November 2011 - Mankato Sons of Norway

Newsletter November 2011
November Lodge Meeting Saturday, November 12, 5:30 pm at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Program:
Nordic Dancers
November Lodge Serving Committee Chairs: Ilene Blume, Mark &
Peggy Harstad, Phil Wold
Hilsen fra Presidenten Bungum Greetings to all of you—members and those considering
membership.
We have things to be thankful for. Based on comments I have received from a good number of
people Norse Night was quite a success. As one person said, “You can be very proud” of your
organization. The Ron Younge Gym was tastefully and appropriately decorated, the displays in the
were numerous, stimulating and varied, the SON Nordic Dancers performed very well and drew
quite a crowd-extra chairs has to be set up, the salmon dinner provided by Bethany Food Service
was exceptional, the Bunad Parade in the Chapel prior to the recital was most enjoyable and
informative, the recital was extraordinary, and the reception in Honsey Hall after the recital was full
of good Norwegian taste treats and lots of interesting conversations. Thanks to all of you who
volunteered your time and talent to make this a successful event, and especially to Hal Natvig who
did most of the organizing work. A special thanks also to Lois Jaeger at Bethany for her significant
contributions to this multi-faceted event. Tusen Tuk!
An important aspect of Norse Night was the exposure and visibility of Sons of Norway to a variety
of communities in the area, whether they be towns, cities, churches, student groups or other
fraternal organizations. The visit to Minnesota by the Royal Couple-King Harald and Queen Sonjacertainly also raises the visibility of Norwegian culture and heritage, and both should work to our
advantage as we present Sons of Norway to friends and relatives.
Our next meeting is November 12 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. This is the annual membership
banquet. It will feature a catered meal provided by MSU, a performance by the Nordic Dancers,
along with a few business matters. You (and guests) must sign up for the dinner by Friday,
November 4. The sign up form was in the October Newsletter; if you have misplaced it call
Linda Stelter at 388 -7139 to make a reservation. Please invite prospective members to come to
the program—not only will they receive a good meal but if they join SON that evening the annual
dues for the first year are reduced by 50%!! Quite a deal!!
At the last Board meeting we talked about planning a bus trip sometime in the spring. If you have
places you think would be suitable for a bus trip please submit your suggestions to me or other
Board members. Thanks.
Best regards,
John Bungum
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Newsletter November 2011
November 2011 Membership Banquet
Our Lodge offers to pay half the cost of membership for the first year for any NEW member who signs
up on that evening of the banquet. (No free dinners this year for non-members.) (This means that the
primary membership will be about $21.00 for the year, and the secondary (spouse) membership about
$17.)
Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 12th and join us for our Membership Banquet held in the
lower level dining hall at Bethlehem Lutheran Church from 5:30 – 8:30. The meal will be catered by
“Minnesota State University Mankato Catering Service” and the program will be Mankato Nordic Dancers.
Please clip and mail the reservation form to reserve your place at the Banquet. The cost is $12.50 per
person The deadline for reservations is Friday, November 4th.
Clip & Mail
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Elvesvingen Lodge Membership Banquet Reservation Form
Saturday, November 12, 2011 (5:30 – 8:30)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Program by the Mankato Nordic Dancers
Catered by “Minnesota State University Mankato Catering Service”
Current Elvesvingen Lodge Member – Name, Address, Phone #, E-mail
Interested Prospective New Member – Name, Address, Phone #, E-mail
The cost is $12.50 per person
Total amount due: $____________
Please complete this registration form and mail with a check payable to:
Elvesvingen Lodge / Sons of Norway; P.O. Box 1091; Mankato, MN 56002
DEADLINE: Friday, November 4th
For more information, please contact Linda Stelter 388-7139
Summer Language Camp Scholarships
We expect scholarship applications to soon be available from our local Lodge for parents or grandparents
interested in sending their children / grandchildren to next year’s summer language camps (Skogfjorden in
Bemidji, MN or Masse Moro in Eau Claire, WI). The deadline for applications is typically February 15th
and must be sent to our Elvesvingen Lodge secretary first (Lois Kitzmann). We would like to see more of our
members take advantage of this opportunity. Additional information will be available in the near future.
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Newsletter November 2011
Lefse Bakes:
Once again, we are putting out a call for help in baking lefse, which is our
major item at the annual bake sale at Madison East. Of course, all goodies are major, but
this is the one we need a lot of. The bake sale is on Saturday, November 19th, but
our lefse bake days are on Thursday, November 10th and Thursday, November 17th.
