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Swedish Club News Vol. 52, Issue 6: August 2013 Swedish Club . Seattle . Washington Flutist Elsa Nilsson Returns to Swedish Club Aug. 23 Our Mission To promote better understanding between the United States and the Nordic countries, with emphasis on Sweden, and to perpetuate Nordic culture and traditions through the teaching, observance, practice and celebration of this culture and its traditions. wedish flutist Elsa Nilsson grew up in Göteborg, together, Elsa’s music points the way to a deeper, Sstudied at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts more layered understanding among varying and now lives in Brooklyn, where she earned a cultures. master’s in jazz performance from NYU and keeps Elsa performs at the Swedish Club’s Happy Hour busy performing, recording and teaching. This on Aug. 23. Enjoy dinner in our Kafé and stick around month she’s returning to Seattle and the Swedish for sophisticated entertainment from Elsa and her Club to celebrate the release of her third CD, eclectic ensemble, starting at about 7:30 p.m. Already Here Now. There are many ways to appreciate Elsa’s music, Year of the Roof Continues which is both profoundly playful and widely e announced in January that this would be influenced. She’s earned accolades for her tone, Wthe Year of the Roof here at the Swedish technical ability, compositional skills and improvisa- Club. With help from everyone, it’s turning out to tional chops—but she also pays tribute to her be that indeed. Here’s our status: We’re at $45,000, heritage by including Swedish folk tunes in her climbing toward the halfway mark on our goal of repertoire. She believes the beauty of music is how $100,000. Thank you to members such as Tom it transcends cultural boundaries, and she’s has built Johansson, who reported that he “got the a solid career and reputation while demonstrating message” about the amount he was supposed to her conviction that all folk music (including jazz) give and slid a check under our door. Maria Linde has a common thread. By weaving those threads Continued on p. 3 www.swedishclubnw.org Swedish Club Club Notes 1920 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 apoleon Bonaparte said an army marches increase memberships. All in all, our volunteers on its stomach. But the Swedish Club go a long way to help us save on payroll and 206-283-1090 Club Business N 206-283-1078 Rentals marches on its volunteers and donors. other costs. 206-283-2970 FAX Our volunteers do a tremendous amount We’re very grateful, but why bring it up? of work around the Club. For example, our Because now we’re going to ask you to do [email protected] [email protected] monthly Swedish pancake breakfasts are more. You have told us that our monthly [email protected] entirely volunteer-run except for some minor Members & Friends Dinner costs more than www.swedishclubnw.org arrangements. Staff buy the supplies, make the some of you can afford. So we’re going to try Office Hours batter and set up the tables, but everything something new. We’ll eliminate our nearly Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. else—setting tables, providing flowers, full-service caterers and use a system where we Board of Directors arranging for musicians, making and serving hire one chef and the rest of you are invited to President Brandon Benson pancakes, cleaning up, etc.—is done by help out. We’ll need a crew of three to four Vice President Malin Jonsson VP, Facilities Larry Johnson volunteers. And those particular volunteers people at every Members & Friends Dinner to Secretary Mary McCann make us about $35,000 a year. come early and set tables, and then stay to Past President Terry Anderson In our office, volunteers send out member- serve the food, bus tables and help clean up. Directors: Paul Heneghan, Dick Libby, ship reminders and new membership cards and Our sister organizations in the community, such Vince Madden, Kristina Nordstrom, Rebecca O’Briant, Robin O’Leary, letters, and they keep the lobby filled with as the Nordic Heritage Museum and the Leif Larry Omdal, Glen Peterson, Erik Pihl, flowers. Volunteers help serve you at the Friday Erikson Lodge of the Sons of Norway, use this Susan Ramstead, Vi Reno, Per-Ola Selander, Kathryn Summers Kafé lunches, and they welcome you to Happy model. They often use crews of volunteers to Hour on Friday evenings. They show films, prepare and serve entire meals. [email protected] clean cabinets, create displays and manage So we’ll give it a try. If this new system Club Operations Kafferep. They garden and landscape and paint helps more of you to come—and your Executive Director Kristine Leander Financial Manager Debbie Smith walls. They install sprinkler systems and manage