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6 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 22 April 2005
Thor reunited
with his hammer
The play Thor’s Hammer
and the Giant’s Bride, pre-
sented by the Bifröst Lille-
folk Theatre Troupe, was the
highlight at the recent Icelan-
dic Canadian Club of Toronto
(ICCT) þorrablót, which at-
tracted a full house, about 200
guests.
Traditionally, þorrablót is
a midwinter feast where people
come together to eat and drink.
The food alone provided at the
þorrablót in Toronto was a rea-
son enough to attend. Whether
it triggered the “bride’s” appe-
tite in the play is still a mistery
but “she” quickly grabbed the
food and devoured an entire ox
and eight salmon.
Kristin Olafson-Jenkyns
was the food coordinator and
she had many volunteers in
the kitchen. Even people who
could not make it to the feast
got their share of the food
there.
It is always interesting to
attend celebrations, and obvi-
ously the þorrablót in Toronto
is a big gathering. That’s the
main reason why it is held at
this time of the year when the 8
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er than during the old month g
of þorri — from the middle of °
January to the middle of Feb- 2
ruary. Another reason might jjj
be that the time enabled Thor g
to reunite with his hammer. §
Members of the Bifröst Lillefolk Theatre got the attention of the guests at the þorrablót.
2 scholarships
awarded
at ICCT
þorrablót
The Icelandic Canadian
Club of Toronto (ICCT) award-
ed Jennica Gilmore and Emma
Árdal scholarships of $1,000
each at the recent þorrablót in
Toronto.
The Annual ICCT Schol-
arship and the Ragnar and
Marion Memorial Scholarship
are offered to students of Ice-
landic descent who are in or
about to enter post-secondary
education or training. In addi-
tion to high academic stand-
ing, leadership qualities and
community involvement, the
ICCT is looking for students
who have an interest in their
heritage.
Jennica Gilmore is a grade
12 student at H.B. Beal Sec-
ondary School in London, ON
and has just been accepted to
Wilfrid Laurier University.
During the last few years she
has, among other things, partic-
ipated in the ICCT as a “baker”
for the Christmas Party and as
a “viking” at þorrablót.
Emma Árdal is a student in
the Faculty of Arts and Science
at the University of Toronto.
She is very much connected
to her Icelandic heritage. She
foresees a lifetime of trips to
Iceland to visit and explore,
and perhaps study at the Páll S.
Árdal Institute at the Univer-
sity of Akureyri.
PHOTO: STEINPÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
Icelandic lessons popular
For many years the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toron-
to has organized Icelandic lessons for the members. Since
last year, professor Haraldur Bessason, former head of the
Icelandic Department at the University of Manitoba and
former rector of the University of Akureyri, and his wife
Margrét Björgvinsdóttir, an experienced teacher and trans-
lator, have been in charge of the lessons which take place at
the participants’ homes. Here they are after the last gath-
ering of the winter. In the back row from left: Haraldur
Bessason, Gail Einarson-McCleary, Darryl Hogg and Jon
Thordarson. Front row from left: Margaret Van Hamme,
Meredith MacFarquhar and Margrét Björgvinsdóttir.
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