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Published by the American Union of Swedish Singers

In its 122nd year of Performing Svenska Sånger in America

Volume CXXII May, 2014 No. 5

The Swedish Women’s Chorus and

Svea hosted a Heritage Choir Festival on

May 3 at the Swedish Cultural Center in

Seattle.

Over 10 choirs and 180 singers gath-

ered together to share music from north-

ern European cultures.

The Finnish Choral Society, Gesang-

verein Arion (German Choir), Norwegian

Male Chorus, the Norwegian Ladies

Chorus, SVEA Male Chorus, Swedish

Women’s Chorus, the Northwest Nordic

Ladies Choir from Everett, the Scandina-

vian Male Chorus of Portland, and the

Scandia Ladies Chorus of Portland all

sang songs from their musical heritage

and finally gathered together under the

direction of Allan Andrews to sing en

masse at the end. Each chorus sang the

national anthem of their country and then

sang several pieces in their language.

Afterward, a potluck reception was

held during which singers and attendees

talked music and enjoyed each others

company. We want to do it again and

maybe even have more choirs. A special

guest appearance was made by Balti-

cusm, a group of five women who spe-

cialize in Baltic pieces.

Having such a broad range of music, it

gave all participants a chance to review

their own repertoire and observe how

other groups adapt their heritage music to

modern times. One piece sung by the

Norwegian Ladies Chorus was Tirn’a

Noir a piece based on an Irish legend

with Irish musical overtones written by a

contemporary Norwegian composer, Oy-

vind Staveland. It was just a lovely

piece.

The Seattle and Portland choruses of

the American Union of Swedish Singers

Western Division Mini-Convention Features Heritage Choir Festival

used the event to meet the next morning

at the famous Swedish Club pancake

breakfast for their bi-annual Western

Division meeting.

- Mary Hillman

Afternoon rehearsal of massed chorus

Can you guess which directors were for the Swedish choruses? (Hint: flower colors) They are Vance Sele and Allan Andrews

May 2014 MUSIKTIDNING page 2 of 8

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN UNION OF SWEDISH SINGERS

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HONORARY PRESIDENTS, AUSS

Donald Lamont Carl-Erik Westberg

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President’s Message Alana Mapes, AUSS President, [email protected]

Continued on page 8

This is probably a controversial topic, and I know in ad-

vance not everyone will agree with me. I would just like to

put out some questions, ideas…food for thought. You don’t

have to agree with me, just keep an open mind.

“Who are we, and what is our purpose?”

In Portland, we are the Scandinavian Men’s Chorus, and

Scandia Ladies Chorus. As members of the AUSS, our pur-

pose is to promote Swedish singing in America.

In the past we sang about 50% Swedish, and 50% English

songs, some show tunes, some folk songs, some patriotic. We

worked harder on perfecting the English songs because we

understood the words or the “emotion” of the songs. We did

learn the Swedish ones, but never put the artistic finishes on

them that the English numbers had. We sang at some Scandi-

navian events, but also at retirement

homes. They liked all the numbers,

but of course the “oldies” or familiar

ones were the favorites. Our chorus

membership was going down; younger

people didn’t seem to want to sing

show tunes with people their parent’s

age. Others who just liked to sing

were not sure they wanted to sing in

Swedish. We fought going to all lan-

guage because we feared losing mem-

bers and the audience.

A little over two years ago we made the switch. We went to

all language. Now, we not only sing in Swedish, but in Nor-

wegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic. We have been work-

ing on singing better: more warm-ups, singing technique,

breathing, tone, and reading music. Vance told us, “Choirs

grow in numbers when they grow musically.” It is true. All

our music has translations printed so we know what it is

about. We learn the music well before we even begin the

words. Then, sometimes, we take it two words at a time with

one of the native speakers. Our group has grown, there are 60

members on the roster, and an average at practice is about

50. Several of our newest members have come because they

heard us at Scanfair, and wanted to sing in Nordic lan-

guages. Some have looked us up on the web under Commu-

nity Choirs. They chose us over other groups because we sing

in languages they are interested in.

A huge concern when we stopped singing in English was

will our audience go away? It has not, but it has

changed. We have been invited to sing at so many Scandina-

vian events, that singing for a retirement community is ex-

tremely rare. It just seems right that when we are dressed in


“Hemlängtan” (Longing for the Old

Country) was the theme of the ASI

Cloudberries’ Spring Concert held Satur-

day evening, April 5 at Pilgrim Lutheran

Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. The open-

ing song was none other than Hälsa dem

därhemma (greet those back home).

