Scandinavian Community Centre

Paint­ing by Aus­laug Boulier

Date: Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 26/27, 2011
Time: 11 am to 4 pm, Open­ing Recep­tion 11.30 Sat­ur­day
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Con­tact: For infor­ma­tion con­tact Car­olyn Thauberger cthauber@interchange.ubc.ca
Also, infor­ma­tion and recep­tion RSVP:
info@scandinaviancentre.org

This show is spon­sored by The Scan­di­na­vian Cul­tural Soci­ety with sup­port from BC Gam­ing Com­mis­sion and the Dan­ish Cana­dian Com­mu­nity Association.

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Paint­ing by Aus­laug Boulier

Date: Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 26/27, 2011
Time: 11 am to 4 pm, Open­ing Recep­tion 11.30 Sat­ur­day
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Con­tact: For infor­ma­tion con­tact Car­olyn Thauberger cthauber@interchange.ubc.ca
Also, infor­ma­tion and recep­tion RSVP:
info@scandinaviancentre.org
This show is spon­sored by The Scan­di­na­vian Cul­tural Soci­ety with sup­port from BC Gam­ing Com­mis­sion and the Dan­ish Cana­dian Com­mu­nity Association.

Click this poster to see the full-sized pdf ver­sion:

Illus­trated pre­sen­ta­tions fea­tur­ing Norse his­to­ri­ans from Reik Félag
Musi­cal inter­ludes with lyre and voice by Sheila Wright

Date: Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 26
Time: 7pm
Place: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Cof­fee and Admis­sion $10
Con­tact: Car­olyn Thauberger cthauber@interchange.ubc.ca or 778–329-6964.

Fea­tured talks

Doug Erik­son: Norse Artis­tic Styles

Doug Erik­son dis­cusses how, Norse art, orna­men­tal and abstract, is con­sid­ered out­stand­ing in achieve­ment and in its expres­sion of the dis­tinc­tive qual­i­ties of the Nordic peoples.

Terry Karlsen: Norse Ship Build­ing Innovation

Using exam­ples from Norse lit­er­ary mythol­ogy, Jeremy Smith will tell how Norse nar­ra­tive tra­di­tions fol­lowed sim­i­lar artis­tic style, tend­ing toward orna­men­ta­tion with a strong emo­tional strand, and how con­cepts and tra­di­tions from that mythol­ogy reach into cur­rent culture.

Jeremy Smith: Norse Mythol­ogy and Its Influence

Terry Karlsen, wood ship­wright, will describe inno­va­tions in Norse ship build­ing tech­niques (still used in the 20th cen­tury) that enabled Viking explo­ration and trade through four continents.

Linda Wood­cock: Viking Age Tex­tiles and Sail Construction

Linda Wood­cock, her­self a weaver and cre­ator of dec­o­ra­tive tex­tiles, will talk of Norse tex­tile cre­ation and design and show tech­niques of sail con­struc­tion that gave Viking crafts speed and distance.

Sheila Wright built her own lyres fol­low­ing designs from arche­o­log­i­cal finds. She will set the evening’s ambiance with music based on scales, har­monies and vocal tra­di­tions that were used dur­ing the Viking period.

This pro­gram is sup­ported by the BC Gam­ing Com­mis­sion and the Dan­ish Cana­dian Com­mu­nity Centre

Var­den Lodge, Sons of Nor­way, are hold­ing a Part­ner Con­tract Bridge Tour­na­ment.

Date: Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 24, 2011
Sched­ule:

9 a.m.  Cof­fee and muffins
9:30 a.m. Play Bridge
Noon — Hot lunch will be served
1 p.m.  Bridge continues

Cost: $25
Con­tact: Vivian or Helen 604 521‑6714
(A total of 10 rounds of Bridge will be played) All cash prizes.

Money raised to be used for edu­ca­tional grants and var­i­ous sports activ­i­ties. Every­one welcome.

Home­made Nor­we­gian potato balls even bet­ter than Mor­mor used to make. Served with meat, turnips, car­rots, bacon bits and syrup.

Date: Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 20, 2011
Time: 3pm Happy Hour, 4pm Din­ner
Loca­tion: Scan­di­na­vian Com­mu­nity Cen­tre
Cost: Tick­ets only $20.
Con­tact: Pur­chase by Tues­day Feb­ru­ary 15th by call­ing Marg Kirse­bom 604–535-4985 or Ruth Gjerde 604–502-0133.