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Music City Vikings SONS OF NORWAY Lodge # 5-681 Nashville, Tennessee MUSIC CITY VIKINGS Lodge No. 5-681 Nashville, Tennessee June, 2009 Vol. 1, No. 2 Letter from the President Greetings eller Hilsen, What a wonderful time we had on Syttende Mai at Susan Collier’s home! Thank you Susan for inviting the Music City Vikings Lodge for the afternoon to view your beautiful gardens and let us have a nice meet and greet casual time. We will not meet in June as we stated in the May newsletter. Our next meeting will be on Sunday July 12 at my home and small horse farm. The time will be from 2:00–5:00 P.M. The day will be our first adventure in celebrating St. Hans, Midsummer’s Eve. Please bring the kids and grandchildren to this event. Plans are to have Fjord horses, a replica of a Viking long boat that sailed down the Yukon River a few years ago. Martha Felton has agreed to help us prepare and experience a Midsummer’s Eve like an authentic Norwegian day with games, food, and a bonfire. Would you like to have a good tasty bowl of Flotegrot or Rommegrot? Come and have a fun time! Please RSVP so we can prepare enough of the good stuff! Call 615-591-8656 or cell 615-804-5443. Mange Takk , Ken Sersland, President Music City Vikings Lodge #5-681 Lodge Officers 2009 President . Ken Sersland Vice President . TBD Secretary . TBD Treasurer . Margaret Kneer Financial Secretary . TBD Auditor . Don Pendlebury Publicity . Susan Collier Social Director . TBD Cultural Director . Sten Verlund Newsletter Editor . Julianne Eriksen Sunshine Coorespondant . Gloria Kleve Counselor . TBD 2 Welcome! Velkommen! This issue gives focus to Midsummer Eve, as we look forward to celebrating in July at Ken’s house (directions are on page 4). First, I want to recognize our lodge member, Gloria Kleve, who came up with the choice of name for our lodge. She has also been in touch with Arlene for some time about helping her getting the lodge started. And she has voluteered to be Sunshine Coordinator. Thanks also to Don Pendle - bury, who has volunteered to be Lodge Auditor. Tusen takk to Arlene, too, for all the work she has done to make our lodge a reality. Tennessee is the Volunteer State, so that must make Music City Vikings the Volunteer Sons of Norway Lodge! All you members, we need your volunteer spirit to be an officer before we get instituted. Just think, you won’t only be a Charter Member but you’ll also go down as the First Charter Officer. Positions available: Vice President; Secretary; Financial Secretary; Social Director; Trustees (3); Mar - shalls; Greeters; and Counselor. You will even receive on-the-job training if you wish. Now, don’t be shy —just give Ken or Arlene an enthusiastic JA! or YES! —Julianne Eriksen, Editor Contents Midsummer Fest . 4 Recipe of the Month . 5 June Birthdays . 6 Birthday Humor . 6 More Humor . 7 Summer Reading . 8 Rosemaling . 9 Sons of Norway Mission Statement The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote, preserve, and cherish a lasting appreciation of the heritage and culture of Norway and other Nordic countries while growing soundly as a fraternal benefit society and offering benefits to its members. Music City Vikings Newsletter is published monthly to inform, inspire, and grow the membership of the Sons of Norway Music CIty Vikings Lodge 5-681. Please contribute to your newsletter by send - ing articles, recipes, stories, and photos to the editor ([email protected]). Your comments and suggestions are welcome! Deadline for the July 2009 newsletter is June 30. 3 Midsummer Fest orwegians celebrate Midsummer Eve on June In our time, the bon - 23 or the Saturday closest to this date. The fires still flame all over midsummer fest originated in the ancient Norway on Midsum - Norse society long before Christianity was introduced mer Eve, but the cele - Nand has been observed ever since. bration has taken on a The old Norse honored the sun with pagan cer - new meaning. The su - emonies at summer solstice. The turning of the sun perstitious beliefs seen was believed to be a perious event. If the sun failed to in connection with the take the right course, mankind was doomed to perish. fest are half forgotten. At this critical time, the world of the living was open Instead, Midsummer, to the beings of the nether world. Trolls, ghosts and or St. Hans, is a cele - other creatures roamed the earth. bration of the Norwe - When Christianity was introduced, the ancient gian summer and of nature in general. sun festival was replaced by the celebration of the Along the coast, bonfires blaze on every islet birthday of John the Baptist. The church realized that and skerry. Boats filled with high-spirited and cheer - a mere ban on the pagan fest would not dispel the ful people gather together and form long processions deep-rooted folk beliefs connected with this day. So that parade along the coast to the