Scandinavian Midsummer, June 22-23rd - This weekend!
We're in the Icelandic Room both days in the Scandinavian Centre, Burnaby.
To celebrate MIdsummer, I'm offering this from my Vancouver BC ephemera files.
The Norwegian Choral Society, Vancouver, 1935
The programme for The Norwegian Choral Society’s April 25th, 1935 Concert at the Victory Auditorium in Vancouver lists the names of those who sang or played. Some names do look familiar, but I have not researched them all yet. The advertisers mostly have Norwegian connections too, so I've added them to my index.
Hercules Worsoe, the Choir’s Conductor, was at this time an insurance agent for C Gardner Johnson, one of the Choir's advertisers.
| Surname | Given names | Position |
| Ableson | Ole | Concert Committee; Tenor |
| Hansen | R. J. | Concert Committee; Tenor |
| Nyfeldt | O. | Concert Committee; Tenor |
| Ruud | Olga | Concert Committee; Alto |
| Steenberg | Anne | Concert Committee; Alto |
| Worsoe | Hercules | Conductor; Concert Committee |
| Nyfeldt | Lilly | Concert Committee; Tenor |
| Tennant | Dorothy | The Tennant Trio |
| Tennant | Jean | The Tennant Trio |
| Cornell | Marjorie | The Tennant Trio; also Accompanist w/ Tom Godfrey |
| Godfrey | Tom | Soloist |
| Worsoe, | Johanne | Soloist |
| Stangeland | Ole M | duet w/H. Worsoe, Bass |
| Albertson | Marie | Soprano |
| Emblem | Margit | Soprano |
| Knutsen | Kaja | Soprano |
| Lervold | Gudrun | Soprano |
| Nygaard | Annie | Soprano |
| Olsen | Kristine | Soprano |
| Orre, | Sigrid | Soprano |
| Ruud | Harriet | Soprano |
| Williamson | Laila | Soprano |
| Worsoe | Sylvia | Soprano |
| Evanson | Gina | Alto |
| Hansen | Astrid | Alto |
| Korsnes | Jenny | Alto |
| Nyfeldt | Ethel | Alto |
| Betzvog | John | Tenor |
| Birkeland | Olaf | Tenor |
| Eriksen | N | Tenor |
| Orre | Nikolai | Tenor |
| Sveen | Olai | Tenor |
| Flaa | Einar | Bass |
| Hansen | Rasmus | Bass |
| Howe | Erling | Bass |
| Nyfeldt | Ole | Bass |
| Sveen | John | Bass |
| Advertisers | My Notes |
| Swan Bros. | 12th Ave & Kingsway |
| Kerrisdale Tobacconists | 2150 W 41st Avenue |
| Corry Coal Co. Ltd. | |
| Norske Amerika Linkje | Vancouver agent, L. Pettersen, 329 Hastings St.; Seattle, Reidar Gjolme |
| Hotel Georgia | Vancouver's Newest & Most Modern Hotel; Single rooms $2.50 per day, doubles $4.00; 320 rooms, all with baths |
| Hercules Worsoe, C. Gardner Johnson Ltd. | 991 Hastings W; Insurance |
| Vancouver Posten | |
| Dr. E. R. Nordin | Birks Bldg |
| The Clarke Stuart Co. Ltd. | "Aids to Navigation" |
| Geo. Wylie | Furnace Repairs |
| The Kent Piano Co. Ltd. | "Oldest Music House in Western Canada" |
| Vancouver Flour Sales Ltd. | Wild Rose Cake & Pastry Flour |
| Lorne P. McIntosh | Optometrist; Birks Bldg |
| Olsen's Printing Office | "Printed This Programme" |
| Café Norway | 143 Cordova St. |
| Pierre Paris | Boots and shoes; Hastings St. |
| Victory Hall | McMillan & Co., Rental Agents; 535 Homer St. |
| Standard Importing Co. | JB Fresh Coffee; 327 Main St., Blackburn Market, Union Market & Chilliwack BC |
| Vivian Engine Works | Diesel Engines; 1090 6th Ave. W |
| G. L. Pop | Main at Sixth; fur storage vaults |
| Canadian Bakeries Ltd. | 4X Bread |
| British Traders Insurance Company, Limited | Hercules Worsoe, agent |
| A. B Balderson Limited | 1190 Georgia; Cars and Trucks; Ford Sales/Service |
This 1935 Concert programme is from my personal collection. If anyone knows more about the Society or recognizes the names of members or the advertisers listed here, please be in touch.
This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, I’m at the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Burnaby at the Scandinavian Centre! Do come. Good food and entertainment; lots to see and do for all.
Drop in to see us in the Genealogy Room (the Icelandic Room) - at the Scandinavian Centre. both Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23, 2019.
This year, I’m giving away free Scandinavian mystery books too. You can learn a lot about doing genealogy from mysteries!
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