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May 20-27, 2012
Everyone is welcome! Velkommen!
Come Celebrate Syttende Mai at Mindekirken!
Sunday, May 20 Schedule – Celebration of Norway’s Constitution Day
*Parking option described below
10:30 a.m. Prelude Concert by Norwegian Glee Club
11:00 a.m. Norwegian Festival Worship Service
Trumpet music by Dr. Martin Hodel and Timothy McCarthy, St. Olaf College
Choir music by Oslo Reiselivskor and the Mindekirken Choir
Organ music by Dean Billmeyer
12:00 p.m. Flag Parade around the neighborhood
with 17. Mai Parade Band
Picnic on church lot – hotdogs, ice cream, beverage, Suggested donation $5 ($10 per family)
12:45 p.m. Fiddle music by Twin Cities Hardingfelelag
12:50 p.m. Games and activity table for children
1:15 p.m. Outdoor Concert by Oslo Reiselivskor
1:45 p.m. Folk dancing by Fjell og Fjord Junior Dancers and Det Norske Folkedanslaget
Recital at 4:00 p.m. Piano and Voice—Twin Cities musicians Aaron Humble, tenor, Mary Hunt, piano, and Sarah Hunt, piano, will present a recital of art song and piano duet music. The program will include music of Schumann, Dvorak, and Schubert, and will be followed by a reception in the Oslo/Bergen room downstairs. The event is open to the public, with a $10 suggested donation, a portion of which will be given to a local non-profit. (facility rental)
*6 short blocks east of Mindekirken, at Franklin and Bloomington, there is a large gravel lot that is available for Mindekirken attendees on Sunday. The entrance is right alongside the purple Community University Health Care Center building. Enter from Bloomington Ave. Carpooling is encouraged. This lot is approximately a 5-6 minute walk from the church. Drivers may drop off passengers closer to the church, then go park their vehicles. Parking on the residential streets is also available – please leave the more convenient spots for drivers with limited mobility. Do observe marked restrictions, and respect property owners driveway access. Thank you! See the parking map link on the church website homepage.
Tuesday, May 22
11-11:30 a.m Tuesday Open House—light lunch (suggested donation $7 for food & program)
12:00 p.m. Program: “They Came from Lier, (Norway)”
Knut Andersen, (Drammen, Norway) will present the history of these three Norwegian immigrants:
1) Hallvard from Huseby (ca. 1020-1043) became Oslo’s patron saint
2) Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) headed the 15th Wisconsin
regiment and was killed in action in the Civil War
3) Thorbjørn Jagland (1950 - ) has been Norway’s Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Norwegian Parliament and is currently secretary general of the council of Europe and chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
Knut Andersen was head of Lier Historical Society 2002-2007. He has a special interest in the Norwegian emigration from Lier to America and has visited the Midwest a number of times over the last 30 years. He is member of Ringerike/ Drammen Distrikt Bygdelag.
Fri., May 25
7:00 p.m. Filmaften—Norwegian Film Night (free)
“Yohan Barnevandrer” The adventures of a brave 10 year old in the 1890’s.
Norwegian sound, English subtitles (snack potluck)
Sunday, May 27 Day of Pentecost
(no 9 am service on the last Sunday of the month)
11 a.m. bi-lingual Family Service
Velkommen!
NOTICE TO NORWEGIAN CITIZENS REGARDING PASSPORT RENEWAL:
Melding til Norske statsborgere fra Honorary Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Minneapolis Norske statsborgere vil noen få dager i slutten av mai og begynnelsen av juni dette året være istand til å fornye sitt norske pass i Minneapolis. Vær vennlig å ta kontakt med Vice Consul Britt de Lange Ardakani (612) 333-9906 om du ønsker å benytte deg av denne tjenesten.
