands in Iceland for a quarter
of a century, Björgvin Halldórsson
and his band!
As a special treat we are bringing
in a fortune-teller from Iceland, IClara
from Keflavík. She is widely known
all over Iceland and is said to be one
of the very best. She will tell fortunes,
free of charge, for approximately 12
to 15 people at the Þorrablót.
However she will be staying in St.
Cloud with Anna and Atli for some
days before and after the Þorrablót
and will be able to tell your fortune
there, but then for a fee.
Delicious Þorrafood will be served
directly from Iceland, prepared by
our Master chefs from last year, Sísa,
her hubby Friðrik Eirflcsson and their
son, Eiríkur. Those who do not like
the Icelandic menu can get regular
American food served by the Hotel,
roast beef and/or turkey.
The Main Facts:
Event: Þorrablót
When: January 28, 1995
Where: The Howard Johnson Hotel
ip Cocoa Beach-
Hosts: The three Icelándic Amer-
ican Associations in South, Central
and North Florida.
Undoubtedly this will be the best
Þorrablót ever, and if you want to
attend you have to hurry to reserve
your tickets. The price is $35 for paid
members and $40 for.non members.
If you have not paid your dues, you
can send it along with the money for
the tickets. Dues in North and
Central Florida are $15 for families
and $10 for individuals. In South
Florida the dues are $10 per person
Gleöileg Jól
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Farsælt Komandi Ar
From the Management and Staff
of
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CIBC
Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce
Jim Sexton Manager Box 70 Gimli, Mb. R0C 1B0 Tel. 642-8521 Larry Hewlko Manager Box 490 Arborg, Mb. R0C 0A0 Tel. 376-5218
Mervin Hardy Joanne Millar Lorne Ross
Manager Manager Manager
Box 70 Box 270 Box 10
Ashern, Mb. Lundar, Mb. Stonewall, Mb.
R0C 0E0 R0C 1Y0 R0C 2Z0
Tel. 768-2727 Tel. 762-5471 Tel. 467-5551
over 18 years of age.
You have to send a reservation
with payment for the tickets to Atli
Steinarsson, 1703 Longleaf Dr., St.
Cloud, Fl. 34769 as soon as possible,
and no later than Dec. 15th. The
reservations will be taken in the
order they come on the basis of first
come first serve. There will be no
reservations by phone, since the pay-
ment has to accompany the reserva-
tion.
Registration of all people of
lcelandic origin in the U.S.A.
It has been decided to register all
persons of Icelandic origin living
in the USA.
According to the last U.S. census
in 1990, over-40 thousand people
said they were of Icelandic origin.
There is hope that it will be possible
to contact most of these people. But
in order to do so, there has to come
help from the Icelandic American
Associations all over the U.S. and the
consuls of Iceland.
Einar Benediktsson, the Icelandic
Ambassador in Washington DC, is
primus motor of this registration on
behalf of the foreign minister, Jón
Baidvin Hannibalsson.
The Icelandic govemment consid-
ers this a must, in light of the fact,
that Iceland has an agreement with
the Scandinavian countries and the
EES, and subjects from Scandinavia
and Western Europe, enjoy more
rights in Iceland than do Icelanders
and their desce.ndants now living in
the USA.
The Icelandic government is inter-
ested in changing this to the benefit
of the Western Icelanders. In order to
do that, there has to be a registration
of all those that are of Icelandic
descent. This registration has already
begun in Canada, but there has to be
a special register for the USA.
The questions will be as follows:
1) Name, date and place of birth,
position, address and telephone.
2) Name of spouse and children,
their date and place of birth, and if
they have moved from home, their
address.
3) What are the genealogical ties to
Iceland?
4) What is their status? 'Do they have
American Citizenship, a “green
card” or some other status?
5) Does one have in mind to move to
Iceland in the future ?
All this information concerns the
past, the present and the future. It is
possible that the Western Icelanders
could in the future get the same
rights, in connection with employ-
ment and social benefits in Iceland,
as do the Ecandinavians and the
Western Europeans. But, in order for
that to become a reality, the registra-
tion has to take place.
Atli Eteinarsson, 1703 Longleaf
Dr., St. Cloud, Fl. 34769, phone:
407-957-3599 and Fax: 407-957-
4068, is going to make the registry.
He asks all those who read this to
give him all the help and information
he needs and fill out the forms which
will be available with every Icelandic
American Association and Icelandic
consuls.
Let us join together and make the
Registry of Icelanders in the USA a
complete document that will astonish
Icelanders living in Iceland. They do
not realize how many people of
Icelandic descent or origin are in the
USA.
This will not be done unless we all
help. Contact your Icelandic Amer-
ican Association and get a form to fill
out.
Courtesy Landinn Newsletter, Florída
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