Upcoming Events and Activities
Special Events
FRIDAY, March 19, 2010, 6:45 p.m.: Lodge bowling night
Ten-Pin Bowling will be held at 6:45PM on Friday march 19th at Lanes & Games on Route 2 in Cambridge near the
Alewife T Station. All are welcome the join us.
Social and Cultural Meetings
SUNDAY, March 7, 2010, 3:00 p.m.: Program: Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir.
Peggy Fredrickson will provide an entertaining and informative reenactment of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir of Iceland, the sister-in-law of Leif Eriksson. She wasn't a saint, nor was she a schemer--she was a survivor. Peggy likes to bring Gudrid alive for people because Gudrid exemplifies a medieval woman and because she traveled to Vinland.
Peggy's interest in the Vinland Sagas began when she and her late husband, Paul, were active members of Norumbega Lodge #3-506, Sons of Norway. For over twenty years she has studied theories and stories about Norse Saga sites in North America. Ms. Fredrickson has cruised the Davis Strait from Greenland to Newfoundland in order to appreciate the Vinland voyages and has traveled to Newfoundland three times to visit possible locations of saga sites.
Peggy has a Bachelor's degree in Math, a more recent degree in Communication Arts, and managed the Community Television in Sudbury, MA, for several years. Visit her website at: http://www.vinlandvoyager.com.
We'll start the afternoon with coffee, followed by the program, followed by a brief meeting. Bring the whole
family for an entertaining and enlightening experience. Members whose last names begin with “P” through “Z” should arrive at 2:30 pm to help set up for the social hour which begins at 3:00 pm. You should plan to help put chairs and supplies away at the close of the meeting. If you are bringing some refreshments (anyone is eligible with takk) contact Social Director, John Gregg,
e-mail. If we need more helpers, the evening’s kaptein (the one who steers the Norumbega ship) may give you a call. Velkommen allei !
FRIDAY, April 9, 2010: Program: Annual Pot Luck Supper with Auction to Benefit Scholarship Fund.
Note that the date has been changed to avoid Good Friday.
At our April meeting, we will have our annual potluck supper. At that meeting, we will be having a Viking auction (known outside Norwegian circles as a Chinese auction) to benefit the lodge's Scholarship Fund. Some auction items will come from the lodge's Scandinavian Fair inventory, but we would very much like to have auction items donated by our members. Please start thinking about what you might be able to contribute to the auction.
Meeting Location and Time: Scandinavian Living Center (SLC), 206 Waltham Street., West Newton, Massachusetts. Unless stated otherwise, all meetings are held on the first Friday of each month except July and August*. Meetings begin with a half-hour social period including refreshments at the time indicated in the announcement. Lodge announcements and the program will take place immediately after the social period.
* Special note about meeting dates: It was decided at the September business meeting that the lodge will try an experiment. We will meet on Sunday afternoons in January, February, and March--the cold, dark months when it is often tempting to stay home on a Friday evening rather than venture out in uncertain weather. We'll re-evaluate the experiment in the spring to see how our members respond. Having some Sunday afternoon meetings will also allow us to have more family-oriented programs, so parents can bring their children.
Directions: From 128 north or south take exit 26 and go east
on Route 20 to Waltham. Turn right on Prospect to Maple to High to Waltham Street
(no abrupt turns). The SLC is at the intersection with Crafts Street, where there
is a small park in the center.
For information about cultural/social meetings, contact our Cultural Director.
Norwegian Language Classes
The Winter/Spring session of Norwegian Language Classes offered by Norumbega Lodge #3-506 will begin during the week of February 8, 2010.
Schedule Information
News of Other Activities
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Land of the Vikings 5th Annual Golf Tournament
Weekend of April 30 - May 2. See the flyer.
Scandinavian Living Center to Host Annual Golf Outing In 2010
As Lodge members we are blessed to be able to rent
the Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Living Center for
our various activities. As a not for profit entity, the
SLC depends on income from residents, corporations,
individual donors, and fund raising events. One such
event is their annual Golf Classic and dinner/
auction. This event is very
popular and has many returning
participants year after
year. This year it will be
held at the Wedgwood Pines
Country Club in Stow Massachusetts
on June
14th. For details please visit the Scandinavian Charitable Society website.
Scandinavian Forum Invitation
Scandinavian Forum invites Norumbega members to attend its informal discussions on Nordic immigrant literature:
When: 2:30-4:30 PM, Sundays: January 17th, February 21st, March 21st
Where: Home of Dick & Jean Husher
Suggested Readings, your choice:
**O. E. Rolvaag: Giants in the Earth, a classic must-have-read
Waldemar Ager: Sons of the Old Country—lively Civil War novel of Norsk lumber mill workers
Snelling series—new works, available in Norumbega library:
Vilhelm Moberg: The Emigrants Series—exodus from Sweden in 1850’s to American frontier
For more information, contact Vera Ryen Gregg, ScanForum Pres.
Boston’s Scandinavian a cappella Folk Ensemble Needs Your Voice
Stämbandet, Boston’s Scandinavian a cappella folk ensemble, currently has openings for bass, baritone and tenor.
Fluency in a Scandinavian language preferred but not required. Ensemble experience required. Please call 978-448-
2258 or email us at stabandet@aol.com for more information and to schedule an audition.
Norwegian Dance, Alternate Fridays, Fall-Winter Season
Enjoy traditional Norwegian gammal and springar folk dances with fiddle, zither, jaw harp, and Hardanger fiddle music played by local and guest from across the US and Norway.
Contact: Scot Applegate (401) 434-2359 gsapplegate@hotmail.com
Web info: http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/Speledans.html
Visit the SLC Web site for information about Scandinavian Living Center events.
Site maintenance by the members of Norumbega Lodge.
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