Scandinavian Fest - 2011
The festival will celebrate Scandinavian heritage and will be done in honor of the legacy of Elin Peterson, a proud Swedish-American and Friends of the Library Donor. This festival will highlight Scandinavian authors and performers. We will also highlight the community’s Scandinavian craft and heirloom collections and provide Scandinavian food samplers. In addition, we will be hosting a Pippi Longstocking book party. This will be a multi-site event and hopefully an annual event highlighting different cultures.
- Date: Saturday, 3/26/11 10am – 5pm
- Location: First Lutheran Church: 719 6th Ave So., St James (Attendance = 250)
- Partner Organization(s): 1) Eric Dregni, Beatrice Ojakangas, Arne Anderson, dancers, artists 2) Friends of the St James Library 3) Watonwan County Community 4) Watonwan County Historical Society in St James, First Lutheran Church
- Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: Eric Dregni, Beatrice Ojakangas, Arne Anderson, dancers, artist: share their talents and experience. Friends of the St James Library: handle all of the food sampler expenses, share their talents and cooking. Watonwan County Community: share Scandinavian crafts and heirlooms. Watonwan County Historical Society in St James, First Lutheran Church: share their facilities for the events.
- In-Kind Support: $1260.00
Program Outputs: This festival highlighted Scandinavian authors Beatrice Ojakangas and Eric Dregni as well as locals who gave demonstrations on how they honor their Scandinavian heritage by crafting, baking and playing the concertina. Craft and heirloom collections were on display which included a gorgeous antique Swedish Bible and a collection of Hans Christian Anderson Bible.
The food spread was incredible – all authentic Scandinavian dishes (including a gorgeous Norwegian wedding cake.
In addition, we hosted a Pippi Longstocking book party, which we are in the process of turning into a Pippi Book Party Kit for libraries to check out.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status
- Participants will become more familiar with Scandinavia, both in its modern and historical forms.
- Participants will enjoy Scandinavian entertainment and food.
- Participants will enjoy direct access to a James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer, a Minnesota Book Award nominee.
- Participants will engage with the literacy classic Pippi Longstocking.
This event truly brought the community together and people felt so proud to be part of this special event. Additional information available in document listed in Details/Reports