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Upcoming Events and Activities
Special Events
SATURDAY, February 11, 2012, 1:30 p.m.:
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Join us for cross country skiing on Saturday, February 11th. Meet at 1:30 PM at the ticketing area at Great Brook Ski Touring Center at 1018 Lowell St., Carlisle, MA 01741.
Directions: From Route 128, take Route 2 West. Exit at signs for Concord Center and continue to the downtown rotary. At the Colonial Inn, take Lowell Rd. North for 5 miles to Carlisle Center. Turn left on Lowell St. at the rotary and follow the sign to Chelmsford. The ski touring center is 2 miles ahead on the right. Website: www.greatbrookski.com.
FRIDAY, February 17, 2012, 6:45 p.m.:
LODGE BOWLING NIGHT
We will meet at Lanes & Games on Route 2 in Cambridge, near the Alewife T Station, at 6:45 pm. The establishment has a restaurant serving light meals, but come earlier if you wish to eat. Do not be afraid to try ten-pins. Most of us do not consistently score above 100 points each game! We just have fun. "House" balls and shoes are available.
SUNDAY, February 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: Norwegian Dinner at the Kinsale Inn, 13 Water Street, in Mattapoisett, MA
Please contact Luana for more information.
Social and Cultural Meetings
SUNDAY, February 5, 2:30 p.m.: DOCUMENTARY: "Finding Thea"
On Sunday, February 5th, at 3:00 p.m., Norumbega Lodge #3-506, Sons of Norway, will be showing a documentary entitled "Finding Thea". Through her life and work, Thea Foss, a Norwegian immigrant, became a pioneer archetype for women in the first half of the 20th century. In 1931, Thea became the inspiration for a fictional character in Norman Reilly Raine's famed "Tugboat Annie" stories published in the Saturday Evening Post. These popular tales led to three Hollywood motion pictures and a 1950's television series. "Finding Thea" separates the woman from the myth. The documentary will be shown in the Nordic Hall of the Scandinavian Living Center, 206 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA.
The plan for the day is as follows:
- 2:00 - set-up for the meeting
- 2:30 - socializing and refreshments
- 3:00 - election of Convention delegates, and main program
Refreshments: For this afternoon meeting, please bring popcorn or
munchies and soft drinks to share as we watch the documentary.
NB! Leftover food from the Scandinavian Fair will be available for sale only at the
THIS meeting, so do what you can to deplete the food inventory. 20 percent off!
Meeting Location and Time: Scandinavian Living Center (SLC), 206 Waltham Street., West Newton, Massachusetts. Unless stated otherwise, social and cultural meetings are traditionally scheduled as follows:
- February-March: First Sunday - 3 p.m.
- April-June: First Friday - 7 p.m.
- July-August: No meeting
- September: Saturday after Labor Day - time to be announced
- October-December: First Friday - 7 p.m.
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. Watch for changes of day or time.
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 in February.
Spring 2012 Schedule Information
News of Other Activities
Info. provided by outside sources.
Norumbega Lodge is not responsible for content.
March 3, 4, 5: The Longfellow Choral Festival Performances
The Longfellow Choral Festival, featuring Norwegian violinists Arve Tellefsen and Henning Kraggerud, will be presenting a program about Ole Bull, Longfellow and Elgar, plus Grieg, in Portland,ME. For ticket purchase and program schedule information visit www.longfellowchorus.com. The performances are partly sponsored by Maine Nordmenn Lodge.
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.
Would you like to try some Norwegian Folkdancing? A group meets in Arlington on Sunday afternoons or Saturday nights which would love to teach you.
The group, Speledans, needs new participants, and you might be just the person they need.
They meet at the Park Avenue Congregational Church in Arlington Heights, 50 Paul Revere Road, which is available by MBTA Bus#77 from
Harvard Square.
Their Sunday afternoons feature Gammal Dans, which is simple traditional Scandinavian dance including the Waltz and Hambo (Swedish pols).
If you have not tried Scandinavian dance before, this is the meeting for you.
The Saturday evening dances feature Norwegian and Swedish dances with slightly more sophisticated rhythms and melodies.
They offer live music at all their dances. The cost is $7 per meeting.
Currently scheduled meetings are:
(The current schedule has ended. To see about future meetings, see below.)
If you would like to join other Lodge members attending, or have any questions, please contact our recording secretary. She can also work with you privately to teach you the steps.
Visit the SLC Web site for information about Scandinavian Living Center events.
Site maintenance by the members of Norumbega Lodge.
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NOTICES OF MEETING CANCELLATIONS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER:
Lodge members who have e-mail capability
will receive an e-mail message while those without e-mail will receive a telephone call. The Lodge will follow the closing of Newton High School announcements on radio and TV.
Questions or suggestions about cultural meetings?
Contact the
Cultural Committee.
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