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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018
painting and a raffle. Saturday’s
puppet shows at 1:30 p.m. include
The Three Billy Goats Gruff and
The Princess and the Pea. The 3
p.m. puppet show will feature The
Terrible Troll Cat & Ivar the Short but
Brave Viking.
OPTOG – FESTIVAL PARADE
Saturday, June 16, at the Clatsop
County Fairgrounds. DREAMS will
perform Fleetwood Mac favorites
7:30 to 8:15 p.m. During the half-
hour break for costume changes,
there will be a Scandinavian
joke-telling contest. Bring your best
jokes and audition at 5 p.m. if you’d
like to be included. ARRIVAL will
perform their ABBA tribute from
8:45 to 9:30 p.m. and a public dance
with Coreen Bergholm’s Scandina-
vian Country Band will follow in the
Exhibit Hall.
Teams of eight will vie to be cham-
pion. Participants must be in good
health and sign a waiver.
KUBB EXHIBITION
AND TOURNAMENT
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – in front of Mid-
summer Pole
11:30 a.m. – festival grounds
Miss Scandinavia and her court,
costumed dancers and entertainers,
representatives from the Scandina-
vian lodges and family groups will
assemble in the dining area of the
Exhibit Hall and parade through the
arena and festival grounds to the
outdoor stage for the Flag Raising
and Midsummer Pole ceremony.
Here’s your chance to participate in
a sport activity at the Midsummer
Festival! Kubb (pronounced “koob”)
is a yard game of Scandinavian
origins that has been played for
about 1,000 years. No prior skills are
required. All are welcome.
SCANDINAVIAN BALL WITH
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY
9 to 11 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
MEATBALL EATING CONTEST
2:45 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
FLAG RAISING followed imme-
diately by MIDSUMMER POLE
RAISING
Noon – outdoor stage
Come and hear the national songs
of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden while Miss
Scandinavia and her court assist
in the pageantry of the raising of
the flags of these Scandinavian
countries. Follow the Queen and
her court to the Midsummer Pole
while local men (and volunteers!)
raise the Midsummer pole. (In case
of rain, flag raising will be moved to
the Exhibit Hall.)
TUG OF WAR
1 p.m. – outdoors by Midsummer
Pole
Yum! How many Swedish meatballs
can you eat in five minutes with
your hands behind your back? The
champion will win a prize. Partici-
pants must be in good health and
sign a waiver. 18 and older.
ÆBLESKIVER EATING CONTEST
3 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
How many Æbleskiver (Danish
donuts) can you eat in five minutes
with your hands behind your back?
The champion will win an Æble-
skiver’s pan and recipe. Participants
must be in good health and sign a
waiver. 18 and older.
REUNION
4 to 5 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
Did you dance with the Nordic, Vi-
king or Scandia groups in the past?
Can you remember Dudlepska and
Little Man in a Fix? If not, no worries.
Come to the Dancers Reunion and
socialize with your former dance
partners. Afterwards, there will be
reunion dancing on the arena stage
with the current group of dancers.
VIKING DINNER served by Scandi-
navian Café of Vancouver, Wash.
4 to 7 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
Buffet: Danish Pork Roulade (Dan-
NORDIC VIKING DANCERS
ish-style pork roast rolled with apri-
cots and prunes), Danish ham with
cream sauce, Swedish meatballs in
brown cream gravy, Medister Polse
(Norwegian pork sausage), braised
red cabbage, Janneson’s Tempta-
tion (a traditional Swedish casserole
made of potatoes, onions, pickled
sprats, bread crumbs and cream),
garden salad, Danish Smørrebrød
(open-faced sandwiches), shrimp
and herring salad, Nordic cheeses,
fresh baked bread and crisps,
cream-filled pastry shells drizzled
in dark chocolate, cookies and pas-
tries, soda, coffee and bottled water.
$15 (kids 6 and under $7)
ARRIVAL AND DREAMS,
CANADA’S TRIBUTE TO
ABBA AND FLEETWOOD MAC
7:30 to 9 p.m. – Arena (doors open
at 7 p.m.)
Come visit our booth at the Midsummer Festival!
FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY
Frikadeller
(lean pork meatball)
Red cabbage
& rye bread
$
4
Pickled
Herring
$
3
SATURDAY | SUNDAY
SUNDAY SPECIAL COUPON
Aebleskiver
1 order of 3 aebleskiver
(Danish pancake balls)
FREE With the Purchase of
75¢ or 3 for 2
$
1 order of frikedeller
Good at our booth only on Sunday, June 17, 2018
This special event requires a special
ticket. Tickets at the door are $17 for
general admission, $37 for reserve
seating in first five rows and $27 for
reserve seating in rows 5 to 16. The
concert ticket includes admission
to the festival after 5 p.m. Save $2
per ticket by purchasing tickets in
advance at the Liberty Theatre Box
Office, 1203 Commercial St., open
2 to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday though
Saturday. Come for dinner and the
concert! If you arrive before 5 p.m.,
you will need to purchase a festival
admission wristband good for all
three days. Tickets are available for
presale at the Liberty Theatre Box
Office.
By popular demand, ARRIVAL, Cana-
da’s tribute to ABBA, will return to
the 2018 Astoria Scandinavian Mid-
summer Festival accompanied by
DREAMS, Canada’s Fleetwood Mac
tribute band. ARRIVAL performed
their ABBA show to a large, enthu-
siastic audience at last year’s 50th
anniversary festival, and people
who saw the show and people who
missed the show requested that we
bring this group back. There will be
one performance only at 7:30 p.m.
Local favorite Coreen Bergholm
will return with her band Scandina-
vian Country to provide music for
dancing. Join the dancing or watch
the dancers and listen to this great
music.
by volunteers from Tongue Point
Job Corps Center, the Nordic Viking
Dancers, and by parents. Children
under 12 need to be accompanied
by an adult.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CHURCH SERVICE
11 a.m. – Dairy Barn Chapel
Join us for a non-denominational
church service hosted by Pastor
John Slivkoff with special music by
Isabella Morrill.
PARADE OF NATIONAL FOLK
WEAR
12:45 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
Are you curious about the lovely
costumes worn by representatives
of the Scandinavian countries?
Come see and hear them explained
in a fashion show with live models.
SCANDINAVIAN SPELLING BEE
1:45 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
PANNUKAKKU BREAKFAST
served by Scandinavian Cafe of
Vancouver, Wash.
7 to 11 a.m. – Exhibit Hall
Pannukakku (Finnish pancake),
ham, Nordic sausage, fresh fruit,
Scandinavian cheese selection,
fresh pastry, breads and crisps,
water/OJ/coffee. $9 per person.
BOOTHS OPEN
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Arena
Visit the midsummer vendors to
find specialty Scandinavian items
and handcrafted treasures. Many
booths offer Scandinavian food
items for your dining and snacking
pleasure.
ENTERTAINMENT
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Arena
There will be live Scandina-
vian-themed entertainment
throughout most of the day. Pick up
a festival program at the admission
table or view one of the posted
schedules to find your favorite
band, singer or dance troupe.
EMPIRE OF CHIVALRY AND
STEEL VIKING ENCAMPMENT
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – outdoors
The Empire of Chivalry and Steel
will hold an open house in their
Viking encampment outdoors
south of the Arena. Costumed
reenactors will demonstrate crafts,
tournaments, armor making and
combat arts from the culture of the
Middle Ages.
BARNEFEST
11 to 2:30 p.m. – Arena
Young festival attendees can partici-
pate in children’s activities in the
Barnefest area. This area is staffed
This is a new activity for 2018. Scan-
dinavian lodges have submitted a
list of words they think everyone
should know. There will be a brief
pencil and paper quiz to determine
semi-finalists who will stand up and
face the quizzes for an oral spell
down. Prizes will be awarded.
ÆBLESKIVER EATING CONTEST
2:45 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
How many Æbleskiver (Danish
donuts) can you eat in five minutes
with your hands behind your back?
The champion will win an Æble-
skiver’s pan and recipe. Participants
must be in good health and sign a
waiver. 18 and older.
BARNEFEST RAFFLE
3:30 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
Who will win the great prizes do-
nated by community members and
businesses to support the children’s
activity area?
FESTIVAL RAFFLE
3:45 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
Who will win the raffle grand prize
of $1,000 and the other beautiful
prizes donated by the Scandinavian
Festival Association and lodges
and businesses? Did you buy your
tickets? Join us on Sunday to learn
who the winners are. You need not
be present to win.
FLAG CEREMONY AND FESTIVAL
CLOSING
4 p.m. – Exhibit Hall
The 2018 Scandinavian Midsum-
mer Festival ends as the national
songs of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden are sung one
more time, and the flags leave the
hall. Say goodbye to your friends
and family, and make plans to
join us again in 2019 for our 52nd
anniversary festival.