Lucia enters
Communal singing rounding off the evening
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Launched at the anniversary dinner on 30 January
2010:
the booklet Fifty years of YASS
and the DVD Moments of YASS
These can be ordered through our email address
yorkangloscandinavian@hotmail.com
Booklet only: £ 3.50 (plus p&p 50p)
DVD only: £ 5 (plus p&p £1)
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All proceeds go to the COSCAN Trust Fund
which helps young people to travel to Scandinavia
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'Christmas
card' 2007, with pictures from the Lucia celebration
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Pictures
from Sankt Hans
2007
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Making
snobrød.
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Our participation
included a Norwegian Viking with his translator,
hand-made cards on sale,
an exhibition of Scandinavian artifacts,
'spinning' by hand-pulling wool,
paper craft (Danish Valentive cards gækkebrev
and Viking ships)
and embroidery.
The Viking
ships were especially appreciated by the audience.
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Lucia
celebration, 8th December 2006.
Click pictures
to see larger versions.
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Lucia
with her maidens
and two starboys.
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Santa
came from Denmark
and handed out presents to the children.
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Three
little naughty mice
wanting Santa's/ Nissens own goodies
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Images from Sankt Hans celebration
on 17th June:
From
our participation in the Jorvik Viking Festival
25
- 26 February 2006
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Living
History: Scandinavia Today.
Select
exhibition of Scandinavian art and crafts
by York Anglo-Scandinavian Society members.
Hand-made cards for sale.
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Images
from our Midwinter walk at Yorkshire Sculpture Park,
28th January
2006
Lucia
celebration, 9th December 2005.
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Ruth Corry (then
chairman)
lighting candles on the Christmas tree.
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Lucia with her
maidens singing for the audience.
We also had
one 'star
boy'
in the procession.
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Sankt
Hans celebration, 25th June 2005.
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pictures to see larger versions.
Chairman Ruth
Corry welcoming Anglo-Scandinavian friends.
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People
waiting for procession to start.
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Ruth
Fjågesund leads the procession playing her hardanger
violin.
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Tasty
food to be served in the gazebo.
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Procession
approaching the bonfire.
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