accompaniment of while the celebrations were given a new purpose, the accordion music. There are evening picnics served in customs and superstition sourrounding Midsummer ever little cove and on every rock shelf along the Eve existed hand in hand with the Christian tradition. shoreline. Laughter and music drift through the sum - Fire has always played a significant role in the mer night. In some places, people meet for a commu - midsummer celebrations. The old Norse kept blazing nity celebration of midsummer, build a huge bonfires going to give renewed power to the sun. The communal bonfire and have grand festivities with en - bonfires were believed to drive away the supernatural tertainment programs, good food, and dancing. beings that threatened both man and beast at this time. Directions to Ken’s house — 3949 New Hwy 96 West, Franklin From Downtown From West Side Area • Go I65 south to Old Hickory Blvd • Go out West End Avenue south • Turn right going West to Hillsboro Road, left • At the Hwy 100 and Hwy 70 split follow Hwy (south) 100 south • Turn right at Hwy 46/Old Hillsboro Road • Go all the way to Hwy 96 and go East to • Go all the way to first stop light, which is about Franklin 6-7 miles, Hwy 96 • When you go under the Natchez Trace Bridge • Turn right going Hwy 96 west to Fairview it is 1.2 miles to the driveway • Go 2.4 miles from intersection; the house is on • Turn right the left side of the road —a Norwegian wind sock will be above the mailbox 4 Recipe of the Month Rømmegrøt (Sour Cream Porridge) Submitted by Martha Felton Ingredients 1 pint thick sour cream 12 tbsp flour 1 pint milk Salt Preparation 1. Boil the sour cream, covered, for 2 minutes. Add half of the flour and stir carefully to bring the butter to the surface. Skim it off, reserve it and keep it warm. 2. Stir in the rest of the flour and add the milk. Simmer the por - ridge for 5-6 minutes. Season to taste with salt. If one prefers a slightly tangy sour flavor, half of the milk added may be sour milk or kefir. Sour cream porridge is eaten sprinkled with sugar and cin - namon and with the reserved warm melted butter. Some people also like to add raisins on top, as pictured above. Red juice, such as raspberry or currant, is usually served with the porridge. Often served with cured meats and flatbrød (crisp bread). This recipe serves 4. 5 Gratulerer med dagen! Earl Abrahamson Kenneth Kennedy Katherine Looney Pilar Vargas Julian Vermund June Birthdays Birthday Humor Birthday Cake Faith Protestantism — You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Taoism — The way to have cake is to eat cake. Catholicism — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s cake. Judaism — Eat, eat already! Atheism — There is no such thing as cake. TV Evangelism —You can have all the cake you want, just send money. Buddhism — Cake is. Zen Buddhism — What is the sound of cake baking? Hinduism — Have your cake. Just don’t have a cow. And, Lutheranism — Any ideas? Birthdayism — Let them eat cake!! 6 More Humor Modern Genealogy A modern mother is explaining to her little girl about picktures in the family photo album. “This is the geneticist with your surrogate mother and here’s your sperm donor and your father’s clone. This is me holding you when you were just a frozen embryo. The lady with the very troubled look on her face is your aunt. She’s the family genealogist.” Family Tree A little girl asked her mother, “How did the human race appear?” The mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made.” Two days later, the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.” The confused girl returned to her mother and said, “Mom, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said thery developed from monkeys?” The mother answered, “Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his.” Top 5 Not-So-Good Norwegian Subtitles in Foreign Films and TV Shows All of these are real subtitles appearing in popular movies and shows in Norway Apollo 13 — “Go for Launch!” Norwegian translation: “Gå til lunsj!” which means “Go to lunch!” Star Wars Episode 2 — “You’ll be invincible” Norwegian translation: “Du vil bli usynlig,” which means “You will be invisible” The District — “I’ll be right behind you, watching your back” Norwegian translation: “Jeg står rett bak deg og kikker på ryggen din,” which means “I am standing directly behind you, and staring at your back.” The Simpsons — “The cat needs medication” Norwegian translation: “Katten må meditere,” which means “The cat must meditate.” Back to the Future 3 — “You must leave your iron outside” Norwegian translation: “Du må legge strykejernet ditt på utsiden,” which means “You must leave your knitting needles outside.” 7 Summer Reading ant to curl up with a book? Join the Norwegians! According to the Encylopedia Britannica, Norwegians read more than any other population in the world.

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