May Vol #92, Issue #5. President's Message. Viking Fest: May Hordaland Theater. Coming Dinners

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1 President's Message May 2007 Vol #92, Issue #5 The pace of activity within the Lodge has definitely picked-up with the arrival of spring and the upcoming good-weather events at the Lodge and within the community. Members are out on the deck again whenever the sun is out and the upgrades to Waterfront Park by the City provide a whole new atmosphere along the waterfront. Thanks to the Ladies Club for the new sign on the front of the building. It provides identification for our Lodge and enables us to advertise current events to both the public and our members. Some of the Lodge Board Members attended a Leadership and Membership Workshop in Aberdeen in March and we came away with some great ideas for improving the operation and administration of the Lodge and the services we provide to our membership. Hopefully, we can implement some of them in the upcoming months. Don t forget Syttende Mai (May 17 th ) and Viking Fest this month. Let s all celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day and Viking Fest with all of our friends and neighbors in the Poulsbo area. Our Lodge and downtown Poulsbo will be the center of activity for this entire celebration. There are lots of activities for all ages. Our May Lodge meeting will be our memorial service in remembrance of our members who have departed this world during the past year. Please come out and join their families and friends as we remember them. Keep your eye on the Maken for info on Friday and Saturday Night s. Your dinner crews have developed varied menus, some with special prices, to get you down to the Lodge for an excellent meal and the opportunity to socialize with fellow Lodge members. As you can see by the different events advertised in the Maken, your Lodge officers, Program Managers and volunteers are working hard for you in providing a full slate of social and cultural events and activities to entice you to participate. As the warm-weather season arrives more and varied youth and sports events should also be anticipated. Come on out and be a part of it, whether as a volunteer, a participant, or both. Until next time Wade Moncrief Hordaland Theater May 14 - A professional group from Hordaland fylke, Norway, will be presenting a mini-musical at our lodge. Starts 7pm. Afterwards, meet the casts and enjoy refreshments. Open to public. $10 for adults, school age children free. (See website for show details.) Coming s May 4: To be announced May 5: Mexican Bring your friends! May 11: Steak and Salmon May 18: None (Viking Fest) May 25: Lasagna (see calender for times/details) Viking Fest: May (See page 2 for details) Help prepare Norwegian Specialties May 8-18 at the Lodge March in the Parade Saturday, May 19 Lions Park: 1pm Staff Lodge Food Booth May Norwegian Film Festival May am-4pm. Three free films will be shown during the day in the Marine Room. Call Grace at for info. Welkommen! New Members David & Jody Emmons Janet Sedy

2 Lodge Meeting Highlights April 7, 2007 Bill Fosmoe addressed 3 items: 1) presented a newsletter with a photograph of the Leikarringen group when they performed in Victoria and congratulated them 2) announced the New guide for Leadership was out and would be sent to each Lodge 3) congratulated the Lodge for the highest number of new members for March. Syttende Mai - Viking Fest Desserts needed (May 19): bars, cookies, and cakes For selling on Saturday; can be delivered to lodge Friday (May 18). Please do not cut bars and cakes. Viking Fest Baking Schedule: - Rulle Pølse: Tuesday, May 8 8:30am - Krumkake: Thursday May 10 9:00am - Lefse: Thursday May 17 9:00am - Oslo Kringle: Friday, May 18 10:00am We invite all members to join us in preparing these Norwegian specialties Rømmegrøt (May 7): There will be a rømmegrøt workshop at the lodge on Monday at 10:00am. Ann Cook will be doing the workshop. If you would like to attend, please call Ann at she needs to know how many supplies to purchase. Grace is hoping to teach enough people to make rømmegrøt so we can have rømmegrøt at midsommer and Jule fest. Viking Fest Parking (May 18-19): the upstairs parking lot will be taped off and be used for workers at the Sons only. Cars not identified as belonging to members working at the lodge that weekend may be towed. See Adelle in the office for permission to park there. Viking Fest booth (May 18-20): Can you do a 3-hour shift in the SoNs booth in Viking Fest? Look for the sign-up sheet in downstairs hall. It s fun! Parade (May 19): Those with Bunads come walk in the Viking Fest Parade on Saturday, starting at 2 pm. We will gather near Lion's Park at 1 pm. Our royalty, banner and flags, all our Leikarringen folk dancers and Vikings will be in the parade. Wear comfortable shoes and have raingear ready. Janice Peterson Norwegian Film Fest (May 20): Complimentary videos about Norway shown in the Marine Room from 10-4 beginning on the hour. 1. Heather Alps 2. Kystturisme (Touring the coast of Norway) 3. Saltstraumen. Worlds strongest tidal current. Maelstrom. Syttend Mai (May 17) Constitution Day is one of the biggest holidays in Norway. The equivalent of our Memorial day, July 4th, and Labor Day rolled into one! It is why we celebrate Viking Fest in Poulsbo!!! There are parades throughout Norway where children carry flags and march to patriotic music supplied by school bands. After more than 350 years of Danish domination, Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in But the Norwegians met in an assembly and on May 17, 1814 adopted a constitution and declared Norway a free and democratic country. Norway was forced to unite with Sweden, but it was promised equality and permitted to keep its new constitution. Parking Lot Closed June 3-10: - Trawler Fest will be using the upstairs parking lot in addition to rooms inside. The upstairs parking lot will be unavailable to all from Sunday, June 3 through Sunday, June 10. Måken Survey Have you taken the survey on the back of the newsletter yet? We are already saving about $50 a month by not having to mail the Måken to about 175 people. We encourage all to either receive the newsletter via or to read it on the website. About 75 people have asked for the Maken to be sent by US mail...and thats ok too! Lodge Website

