Heritage Hall

The newly remodeled Story City Community Center becomes “Heritage Hall” for the celebration of Scandinavian Days, 2008! Families and friends of all ages are welcome to come and learn about the arts, crafts, and “tastes” that our Scandinavian immigrants brought from Norway , Sweden , Finland, and Denmark . Enjoy this opportunity to visit with exhibitors and watch them create especially for you.

Friday 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Scandinavian pastries, rice pudding, coffee, cold drinks available for sale.

Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sons of Norway participating in community bake sale on South Pennsylvani

Scandinavian pastries, rice pudding, coffee, cold drinks available for sale

Lunch 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
hot smoked pork loin sandwich with beans, coleslaw, relishes
(proceeds support "Skogfjorden" scholarships, cultural programs,
adopt-a-school program, and related expenses)

Dixie Johnson, Swedish accordionist from Stratford, will entertain during lunch

+Handicap Accessible Restrooms/Air Conditioned Hall

Norwegian Forest Cat exhibit

Heritage Hall Exhibitors 2008

Kong Sverre Lodge #482 of Story City is pleased to present the following exhibitors, artists who are
re-creating from the past and creating for the future.

Connie Rasmusson, Story City , learned the “art” of making potato cakes and lefsa from her father, Mervin Teig. Connie and her family will demonstrate making potato cakes until everything is gone but the good smell of baking them!  Her products will be for sale.

Karen Maloney and Ruth Schwardt are two friends from Madelia , M N , who learned Hardanger embroidery as a hobby and later became business partners. They offer classes, supplies, Norwegian humor, and catering services in MN. They are regular demonstrators at "Hostfest" in Minot, ND.

Mike Smuck is a local guy who has been making and marketing Scandinavian pastries the "good old-fashioned way" since 1990, using recipes from his maternal grandmother. In 1999 the Smucks introduced their lefse, kaving, and krumkake-all of which will be for sale. "Smuck's Kringla Kitchen" will demonstrate making krumkake.

Helga Kennedy , of “Helga’s Rosemaling” in Story City , has been painting since 1968. She has studied at Vesterheim in Decorah, I A and specializes in the Telemark style of rosemaling. With her husband, Helga offers custom work and special orders from their home. Helga’s art is found in many a home locally, and also homes around the country.

Larry Lubbert will demonstrate his woodcarving, which combines the Scandinavian style with a style he first learned at Boy Scout Camp. Larry's Gnomes have brnached out into other caricatures-Trolls, Santas, Snowmen, Christmas decorations, pins, and magnets. Wife Doris does most of the painting, but she has also starting carving pins and magnets in the woodcarving workshop at their home in Decorah.

Nadine Dobbe, an Ames resident with roots in danish Elk Horn, IA, Nadine enjoys demonstrating the traditional Danish arts of "paper-cut" and folding paper starts. Woven heart baskets and woven paper starts are intrinsically Scandinavian. Woven heart baskets adorn Danish Christmas trees, and woven paper starts are often referred to as Danish, German, Moravian, or Swedish. European embroidery paper crafts will also be for sale.

Dennis Olson has researched all directions of his family using the Family Tree computer program. Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to compare notes, ask questions, and wet their own appetite. Nothing is for sale - just vist and enjoy the discovery of Norwegian roots back many generations.

Grand Finale:  Sunday, June 8, 2:00 PM.  Heritage Hike, honoring the physical fitness of hardy Vikings! - Meet with Leader Steve Lekwa in North Park by the Carousel sign for an easy 1 1/2 hour walk of history and n ature.

Ha det bra!  (Have it well!)