Seattle's 17th of May Committee has worked hard to bring several virtual ways to celebrate to our community! You can join them online for speeches, a concert, and a singalong on May 17th. [Photo from 2018 parade, courtesy 17th of May]
12pm—Speeches and Virtual Skål With 17th of May Committee chair-person Anne-Lise Berger; Honorary Consul Viggo Forde; virtual grand marshal General Consul Jo Sletbak; His Majesty King Harald; Honorary Consul Viggo Ford, and more. Link to join 1pm—Hardanger Concert With The Norwegian American Link to join 4pm—Syttende Mai Singalong With Leif Erikson Lodge Link to join Meeting ID: 915 582 1189 or dial in by phone 720.707.2699
The Edmonds Lodge meetings have been cancelled until further notice due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Both King County and Snohomish County have declared State of Emergencies. The Seattle & King County Public Health is recommending that community events and gatherings be postponed. We wish to take reasonable precautions against spreading the virus. Elderly persons are most at risk. We want all our members to stay safe and healthy. --Norma Jean Sands, President The Edmonds Lodge meeting on March 11th has been cancelled due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Both King County and Snohomish County have declared State of Emergencies. The Seattle & King County Public Health is recommending that community events and gatherings be postponed. We wish to take reasonable precautions against spreading the virus. Elderly persons are most at risk. We want all our members to stay safe and healthy. --Norma Jean Sands, President We will be rescheduling Cameron Widmark's presentation on the ancient Rune language for another meeting, to be announced soon. Don't miss the March Member Meeting where we will have a special guest speaker. Cameron Widmark, actor and student of Cornish College of the Arts, will share insights on the history and spiritual aspects of the ancient Rune language of the Vikings. The evening starts with our Cultural Director guiding us on how to write our name in Rune (5-6pm), corn beef and cabbage for dinner (6pm) and the Rune presentation (7pm).
Thank you to all those how have volunteered to serve the Edmonds Lodge in 2020. It is exciting to see this great group leaders come together for the good of the Lodge. Please feel free to reach out to any of them if you would like to volunteer. There are a lot of fantastic opportunities for anyone who wants to get involved. Lodge meeting same place, same time. Despite the road construction that caused us to cancel the January meeting. The City has promised to make the venue more accessible for our meeting Wednesday evening (Feb 12th). The meeting is at the Masonic Center at 515 Dayton Ave, Edmonds at 4:30 pm for culture and social, 6 pm for meatloaf dinner (yum) and 7 pm for program and meeting. We are installing our new officers for the year. Do come and support them. And we have a celebrity chef for the dinner, so don’t miss it. Since we are recognizing both our new officers for the year and the 125th Anniversary of Sons of Norway, let’s make it Norwegian Sweater night! Wear your best Norwegian sweater! And if you don’t have one, wear one that looks like it maybe could come from Scandinavia. And wear a smile. You’ll look great!
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