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14 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 3 June 2005
PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDA BJARNASON
From left: Iris Torfason, Karen Gummo, Thordis Gutnick.
PHOTO: RON GOODMAN
LEIC Honorary Member Peggy Auchstaetter with great-
granddaughters Candace (left) and Chelsea Carter.
LEIC welcomes summer and
celebrates Alberta’s Centennial
Send information to appear in the Calendar of Events to david@lh-inc.ca or fax to (204) 284-7099. Events must be typed out as they are
to appear; please include date, place, time and other particulars. Print deadline is theTuesday the week priorto the issue date. For more
listings, visit our website at www.lh-inc.ca.
Events
Friday 10 June
Markerville, AB: Farmers’ Day Community
Barbecue at the Creamery Museum. Co-
sponsored by Viking Energy. An evening of
food and fun starts at 5:30 p.m. Call (403)
728-3006 for information.
Saturday 11 June
Perth, ON: Ottawa’s Friends of lceland club
picnic, hosted by VolundurThorbjornsson and
Daja Kjartansdottir, 256 Islandview Drive, 2
p.m. Directions: 417 west from Ottawa, then
Highway # 7 to Carleton Place, keep on go-
ing on 7 through Carleton Place for about 15
min. you will see a sign for Mississippi Lake,
Westshore Driver. (Also Macullaghs Landing
and Macreary’s Beach) you turn left or South
off 7 on Westshore Drive, and again left on
Islandview Drive, and we are number 256. If
it rains, the picnic will move in doors, there is
lots of room. Please RSVP to Lou Howard by
phone at (613) 523-5543 or by e-mail at lou.
howard @ sympatico.ca.
Friday 17 June
Winnipeg, MB: The Jón Sigurdsson Chap-
ter IODE and the lcelandic Canadian Frón
Chapter of the INL invite you to join them at
the Jón Sigurðsson statue on the Manitoba
Legislative Building grounds at 7 p.m. for the
23rd Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony, to
celebrate the 61 st anniversary of lceland’s
independence. Please meet at the steps of
the Legislative Building at 6:45 p.m. Follow-
ing the wreath-laying ceremony there will be
a musical performance in the theatre of the
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Boule-
vard at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
June18-19
Markerville, AB: lcelandic Picnic at the
Creamery Museum. Saturday afternoon’s
schedule starts with games at 1 p.m. in
the picnic grounds. The program at 3 p.m.
features the crowning of the fjallkona, selec-
tions by the Saga Singers and the unveiling
of a Woman of Aspenland panel honouring
Helga Stephansson. A potluck supper will
follow. Call (403) 728-3006 for information.
June 25 - 26
Markerville, AB: Pioneer Days at the
Markerville Creamery.
Friday 1 July
Markerville, AB: Canada Day at the Mu-
seum.
Festivals
June 24 - 26
Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN: 28th Annuál
Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festivál. Spotlight
country this year: lceland. Highlights include
a Nordic Film Festival, storytelling with “Lei-
fur Eiriksson,” Taste of Scandinavia, and
much more. For more information, visit www.
ScandinavianHjemkomstFestival.org, e-mail
FMSHF@ci.moorhead.mn.us, or phone
(218) 299-5452.
June 23 - 26
Spanish Fork, Utah: The lcelandic Asso-
ciation of Utah celebrates 150 years of lce-
landic settlement in Utah. Among the attrac-
tions are a gala dinner with entertainment
from lceland and lceland Days (exhibits,
lamb dinner, entertainment). For more infor-
mation, visit www.utahicelanders.com.
Saturday 16 July
Kinmount, ON: lce Fest — ICCT joins with
Kinmount's Moonlight Mania summer festival
to provide a fun-filled event, including a Vi-
king play, Tom Bjarnason's art, a tour of the
railway worked on by the original settlers, nar-
rated by Don Gislason, lceland travel videos,
pðnrruMurdemonstration, and much more.
Info: Gudrun Girgis, gudrun@on.aibn.com.
July 29-31
Mountain, ND: Annual August the Deuce
lcelandic Celebration. More information
TBA.