attendance will show us—then we’ll continue. Rentals/Facil. Mgr. Doug Newlands the library. They provide free attorney services. But it will work only if you help. Let us know if Club Historian They sit on committees that plan new roofs and we can count on you. Aina Oscarsson Ladies Auxiliary Chair Jean Wirch Wednesday, Aug. 14. Members & Friends Dinner. Vice Chair Susan Aldridge r. Azita Emami is our speaker at the August Members Secretary Aina Oscarsson Treasurer Bonnie Orr D& Friends Dinner. She grew up and was educated in Swedish Women’s Chorus Sweden, although her ethnic heritage is Persian. Her career Geri Damm [email protected] has included seven years at the Karolinska Institutet of Svea Male Chorus Bob Reetz [email protected] Stockholm, where she was a professor in elder care Swedish Club News research and a gifted educator. She first came to the Pacific Editor: Kristine Leander Northwest as the director of nursing education at Seattle Copy Editor: Martin Stillion University. Earlier this month she became the dean of Swedish Club News (USPS 533-750) nursing education at the University of Washington, the top is published monthly as part of school of nursing in the country. At the time of her yearly membership dues at $15 per person, per year, by the Swedish appointment, UW President Michael Young said of Dr. Club, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, Emami, “She brings broad vision and a global perspective, WA 98109-2795. Telephone is 206-283-1090. Periodicals post- as well as a remarkable record of accomplishment in age paid at Seattle, Washington. research and innovation.” She will speak on “Sweden’s Health Care and Welfare System.” Postmaster: send address changes to Swedish Club News, 1920 Dexter RSVP to 206-283-1090 or [email protected] by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-2795. Cost of dinner $20. Social hour 5:30, dinner 6:30, meeting 7:30 p.m. followed by program. Deadline for material for the next issue is Menu: Roast pork tenderloin with mango salsa Aug. 15. Bring articles into the office or fax Corn, avocado and black bean salad with lime-cilantro dressing to 206-283-2970. You may also Green salad with basil and nectarines e-mail articles to Watermelon [email protected]. 2 august 2013 President’s Message SC Announces onth after month, Executive Director members Kristina Nordstrom and News about, or in the interest Kristine Leander and the staff at Rebecca O’Briant are leading this commit- M of our members... the Swedish Club do a great job coordinating tee, with assistance from part-time staff and supporting all the many activities that member Sarah Mackay in her role as auction The Swedish Club announces 1,085 take place at our building on Dexter Avenue. coordinator. These leading ladies of the member households. For this month’s message, I’d like to say a few auction are working with Swedish Club New Members words about the many committees at the members who have volunteered to help, in Tracy & John Asplen Swedish Club, most of which work closely advance or on the night of the auction. with staff and help with the day-to-day Another important committee for Ty & Sally Carlson running of the Club. fundraising is the Pancake Breakfast Commit- Susan Carson Some committees are permanent, meet tee. Leaders Bob and Connie Blair work Minoo Damanpour year round on a regular schedule and include with other volunteers, such as Flo Larsson, Claudia Farnsworth-Smith & David one or more Swedish Club Board Members. to fill all the volunteer positions needed to Smith, Devon Farnsworth-Smith For example, Vice President of Properties run the Sunday fundraiser. They also work Suzanna Hagglof & Jimmy Baker Larry Johnson is the chair of the Club’s with Debbie Smith, the Club’s financial and Building Committee. Larry works with catering manager, to ensure that the right Thomas H. Jansen Facilities Manager Doug Newlands and amount of pancake batter and other supplies Kristy K. Johnson several volunteers to address the mainte- are available at the breakfasts. The Member- Mona Lang nance of the building and large projects, ship Committee works closely with Executive Linda Lathrop & Norm Spencer such as the “Raise the Roof” project. The Director Kristine Leander to strategize how to Mark Lawrence Nominating Committee will soon start increase our membership. Carla Main 98109 WA Seattle, meeting with a new chairman, Bert Member participationN. Ave. Dexter 1920 in these commit- The Swedish Club Swedish The John Maypark & Karim Valji Lundh, past Swedish Club president. The tees is very important to our organization, Finance and Audit Committee has been on and I appreciate the hours all volunteers Janet Moen hiatus while the accounting system has had spend supporting the Swedish Club.