JUNE 16, 2016 // 19
13th annual
Running of the Trolls
All are invited to attend this walk or run in the Olney country-
side. Proceeds benefit the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
Association Scholarship Fund.
When: 8:30 a.m. Satur-
day, June 18
Distance choice:
1.5-mile run / walk
3-mile run / walk
5.75-mile run
Cost: $25 entry fee
includes: free parking for
Saturday, a bottle of water,
and your choice of a T-shirt
or a three-day admission
pass to the festival.
Award-winning Danish musicians Lydom, Bugge and Høirup
are coming to perform at the festival.
The Empire of Chivalry and Steel will demonstrate the culture
and combat arts of the Middle Ages.
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY
the geographical boundaries of Europe and to provide an organized
effort in the collection, interpretations and distribution of historical
data through publication and demonstration. Empire participants
will open their Viking Encampment to the public from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. See Viking demonstra-
tions at 1 p.m. both days; chainmail making demos at 2 p.m. both
days; and loom demonstrations at 3 p.m. Saturday and at noon
Sunday.
Returning for the Queen’s Ball at 8 p.m. Friday will be local favorite
Coreen Bergholm and her band, Scandinavian Country. Coreen
learned to play accordion in an immigrant community in North Dako-
ta and now spends winters performing around Yuma, Arizona, where
she met Ken, the tuba and trombone player. This is the band that
plays the local favorite dances like the Varsouvienne, the Butterfly
and the Irish waltz as well as polkas, schottisches, waltzes and ham-
bos. They even play the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey.
PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX
Perry Browning has been
Race day check-in: the festival troll for about 20
7 to 8 a.m. at the Clatsop
years. Trolls are deeply rooted
County Fairgrounds
in Scandinavian mythology.
building entrance. T-shirts
“Whatever was bad, Mom
or festival buttons, as well
as parking pass and water and Dad would blame it on
are distributed at this time. the troll,” Browning said.
Awards: Overall top male, female, teen and youth finisher/
runner in 5.75-mile run will be awarded prizes.
THE SQUEEZER AND THE GEEZER
Coreen Bergholm learned to play accordion in an immigrant com-
munity in North Dakota and now spends winters performing around
Yuma, Arizona, where she met tuba and trombone player Ken Pres-
thus. This duo is back after an absence last year, and we know you
will enjoy their music and shenanigans in the beer garden at 2 and 4
p.m. Saturday.
W elc ome
to the
F estival
SKOLKIS
Skolkis is the Seattle band that appeared on Garrison Keillor’s
Prairie Home Companion in 2015, and the group returns to Astoria to
perform for the Saturday night Dancers’ Ball at 7 p.m. in the Exhibit
Hall. This group includes fiddlers Emma Anderson, Martha Levenson,
Vicki Watt Warshaw and guitarist EJ Landsman. They play the music
of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and pay tribute to master musi-
cians who inspired them. The result is music that lightens the heart
and step, lifts the spirit, and prompts an audience to clamor for more.
The group’s name is Swedish for “playing hooky,” and it’s a good fit
for the group’s playful stage presence. Skolkis cut its teeth playing for
dances in Seattle and for several years has been a featured group at
the Northwest Folklife Festival.
COUPON
$ 12
VASA YOUTH GROUP
OFF
An y regu la r-priced
pu rch a se o ver $60
The littlest dancers at the festival come from Portland and will per-
form at the festival on Saturday, dancing at the Midsummer Pole at
noon on the front lawn and at 1:30 p.m. in the Arena. This group of
Swedish dancers is led by Christine Smith.
Coupon expires 6/30/16
THE EMPIRE OF CHIVALRY AND STEEL VIKING EN-
CAMPMENT
The Empire of Chivalry and Steel specializes in the recreation of the
culture of the Middle Ages, including the art forms, events (feasts,
tournaments, ceremonies and wars), and combat arts from that
period. The purpose of this nonprofit educational corporation is to
study and teach ideals and history from 800 AD to 1650 AD within
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