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Nisswa-stämman June 8, 9, 2007 8th annual Scandinavian Folk Music Festival in the Pines The 8th annual Nisswa-stamman Scandinavian folk music festival will be held June 8, 9, 2007 at the Nisswa Pioneer village in Nisswa, Minnesota, (a 3 hour drive north of Minneapolis/St. Paul). In just 7 years, Nisswa-stamman has grown into one of the largest traditional Scandinavian music festivals in the upper midwest. This year approximately 150 folkmusicians are expected, among them Haugaard & Hoirup, 7 time Danish Grammy award winners, world class duo on fiddle and guitar from Denmark; Alvdalens spelmanslag, 20 fiddlers strong from Alvdalen, Sweden; and Marie Klapbakken & Olaug Furusaeter, talented young fiddlers from Norway. Special guests from Maryland are Hoag, Kelley & Pilzer, grammy nominated trio playing Scandinavian folkmusic. Midwestern groups and soloists include the ASI Spelmanslag, Skal Klubben, the Twin Cities Nyckelharpalag, Finn Hall, the Twin Cities Hardingfelelag, Paul Dahlin, Skalmusik, Ole Olsson's Oldtime Orkestra, Footnotes trio, Swedes in the Weeds, LiljeDiket, Nordic Jam, Karen Solgard, Ross Sutter, Arna Rennan, Georganne Hunter, Kip Peltoniemi, Arne Salli, Duane Swanson and many, many others. Dancers take note.... all day and late-into-the-night dancing opportunities, and an intimate, log "dance barn" with dance teaching and open dancing "shoulder to shoulder" just like they do in Scandinavia. Family fun included .... Professional performers and educators Rose and Val Arrowsmith lead activities and performances at the special children's tent all day long. Food lovers listen up .... Nisswa-stamman features lots of Scandinavian food and a great smorgasbord. For more information, call Paul Wilson, 218-764-2994, pwilson@brainerd.net, http://www.nisswastamman.org/stamma/page5.html Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish style fiddle, guitar and dance workshops at Nisswa-stamman! Instrumental and dance workshops will be offered by
several visiting Scandinavian musicians on Friday June 8, 2007,
in Nisswa, Mn. for more info, go to http://www.nisswastamman.org/stamma/workshops07.html Call or write Paul Wilson for more info and to register. 218-764-2994, pwilson@brainerd.net Concert, Friday, June 8 Concert: Admission $10 adults, children 12 and under, $5. Tickets available at the door only, sales starting at 6 pm. 7 pm concert featuring all of the visiting Scandinavian musicians and several other selected stamma musicians at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, south of Nisswa on County Road 13. The church is just east of Hwy 371 at Sportland Corners (Hwy 371 at County Roads 13 & 77), 1.6 miles south of Nisswa and 11.6 miles north of the Paul Bunyan corner (Hwy 210) in Brainerd. Dance: The concert will be followed by an oldtime dance featuring many stamma bands at the Pequot Lakes Seniors Center, downtown Pequot Lakes, starting at 10 pm. Admission free for concert goers, $5 for others. Tickets available at the door only. Saturday, June 9 - Stamman Admission $10 adults, $1 children 15 - 5, children under 5 free. Fiddlers parade starts at 10 am in downtown Nisswa, and leads to the Nisswa Pioneer Village, site of the stamma. 10:15 am, ongoing folk music presentations on 5 stages, dance teaching in the barn, lots of jamming and all day dancing, special children's tent with day-long cultural activities, a 4:30 pm smorgasbord at the Nisswa Community Center - $15 (tickets available on Friday night at the concert and on the grounds of the stamma on Saturday) and a late-into-the-night oldtime dance starting at 7 pm at the American Legion Club in Nisswa. Uffda! Is it okay for us to have this much fun? Tickets: All tickets are available only at the door of the events. No advance sales. Saturday smorgasbord tickets will be available on Friday night at the concert and on Saturday inside the grounds of the festival. This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Five Wings Arts Council with funds provided through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. We are grateful to the Anderson and Mills foundations for their generous support and to the Crossing Arts Alliance of Brainerd, a 501c3 organization, for their services as our fiscal agent. For more information please contact Paul Wilson at 218-764-2994, pwilson@brainerd.net Web Page: http://www.nisswastamman.org/stamma/page5.html HOUSING: For information about housing call the Nisswa Chamber of Commerce at 800 950 9610 or visit the website and follow links at: http://www.nisswastamman.org/stamma/camping.html |
