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
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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
.