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Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 24. febrúar 1995 • 7
Sat., Feb. 25
Winnípeg
Sat., Feb. 25
Califomia
Sat., Mar. 4
New York
Sat., Mar. 4
Brandon
Mon., Mar. 6
Wínnipeg
Tues., Mar. 7
Wínnipeg
Sat., Mar. 18
Winnipeg
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Frón Þorrablót - at the Scandinavían Cultural Center, 764 Erin Street.
Join us for dinner, a little drama, choír music and other festivities.
Cocktails 6pm, dinner 7pm. Contact Hallthor at 955-9806.
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Los Angeles Þorrablót,- at the Latvian Community Center in southem
Califomia. Look forward to Icelandic food & Icelandic entertaínment!
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New York Þorrablót - at the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Hotel in Whíte
Plaíns, NY. Great Icelandic & American food wíth dancing & revelry.
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Þorrablót - at Brandon University. Entertainment, dancing & Ice-
Iandic food. Tickets: Beth Sigurdson 728-3977.
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Lecture: "Waiting for Passage; Júlíana Jónsdóttir & the emergence of
Women’s Poetry ín Iceland’’ by Prof. Helga Kress, Univ. of Iceland,
7:30pm in the Senior Common Room, Univ. College, UofM. Free
Admission, Free Parking, Reception following. Sponsored by Dept.
of Ice. Language & Literature. RSVP by Thurs. Mar. 2 to 474-9551.
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Colloquium: "Míghty Maidens: Gender as athe source of narration in
the Sagas’’ by Prof. Helga Kress, Univ. of Iceland, 3 - 4:30pm in the
Univ. College Private Díning Room, UofM.
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Annual Bridge & Whist Luncheon - byjón Sigurðsson Chapter IODE
Lunch served at 12 noon, followed by card playing. Adm. $6.
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Sun., Mar. 19 Sledding Party - at Grandin Park Plaza Hills, St. Albert. (Altemate
Edmonton date Mar. 26). Afterwards hot dogs and hot chocolate at Líon's Park.
Directions & further details contactjudith or Sarajonsson 459-2291.
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Sat., Mar. 25 Þorrablót Dinner & Dance - doors open 6pm, dinner 7pm. Sponsored
Brandon by Esján Chapter INL at Arborg Community Hall. Musíc by 4D's,
Alice Catering. Adults $20., children under 12 $10.
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Tues., Meir. 28 I.C.C.T. Meeting - "The Viking Regiment” - 8pm. Joe Martin talks
Toronto about the 1,000 Icelandic-Canadians who served during World War
I; he focuses specifically on those who enlisted from the Lögberg
settlement. Pleasant View Library, 575 Van Home Ave., North York.
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Mon., Apr. 10 Iceland Day - at World Curlíng '95. Icelandic food and entertainment
Brandon featured all day. For more info. call Bob Isleifson 727-6441.
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Thurs., Apr. 13 Sólskin Easter Party - 2:00 p.m. at Höfn, Icelandic Care Home,
Vancouver Vancouver, B.C.
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Tues., Apr. 18 I.C.C.T. Meeting - “Organic Iceland’’ - 8pm - Donna Messer, State of
Toronto Illinois Dept. of Agriculture will talk about something new coming to
Iceland - by the year 2000 the production of food will be exclusively
organic - at Pleasant View Library, 575 Van Horne Ave., N. York
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Tannlæknir
“Ó, ó, ég er með tannpínu,
ég er meö svo mikla tannpínu,”
sagöi Árni.
“Ég finn svo mikið til.
Ég vil fara til tann-læknis.”
Jæja, viltu þaö?” sagöi mamma.
"Þú vildir ekki fara um daginn.”
“Nei, en þaö var ekki svona sárt þá.
Ég vil fara strax til lækins.”
“Ágætt, komum þá," sagöi mamma.
Dentist
“Oh, oh, I have toothache,
I have such a bad toothache,”
said Arni.
"It hurts so much.
"I want to see the dentist.”
"Well, you want to?” said mother.
“You did not want to go the other day.
"No, but it did not hurt so much then.
I want to see the dentist right away.”
“Good, let us go then,” said mother.
Hjemkomst Festival
Seeks lcelanders
The Scandinavian Hjem-
komst Festival was chosen
one of the Top 100 events
in North America 1995 by
the American Bus Assoc-
iation and the North American
Motorcoach Association and chosen
one of the Top 2 Events in
Minnesota 1993-94.
We want to present an outstand-
ing Icelandic Exposition at our 18th
Annual Hjemkomst Festival June 22-
23, 1995 at the Fargo Civic Centre,
Fargo, North Dakota. To do this we
are asking for assistance in locating
the following:
• Dancers of Icelandic dances in
folk costume.
• Musicians playing the old tradi-
tional Icelandic music including
dance music for the folk dancers.
• A person skilled in teaching
Icelandic folk dances.
• One or more persons to give cook-
ing lessons, teaching people to make
the delicious foods of Iceland.
• Genealogist’s to give lessons and
to demonstrate the oldest oral
genealogy memorization which
Iceland is known for and someone
who can recite their ancestry.
• Museum quality keepsake items
for display, if possible the loan of
items from an Icelandic museum.
• Demonstrators of handmade
Icelandic arts and crafts.
• Exhibitors of handmade Icelandic
arts and crafts which could include
items to sell.
• Publicity guide with contacts,
addresses and phone numbers.
• People who speak the Icelandic
language who can assist us with
greeting people.
• People who will wear Icelandic
SCflNDINflVlffN
HjEMKOMST
FESTIVflL
costumes during the two days,
Thursday & Friday, June 22-23.
• People who could take part in our
annual authentic folk costume style
show on Friday, June 23, 1995.
Perhaps some of you have unusual
keepsake items in your homes. We
will have some glassed in cases avail-
able. Please send us a list of what you
are willing to share at our Icelandic
Exposition íslands sýning.
Please send us names, addresses,
phone numbers as soon as possible.
We will have The Valkyries
Singers coming. The most difficult to
find is the dance group.
We are so happy to have assis-
tance from our Canadian friends and
hope many more from the United
States and Canada and hopefully
from Iceland can be with us.
Please contact Bev Paulson,
President, Scandinavian Hjemkomst
Festival at 3107 South Rivershore
Drive, Moorhead, Minnesota, 56560-
4963, phone 218 - 233-8484, or Ima
Dinusson, Chairperson Icelandic
Exposition 1995, President of F-M
Icelandic Klub, 2906 Edgemont St.
N., Fargo, N.D., 58102.
Can you match these words?
See how manyyou can put together ofthese lcelandic and English words:
TANNPINA:
TANN LÆKNIR
SART
STRAX
LÆKNIR
AGÆST
BARA
LIKA
JÆJA
2.
4.
JUST
WELL
ALSO
VERY GOOD
DENTIST
T00THACHE
RIGHT AWAY
PAINFUL
DOCTOR
Z + 6 ‘£ + '8 ‘T + 'L
>+•9 ‘6 + ’£ "l+'-“8 + C ‘£+Z "9 + T :SH3MSNV