We need to prepare about 200 rounds of lefse on each of those two days (10 batches).
We have the use of the Grace Lutheran Church kitchen from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00
p.m. on those two days.
If you can help out, please call Dorothy Viker at 345-5056 or
on-line at devohv@hickorytech.net. We need about 12 people each
day – 10 to roll lefse and turn it at five grill stations, and a couple
more to keep the lefse covered as it is baked, help wrap it etc. It is
always a fun day of fellowship in the kitchen, and of course, we
have a coffee break with treats. We encourage both men and
women to participate. This is what I would like to have people
contact me with.
1. Which day can you help out? First choice and second choice?
2. Are you willing to prepare a batch or double batch of lefse dough the night before
and bring it chilled and ready to roll in the morning? Instructions and recipe
will follow.
3. We will need lefse preparation equipment each day as follows: 5 grills, 5 cloth covered
Rolling boards, 5 rolling pins and 5 turning sticks. Please let me know if you can bring any
of these when you come to prepare lefse. THANK YOU
November Bake and Craft Sale
The 2011 Holiday Expo Bake and Gift Sale will be on Saturday, November 19th from
9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Madison East. SON workers will be there by 7:30 am and would like
to have most items there before 8:30 if possible. Shoppers tend to come early. It is good to
have your items priced, but if you have questions, workers will help. Also, please write down the
time you spent in preparing the items you bring and drop the note in the Bake Sale Hours box. The
hours are used in the lodge’s end of the year report. Names or explanation of what was done are not needed, just the
hours.
Management at Madison East asks us to park 7 stalls away from the mall entrances after we unload in order to leave the
closer spaces for customers. The Sons of Norway booth is in the west end of the main hall, so the west entrance is the
closest entry for us. If you can help at the bake sale for a couple of hours or have questions, please call Irene Mickelson
at 387-7045.
Some members have said they want to take part but prefer to make a donation instead of furnishing goods. If you wish
to do that, please write the check to Sons of Norway and mail it to PO Box 1091, Mankato MN
56002. Please note in the memo that it is a bake sale donation. The support of our lodge members for this project has
been great. It has been a profitable and fun event, and we look forward to another successful sale.
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1. – Nordic Dancers 2. Nordic Fest
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3. Demonstrating
Rosmalling 4. – Bunad
Parade Participants 5. Salmon Dinner 6.
Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde 7. Hardanger
Fiddler 8.Becky & Mark DeGarmeaux with
Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde 9. Reception
delicacies
Newsletter November 2011
Celebrate Norway
What a thrill it was to see the large turnout for the Festival of people from the Greater Mankato Area
who were very much engaged throughout the demonstrations, dinner, concert and reception. There
were 200 guests for the Salmon dinner and 375 for the Regal Reception.
Many thanks to all the Sons of Norway members who contributed monies, creative energy in
organizing the event, those that demonstrated, donated baked goods and shared their priceless items
for “Show and Share” for the benefit of the 100’s of people who attended. It was phenomenal the
amount of support you gave! 1/3 of our members took an active role. Manga Takk!
The goals established CELEBRATE NORWAY, PROMOTE NORWAY, PRESERVE NORWAY AND
EDUCATE NORWAY were indeed reinforced and appreciated by the attendees. Families with small
children also shared in the event.
Evaluations of the festival are now needed to be discussed in depth, to ascertain whether we make this
venture an annual event. Funding will need to be front and center of this discussion. Thirteen
committee members met Sunday evening to begin these discussions, with more discussion at the SON
board meeting. Input from membership is encouraged and will be appreciated. Volunteers to come and
be on the committee are welcome to join as well. The best news of the volunteer effort, were all the new
members who took such an active role, demonstrated, donated baked goods, joined in serving the date
of the festival.
Nordic Dancers sure did themselves proud! Wonderful “growth” in the execution of the dances and
everything stopped (demonstrations) to appreciate their efforts.
Roald Amundsen Commemorative Exhibit
This month Sons of Norway is co-sponsoring a new photo
exhibit, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s
journey to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole,
at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
The exhibit, Cold Recall: Reflections of a Polar Explorer,
from Norway’s Fram Museum, will be seen by more than
6 million travelers during its month-long display. Through
images and text, on more than 50 panels, it describes the
two-year adventure of Roald Amundsen and his crew aboard
the Fram. Each image is an enlargement of hand-colored slides
that Amundsen, himself, once used during presentations and speaking engagements about his travels. Included
are images of Amundsen, his ship, Fram, and his crew, detailing daily life aboard the ship and at their various
camps along the route to the South Pole.
