T0909 11 OOVDIHD SO£I# "&Q UO8HVH 'N SSI NI1HVW W1HV fr6/ZI ^89 OOS Published by the American Union of Swedish Singers,' In Its 103rd Year of Performing Svenska San gen in America (USPS 368-840) VOL. LXXXIX SKOKIE, IL, FEBRUARY, 1995 No. 2 ASI Male Chorus7 Recording Now Available on Tape or CD As a means of generating financial support for their Sweden Tour that departs May 28, members of the ASI Male Chorus of Minneapolis have turned out a new re- cording that consists of 17 selections. It offers a wide vista of male choral music to please about any taste among the AUSS' membership. Included in the 17 numbers are Psalm 24, Nattmusik, Ride the Chariot, Russian Picnic, De muntra musikanterna, Old Jonah, Halsa dem darhemma, Tonerna, Vals i Val- paraiso and Vila vid denna kalla. The recording was done over two sessions, totaling five ASI MALE CHORUS AT RECORDING SESSION and a half hours, in November. Through the efforts of Ray Director Edgar Eklof, foreground Bonstrom and Ralf Johnson, studio facilities were obtained at KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, where Ralf's son Randy CD. Cassette tapes are $10.00 each and CD's are $17.00 is an employee. each. Shipping and handling is $4.95 on orders up to Under the urgent direction of Edgar Eklof and the advice $20.00 in tapes and/or CD's, $5.95 on orders totaling of the station's engineer, Gregg Thorson, we completed $20.00 to $40.00 and $6.95 on orders totaling $40.00 or the recording which we think easily surpasses the one we more. made 10 years ago. Nathalie Peterson supplied the piano Checks should be made payable to ASI Male Chorus accompaniments, as usual, during the long workouts. and sent to the chorus' attention at 2600 Park Ave., Min- The recording is now available as either a cassette tape neapolis, MN 55407. or a compact disc (CD), the first AUSS recording ever on — J. Steven Swanson. Detroit's Scandia Women ery made even the scary, snowy roads seem like a good winter adventure. Go Touring with Luciafest Only an understanding professor at The popular resort area of Traverse the University of Michigan made it City, MI, 260 miles north and west of possible to have our Lucia, Ingrid Detroit, beckoned to a 14-voice en- Anderson, with us. This was Ingrid's semble from the Scandia Women's final college term before graduation, Chorus during the first weekend in and it took some convincing conversa- December. tion by Ingrid to get one examination The Music Museum in Acme, MI, time changed so that she cauld make adjacent to Traverse City, became the the trip. Congratulations, Ingrid! site of our Christmas mini-concert and Almost one month earlier, to the Lucia Pageant. Our director, Lillian day, the full Scandia Women's group Lagerkvist, made all the fine arrange- showed another side to its diverse tal- ments for the trip. She was assisted in ents by presenting an American-Swed- our musical presentation by Ann ish Brunch. It was in the more famil- Sobczak on flute, Maj Benson on ac- iar surroundings of the Swedish Club cordion and Margaret Retting on gui- in Farmington Hills, MI. tar. This was a true smorgasbord... with Our audience, most of whom had everything from scrambled eggs and been bused up from Ohio, was a de- INGRID ANDERSON sausage to Swedish pancakes and ham. light. Hopefully, our singing made Lucia in Acme, Ml If you sampled everything it would be some new conquests for Swedish mu- between difficult and impossible even sic. We also enjoyed our overnight stay Hotel and the fine food at the Traders to say smorgasbord. at the fabulous Grand Traverse Resort Restaurant. The beautiful winter scen- — June Jones, Tarmo Maattala. MUSIKTIDNING Final Report—Western Div. Convention Seattle, WA, July 14-16, 1994 INCOME Registration fees $ 8,287.50 Other fees: Individual events: Welcome lunch 25.00 Men's lunch 12.50 Post Concert 57.50 Banquet 435.00 Concert 775.00 Raffle .150.00 1,455.00 Donations: Don and Pat Lamont 250.00 HILDENE MANSION NEAR STRATTON MOUNTAIN AUSS Cultural Heritage Fdn 500.00 Worth Seeing While in Vermont in '96 Interest, net after bank service chgs 27.49 GROSS INCOME $10,519.99 visited Manchester in the summer of 1863. President Lin- coln had reservations to stay at the Equinox Hotel in EXPENDITURES Manchester during the summer of 1865, but this never Registration supplies $ 217.04 Programs 811.50 happened because of his fateful visit to the Ford Theater. Concert Hall 475.00 Hildene and Manchester are a must for those at the Security, at Concert Hall 168.00 AUSS Convention at Stratton Mountain fram Tuesday, July Bus transportation 345.42 2 through Saturday, July 6, 1996. Concert