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10 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 19 November 2004
Youth Day in Calgary gets all ages involved
PHOTO: BRIAN THOMPSON
Mad Scientist Steve and a volunteer from the audience.
LEIC event
makes big splash
Linda Bjarnason
Calgary, AB
The Leif Eiriksson Ice-
landic Club of Calgary
(LEIC) held their first Youth
Day at the Calgary Scandina-
vian Centre on Saturday,
October 23. Approximately
80 people attended the event.
As children and parents
came through the doors, they
were greeted by ladies in
medieval costume: Queen
Christine, Lady Linda and
Princess Kelly. The theme
was “Fantasy, Fire and Ice.”
Each of the entertainers
employed something of this
theme in their performance,
and donated prizes for draws
throughout the day.
The morning began with
Peter Eyvindson, an Icelandic
author and storyteller from
Clavet, Saskatchewan. He
delighted his audience with
his interpretation of “The
Backward Brothers” and
“Soni’s Mended Wings.”
His props included a
lighted candle and miniature
crib, added to by the wonder-
ful voices and sounds that
only Peter can do. After the
stories were finished, Peter
invited people to visit his
table of books for perusal or
purchase.
A short time later, there
was a visit from two clowns
named “Buttons” and
“Buddy.” They entertained
the children with their talking
monkey, a juggling act and a
magic show, while lunch was
being served. Special treats
also included cotton candy
and popcorn made by Lorne
and Brad Bjarnason.
The afternoon began with
“Mad Science” from Calgary.
Steve, the Mad Scientist,
demonstrated some “Fire and
Ice” experiments such as bub-
bling volcanoes, clouds of dry
ice and disappearing foam.
Then the children were invit-
ed to come forward and do
some hands-on activities
related to the theme.
Youth Day ended with a
spectacular Yiking battle put
on by Valentine Armouries of
Calgary. Two men dressed in
Viking costumes and wearing
authentic (replica) Viking
armour put on a 15-minute
battle which kept people on
the edge of their seats. When
the battle was over and the
victor proclaimed, the audi-
ence burst into a Ioud round
of applause. The Vikings
invited the children to come
forward to try on chainmail
and helmets, or dig into their
treasure chest to see what it
felt like to hold the axes,
shields and swords. This
made for a great finish for
LEIC’s fírst Youth Day.
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Back row, Ieft to right: Lady Linda, Princess Kelly, Brad Bjarnason, Viking Doug, Viking
John, Queen Christine. Front row: Wyatt Paton, Erik Thompson, Erik AHan, Kristian Allan.
PHOTO: BRIAN THOMPSON
Storyteller Peter Eyvindson keeps his audience spellbound.
Do you know these people?
Sylvia Koshyk of
Winnipeg is looking
for help identifying
the people in these
two photos. The
woman to the imme-
diate right is thought
to be Helga Gut-
tormson, mother of
Thelma Wilson. The
children to the far
right may be those of
Þjóðbjörg and Hin-
rik Henriksson who
Iived at 977 Domin-
ion Street in Win-
nipeg: Eleanor,
Audrey, Herbert and
Donald. Please con-
tact L-H if you have
any information.
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