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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019
2019
Scandinavian
Midsummer
Festival
Junior
Court
2019 Junior Court Chaperone
Amanda Caldwell Rohne
Amanda owns and operates a dairy
farm in Brownsmead with her hus-
band and was Miss Norway and
Miss Scandinavia in 1999. She
has served on the entertainment
committee for the festival and
was chair for two years. Her son
Kirk is Crown Bearer this year and
she hopes that he will learn more
about his family history. Amanda’s
maternal great-grandparents emi-
grated from Norway and Denmark. She
looks forward to meeting the young people
on this year’s court and visiting the lodges with them.
2019 Junior Miss Norway
Phaira Lane
Phaira attends school in Astoria
and is sponsored by the Sons of
Norway. She’s participated in the
festival previously by dancing as
a member of the Viking Nordic
Dancers. Her great-grandmother
Lorraine Hoyer’s parents immi-
grated from Norway in 1929. Her
great-grandfather Dave Hoyer’s
parents immigrated from Sweden.
She’s looking forward to eating aebel-
skiver, learning new things and meeting
new people at the festival.
2019 Junior Miss Finland
Chloe Stelzig
Chloe is a second grader from
Astoria who represents the Finnish
Brotherhood Lodge. She is a
member of the Nordic Viking
Dancers. Chloe’s great-great-
grandmother emigrated from
Finland when she was 12 and
both her parents have visited
Finland. Chloe likes dancing at
the festival, playing games at the
Barnefest booth and seeing all the
costumes. A favorite festival memory is
when she lost a tooth eating lefse!
2019 Junior Miss Sweden
Katelynn McCauley
Katelynn is a third grader from Asto-
ria representing Astor Lodge #215
Order of Vasa. Her sister, Marlie,
was Junior Miss Sweden in 2018
and her aunt Miriam was Senior
Miss Sweden in 2010. Her family
has been involved in festival
activities for many years. Kate-
lynn’s great-great-grandparents
emigrated from Sweden and she
also has ancestors who were Danish,
Finnish and Norwegian. Katelynn espe-
cially enjoys dancing at the Lucia Festival
and the Queen’s Ball at festival time.
2019 Junior Miss Denmark
Harmony Harrod
Harmony is a third grader from
Astoria sponsored by the Danish
Society. She dances at festival
with the Nordic Viking Dancers.
Harmony has aunts and uncles
who are members of the Scan-
dinavian dancers. Her mother
was Senior Miss Denmark in 2002
and also served as Lucia Bride
and Junior Court Chaperone. Her
ancestors came from Denmark and
Sweden.
2019 Crown Bearer
Kirk Rohne
Kirk is a second grader in Knappa
who also served as star boy at the
2018 Sankta Lucia Festival. This
experience and the fact that
a favorite babysitter was Miss
Scandinavia convinced him
to participate and become in-
volved in the festival. His mother
Amanda keeps in contact with
Danish relatives including cousins
who are his age. Kirk enjoys helping
on the family dairy farm and playing
with his sister.