This is the first time this photo-exhibit has visited the United States and was secured through the partnering
efforts of Sons of Norway, the Honorary Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Minneapolis, the
Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Airport Foundation MSP.
If you aren’t able to see it in person, be sure to check out the Fram Museum’s online exhibit at:
http://www.frammuseum.no/Polar- Expedition/The-third-Fram-expedition.aspx
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Newsletter November 2011
Order Your Sons of Norway 2011
Limited Edition Ornament Today!
Sons of Norway 2011 Limited Edition Christmas Ornament.
Show some Norwegian pride this holiday season by adding
the 2011 Sons of Norway ornament to your Christmas decorations!
From its rosemaling inspired outer frame to the beautiful Valdres
Rose design, this elegantly styled ornament is sure to be a welcome
addition to your holiday traditions. Packaged in a silver-stamped gift
box, containing a Christmas greeting from Sons of Norway and an
informative description of Valdres rosemaling, this ornament can also be a unique gift for someone who
enjoys the holiday season as much as you do. This year’s ornament is a limited edition and will only be
available for a short time, so order yours now! This special keepsake is only $14.99 plus tax and shipping &
handling. To order yours today, call (800) 945-8851.
Viking Quest Recruitment Contest
Ready, set, recruit! This fall, Sons of Norway Headquarters has challenged lodges to a recruiting contest.
Your lodge could win, but you'll need every member’s help to be victorious.
What can you do? By recruiting new full dues paying members
(primary, spouse & dues paying Unge Venner) to your lodge
between October 1st and December 15th, you bring it one step
closer to winning! For every 1% increase in membership, your
lodge gets 10 points. For every new member recruited between
the ages of 24 and 55 it gets a bonus point.* At the end of the
contest, the lodge with the most points will be crowned
Sons of Norway’s Top Recruiting Lodge of 2011.
You can do it!
*complete rules can be found at http://www.sonsofnorway.com.
October 16 at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis, Hal and Marsha
Natvig, Jodie Wallschlaeger and Lois Kitzmann were invited to a
dinner hosted by the Ambassador of Norway, Wegger Strommen, in
honor of Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway.
King Harald greeted the banquet guests by “Thanking Minnesota and
the nation for supporting Norway in the wake of the July Massacre.”
He also noted “the shared histories of
Norway and Minnesota, from early
explorers to the modern advances in
education and science”. A beautiful
evening and a very elegant dinner.
Lois, Jodie, Marsha & Hal
Banquet Table Centerpiece
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Do you go “South”
for the winter?
Those members who “go
south” during the colder
months and who want their
newsletter paper copy mailed
to their new (temporary)
address, or e-mailed to a new
internet address, please let
Linda Stelter know before you
leave.
Dee & Roger Saman
Bethlehems 91st
Annual Nordic Bazaar
Nov 2nd 10am 1:30pm
http://www.keyc.tv/story/15880549/201
1/10/26/dee-roger-saman-bethlehems91st-annual-nordic-bazaar-nov-2nd10am-130pm
Sons of Norway Finance Corner
Contact Ralph Carpenter 507-451-3450
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SONS OF NORWAY
Elvesvingen Lodge 1-582
P.O. Box 1091
Mankato, MN 56002
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SONS OF NORWAY ELVESVINGEN LODGE 1-582 CALENDARS
November, 2011
Nov 2 – 91st Annual Nordic Bazaar at Bethlehem, 10am – 1:30pm
Nov 5 – Lutefisk Dinner at Scandian Grove Lutheran Church, Norseland MN (see flyer)
Nov 12 - Lodge meeting at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Basement-5:30p.m. Membership Banquet
Program: Mankato Nordic Dancers
Dec 10 – “Julebord” at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Basement 5:30 pm- Program: Special Music
Check out the Information Table at our monthly meetings - pick up information on area events, travel, or
SON financial products; sign up for lodge events/volunteer opportunities; view a copy of recent lodge
minutes/treasurer's report; check out the SON magazine for children under 15; purchase gift items offered
by the District One Sons of Norway fundraising committee; or simply ask questions.
Visit us on the web - www.sonsofnorwaymankato.org or www.sonsofnorway.com
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