Jorvik Viking Festival
YASS
participation:
Thursday
14 February 2008
7.30 pm, DIG
Scandinavia on Valentine's Night.
Celebrate with York Anglo-Scandinavian Society over a glass of wine.
Entertainment and audience participation include
how to
make Danish Valentine cards (gækebreve);
how to write secret messages using runes;
examples of courtship gifts in bygone days;
an introduction to a Scandinavian language, learning some useful phrases;
and singing along with Scandinavian love songs.
Please click the
link for a history of YASS participation in
previous years.
Singing
Our singing group meets for rehearsals at irregular intervals during
the year -
the focus is on having a great time with beloved music.
Handicraft
We also have a small handicraft group which comes together
at even more irregular intervals.
Walking
Walking
is regular: one Midsummer Walk and one Midwinter Walk.
Next walk will take place in January 2009.
E-mail us at yorkangloscandinavian@hotmail.com
for further details
if you would like to join us.
Reading Circles
We have a Danish and a Swedish reading circle.
The Swedish group has been meeting for about 20 years.
Some books we've read:
Gregorius by Bengt Ohlsson, Doktor Glas by Hjalmar
Söderberg, Sprängaren
by Liza Marklund,
Nässlorna blomma by Harry Martinson (Nobel laureate
in 1974), Hoppsan,
jag är död by Arto Paasilinna.
Cookery Book
Our
cookery book What the York Anglo-Scandinavians like to eat
was a huge success and produced a substantial contribution to the
CoScanTravel Awards.
The recipes were collected and edited by Karen Christmas and
Brita Green,
and drawings made by Jane Green, Columba James and Dennis Nichols.
Cards
Hand-made cards, based on the artistic work by
our late member Columba James,
are being sold in order to keep up the Society's contribution
to
the CoScanTravel Awards.
To buy, contact us
at yorkangloscandinavian@hotmail.com
History
of YASS participation
In 2002 we took part in the Jorvik Viking Festival and exhibited
Scandinavian crafts and activities.
The event was successful,
and our involvement
was repeated in 2003:
Scandinavian Home Crafts and Skills. A smörgåsbord
of ideas (no food!),
with a rolling programme of practical demonstrations'.
In
2005 we participated on three different days with
1. An illustrated talk on the Norwegian Arctic
2. Poetry, songs, illustrated talk on spells and an old Norse tale,b
a lesson in Swedish
and a dance performance by the visiting group
Glima.
3. Various handicraft
Thursday 23rd February
2006
Spitsbergen/Svalbard
Illustrated talk by Alan Hall
Seminar Room, Kings Manor, York.
25 - 26 February 2006
Living History: Scandinavia Today. Select exhibition of Scandinavian
art and crafts
in the Hospitium,
Museum Gardens, York.
A picture from this event can be seen in the Photo album.
Thursday 15 February
2007
Viking descendants on the move.
8.15pm, DIG
Some hundred years ago a large part of the Scandinavian peoples
emigrated to the 'large country in the west'.
Join Dick Midhage of York Anglo-Scandinavian Society
to learn how they travelled there, via Hull and Liverpool,
and how it comes that one out of 20 Americans
has Scandinavian background.
Pre-booking: 01904 543403, £2 adult, £1.50 conc.
Sunday 18 February
2007
Scandinavians in action.
A display of traditional crafts, where you can join in and enjoy.
