The following copyright piece serves as the opening to the 1979 Nordic Fest Souvenir edition of the Decorah Newspapers mailed separately to all subscribers, publication date Thursday, July 26, 1979, the day before the stat of that year's Nordic Fest. Used with permission.
Nordic Fest is...a celebration of roots...a look into yesterday...a festival of arts and crafts...a tasty experience...an enjoyable, inexpensive weekend...a time for museum-going...a community effort for Decorah.
The 16th annual community affair takes the old roots from the Scandinavian countries and celebrates them with the new. For the three-day event, everyone's just a bit Scandinavian.
In celebration of tradition, this celebration has become a tradition. Certain events change each year but the continuing favorites are back to entertain crowds which totaled 60,000 last year.
This souvenir edition containing information of this year's Fest and photos from last year's celebration also includes the official program in the back.
Vaer so god!
Other interesting notes about the 1979 Nordic Fest:
- This is the year the Junior Nordic Dancers debuted their black with red and green trim costumes still in use in 2015
- 1979 was the second year for the Nordic Fest Elvelopet (River Run)
- The Farm Bureau Women's Chorus presented a Christmas in July concert
- The Good Shepherd Puppeteers and their handmade puppets entertained children for the sixth consecutive year, this time with "Three Billy Goats Gruff"
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