The 2011 Holiday Festival & Bazaar was held on Friday Dec. 2 and Saturday Dec. 3 at the Fairfax Elks Club in Fairfax, VA.
Items for sale included: baked goods, books, CDs, DVDs, calendars, cards, paper goods, paper napkins, linens, housewares, appliances, Christmas decorations, gifts, crystal, pewter, jewelry, sweaters, children's books, toys, helmets, and clothing, and vintage wear including sterling and enamel jewelry, rosette irons, and sweaters. Entertainment ScheduleFriday, December 1, 201111:00 – 11:30 Meet the
Lundehunds/ Norwegian Humor Saturday, December 3, 20119:00 – 9:30 Meet the Lundehunds9:30 – 10:00 Story Time/ Meet the Authors 10:00 – 10:30 Julenisse visits/Accordionist 10:30 – 11:00 Accordionist 11:00 – 11:30 Norwegian Song /Accordionist 11:30 – 12:00 Youth Dancers 12:00 – 12:30 Fiddler 12:30 – 1:00 Dancing Demonstration/Fiddler 1:00 – 1:30 Intro to Norwegian Dancing/ Story Time 1:30 – 2:00 Julenisse Visits/ Meet the Lundehunds/ Meet the Authors 2:00 – 2:30 Norwegian Humor/ Meet the Lundehunds 2:30 – 2:45 Norwegian Humor 3:00 Close Norwegian Dancing. Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper have been teaching Norwegian and Swedish dancing for over 25 years and have taught in many venues including the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage. They have researched dances from Nordland in Norway, and in 2003 they earned the Big Silver Medal in Swedish Polska dancing. Linda and Ross are also members of the Nordic Dancers of Washington, DC and teach Norwegian dances to that performance group. Fiddler. Andrea Hoag takes an uncommon musical path and revels in the connections she makes along the way. With over 30 years of devotion to traditional fiddle styles, including intensive study in Sweden and a Grammy-nominated album, Andrea has earned an international reputation as both tradition-bearer and innovator. Andrea's cds will be for sale at the bazaar.Paul Carlson - Playing fiddle for 30+ years, Paul Carlson keeps alive a long line of Nordic musicians in his family. He hews very closely to the traditional feel of the music with the goal of making the tunes easy to dance to and listen to. He is currently the fiddler for the Nordic Dancers and teaches violin full time. Click to visit his studio. Accordionist. Jo Storaker was born and raised in Oslo, Norway. He immigrated to the US in 1971 and received a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. An avid accordion player since 1965, he specializes in traditional and contemporary Scandinavian songs. He was a featured entertainer at several of our annual bazaars. Humorist.- Timothy.J.Christenson |
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