The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1957, Blaðsíða 42

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1957
Army Corp Newsletter. After the war,
she became news editor of the Shaun-
avon Standard in Saskatchewan and
for the past five years has been the
Women’s editor of the Free Press
Weekly Prairie Farmer.
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MANITOBA MUSICAL
FESTIVAL
Lynn Olson
Winners in the recent Manitoba
Festival were: Lynn Olson, Tom John-
son and Terry Arnason.
Lynn Olson, a 14-year old St. Vital
pianist, who performed Haydn’s
Theme and Variations in C Major
with “eloquent tone”, was awarded the
Manitoba Music Teacher’s Association
Trophy. She gave what the adjudica-
tors termed a “very charming perform-
ance—that which drew great character”.
A grade nine student at Nelson Mc-
Intyre School and grade eight in Mus-
ic with her piano teacher Mrs. Walter
Luck, Lynn had previously won the
Junior Bach and Junior Sonata class-
es.
Lynn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. L. Olson and granddaughter of the
late Gudrun and Bjorn B. Olson,
pioneers of Gimli. Maternal grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Markus-
son, Gimli, formerly of Arnes, Man.
Tom Johnson was the winner of the
Junior Sacred Solo Class with 86
marks. He was lauded by the adjudi-
cator with these words: “Tom’s voice
has a lovely quality and is musically
accurate. This was the real thing. 1
salute him for a breath of spring!”
Terry Arnason with grand total of
335 marks was one of the finalists in
the Baritone Solo, Grade A Class. Test
piece was Vagabond Song by Michael
Head. “I like Mr. Arnason’s singing
enormously”, the adjudicator said.
“He was accurate and showed a fine
appreciation of words. He has plenty
of vocal reserve and can trot out a
phrase with a lot behind it. This young
man has a real flair for singing.”
Terry is the son of Angantyr
(Terry) and Patricia (Irwin) Arnason
formerly of Winnipeg.
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FORMER MANITOBAN
GETS ICELAND JOB
The External Affairs Dept, at Ot-
tawa has announced that Hallgrimur
E. Hallgrimsson, 51, a Canadian born
citizen of Iceland has been named
Canada’s honorary Consul-General in
that country. He will take over
responsibility for Canadian Consular
interests in Iceland.
Mr. Hallgrimsson was born at
Grund, Glenboro, Manitoba. The son
of the Reverend FriSrik Hallgrimsson,
former clergyman of the Lutheran
Parish of Grund, Bru and Baldur.
The Reverend F. Hallgrimsson
moved his family to Iceland in 1925
and later became dean of the Cathedral
in Reykjavik.