SKANDIA SPECIAL EVENTS
Celebrate Northwest
musicians
at the
56th
annual Skandia Ball!
Want to enjoy a tradition running more than half a century with great Scandinavian dancing, music, food, friends, and fun? Come to the 56th Annual Skandia Ball! Skandia’s annual reunion and our biggest dance party of the year is coming up on Saturday, 16 October, at the Northshore
Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive in Bothell, WA.
In this year’s program, we turn the spotlight on the amazing talent and rich variety of the Northwest musicians who
provide live music for our dancing. The Ball will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., during which we invite you to enjoy snacks, beverages, and good conversation with all your Skandia friends. Your contribution of a favorite snack or finger food will add to the fun during this social time and throughout the evening.
Music and dancing start at 7 p.m. and continue until 11 p.m. The musical line-up for the evening engages our top-flight Northwest musicians with many different instruments,
providing melodies for a range of gammaldans, village dances, mixers, set dances, and, of course, the Grand March (more details in the October newsletter). Special features during the evening will give you the opportunity to learn interesting details about unique Scandinavian instruments from the musicians who play them.
So mark your calendars for 16 October, save the date, and we’ll see you at the 56th Skandia Ball! Admission to this year’s Ball remains just $15 per person, payable at the door.
As always, the Skandia Ball is a cooperative effort, planned by a few but executed and enjoyed by everyone. If you
are asked to help with planning, preparations, set-up,
cashiering, greeting, clean up, or any of the myriad other tasks that make the Ball possible, please lend a hand. For that help you’ll have the thanks of all of us who attend and enjoy this event! If there is a particular aspect you would like to help with or if you have questions about the Skandia Ball, contact Jim Peterson at jwpetrsn@comcast.net or call me at (425) 820-9764.
—Jim Peterson
Skandia Ball Chairman
Skandia Stämme 2010
Here are the notes of music taught by Bruce Sagan at Stämme 2010. Click on each title to download the PDF.