Juiy 29 - August 1
Gimli, MB: íslendingadagurinn, the lcelan-
dic Festival of Manitoba. events include the
“Gathering of the Vikings” on Friday, July 29
at the Gimli Park Pavilion; the “Path to Gimli”
arrival is Saturday, July 30 with activities at
the George Johnson schoolgrounds; also
happening again this year is the Viking Vil-
lage. For more information, visit www.ice-
landicfestival.com/index.htm.
Literature
Sundays
Toronto, ON: The ICCT Library will be open
in its new home at the Scandinavian Cana-
dian Club, 91 Stormont Ave. on Sunday af-
ternoons, 2:30 to 4:30.
Thursday 26 May
Winnipeg, MB: Lestrarfélag Winnipeg pres-
ents Sigfusson's Roads by Svein Sigfusson.
Icelandic Collection Seminar Room, Eliza-
beth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba,
6:30 p.m.
Movies
July 26 - 30
Gimli, MB: Gimli Film Festival. Venues in-
clude the outdoor screen on Gimli Beach,
the Gimli Theatre and The Lady of the Lake
Theatre in the Waterfront Centre. For film
listings and schedules, visit www.gimlifilm-
festival.com/.
Museums/Exhibits
Until September
Gimli, MB: The New lceland Heritage Mu-
seum hosts a feature exhibit, “lcelandic Fish-
eries: the Past 100 Years,” an exhibit from
lceland presented by the lcelandic Ministry
of Fisheries and Oceans and the lcelandic
Consulate in Winnipeg.
Music
Sunday 12 June
Toronto, ON: Northern Voices Choir Festival
features the Hamrahlíð Choir from Reykjavík
at 3 p.m. at St. Peter’s Basilica, 83 Power
St. $13 students $20 adults.The Hamrahlið
Choir is also featured at the closing Gala
Concert that evening at 8 p.m. at Metropoli-
tan United Church, 56 Queen St. E. Tickets
for both: St. Lawrence Centre Box Office
(416) 366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754.
Tuesday 14 June
Hamilton, ON: Hamrahlíð Choir performs at
8 p.m. at Downtown Cultural Centre, 23 Re-
becca StTickets: $10. Contact Holly Garrett,
hgarrett@cogeco.ca, (905) 648-5263.
Bill Bourne tour dates:
May 23 - Edmonton, AB: Alberta Centen-
nial Kick-off Party, Commonwealth
Stadium.
June 19 - July 4: European Tour w/Tri-Con-
tinental.
July 15 -17: Vancouver, BC at Vancouver
Folk Music Festival, with Eivor Páls-
dóttir (tentative).
July 22 - 24: Dawson City, Yukon at The
Dawson City Music Festival, with Eivor
Pálsdóttir
Cold Front tour dates:
Here is the schedule for members of Cold
Front during the Winnipeg Jazz Festival.The
first schedule is primarily for Steve Kirby.
June 20: The U of M jazz Faculty band host
the Cool Monday Night Hang at the Os-
borne Freehouse, 8 p.m.
June 21: at Gilroy’s with The Janis Finley
Group, 9 p.m.
June 22: at the Liberty Grill with the Anna-
Lisa Kirby Quartet, 9 p.m.
June 23: at the Bull and Bear -The Steve Kir-
by Quintet featuring BjornThoroddsen
and Andy Farber, 9:30 p.m.
June 24: on the MTS Stage — Steve hosts
“Schools out in the square,” a family-
oriented excursion with jazz through
the 20th century, from noon to 1 p.m.
June 24: at the Manitoba Theatre Exchange
—The Steve Kirby Quintet opening for
Dianne Reeves, 8 p.m.
June 24: at the Bull and Bear with James
Carter, 9:30 p.m.
June 25: at the Manitoba Theatre Exchange
With James Carter opening for Dave
Holland, 8 p.m.
June 25: at the Bull and Bear with James
Carter, 9:30 p.m.
