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Paul's absolutely
blotto
blog about
Nisswa-stämman 2015
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Paul's absolutely
blotto
blog about
Nisswa-stämman 2015
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| "I consider Nisswa Stämma to be
the most authentic Scandinavian folk music festival in North America.
More than any other event of its kind, Nisswa achieves the atmosphere
and experience of traditional musician gatherings in Sweden and
Norway." 1/12/2013 Ben Teitelbaum, Head of Nordic Studies, University of Colorado |
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1. Nisswa program performing schedule 2. Dance schedules Friday night and Saturday night schedules 3. Festival map See the layout of the Pioneer Village and note the musician's changing / instrument storage / bathroom location 4. Friday Night Concert and Sound Check
schedule
Also there is a map to the Lutheran Church of the Cross, site of the
concert 5. Friday Night Warm-up rooms Lutheran Church of the Cross 6. Instrument and Dance Workshop
sign-ups
- see who has signed up 7. Workshop maps - check the
overall map of locations and download pdf maps for each home. 8. Commonly played Allspel tunes help me remember more! 9. First Timers Read this if you haven't performed at Nisswa-stämma before. It gives you a good overview of what happens 10. Rainsite map Read info about the rainsite... Remember we actually may have to do this!!! (once so far in 14 years) 11. Sunday Brunch Sherwood Forest Tavern Info and directions to the great Sunday brunch |
| WALKING TUNES Äppelbo gånglåt Gärdebylåten gånglåt Noas snoa Frisells gånglåt Stenbergs marsch Stockholmslåten Trettondedagsmarschen WALTZ Svensk Annas Vals Vals from Kall Ore vals Balzer Jungfrun (alvdalens waltz) Chicago vals Hälsa dem där hemma Kärleksvalsen Life in the finnish woods Rapp-Kalles vals Røragen vals Sat night waltz Skåne vals Stens vals |
SCHOTTIS Timas Hans schottis Fire barn schottis Johan på snippen Ringnesen reinlender Schottis from Idre Sjuttis schottis Skepparschottis B-minor schottis POLSKA/HAMBO Karis Pers polska Skinnbracka med lucku Båtsman däck D-dur polska Hambo på logen Jann mor polska Julottan |
| Bennetts | Dance Barn | Windhs | Eliasons | Cook/Hopkins | Moores | Nisswa
Legion |
Rydbergs | Madsons |
| Bennetts | Dance Barn | Windhs | Eliasons | Cook/Hopkins | Moores | Nisswa
Legion |
Rydbergs | Madsons |
| Folks...here is the annual juggling act to try
to fit everyone in to the dance schedule. I never succeed in pleasing
everyone..I know that. I do try though. If you are an 'in-between'
musician this year...Be ready, have your instrument
in tune and in your hands so you can start playing right away. In some
cases you may have time for 2 tunes. This schedule is printed in the
festival program, and we will also have the schedule posted in the
dance hall, so you can refer to it that evening. |
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| Here is a look at the festival set up for 2014. Please remember that the musician's changing room / storage center and bathroom is in the basement of the "History Center" building. Enter by the rear entrance. This area is reserved for musician's only. |
| We have only had to use the rain site once in 15 years, so it's not likely we will have to do it! The important thing to remember is that if we move during the stamma, the schedule just goes on... If you happen to be performing when we move, you will likely lose the rest of your performance time :( All the stages are desgnated in this school layout. Everybody needs to pitch in and be really helpful to make this work. "Accomodation" is the key word, though a hipster of aquavit could be very helpful too..... |
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FIRST TIMER'S LETTER -- Hello folks, I'm writing this info for all of you 'first timers' to
Nisswa-stämman so you will know what will happen, (or, what's supposed
to happen) and what to expect. You may want to print this out for
reference later, when you will actually need it! Friday night is the opening concert at the Lutheran Church of the Cross. For those of you involved in the concert, you will want to arrive by 6 pm or so. We have volunteers staffing a "musician's packet room". Go to the room and pick up your performers packet. If you ordered any extra smorgasbord tickets, you should pay for them at that time. You will also need to get your wristband there. We will have rooms available for warming up. Our local spelmanslag, Skal Klubben plays warm up music for about 45 minutes before the concert begins. All of the performers for the evening sit in chairs set on either side of the stage, facing the audience. Try to be in these chairs by 6:50 pm so we can start promptly. Remember that we are on a very tight schedule Friday night, so only take the amount of time 'alloted' to you in the schedule (see the friday performing schedule listed on this blog page above). Directions to the church (all of these directions are also available on our web site complete with maps) The Lutheran Church of the Cross is 11.6 miles north of the intersection of Hwy 210 and Hwy 371 in Baxter, or1.6 miles south of Nisswa on Hwy 371. Turn east at Schaefers Market (Hwy 371 at County Roads 13 & 77). After the concert is the dance at the Nisswa Legion Club. Even if you don't perform that night, it's a really neat event so you should try to make it! Sat morning, the event begins with a musician's parade which starts from the south end of Nisswa (Nisswa Square) and goes about 4 blocks to the north end of Nisswa, ending at the Pioneer Village. You are all welcome to participate in the parade. Just attach yourself to a group that's walking and playing, or make up your own group. We start marching at approximately 10 am and get to the village by 10:15 am. Then there are a few speeches (very short) and we all play tunes together - an allspel. The allspel finishes about 10:45 or so and then people fan out to the various stages to get ready for the first sets which begin at 11 am. After that, things just go like clockwork all day long...It's important to quit your performance about 7 minutes before the end of your alloted time..be considerate of the group following you. As I mentioned in a previous email, we do have a changing room/instrument storage area on the grounds...see the site map. The stämma ends with another allspel at 4:30 pm...you are all
welcome to play in that as well. The smorgasbord starts at 4:30 pm, at the Nisswa American
Legion.
You
will have tickets with times printed on the ticket. That's when you
will eat. The dance at the Nisswa Legion Club begins at 7:30 pm. It's a long night of great music! On Sunday morning, there is a Musician, Staff and Volunteer brunch at the Sherwood Forest Tavern (see below) It starts at 10 am and you are all welcome and encouraged to come. It's a great way to wind down before heading back to the dreaded 'real world'. |
Map with directions to the Sunday Brunch at the Sherwood Forest Tavern - $13.95. Hours - 9:30 am to 1 pm, but try to show up sometime around 10 am so we can be there together.
Click on the map for a higher resolution
map to print out.
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VOLUNTEER/STAFF SCHEDULE 2015
Site Plan for the Site Crew!!!!
click on the image to
download the pdf file for printing!
