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4A THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • MONDAY , JUNE 22 , 2015 JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Joanne Pe te rsen Imamu ra was M iss Denma rk in 1972 . Pe r ry B rown ing has been the fes t iva l t ro l l fo r abou t 20 yea rs . T ro l ls a re deep ly roo ted in Scand inav ian my tho lo - gy . “Wha teve r was bad , Mom and Dad wou ld b lame i t on JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian the t ro l l , ” B rown ing sa id . Es the r Go t t ing came to the U .S . f rom F in land in 1957 . F E ST IV A L JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian An t igone S tua r t , 8 , and Me r iwe the r S tua r t , 9 , a re bo th dance rs w i th VASA You th G roup Swed ish Fo lk Danc ing . P h o t o g r a p h e r J o s h u a B e s s e x c a p t u r e d p o r t r a i t s o f s om e o f t h e f a c e s a t t h e 4 8 t h a n n u a l S c a n d i n a v i a n M i d s umm e r F e s t i v a l . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Sven Sunds t rom came f rom Sweden to the U .S . in 1959 whe re he a r r ived a t E l l is Is land . He then took the t ra in f rom New Yo rk to Sea t t le to mee t h is unc le , who had spon - so red h is t r ip . On the t ra in he made f r iends and kep t busy by p lay ing the acco rd ion . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Sen io r M iss Denma rk Me isha Boe t tche r waves to the c rowd a f te r be ing c rowned M iss Scand inav ia 2015 du r ing the Scand inav ian M idsumme r Fes t iva l a t the C la tsop Coun ty Fa i r - g rounds F r iday . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Dozens o f peop le he lp ra ise the M idsumme r Po le Sa tu r - day . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Young g i r ls laugh wh i le danc ing du r ing the Queen ’ s Ba l l F r iday . JOSHUA BESSEX — The Da i ly As to r ian Peop le dance a round the M idsumme r Po le a f te r the po le ra is ing Sa tu rday .