3 Parcel Post Auction: At the recent Leadership and Membership Workshop we learned that some lodges hold a Parcel Post Auction to raise money. Members who are traveling around the country/world purchase an item from some location (minimum value $15), package and either mail or carry back to the Lodge, the package marked with the location (eg. Boston, MA) where purchased. At some time a potluck and auction is held with attendees bidding on items based on location where purchased and their expectation of the contents. We would likely have an auction in November/December with proceeds to the Scholarship Fund. If you would like to participate please send or deliver items to the office, which will hold them until the auction. This can be a fun social event for the whole Lodge, while raising money for the benefit of our youth scholarship programs. Bingo Buzz: Bingo at the Sons of Norway is a popular place to be on Wednesday evenings. Early Bird games begin at 6:00, followed by our regular games and jackpots at 6:30. Bingo at the Sons is a family event where people look forward to seeing and being with their friends. All of our profits go to our Lodge s treasury. We have been able to transfer $6,000 to the Lodge s operating fund so far this year. In addition to our income from the games, the Lodge is receiving money from our sales of hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, salads, popcorn, chips, candy, and beverages that are sold each session. We need more volunteers to help on Wednesday evenings. Please let Adele know if you would like to volunteer once a month either with bingo or selling food at our bingo sessions. We hope more players will join us on Wednesday evenings for a time of fun and friendship, and to support our Lodge. We look forward to seeing you there. Editor News: I feel I can no longer continue to perform the job you elected me to perform as editor and thus submit my resignation effective immediately. Fraternally Olav Moseng Takk for att dere har tilat mig at vare deres editor Ladies Club News Our next luncheon meeting will be Thursday, May 3 rd at noon in the Viking Room. Our guest speaker will be Fay Linger, past president of Kitsap Audubon Society and a Master Gardener. Fay will present a slide show and give a talk on Gardening for Birds - ways to attract birds to your yard. Last month we transferred another $5,000 to the Lodge s operating fund for a total of $10,000 in The next time you are visiting the Lodge, be sure to check out the 2 new flowering pots on the deck, planted by Evy Halvorsen and donated by us to the Lodge. We are already preparing for our annual Viking Fest Luncheon on Saturday, May 19 th. Lodge members prepare a Scandanavian lunch with open faced sandwiches, desserts, Norwegian specialities, split pea soup, and even hot dogs. Open to the public; each item sold separately. It's a meal not to be missed! We invite any ladies interested in catering weddings and banquets and/or making Norwegian food specialties to join us for our meetings. A schedule for making lefse, krumkake, and Oslo kringle is published in this issue of the Måken. Kathy Moncrief ( )

4 Cultural Corner Dance Leikarringen Youth Folk Gp (Ages 5-18) Monday 4:30-7:00pm Call Lisa for info: (360) May 7 - End of year dance party May 18 - Perform at Viking Fest (Pavilion: 4:30pm) May 21 - Registration for dance year. Adult Folk Dance Mondays at 7:00-9:00pm Thorough instruction in basic steps of Scandinavian dances. No partners needed. Traditional dances as performed in the towns and villages of Norway in the 19 th and early 20 th century are taught. Also, figure dances popular in the ballrooms of the same period are taught. All levels of expertise welcome. May 21: Clover Blossom Band -- Potluck/snacks. Call Fred (206) or Stan (360) Vestre Sund Mannskor Thursdays at 7:30-9:00pm. Mens singing group. Scandinavian songs. No language requirement. New members welcome. Call Bob Ellerby for info: (360) Norwegian Language Instruction the first three weeks of May according to usual schedule (see calender). Then summer break until the fall! Tusen takk to students and to Stan. Call Stan for information: Norwegian Lessons OnLine Go online and supplement your Norwegian language skills. languagelessons/index.html Scandinavian Library Located outside the Marine Room Open Mondays: 5-7pm (Closed Memorial Day) plus before and after lodge meetings Women's Book Discussion Tuesday, May 15th at 7:00pm Read books by Scandinavian authors with lively discussions to follow. New members welcome. Call Torbjorg Nilsen for info and location: Nordic Instruction in Hardanger embroidery but help in other handwork is available. Fridays at noon-2pm Call Grace for information: (360) Thursdays 6:00-9:00 pm in Norse Room.. Call Ken Green for information: (360) Rosemaling Thursdays 6-9pm in the Norse room. Call Ken Greene for information: (360) Lodge Heritage Camp Registration for our Poulsbo lodge heritage camp (June 21-23) available in this Måken. Camps fill up so get your registration in early! Call Joanne for information: (360) District 2 Youth Camp We have two children going to Camp Normanna this summer. A lodge scholarship of $100 each was sent to the camp registrar for these two young people. Congratulations! Lodge Meeting Presentation Tuesday April 10 at the lodge meeting slides of Theodore Kittelsen s Folk tale Characters. Torbjorg Nilson will tell us a little about Mr. Kittelson. Again, 2007 is the 100 th anniversary of the death of Edvard Grieg. The whole world will be honoring Grieg this year. Our building is named Grieg Hall, and we also want to focus and spotlight Edvard Grieg this year! Scholarship Fund Thank you for all the support to this fund. The Crab Feed raised $275 and $100 was raised at the Antarctic presentation. Tusen takk to Wade and Cathy Moncrief, Connie Zapp, and Grace Overby. Special mention to Poulsbo Inn and Suites, and the Nordic Maid for their contributions. Tusen takk!

