S EPTEMBER 30, 2015 ❘ Oktoberfest ❘ 7
Skandia Leikarringen is a
Scandinavian folk dance group
located in
Junction
City. Al-
though
they
dance
primarily
at the
Junction
City
Scandi-
navian
Festival each August, they are
returning to Florence for the
annual Oktoberfest. In addition,
they have performed at the
ScanFair in Portland, the
Astoria Midsummer Festival
and Lane County Fair.
Currently made up of 10 to 12
couples, their dances are from
the countries of Norway,
Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
They also do German folk
dancing and perform their lively
dances in colorful regional cos-
tumes.
Skandia
Leikarringen
performs their
routine from
from 3-3:30
p.m. and
again from
4:30-5 p.m.
Sam’s
Polka Gems,
or Sam Pecorilla, is a man
whose musical experience goes
beyond what
most musicians
can do in two
lifetimes. Since
1947, he’s been
playing festi-
vals, lodges and
dance clubs. He
started accor-
dion lessons at
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age
8, learn-
ing
Scandi-
navian
music and
classical style. By age 15 he
was working as a professional
performer in Montana with a
country-and-western band.
Sam recently released a CD
that has 17 “best of” polkas and
waltzes, including
“Checkersville Polka,” “Hot
Tamale,” “Somewhere My
Love Waltz,” “Mozart’s Polka”
and 13 more. It’s
just a sampling of
his versatile musi-
cal ability.
Sam’s Polka
Gems performs
from 11 a.m. to
noon, 2-3 p.m., and
then closing the
event from 6-7 p.m.
Oktoberfest
2015
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