Excitement grows with the Sigdalslag decision to join with four other bygdelags, Hadeland, Land, Telernark and Toten, in sharing a portion of the time June 29-30 and in separate sessions which are of special purpose and interest to each lag when all gather on the St. Olaf College campus, Northfield, Minnesota. Velkommen! Each lag will use advance registration and payment of fees. You may wish to complete this form today when you have read this newsletter. No tickets will be available for the bapquet buffet except by advance sale. A visitor badge will be issued for those able to attend only a portion of the day to include a user fee at $ 3..00 each day. All lags have the same registration fee. Highlights of the weekend will include the evening programs Friday and Saturday to which the public is invited. Dr. Harland Foss,. President of St. Olaf College will bring greetings and Dr. Sidney Rand, former ambassador to Norway and a past-president at St. Olaf, together with his wife Lois will present "Nilkkenog Nissen" in Sigdal and Hadeland Friday evening. Music and singing and coffee offer opportunities to participate. Saturday afternoon and evening the Gjevre VII family will provide instrumental music. Five children and their parents perform and share a Norwegian-American heritage that lS lively, informative entertainment. Folk dancers known as among the most acclaimed in Norway present the after-the- banquet program Saturday evening. The Sogn-Fjordane Ringen in bunads of various districts of Norway's west coast performs regional Cbygedans) dances such as vestlands springar, gamalt, rudl, halling, pols; pattern dances such as reels, row dances, couple dances-- all turdans forms; popular gammaldans or old-fashioned waltz, reinlender, schottische, mazurka and polka dances for couples; and finally the songdans which derive from the Middle Ages and are kept alive in the Faeroe Islands in the tradition of the epic lays. Hardanger fiddle music provides the sound and art of 8 strings--four of which simply for resonance. UPON ARRIVAL at the Student Center, you will pick up your badge, room key and banquet tickets; fees will have been received by Sigdal Lag Treasurer Elaine Schulstad June 15. If you prefer not to use Larson Hall (has an elevator) on campus, make reservations DIRECTLY with a Northfield motel: College City Motel, N. Hwy # 3, Northfield, WIN 55057, PH. 507-645-4426 Hillcrest Motel, N. Hwy # 3, " " " 507-645-5607 Travel Host, S. H•..,y # 3 " " " 507-645-0371 StUa:Et Hotel, 212 Division St., " " " 507-645-5661 Camping: Nerstrand Woods State Park or the Arnold Ness farm (Make written inquiry in advance to Arnold Ness, R. 1 Box 26, Northfield, r~Jo 55057). BANQUET BUFFET }~DW--Saturday evening, June 30, 5:30 PM @ $10.00 per person-- children age 10 and under ~ $5.00. NO TICKETS after June 12. Menu: Norsk meat balls, baked spare ribs, parsley potato~s, peas/carrots, cranberry salad, riskrem & spritz, beverages. * * * * * * * * * * * * You may sell Nor'degian crafts you have made if you have made arrangements with Mrs. W. D. (Cora) Koester, R. 1 Box 317, Northfield, MN 55057, as stated in the February newsletter. Send registration fee, room reservation' fees, and banquet money before June 12. Enclose form on last page. Come for the entire Stevne or as long as you can. Bring yellow Bigdalslag Genealogical Survey form filled in for Lee Rokke, our librarian. If you haven't received a copy, please request one. Bring genealogy material for research at the library, open for our convenience Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ask local newspapers and radio stations about free publicity for news release about the enclosed, "FIVE BYGDELAGS MEET AT ST. OLAF COLLEGE". Bring the enclosed st. Olaf College campus map with you. Registration is at the STUDENT CENTER. ~1J~IDAi£ tAQi PRex;RAM 1984 Registration for all lags. Student Center hallway - $9.00 per person Number of registrants paying the $9.00 fee determines size of meeting room and entitles them to admission to everything except the banquet: evening entertainments, meetings and Friday coffees, (AM, PM, evening) Visitor badges for persons attending only one day or one event ..$3.00 Exhibits, Displays, Craft skills, Visiting & Coffee - Fireside LDunge adjacent to registration. Urness Hall, Music Building Afternoon Program ;'~Sing-a-long - Leader Mrs. Donald "Oggs" Berglund; Mrs. Orville Ruud, accompanist. ;'~Genealogyfor Norwegians - Mr. Forrest Brown, Librarian, St. Olaf College The St. Olaf Library and Norwegian-American Historical Association will be open and available for our use on the following schedule: Thursday, June 28----from 8:00 AM til 5:00 PM Friday, June 29----- from 8:00 AM til 2:00 PM, and 3:00 PM til 5:00 PM Saturday, June 30~---from 8:00 AM til 12 noon. Coffee in Firesjde IQ]mge ••.