This concert marked a special time in

the history of the Cloudberries, that be-

ing the tenth year since the women’s

choir was founded by our current direc-

tor, Carolyn Spargo, and Margareta

Beyer. In 2004, Carolyn Spargo was

volunteering at a Swedish Council of

America (SCA) conference for Elise

Peters who was the executive director of

the SCA. The evening entertainment

was a vocal group called “The Lingon-

berries.” Margareta Beyer was also at

the concert. Margareta and Carolyn

were inspired to start a women's chorus,

and the American Swedish Institute

Cloudberries was formed one month

later. A Swedish women's chorus had

been a long time dream for Carolyn and

the timing was right for a chorus to be-

gin. With the help of the ASI Male Cho-

rus, the ASI Cloudberries joined the

AUSS and attended their first convention

in 2006, in Illinois.

The ASI Cloudberries have continued

to grow in numbers, repertoire, and pro-

gramming. Currently, there are twenty-

one choir members, including our ac-

companists, who are Carolyn Spargo

(piano and accordion) and Frances Olson

(piano and violin). A special tribute of a

bouquet of flowers was presented to

Carolyn to mark the choir’s milestone,

along with some special words and his-

tory of the choir.

One of our members, Margy Sather

Peterson, composed a song set to a poem

by Birger Mörner. A group of the

Cloudberries performed the composition

about “Cloudberries” which was an ap-

propriate theme for the occasion.

The second half of the program was on

a ‘lighter note’ whereby the Cloudberries

donned ABBA-era attire and performed

a medley of ABBA hits. The choir al-

ways enjoys singing ABBA and ‘ad-

libbing’. After the performance, the

Cloudberries served refreshments and

mingled with the guests. All-in-all the

evening was a celebration.

Cloudberries Record CD

After several years of discussion on

recording a Cloudberries CD, the dream

came true on April 11 at McNally Smith

Recording Studio in St. Paul. Arriving at

8:00 a.m. on a cool, sunny, spring morn-

ing, the Cloudberries were ready to re-

cord. A medley of songs performed over

the past ten years are included on the

CD. This event was a first for many of

the choir members and proved to be a

success! The CD will be released in time

for the up-coming AUSS Central Divi-

sion Convention, which will be held in

Minneapolis June 25th thru June 28th.

The Cloudberries chorus is open to

anyone who wants to sing in Swedish.

They meet weekly from September

through May at the American Swedish

Institute on Thursday nights.

- Gloria Rosen and Carolyn Spargo

Cloudberries Celebrate 10th Anniversary

The ASI Cloudberries are dressed for their ABBA songs.


Going back to the 1970s, the Eastern

Division has often come to the Green

Mountains of Vermont for a Fall Foliage

weekend.

This year, our division singers and all

AUSS singers are invited to take part in a

gathering on the weekend of September

26-28, 2014, here in Londonderry. It

will be a mini Convention as we need to

conduct Eastern Division business, in-

cluding a delegates’ meeting and elec-

tions. As you know, there will not be a

full division convention this year.

The schedule shapes up as follows:

Friday, September 26:

Evening rehearsal

Saturday, September 27:

9:45 a.m. March in the Peru Fair

parade

10:00 a.m. Rehearse in the Peru Con-

gregational Church

12 noon. Concert at the church

Afternoon: Free time to wander

around the fair, sightsee, shop, or

relax

Dinner in the evening

Sunday, September 28:

9:30 a.m. Sing at Second Congrega-

tional Church in Londonderry, as

part of morning service

Delegate's meeting TBA

Welcome to Vermont Mini-Convention

Plans are under way to select the music

for the 2016 National Convention at the

Central Division Convention this June in

Minneapolis/St. Paul. Some of these

songs will be part of our event.

The weekend will be sponsored by the

Nordic Harmoni Chorus. There will be

wonderful choral music, fun and fellow-

ship, and the Peru Fair, which is one of

the top ten events of the year in the state

of Vermont. It is truly a New England

country fair.

Weekend headquarters will be the Blue

Gentian Lodge, 289 Magic Mountain

Access, Londonderry, VT 05148. They

are on the access road to Magic Moun-

tain. Breakfast is included. Each room

is unique and can be viewed on their

website: www.bluegentian.com. For

reservations, call 802-824-5908 or toll-

free 1-800-456-2405 or e-mail bluegen-

[email protected].