Here is the schedule where Björn
Thoroddsen will be performing:
June 21: at Prairie Theatre Exchange—Björn
will be guesting at the High School
Honour Jazz Band concert, 8 p.m.
June 25: Björn will be featured at Gilroy's with
Greg Lowe and Tim Cummings, 9:30
p.m.
The entire Cold Front trio will perform togeth-
er on June 20, Monday at 8 p.m., at Osborne
Freehouse.
Nathan tour dates:
July 7: Winnipeg, MB — Mainstage perfor-
mance, Winnipeg Folk Festival.
July 8 - 9: Winnipeg, MB — Winnipeg Folk
Festival.
August 5 - 6: Manchester, Ml — Riverfolk Mu-
sic and Arts Festival.
September 2: Yosemite, CA — Strawberry
Music Festival.
October 15: Portage la Prairie, MB—William
Glesby Centre.
Stringfever tour dates:
June 17,18: North Vancouver, BC — at the
home of Dana Irving and Dean Stark,
613 East 5th Ave, at 8 p.m.Tickets $12
in advance or $15 at the door. For ticket
info phone Dana (604) 988-3406 or
Doug/Lynn (604) 251-2973.
June 24: Vancouver, BC — Stringfever kicks
off the Vancouver International Jazz
Festival Granville Island Market Stage,
12-2p.m.
Sports
Saturday 11 June
Winnipeg, MB: The lcelandic Canadian
Frón presents Winnipeg's 3rd Annual Kven-
nahlaup. Fron invites women of lcelandic de-
scent and their girlfriends to gather and walk
for exercise and companionship June 11,
2005. Registration cost is $25, and includes
a T-shirt f rom lceland, medal presented at the
finish line and refreshment and snacks. This
is not a fundraiser for the lcelandic Canadian
Frón; any proceeds left will be donated to
CancerCare. Participants will meet again in
Assiniboine Park, by the duck pond.The walk
is around 3 km. Registration and T-shirt pick
up 9 a.m. and walk at 10 a.m. Please con-
tact Gunnvor at (204) 284-1535 or gunnvor.
daniels@utn.stjr.is, or Serena at (204) 479-
1030 or sgoebel70@yahoo.ca for registra-
tion, your T-shirt size and more information.
Linda Bjarnason
Calgary, AB
The Leif Eiriksson Icelan-
dic Club (LEIC) of Calgary
celebrated Sumardagurinn
fyrsti on April 22, 2005 at the
Calgary Scandinavian Centre.
Along with this annual celebra-
tion of winter’s end and spring’s
beginning was our own celebra-
tion of Alberta’s Centennial.
Margaret Grisdale, Events
Coordinator, organized a won-
derful evening for all those
who attended. Several club
volunteers assisted Margaret
with this event. Dan Grisdale
was a very entertaining master
of ceremonies, Iris Torfason re-
cited Grace in both English and
Icelandic, LEIC Past-President
Carol Blyth did a reading of
interesting trivia from newspa-
pers published in Alberta dur-
ing 1905, and Margaret Geppert
explained how Sumardagurinn
fyrsti is celebrated in Iceland.
Presentations were made
by LEIC President Ron Good-
man to Sylvia Carleton, retired
Office Manager for the Scandi-
navian Centre, then Lome and
Brad Bjamason for winning the
Icelandic Trivia Contest.
A delicious roast beef din-
ner was enjoyed by approxi-
mately 120 adults and children.
Supper was followed by a tom-
bola and a talent show. LEIC
members sang, danced and
played guitar. There were also
interesting displays of art and
replica Viking armour set up
for guests to visit throughout
the evening.
Scandinavian
Hjemkomst
Festival
]une 24-26
Fargo HDAMoorhead MN
Find your trekker gear and discover all things Nordic:
• Visit with historic Viking explorer "Leifur Eirfksson" portrayed by
Rolf Stang and present-day Arctic Explorer WiH Steger!
• Enjoy lcelandic Expo 2005 K Nordic entertainment by IOO
performers from Canada, iceland, Norway, Sweden, USA, et MORE!
For More Info: 2I8-299-S452
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