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2001:     December, Christmas Dance and Lucia, Danish Athletic Club, Brooklyn, NY.

2002:

2004: 

In 2004 the Club decided to plan for a trip to Nordlek, to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2006 as part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration.

MARCH 26 - Manhem Club Påskfest

APRIL 25 - Spring Dance at Danish Club, Brooklyn, NY

MAY 15 - Viking Festival, Owl's Nest Park, Brooklyn, NY

JUNE 6 - Midsummer at the Swedish American Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.

JUNE 19 - Sweden Day, Manhem Club, Bronx, NY

JUNE 25 - Midsummer, Robert Wagner Park, NYC

AUGUST 23 - Scandinavian Night, Eisenhower Park, Hempstead, LI, NY

SEPTEMBER 19 - Pompton Plains, NJ

SEPTEMBER 25 - VASA District Convention, Trevose Pa.

SEPT 26 - LI Scandinavian Society, Freeport, NY

OCTOBER 23 - Bazaar, Solhem, Staten Island, NY

NOV 26 - Lucia at Juldans, Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ

DEC 4 - Lucia, Balder Masonic Lodge, Brooklyn, NY  

DEC 5 - Lucia, Göta Lejon Lodge, VOA, Jefferson Valley, NY

DEC 8 - Greenwich Village Private Party, NYC

DEC 11 - Lucia & performance, IKEA, Elizabeth, NJ

DEC 11 - Lucia, Danish Club, Brooklyn, NY

DEC 12 - Lucia, Swedish Home for Aged, Staten Island, NY

2005: 

FEB 20 - Leonard Seastone represented the Club at a Dance Workshop at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Many of the rest of the Club were vacationing in Dublin, Ireland

MARCH 26 - Manhem Club Påskfest

APRIL 17 - Spring Dance at Danish Club, Brooklyn, NY

APRIL 30 - Valborgsmassoafton, Pleasant Valley. NY

MAY 14 - Viking Festival, Owl's Nest Park, Brooklyn, NY

JUNE 18 - Sweden Day, Manhem Club, Bronx, NY

JUNE 24 - Midsummer, Robert Wagner Park, NYC

JUNE 25 - IKEA, Elizabeth, NJ

AUGUST 24 - Lincoln Center, NY

SEPT 4 - Scanfest

SEPT 24 - Leif Eriksson Festival, Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ

SEPT 25 - LI Scandinavian Society, Freeport, NY

NOV 26 - Lucia at Juldans, Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ

DEC 4 - Lucia, Göta Lejon Lodge, VOA, Jefferson Valley, NY

DEC 10 - Lucia, Balder Masonic Lodge, Brooklyn, NY

DEC 10 - Lucia, Danish Club, Brooklyn, NY

DEC 11 - Lucia, Swedish Home for Aged, Staten Island, NY

DEC 17 - Lucia/Folkdance, IKEA, Elizabeth, NJ

2006:  

In commemoration of our 100th Anniversary Year, we developed an Anniversary Booklet in 2006.  

FEB 26 - Folk Feet at Brooklyn College

MARCH 4 - Walsh Family Event, Franklin Lakes, NJ

MARCH 5 - Annual Meeting

MARCH 11 - Methodist Church, Hackettstown, NJ

APRIL 30 - Spring Dance, DAC, Brooklyn, NY (Tentative)

APRIL 29 - Valborgsmassoafton, Pleasant Valley. NY (?)

JUNE 3 - International Event, Westchester, NY

JUNE 10 - IKEA, Elizabeth, NJ

JUNE 17 - Sweden Day, Bronx, NY

JUNE 23 - Midsummer, Robert Wagner Park, NYC

JULY 20 to AUG 6 - "NORDLEK" in Gothenburg, Sweden

SEPT 3 - Scanfest, Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ

SEPT 24 - Scandinavian Society, Freeport, LI, NY

SEPT 30 - Leif Eriksson Festival, Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ

OCT 21 - 100th Anniv. Celebration, DAC, Brooklyn

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2001

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2005

 

07/21/2006 - Sven Bjerstedt, a direct descendant of one of the founders of our Club (C.G. Bjerstedt) met with us at Charlotte Weibull's Museum, outside Malmö, Sweden to present the club with a copy of the obituary of C.G. Bjerstedt and a musical composition created by Sven to commemorate our 100th anniversary

7/21/2006