Ross Sutter and Stina Fagertun
Ross sings Scandinavian and American traditional songs as well as plays the guitar, button accordion and dulcimer. He is a 2011 recipient of the Sally Ordway Irvine Award. Stina is a storyteller from the fjords of Arctic Norway. She has written and published books in Norway and America. Come listen to music and stories from Scandinavia. She is the winner of the 2003 Northern Norway Cultural Award, she also won the best storyteller at the 2011 International Storyteller Festival in Oslo.
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We expect people to come and learn about the history and culture of Scandinavians. Ross has toured our area before and is from here originally, so we expect the programs to have good attendance and have good reviews. The program attendees will evaluate the performance on an evaluation sheet, and the employee who is in charge will have a separate evaluation sheet to fill out.
Ross is a great storyteller! Him and Stina played and sang beautiful music. They kept the audiences attention and kept them entertained. There was a lot of laughter and participation from program participants. Many people were awed my their stories, and said that they were going research the Scandinavian culture and history more. Many guests said they were planning a trip to Norway so the knowledge they gained at the program helped them out tremendously. Each location that the program was held had a large number of guests.
Greenbush Community Center, Grygla Community Center, Karlstad Community Center, Donated refreshments at Karlstad, Hallock City Hall.