Välkomna!

- Carl-Erik, President of Nordic Harmoni

Peru Congregational Church, site of the concert

Wall-to-wall people at the Peru Fair, a popular event in Vermont.

Ken Svengalis visits with a llama at the Peru Fair

Old-world Alpine charm in the Blue Gentian dining room.

Mountain view from the Blue Gentian.

The alpine-style Blue Gentian is headquar-ters for the Eastern Division Mini-

Convention


Friday evening, May 2nd, was a beauti-

ful evening for the ASI Male Chorus to

gather to celebrate spring with our

Spring Concert at St. Stephen Lutheran

Church in Bloomington, Minnesota.

April had given us much rain, everything

was green, and it was time for flowers

and beautiful song.

The chorus began the evening by re-

hearsing with passion and purpose, and

the auxiliary prepared the cookies and

coffee for after the concert.

This was an evening with three parts.

Part one began with the song Sköna maj,

which welcomes the beautiful month of

May. Then, Modersmålets sång cele-

brates the Swedish language and patriot-

ism. Domaredansen (the Judges’ Dance)

praises dancing, and Swedes do love to

dance. Kristallen den fina describes the

evening as beautiful crystal, and, in Fra-

gancia, Evert Taube celebrates a beauti-

ful Cuban night, and love.

Part two seemed like the Renaissance,

with Swedish, Finnish, and American

songs for dancing and listening played

on nyckelharpas, mandolins and a har-

monium. Tjarnblom, the Scandinavian

String Ensemble, played five tunes: En

kvällsvisa, Gånglåt från Grytby, Le Vals

de L'Isle de Nicollet, Drottningens

marsch, and Fastern brudmarsch.

Part three began with Children of the

Heavenly Father, a Swedish folk tune

especially arranged for the chorus by

Stephen Paulus. That was followed by

How Can I Keep From Singing and Så

lunka vi så Småningom. The African

spiritual, Steal Away, followed. Then,

the inspired song, Song for the Unsung

Hero, thrilled the audience. The chorus

then swayed left and right as the singers

sang the religious song, Soon and Very

Soon. The wonderful evening of song

concluded when the Chorus and Tlarn-

blom sang and played the classic song

about immigrating to America, Hälsa

dem därhemma.

As the audience applauded, the Male

Chorus and Tlarnblom felt that a special

evening of music had taken place, and

everyone then gathered to further cele-

brate with coffee, juice, cookies, and

conversation.

The ASI Male Chorus now looks for-

ward to singing at Midsummer and Sven-

skarnas Dag, followed by the four day

convention where the AUSS Convention

of Midwestern choruses gathers June 25-

28 to celebrate Swedish song with a

Grand Concert on June 27th, followed by

a dinner on June 28th. This will be

hosted by the ASI Male Chorus and

Auxiliary, the St. Paul Swedish Male

Chorus, the female chorus known as the

ASI Cloudberries, and the talented fe-

male group known as Flickorna Fem.

- Richard Sandeen, ASI Male Chorus

ASI Male Chorus Spring Concert

The ASI Male Chorus performing at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota. Photo: Judy Gross


Choruses in Portland and Seattle make

up the Western Division of the

AUSS. This year, Seattle invited the

Portland Choruses to join them for a Cul-

tural Heritage Concert at the Swedish

Cultural Center in Seattle. Portland

jumped at the opportunity to renew the

tie between the choruses. We decided to

Western Division Mini-Convention Events make it a “Mini Convention,” complete

with a Delegate’s Meeting and Divi-

sional Awards.

The schedule was optional participa-

tion because several cars from Portland

drove up for the practice and concert,

and returned that same day.

For those that had the whole “Weekend

Western Division Delegates gathered

for a delicious breakfast meeting at the

Swedish Cultural Center in Seattle, Sun-

day morning, May 4th. After receiving

plates loaded with Swedish pancakes,

strawberries, lingonberries, whipped

cream, ham and juice, we headed up-

stairs to the Svea Room for our meet-

ing. Before the meeting was officially

called to order, Alana Mapes shared the

background information about how the

Western Division ended up with no ac-

tive officers for a period of time.

Discussion was held, and it was agreed

that the best plan of action to become a

functioning AUSS Division again was to

elect new officers and begin fresh.

