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12 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 5 November 2004
Left, centre: Danny Sveinson performs at the Apollo. “The Apollo was packed and they really roared when I played behind my head,” says Danny on his web-
site. Right: Danny with the legendary Les Paul, who performed with him at the Iridium Jazz Club and signed his guitar.
Danny Sveinson feels safe in New York City
On September 25, Danny
Sveinson, the 11-year-old
electric guitarist from Surrey,
BC, performed at the famous
Apollo Theatre in Harlem in
New York City, where he
received a standing ovation.
There were about 2,000 peo-
ple in the audience and the
show was taped for a televi-
sion program called “Show-
time at the Apollo” to be
aired in February next year.
The next day he per-
formed with the legendary
Les Paul, creator of of the
renowned Les Paul guitars
who is now in his 80s. Paul,
who autographed Danny’s
guitar, performed two songs
with him at the Iridium Jazz
Club in New York.
Danny’s other upcoming
appearances include a snow-
boarding competition in Col-
orado in February, at the
invitation of NBC TV and
Sports Illustrated, who are
sponsoring the event. Danny
and his band will headline
the Saturday evening cele-
bration.
It won’t be the only con-
tact Danny has with a major
television network. Currently
CBC TV has a crew contract-
ed to film him for a year for a
documentary they are doing
on him, and Global TV is
broadcasting a one-hour doc-
umentary on Danny and three
other Canadian performers.
Danny’s website is
www.rockandrollkid.com.
Source: Del Sveinson
PHOTO; STEINÞÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
Kevin Dunn and Bill MacDonald in Gimli.
The True Intrepid in Gimli
An approximately hour-long documentary film about Sir
William Stephenson, The True Intrepid, was shown in the New
Iceland Heritage Museum in Gimli during the annual fundraising
evening for the museum. It was produced by Kevin Dunn and
based on Winnipegger Bill MacDonald’s biography.
Sir William Stephenson was of Icelandic descent and brought
up by an Icelandic family in Winnipeg after his father died. As
head of the British Security Coordination, a predecessor of the
CIA, Stephenson was responsible for the hugely successful covert
political war against all sources of Axis strength and support
He died relatively forgotten. ín this fascinating re-examina-
tion of the historical record, Bill Macdonald documents Stephen-
son’s clouded early life.”
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The Leif Eiriksson Ice-
landic Club (LEIC) Fall
Feast Celebrafion took place
on a beautiful autumn night,
at the Scandinavian Centre,
in mid-September. Approxi-
mately 100 people gathered
together to celebrate one sea-
son coming to an end and a
new one just around the cor-
ner. The Club was fortunate
to have a tour group of
approximately 50 Icelanders
join in on the festivities.
Reigning fjallkona Marg
Grisdale welcomed everyone
and gave an explanation of
the similarities and differ-
ences of harvest time in Ice-
land and Canada. She
explained that haustmánaður
(“autumn month” in Iceland)
refers to the fact that winter
is just around the corner and
réttir (rounding up of live-
stock) is one of the major
activities that farmers do
before winter comes. These
gatherings, in past centuries,
were often the only annual
social event. In present time,
many city dwellers consider
it a must to attend réttir, and
PHOTO: GWEN MANN
Kelly Bjarnason gives her
slide presentation.
tourists come from abroad to
participate in this special
event.
In comparison, the first
North American Thanksgiv-
ing was celebrated in 1578
when the English navigator,
Martin Frobisher, held a for-
mal ceremony in Newfound-
land. This was to give thanks
for surviving the long sea
journey; as other settlers
arrived the tradition contin-
ued.
Before dinner, Iris Torfa-
son recited grace in both
English and Icelandic. Fol-
lowing this, a delicious roast
beef supper was served and
lively conversation around
tables continued, until the
program began.
Christine Mueller intro-
duced folk singer Barry Luft.
Many listeners were tapping
their feet to his music and
thoroughly enjoyed the sto-
ries he told. After Barry’s
performance, coffee and
dessert were served.
Kelly Bjarnason gave a
slide show and talk on her
recent trip to Iceland as a
participant in this year’s
Snorri program. Her talk was
complemented by a table
filled with items that she had
purchased or collected dur-
ing her six-week stay in Ice-
land.
LEIC President Carol
Blyth gave Kelly a card and
thanked her for the interest-
ing show. Kelly presented the
LEIC with a beautiful pönnu-
kökur pan, engraved with a
thank-you to the club, to
show her appreciation for
everything they did to help
her participate in this year’s
Snorri Program.
The Fall Feast ended
with a large round of
applause for the entertainers,
special guests, and everyone
who came and helped to
make the evening successful.
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