••Exhibits, Displays, Crafts Shuttle bus service to downtown Northfield ~ plus city tour. Supper in cafeteria Urness Hall,Music Building EVENING PRex;RAM ;'~Sing-a~long -"Oggs" Berglund & Milda Ruud 1~Greeting, Dr. Harland Foss, President, St. Olaf College * Northfield Ladies Trio * Dr. Sidney & Lois Rand -"N~kken og Nissen" in Sigdal and Hadeland * Coffee - Fireside Lounge, Student Center 8:30 AM Registration in Student Center hallway. Displays, Exhibits, Fireside LDunge 9:00 AM Separate lag business meetings. (Rooms assigned Friday eve.) 11 AM Combined 5-lag meeting, Urness Hall 12 noon Lunch in college cafteria - or Snack Shop GjevreFamily instrumental entertainment, Urness Hall Donald Berglund, host SIGDAL LAG program - same room as AM business session - coffee 5:30 Banquet Buffet, Student Center (Advance Tickets Only) 7:30 Boe Chapel - Sex;N ex;FJORDNS:RINGEN folk dance plUS Gjevre VII group. ST. OLAF COLLEGE HARL&~F. FOSS. PRElaLDBJ"T NORTUFmLD. MINNESOTA. ~~O~7 WELCOME TO THE 73rd. ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE SIGDLASLAG, JUNE 29-30, 1984, Northfield, MN. The SIGDALSLAG was started June 24, 1911 at Fergus Falls, lfu. represen~ing the bygder of Sigdal, Eggedal, and Kr¢dsherad, all located east of the Numedal region of Norway. We are a growing Lag revealing new signs of life. There is a surge of interest in "roots", a growing interest in learning the language, M~n.~. and increased interest and travel between both Norway and America • SKOGLUND•• CENTER '.:::: 1 Administr.tion Building 801' Memori.1 Ch.pd I Christi.nsen H.II of Music ~ ~::~;S::mH:I~ne. '/\ \ t. I" fl.• Ien H.II (.nd g.lIery) C~ HNlth .nd Counseling Center #£J l, H Lertrude Hilleboe H.II 10~) - Y HolI.nd H.II Agnes SCIENCE CENTER / 10 Huyme Memori.1 H.II LARSON HALT. ~ (~ , /;')// II ~ild.hl H.II " u~ L;:::--'~'// 11 Agnt's Killelsby H.II ~ K~___ 0.- (0\. // II Agnt's l.rson H.II~~~2~ I ---::::---- ~ - ~ ~ ~~ /~/_ 14 Agnes Mellby H.~I Load and .~ • ~ ~.// ~ 1-, MohnH.1I Unload Only ~----- ~~ ) ,. If> Old MollO --- • 0 • 17 Powt'r pl.nl I•••~--" _'H_Rul ••• Memori.llibr.r Rist. '!J n. "••• 1'/ 51. 01./ e enter 1l !O S{/t'nce Ct'nter '1 Skoglund Alhlt'tic Center '1 '>"'('n,I,tnd C.III,·r~ St. Olaf College 'I Thorson H.II 'l 1111'.,.",'51"'('(h BlIildin!\ '., weAL R.dio '" YIll'rbot' Hdll \.8,( \ i,it", Pdl~ilJg Information $6.00 MEMBERSHIPS and/or DONATIONS In addition to the memberships listed on 'page 11 of the November 1983 ~ and page 7 of the February 1984 SAGA are: Rev. Arlyn M. Anfinrud Box 272 Fessenden ND 58438 Shirley DeMotte R. 1 Box 209 Lewiston IL 61542 George T. Hagen 13002 C. Mink Farm Rd. Thurmont MD 21788 Jerome Leegard R. 3 Box 220 Detroit Lakes MN 56501 Robert & Phylles Marquardt 9219 11th Ave. S. Bloomington MN 55420 Rev. John & Marion Matson Box 26 Comfrey MN 56019 Christian Neggen 8523 Etiwanda Ave. #10 Northridge CA 91325 Thomas Newgard 1404 N. 13th Street Moorhead MN 56560 Mrs. Ivonne Olson Kindred ND 58051 Earl & Wilma Rugland R. 1 Box 26 Roseau MN 56751 Gladys & Gordon Rugland R. 1 Box 32 Roseau MN 56751 Mr. & Mrs. L.Wilmer Rugland R. 2 Box 256 Ros.eau MN 56751 It was voted at the 1983 annual meeting that a household membership be $6.00 which is to include the newsletter, SIGDALSLAG SAGA. Membership cards were included in the February 1984 SAGA if dues were paid according to our records. If you have paid your $6.00 membership fee but have not received a membership card or would like to become a member, please contact Elaine Schulstad, 16 Madison Ave. SW., Wadena, MN. 56482. Please make check payable to "Sigdalslag". Many thanks to all of you who have sent memberships and extra donations; it is greatly appreciated. Also thank you for the notes and words of encouragement. We urge you to send comments, suggestions, and articles at any time. ************ There are very few who haven't been impressed by the Halling dance "master", Rolf Bjprgan, one of theSogn-Fjordane dancers. Acrobatic agility, strength and dancing skill must be combined perfectly to accomplish this special dance. Rolf Bjprgan, in his 30's, performs the Halling at the Scandinavia Hotel at Oslo at least 36 times each summer for American and European tourists who are impressed by this tough man who has mastered all th~ techniques of the Halling. His main hobby has been this dance since he was 12-13 years old, his style for dancing the Halling coming mainly from ¢sterdal and Valdres. Rolf tells us the Halling didn't originally come from Hallingdal, as many believe. The dar:lCeis an import and resembles old folkdances from Russia, England and the Rhein. Whenever there is a local festival, the boys usually request that a Halling tune be played so that they can impress the girls •.