At this point, the meeting was offi-

cially called to order by the National

President. A quorum was present. It

was agreed that our last by-laws were so

outdated that they would be used as a

“guideline” for our meeting. We would

not worry about every detail at this

time. New officers were elected and

they are as follows:

President: Kelly Otto of the Portland

Scandinavian Men’s Chorus

Vice President: Dr. John Schilke of the

Portland Scandinavian Men’s Chorus

Secretary: Ute Munger of the Scandia

Ladies’ Chorus of Portland

Treasurer: Lila Otto of the Scandia

Ladies’ Chorus of Portland

During the election, Portland delegates

expressed concern about filling all the

offices. Seattle delegates said they felt

their groups were in a building-up stage

and didn’t feel they could volunteer

members to take on other responsibilities

at this time. They assured the group they

will remain active and participate in

Western Division activities, assuming

more leadership duties in the future.

Our Western Division By-Laws are

terribly out of date. (One example is

that, according to them, we need to hold

a three day convention every four

years.) It was decided that this summer

the executive officers and other inter-

ested volunteers from Seattle and Port-

land will gather at a half-way destination

and spend the day rewriting the By-Laws

for presentation to the groups for ap-

proval.

The meeting was adjourned. All dele-

gates stayed for a relaxed sharing of

ideas on how to continue to work to-

gether, and grow the groups.

Thank you to Seattle for hosting this

meeting.

- Alana Mapes

Western Division Meeting Notes

New Western Division Officers are (left to right): Ute Munger, secretary; John Shilke, vice president; Lila Otto, treasurer; Kelly

Otto, president

Experience,” here is the schedule:

Friday, May 2:

12 noon. Luncheon (Smörgås / Sand-

wiches, etc.) at the Swedish Cul-

tural Center (SCC)

5:00 pm. Happy Hour

6:00 pm. Dinner (Swedish meatballs,

and other entrees)

Saturday, May 3:

12 noon. Practice for the mass num-

bers at the SCC.

2:00 pm. Concert at the SCC, $10

donation requested

Light snacks after the concert.

Sunday, May 4:

Swedish pancake breakfast at the

SCC, with all the trimmings

Delegates held a (Swedish Pancake)

breakfast meeting to elect officers

and conduct division business. The

Western Division picked up the

breakfast costs for delegates.

Both Portland and Seattle feel this is

the first step toward becoming an active

division again.

- Alana Mapes, Scandia Ladies Chorus


At the Delegate’s Meeting in Seattle,

outstanding Seattle chorus members re-

ceived awards that will be presented at

their potluck later in the month. The

honorees are as follows:

50 year pin:

Elna Person Ryan: Joined the Swed-

ish Women’s Chorus over 63 years ago

as one of the original singers in

1951. Elna began as a second soprano

but eventually moved to alto. She knows

all of the Swedish music by heart, both

lyrics and melodies. Elna continued to

sing while dancing with the Skandia

Folkdancers, raising 4 children, tending

to an ill husband, and working in nursing

homes. She is an optimistic and amazing

woman.

25 year pins:

Lena Hauser: Has sung with the Cho-

rus over 25 years as a soprano. She is

the current vice-president and chorus

librarian for many years. Lena is the go-

to singer for Swedish pronunciation and

advice on Swedish seasonal music. She

knows how to set up a venue for our pro-

grams and recruit members to do the

work. She is a treasured member of the

chorus.

Janat Tofting: Has been a soprano

with the chorus for over 25 years. She

was the treasurer for 8 years. Janet

pitches in to help with any task and is a

real team player. She is a fantastic cook,

very practical but knows how to have a

good time. She makes every event

“happy!”

Erland G. Levine Award:

Kristine Leander: Kristine is the ex-

ecutive director of the Seattle Swedish

Club, and has been a strong supporter of

both the Swedish Women’s Chorus and

SVEA. Kristine provided healthy grants

to both choruses from the Jane Isakson

Lea Foundation. The grants have funded

additional opportunities for outreach to

new members. She has assisted with

fundraising strategies and generously

allowed the choruses use of the Swedish

Club facilities for various programs.

Merit Awards:

Marta Schee: Marta is the President

of the Swedish Women’s Chorus, and

the organizer of the Heritage Concerts

held in Seattle for the last two

years. Marta will be attending the Min-

neapolis convention this year.

