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, October 26, 2015

Mange tusen takk for Nordic Fest support

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Creative Commons photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zooboing/ The following letter to the editor appeared in the Decorah Newsp...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Nordic Fest routine remains the same: guest post

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The following copyright editorial appeared in a post-Nordic Fest 2001 edition of the Decorah Newspapers and was authored by the late Mar...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Past presidents were 2000 Nordic Fest Grand Marshals

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Past Nordic Fest Presidents during the 2000 event As Helen Grant Schmidt reminded us in last week's post, past Nordic Fest president...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Reflections on Fests past and present: guest post

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Creative Commons photo credit:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/104815519@N08/ The following copyright editorial authored  by the late He...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Varme Polse: The Only Nordic Fest Treat Available Since Year 1

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Work is underway on the first Nordic Fest booths in 1967. In the review of Nordic Fest archives to date, I noticed that only one food bo...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Thank you, Darrell Piece: A Nordic Fest Founder Tribute

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Nordic Fest founders Darrell Pierce and Jerry Aulwes and the daughters of Nordic Fest founder Phyllis Leseth being interviewed for the #no...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Early Promotion of Nordic Fest: One Example

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Renowned Decorah accordion player Hans Aschim at the Norwegian-American Museum during an early Nordic Fest. Photo courtesy Ruth Ann Sacqu...
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