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12» Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 28 July 2000
2000 íslendingadagurinn
August 4-7, 2000
Festival Section
Festival Events include:
FEATURE ATTRACTIONS:
CELEBRITY CONCERT:
Featuring international opera singer Diddú,
Saturday August 6, 2000. 8:00 pm. Gimli
Composite High School, $12.00
SIJNDAY NIGHT SOCIAL
Featuring “Men without Shame” sunday
August 6, 2000 Gimli Recreational Center
9:00 pm $12.00
GIMLI ALTERNATIVE FOLK
FESTIVAL
Featuring: Swing Song, Kristi Johnson,
The Lindy Band, The Vophíjords, Richard
Moody
Gimli Pavilion Park, Sunday August 6,
2000 at 6:30 pm.
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PIER
August 5, 2000
Featuring: Mark Reeves, Spur of the
Moment and Local Talent starting at 5:30,
Fireworks at 10:30
TEEN DANCE
Friday August 4, 2000 Gimli Pavilion Park
7.00- 11.00 pm.
Ages up to 13
D.J., games, prizes, fun.
Saturday, August 5
Children ’s Entertainment
Beach Volleyball
Midway & Rides
Fireworks & Entertainment
Islendingadunk
Sandcastle Contest
Thingvellir Nýja Island
Iceland VS Canada Chess Tournament
Celebrity Concert—
International Opera Singer, Diddú
Sunday, August 6
Fine Art Show
Road Races
Alternative Folk Festival
Sunday Night Dance
Frisnok
Midway & Rides
Cultural & Heritage Display
Thingvellir Nýja Island
Anvna ’s Kitchen
Iceland VS Canada Chess Tournament
Monday, August 7
Parade
Amma ’s Kitchen
Family Sports
Midway & Rides
Thingvellir Nýja Island
ICELANDIC FESTIVAL—GIMLI
AUGUST 4-7, 2000
Share the Culture
FEATURE ATTRACTIONS
CELEBRITY CONCERT
Featuring: International opera star “Diddú” Saturday
August 5 at 8:00 p.m. Gimli Composite High School.
Admission $12.00
NEW ICELAND PRESENTATION
“From Dream to Reality” by Nelson Gerrard,
presentation at the New Multi Media Theatre at the
Betel Waterfront Centre. Sunday August 6 at 1:00 pm.
Admission $3.00
The Sunday Night Social features “Men Without Shame”
at the Gimli Recreational Centre. Tickets available' for
$12.00.
Gimli Alternative Folk Festival features Swing Soniq, The
Lindy Band, Richard Moody, Kristi Johnson, and much
more
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FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION CALL 642-7417
ÍSLENDINGADAGURINN 2000
www.icelandicfestival.com
íslendingadagurinn
2000 President
Icelandic Festival President Harley Jónasson.
Plioto: Jón Einars. Gustafsson
Harley Sigurdur Jónasson,
President of The Icelandic
Festival of Manitoba, has
Riverton roots on his father’s side going
back to 1876 when his great-grandpar-
ents Tómas Agúst Jónasson, brother to
Sigtryggur Jónasson, “The Father of
New Iceland,” and Guðrún Egidia
Jóhannesdóttir from Gloppa in
Öxnadalur, settled for a short time at
Melstadur in Mikley (Hecla) before
moving the following year to Engimyri
on the east side of the Icelandic River. It
was here that Harley’s afi Johannes
(Joi) Tomasson Jonasson was born. His
amma Lilja Hólmfríður
Guðmundsdóttir came from Árbúðir in
northern Iceland. Harley’s father was
Johannes Hafsteinn Jonasson from
Riverton.
On his mother’s side, his Riverton
roots go back to 1883 when his great-
grandparents Sigurður Guðmundsson
and Ingveldur Jósefsdóttir from Krókur
in Viðidalur came from Iceland to'settle
at Skogar near Sandy Bar. They were
the parents of his afi Fridholm Ingvar
Sigurdur S. Gudmundsson. His amma
was Sesselja (Sella) Sigridur
Johannesson whose parents were
Sigurbjörn Jóhannesson from Svarflholl
in Dalasýsla, and Steinunn Daðadóttir
from Mjóabol in Haukadalur. Harley’s
mother, Ingibjorg Jonina Jonasson, still
lives in Riverton.
Harley was born in Riverton and
lived there until the age of seventeen
when he graduated and left to attend the
University of Manitoba and then on to a
long career with Canada Packers (later
Maple Leaf Foods). Throughout his
career he managed several large meat
processing, distribution, and truck fleet
operations. When the mammoth CP
plant closed its doors in 1988 Harley
went on to run their new state-of-the-art
distribution centre. With the sale of the
company in 1996 he directed his final
project for Maple Leaf—the successful
amalgamation of the three western
Canada distribution and logistic opera-
tions into a single centre in Calgary. He
declined a transfer to Calgary to head
up the operations, choosing instead to
remain in what he calls “the best
province in the best country in the
world.”
Ironically, after private consulting
for a brief period Harley accepted an
oífer “that was too good to refuse” from
a multinational distribution company,
and ended up moving to Calgary. He
was Iater successful in a competition
for a position with the Manitoba
Government and a family decision was
made to accept the position whereby he
returned to Manitoba as Director of
Lands with what is now Manitoba
Conservation. Although he now deals
with Crown land instead of meat,
Harley finds this job every bit as excit-
ing and challenging, and more gratify-
ing in the sense that he plays a key role
in the management of the Crown land
which makes up nearly three quarters of
the province that is so dear to his heart.
Harley is very proud of his family
and considers them his greatest fortune
in life. He is married to Sharon
(Oddleifson) and they have a daughter,
Dr. Shelley Deidre, married to Dr. Neal
Anderson, a son, Bradley Robert, and
their youngest daughter is Jennifer
Ashley. They also have two grandchil-
dren, Emma Jane and Christopher Jon,
children of Shelley and Neal.
Harley has a keen interest in pre-
serving the Icelandic heritage and is a
member of Lögberg-Heimskringla
(President), Canada Iceland
Foundation, Betel Home Foundation,
Betel Heritage Foundation, and United
Icelandic Appeal.
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