Mary Hillman: Mary is the secretary

for the Seattle Swedish Women’s Cho-

rus, and a frequent contributor to Musik-

tidning. Both Mary and her husband

Mark (who sings with SVEA and the

Finnish chorus) are very active in all

aspects of their choruses.

Geri Damm: Although Geri has been

tending to an extremely ill husband this

year, she has maintained ties with the

chorus. Because of her past contribu-

tions to the Seattle Swedish Women’s

Chorus she has been chosen to receive

AUSS Awards

for Seattle

Group

this award.

Lena Hauser: The write-up about

Lena’s contributions to the chorus is

mentioned above.

Portland will be presenting their

awards at a later date.

- Alana Mapes

Above: the Finnish chorus performs. Below: the Portland choruses sing.

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Scandinavian attire for a concert, that we

should be singing Scandinavian mu-

sic. It fits.

Was the change hard? A little, at

first. Did people complain? Of course,

but not all. Are the complainers still

singing with us? Yes, and they have

changed their minds and now are per-

fectly happy to sing in languages. So,

give the Swedish music a chance. The

songs are so artistic, beautiful, and

fun….enjoy them.

- Alana

Presidents... Continued from page 2

The Nordic Lodge # 708 in Atlanta,

GA, invites everyone to participate in its

popular Swedish Style Schnapps Song

contest. It will now happen for the

fourth consecutive year and is open to

anyone who lives in the United States or

Canada. Last year’s winner was Thomas

Martin of Wheeling, Illinois.

The winners will be announced and the

winning schnapps songs performed by

Vasa Drängar at the meeting on Sunday

September 28th, 2014, at St. Luke Lu-

theran Church, 3264 Northside Parkway,

Atlanta, GA 30327. The event will start

at 5:30 pm.

Here are the rules:

* Write a Swedish Style Schnapps

Song, but it must be in English.

* Theme: No theme this year.

* You are welcome to provide more

than one entry.

* These are the requirements for a

good Swedish schnapps song:

1. It must be written to a well-known

melody so that everyone can sing along,

Swedes as well as Americans.

2. It must be short. Four lines are per-

fect, eight lines are OK, more than that is

not good.

3. It should be about schnapps or at

least somewhat related to the drinking a

schnapps. Don’t write about whiskey,

beer or wine!

4. The lines should be put into rhyme.

The winners of the first and second

prize will each get a bottle of Swedish

vodka – or, if the winners are unable to

attend this event on September 28th,

each will get a check for $25.00.

The judges will be Vasa Drängar mem-

bers Jay Lutz and Göran Rygert.

Entries must be received by Friday

September 19th, 2014.

DO THIS:

Put your entry – NOT your name on

that sheet! – in an envelope without the

sender’s name, and send it to Jan Rygert,

4390 Ivywood Dr NE, Marietta, GA

30062. Include a smaller envelope in-

cluding the title of the song outside and

your name and address inside.

Now, sharpen your pencil and write

some words to a well-known melody.

Remember that sometimes simple is bet-

ter!

Don't wait! Good luck!

- Göran Rygert, Vasa Drängar, Atlanta

Schnapps Song Contest

by Vasa Drängar, Atlanta

Wayne Robert Nixon, a former mem-

ber of the Waukegan Swedish Glee Club

and the Suncoast Swedish Veterans Cho-

rus, died on June 5, 2013, at his home in

Bonita Springs, FL.

Born in Chicago on April 5, 1932,

Wayne earned the rank of Eagle Scout in

his youth, and received a BS in Mechani-

cal Engineering from University of Illi-

nois. He proudly served in the United

States Army, after

which he spent his ca-

reer as an R & D Engi-

neer specializing in

packaging design.

Later, he owned a

woodworking business.

Wayne was a member

of the Independent Or-

der of Svithiod, Lodge #1. He also en-

joyed sailing, golfing, biking, and travel-

ing.

He is survived by his wife of five

years, Alma, two daughters, two grand-

children, a sister and brother, and many

nieces and nephews. He was prede-

ceased by his wife of 50 years, Lorraine,

with whom he toured Sweden in 1999

with the AUSS.

A Memorial Service was held on June

9, 2013 at Gulf Coast Church of Christ,

Fort Myers, FL. Sov i ro.

WAYNE NIXON 1932 - 2013

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Volume CXXII May, 2014 No. 5 Western Division Mini ......donned ABBA-era attire and performed a medley of ABBA hits. The choir al-ways enjoys singing ABBA and ‘ad-libbing’. After