Nordic Fest 50

A collection of personal stories, historical looks back and interesting notes as the Nordic Fest in Decorah celebrates its 50th year in 2016

Monday, December 29, 2014

God Jul! Yummy Norwegian Recipes

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In follow up to last week's post about Christmas in July at the 1985 Nordic Fest, this week's post continues the holiday spirit by...
Monday, December 22, 2014

God Jul!

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As the Christmas holiday takes place this week, it can be nice to think about a steamy Nordic Fest day gone by, or one that will happen at...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Nordic Fest Online: Where to Look Part II

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Following on the heals of last week's post about most common online locations for Nordic Fest images and information, this week'...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Nordic Fest Online: Where to Look Part I

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As this blog continues to share stories and various background pieces from the research being done for the #nordicfest50 book, today's...
Monday, December 1, 2014

The Pokey Pete Spirit: A Tribute to Paul Estrem

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Dedicated Pokey engineer Paul Estrem on one of many excursions with the Lit'L Pokey train, taken in 2002.  Photo courtesy of his fami...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Nordic Fest as a Success: Part 2

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This week's post continues directly from last week with additional thoughts from 1996 Nordic Fest Board president, educator and commun...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Nordic Fest as a Success: Part 1

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Decorah welcome sign and flags at the east entrance to town For the last several weeks, we have been using interview transcript excep...
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