The World's Largest Choir, Scandinavia Today, September 11
Irene Kreidberg Maureen Wright Co-chair of Scandinavia Today Co-chair of Scandinavia Today Metrodome Celebration Metrodome Celebration , Table of Contents Welcome: .. , .. , . , , . , .. , , . , , , , .3 Honored Guests ..... , . , .. , , .... ,4 / Program ,' ... , , . , . , .. , , , " , ,6 Choirs, . , . , , , , , .. , . , , . , , . :, .9 Dancers .. , ... , . , , , , . , , . , . , , , . 11 National Anthems, . , , . Committees for Scandinavia Today ...••••••" Scandinavian Pastries , 15 Map of Twin Cities , , , .. , .. , 16 Thanks : , 22 About the Metrodome ' 25 Flip your program over for Passport to Scandinavia Today. j Passport 30 Scandinavia Today Prizes 28 THE Featu red Events 27 WORLD'S LARGEST This program was published for Scandinavia Today-Minnesota by \ Group 7 Inc. ) On Cover: Metrodome photograph provided by Minneapolis Star and Tribune. 2 VELKOMMEN, TERVETULOA, ELKOMINN, VELKOMMEN, VALKOMMEN, WELCOMEl Dear Friend of Scandinavia, Carl Sandberg said: A man, a nation, or a civilization cannot survive. if he forgets where he came from. Today we celebrate our guests from Scandinavia who have brought with them their most important treasures and their most distinguished citizens to enrich and enliven our artistic and intellectual life over the next nine months. " We celebrate our- heritage! Our forefathers came from every corner of the earth- many from Scandinavia. They built our cities and our institutions. We celebrate, their courage and their vision. We"celebrate our future. A future which can and must be built by reaffirming that dream of a better life for all mankind. ,~day, Scandinavia has sent us her very' best; we, in turn, pledge our very best. That, together with, the composers, the artists, the academics, the architects, the writers, the urban planners, the dreamers and the doers ... we, the people of Minnesota, may better understand another culture and thereby better understand ourselves.
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