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FOLK MUSIC STUDENTS FROM SETESDAL AND GUDBRANDSDAL
"FOLK MUSIC STUDENTS FROM SETESDAL AND GUDBRANDSDAL, NORWAY," will perform at the Monday, March 8th meeting, of Sons of Norway's Fedraheimen Lodge, 01-059, Willmar, MN.

The group is being brought to the USA by Terje Solheim, International Director for District 8, Norway, Sons of Norway. The group is comprised of ten students and two teachers. The students number five boys and five girls. They have studied folk music for three years at Norway's two high schools (videregående skoler) that specialize in teaching Norwegian Folk Music. These are located in Valle, Setesdal, and Vinstra, Gudbrandsdal. The students are all 18 – 20 years old.

The group will perform a 90-minute concert. The students perform different kinds of Norwegian singing, they play flutes, hardanger fiddle, piano, guitar and more. They will also have a 15 minute session of sing-a-long in the program, so people will have a good chance to participate. The students will bring CD`s to sell, along with a few other interesting items from Norway.

All of the above will be a fund raiser for the Sons of Norway Humanitarian Fund and so, for that reason, a free-will offering will be solicited that night at the entrance registration table, with a suggested $5.00 per person amount. No tickets will be for sale. Come and be entertained. Come and preserve, promote and cherish the Norwegian culture. Come and make a contribution, tax-deductible, to the Sons of Norway Humanitarian Fund.

This is the first event of the Fedraheimen Lodge's annual Norwegian Cultural Concert Series