tickets 27.05 — Carl-Erik Westberg. Photographer 70.00 Entertainment, men's lunch 50.00 Entertainment, Banquet 100.00 Scandinavian Women at Warwick Mall Advertisement, Western Viking 30.00 Welcome lunch 1,635.79 This past Holiday Season found both the Scandinavian Women's lunch 961.61 Women's Chorus of Rhode Island and the Verdandi Male Men's lunch 564.57 Chorus enjoying a bountiful serving of singing activities. Post Concert 937.85 On November 20, the two choruses had their annual fall Banquet 2,510.08 Delegates lunch 420.42 concert at the Scandinavian Home for the Aged in Cranston, Custodian, Swedish Club 50.00 RI. The ladies introduced Shannon Corey, the 1994-95 Concert tapes 81.00 9,455.33 scholarship recipient. She is a welcome addition to our alto section. NET INCOME $1,064.66 Steve Larson, the last scholarship recipient for Verdandi, MUSIKTIDNING 25%. $ 266.00 performed the solo in Gonna Build a Mountain in his strong tenor voice. Residents and guests were generous with praise Paul Safstrom, Convention Treasurer and applause for both choruses. The Scandinavian Women were again requested to sing at the Warwick Mall Christmas festivities on December 2. Both English and Swedish songs of the season were sung Hildene Mansion '96 Sight in Vermont to the background of the hustling and bustling Christmas A key reason why the 1996 AUSS National Convention shoppers. Astrid Drew rounded out our program by per- at Stratton Mountain, VT, has been scheduled for five days forming Swedish folk songs. instead of the customary four is because there is so much Upcoming events include several Women's singing as- to see and do at Stratton Mountain and in the adjacent signments and a joint spring concert with Verdandi in May. area. A few miles from Stratton Mountain lies historic — Deanna Larson. Manchester Village and Hildene, the famous summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln and family. The 24-room Georgian Revival mansion was built in 1905 and served as the Lincolns' family home until the death of Mary Lincoln Beckwith in 1975. The mansion has been renovated and preserved by a local organization, Friends of Hildene. The home is decorated and furnished with pieces from five Lincoln homes. Hildene's formal gar- dens have been restored to their original beauty, and many of the original plantings remain. Other points of interest on the premises include an 1822 schoolhouse, an observatory designed by Robert Todd Lincoln, an Aeolian Pipe Organ in working order, servants' quarters, a carriage house and polo fields. SCANDINAVIAN WOMEN'S CHORUS OF RHODE ISLAND Robert Todd Lincoln, his mother and brother Tad first Director Ron Turnquist at Piano Erland Levine Sidelined Erland is at home where he is receiv- extends back the farthest of the seven ing excellent care from his wife, living former AUSS presidents (1962- The Suncoast Swedish Veterans are Martha, turned nurse, as he struggles 1966). Erland was also president of the missing the tenor voice of Erland in his battle with diabetes. Eastern Division for two four-year Levine, AUSS honorary president. Levine's term as AUSS president terms in the 1950's. A card (or a call) MUSIKTIDNING place to be, and she wanted conven- cupies one of the spaces in her par- tion goers to see and feel the best ents' new building complex of store Portland had to offer. fronts and condominiums. Two week- Music has always been a big part ends a month are spent at the shop of Jody's life, whether in her church seeing to the operations of the busi- or as a member of musical groups in ness. high school. She always wanted to Because of Jody's consistent, caring, have a ladies chorus for Portland so as and enthusiastic way of approaching to be more active in AUSS. Finally, in life, there were many friends who came 1979, Jody and several friends orga- to support her and her family during nized the Portland Scandia Ladies the difficult time of daughter Lareisa's Chorus with help from the men's cho- illness and death. rus who financed the beginning efforts. Now in a brighter time, those same Ironically, Jody could not attend the friends are supporting her and her 1979 Western Division Convention in "new" family. Last summer ('94), Jody Salt Lake City because she had just and Jerry adopted a girl and boy from had her first child, Loren. Vietnam; four-year-old Marian, and Jody's "powers of persuasion" and seven-year-old Isaac. Everything in activity level have always been some- America is new to them, so the activ- thing to marvel at. At age 16 she was ity level in the Jones house is at an the manager of a young women's all-time high.