5 6 May 2007 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Breakfast 9am-noon 7 Rommegrot Wkshp 10am Yth 3:30pm Leikarringen 4:30-7:00pm Norwegian Begin 1 5pm Library open 5:00-6:30pm Norwegian Begin 2 6pm Folk Dancing 7:00-9:00pm 1 Intermediate 1 Board Meeting 7:30pm 8 Liberation Day Rulle polse making 830am Intermediate 1 Lodge Meeting 7:30pm Ladies Club Noon Lunch Vikings 7:00pm Normal Events (see May 10) 10 Krumkake making 9am Intermediate 2 10:00am Adv 6:00-9:00pm Vestre Sund Manskor 7:30pm 4 6:00-8:00 11 Steak/Salmon 6:00-8:00 5 Mexican 5-8pm $10 Taco, Enchilada Rice, Beans, Chips-Salsa 12 Daughters of Norway 10am See May 7 Singel og Sand Musical 7pm 15 Intermediate 1 Womens Book Discussion Gp 7:00pm Constitution Day Lefse Baking 9am Normal Events (see May 10) 18 Oslo Kringle baking 10am Viking Fest 4pm - No 19 Viking Fest Lunch 11-4 Parade 2pm 20 Viking Fest Film Festival Leikarringen Registration 4:30- Folk Dancing Live Music 7:00-9:00pm Bldg Assoc. 7:00pm 24 6:00-9:00pm Vestre Sund Manskor 7:30pm 25 $10 6:00-8:00pm Lasagna, Salad, Dessert Garlic Bread, Memorial Day No classes :00-9:00pm Vestre Sund Manskor 7:30pm 1 no info received 2 no info received

6 Sons of Norway Non-Profit Organization Poulsbo Lodge #2-44 U.S. POSTAGE PAID P.O. Box 653 Permit No. 7 Poulsbo, WA POULSBO, WA May 2007 EDITORS NOTE TO ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE Måken: We will continue to send a hard copy of the Måken until we have contacted all members, so far we have received letters from about 250 people the overwhelming majority of who want to receive vice US mail. If you haven t done so, please contact the lodge with your preference as soon as possible via , letter, fax, phone call, or personal notification to the lodge or editor. The lodge spends over $3,000.00/year on mail that we (the lodge) could save, and we note the advantages of COLOR (vice black and white), faster, cheaper, ability to print your own size Måken for those of you that want larger size due to vision impairment, and the ability to make a larger Måken with more information that is in a more user-friendly format. Please consider getting the Måken by . Additionally if you would like to pick up a copy at the lodge vice having one mailed to you there will be extra copies available at the lodge. If you chose to get your Måken by U.S. mail, we will of course make sure that still happens. Thank you! Please drop this note in the Måken box outside the office door sometime this month: I would like to receive Måken by: (check one) . My address is via US mail, or if you will pick up a copy at the lodge. Marina Market Kitsap's Home of Authentic Scandinavian Food Products Lutefisk, Blood Sausage, Freia, Frozen Fishcakes, Nidar & Maribou chocolates, Toro brand soups, & much more. On Front Street in Historic Downtown Poulsbo or Måken Identification Statement Måken is a newsletter of the Poulsbo Lodge No 44 of the Sons of Norway, a non-profit organization located at Front St, Poulsbo, WA Published monthly. Issue date, volume, and number are located on the front page. No ISSN has been assigned. The newsletter is sent to all members of the Poulsbo Lodge at no additional cost. Each issue has a circulation of 800. Editor: R. Moseng (360) rnlmoseng@xmsn.com Lodge Office: (360) or info@xpoulsbosonsofnorway.com Paraffine Candles Wrought Iron & Glass Hand Crafted in Denmark Loose Leaf Teas Blended in Sweden 152 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island