November 2014
KULTURNYTT
Swedish Cultural Society’s Newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTS
If no other location is listed, all events
happen at the Scandinavian Community
Centre, 6540 Thomas St, Burnaby
November
15-16 Swedish Christmas Fair
25 South Book Circle @ Monica Olofsson,
7:00 p.m. Don’t forget your scissors!
23 Movie matinée with ”glögg” @ 3 p.m.
29 Swedish School Christmas Party @
9.30
30 Advent Church Sermon, Danish Church
@ 6 p.m.
December
1 North Book Circle @ Solveig Karlgren,
7:30 p.m.
4 MANDATORY Lucia practice for all
participants, Danish Church, 6:30-7:30
p.m.
6 Second Lucia practice, a rehearsal @
Swedish Canadian Resthomes, 1:30-3:00
p.m.
9 SCS Board meeting
13 Third Lucia practice, a rehearsal before
the first performance
13 Lucia performances 1:00p.m. & 6:00
p.m.
NEW Members
Greetings to new and returning Lucia
participants!
It is that time a year again when we start to
make contact and confirm the names of participants for the Lucia Pageant. A special Congratulations to our 2014 Lucia, Viktoria
Moes! And a warm welcome back to all the
previous Lucia participants and a big welcome
to our new participants.
This year’s Lucia Pageant is on Saturday, December 13th with two performances at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Scandinavian Community Centre.
Please remember to order your Lucia tickets. Tickets can be purchased
online through www.swedishculturalsociety.com/lucia/ Please print out
the confirmation number and submit together with your cheque. Thank you!
Please remember as well that in order to participate in Lucia, all participants
must be current Swedish Cultural Society members.
Lucia practices are scheduled for the following dates.
1. MANDATORY first practice for all participants! Practice on Thursday,
December 4th at 6:30-7:30pm; this is your opportunity to pick up your
“natt linen” (Lucia gown) This practice will be held at the Danish Church,
6010 Kincaid St., Burnaby. We need everyone that is participating this
year to attend this practice in order to also confirm names for the programs.
A BIG “Welcome” to the following new
members: Georgina Hargreaves, Nikola Vukusic, Nina &
Colin Hemmes, Jeff
Stuart, Terese Sorel,
Hannes & Nicole Ottahal, Joyce Crawford.
2. Our second practice, Saturday, December 6th at 1:30-3:00pm, will be at
the Swedish Canadian Resthomes, 7230 Halifax Street, Burnaby. We will
be practicing and performing for the residents! Please bring your gown
to this rehearsal.
Advent Church Sermon
This email is to provide you with the upcoming dates and also to make contact
to confirm names and email addresses! Both new and returning participants,
please respond to register or confirm your participation! More information will
follow in a few days! Also, if you are on the lucia list but unable to participate
this year, please email me as soon as possible. My email address is [email protected].
Everybody is welcome to come to an
advent church sermon held on the
30th of November in the Danish
Church located at 6010 Kincaid Street
in Burnaby .
The service starts at 6 p.m. Coffee
and pastries will be served after the
service.
3. Final Practice: (Scandinavian Center) will be on Saturday, December
13th, We will have our final run thru practice at the Scandinavian Community Centre before the first performance at 1:00 p.m. to get comfortable
with the stage and microphones.
Thanks so much!
Sincerely,
Ellen Petersson , Lucia Committee
KULTURNYTT other side
Swedish Cultural Society
Lucia Pageant Saturday December 13th
There will be two performances, at 1 p.m. and at 6 p.m.
Members can buy tickets from Oct 1st, non-member tickets can be purchased from Nov 1st.
Member discounts on tickets. Online ticket sale through
www.swedishculturalsociety.com/lucia/. For online order
payment, we ask that you print out the order confirmation and submit together
with the cheque. Thank you!
The Wallenberg Day, 18th January 2015 in Vancouver
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved about 100,000 people
from certain death in German concentration camps during World War II. He
was stationed in Hungary, and was then captured by the Russians and died in
a Russian prison after the war about 1947. He is one of the few people who
have received an honorary citizenship in Canada. His memory is celebrated
each year, now the tenth in Vancouver with different films that show how people can have their own convictions and help and save other people without
asking anything in return. And often they are exposing themselves to significant risks.
At this Wallenberg Day we give the first Award in B.C. for Civil Courage in the
presence of the Lieutenant Governor and the Mayor of Vancouver. Save the
date 18th January 2015 at 1:30 pm and
come to the Wosk Auditorium, 950 W 41st
Ave, Vancouver, for the Award ceremony
and to see the film "The Rescuers", followed by a reception. Entrance is free, but
donations are welcome. Arranged by the
Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society www.wsccs.ca.
Movie Matinée Sunday November 23rd
@ 3 p.m.
Our next movie night is scheduled for Sunday November 23rd at 3 p.m. at the Scandinavian Community Centre.
We will show the movie “Fanny & Alexander”, the
famous 1982 Swedish drama film written and
directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on
two siblings and their large family in Uppsala,
Sweden in the 1900s (decade). Please note that
this movie is 188 minutes long.
The movie has English subtitles.
The movie nights are free of charge for all members. We serve glögg and gingerbread cookies all that indicate that they will be coming. Please let us know
if you are planning to come to the movie showing by emailing [email protected] or phone Anita Hassan phone number 604-946-6778.
Santa Wanted for Appearance
at Swedish School’s Christmas Party
The Swedish School is looking for a
Swedish speaking Santa Claus or Mrs.
Claus to do an appearance and hand
out candy bags at the school’s Christmas Party on Saturday November 29th
at 11 am. The work is usually done in
30-40 minutes and Santa/Mrs. Claus
will not go home empty-handed, but will
be awarded a nice bottle
of wine.
Please contact Mia
Logie if you are interested!
[email protected])
New Logo on Apparel
Our new logo has
made its way to some
of our promotional
apparel sold online.
Check it out at
http://urstore.ca/store/
swedish-culturalsociety-burnaby-bc/
CONTACT THE BOARD
PRESIDENT Monica Olofsson
[email protected]
604-987-6086
SECRETARY Anita Hassan
[email protected]
All members are welcome to attend the
Swedish Cultural Society’s meetings
every second Tuesday of the month at
7 PM at the Scandinavian Community
Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
BC.
For more information, please visit
www.swedishculturalsociety.ca.
For more information about the Scandinavian Community Centre, please visit
the website http://
scandinaviancentre.org