2008 Stevne in Pictures

The 2008 stevne included a tour of local historical sites and a great time at the Austin MN Holiday Inn!

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Thursday Tour Boarding the bus	Bear Creek Lutheran Church Rural Mower County MN	Bear Creek Bruce & Heidi Weaver	Bear Creek Glen Warren greeted tour participants and introduced Pastor Glen Bickford	Bear Creek Glen Warren speaks at Memorial site near original Bear Creek settlement	Bear Creek Memorial to the first pioneers at Bear Creek and 41 settlers buried in the pioneer cemetery
Bear Creek Memorial Service Howard Lerohl plays the lur	Bear Creek Dr. Andrea Een speaks about the Hardanger fiddle	Bear Creek Church banner with "Valdres Stevne"	Bear Creek Coffee and treats	Ice Cream Social Howard Lerohl leads the Sing-Along	Ice Cream Social Andy & Donna Karlsgodt and Ann & Al Stevens
Ice Cream Social Members working on the Valdres Samband Quiz	Ice Cream Social Members working on the Valdres Samband Quiz	Ice Cream Social Steve and Jeannie Wills, Shirley Evenstad and June Nyberg	Ice Cream Social Donna Karlsgodt receives a SPAM mug from President Evenstad for winning Valdres Farm Bingo (Donna's dad worked for Hormel ... in the Spam department!)	Ice Cream Social Five winners in the "Picture Frame" round of Valdres Farm Bingo	Seminars Gail Dennison "Cancer Research at the Hormel Institute"
Seminars Dr. Joshua Liao "Cancer Research at the Hormel Institute"	Kaffe Stua Taking a break in the hospitality room Photo by Bruce Weaver	Vendors Shoppers Paul Rud, Heidi & Bruce Weaver	Vendors James Olson "James B. Olson Weathervane Antiques" Sioux Falls SD	Vendors June Nyberg "Northwoods Rosemalling and Folk Art" Superior WI	Vendors Eleanor Johnson "Rosemaling" Faribault MN
Vendors Gloria Hagen "Troll House Needlework and Gift Shop" Cottonwood MN	Vendors Gerald Saetveit played his fiddle and sold handmade knives	Vendors Randy Trelstad "UFF DA! merchandise" Austin MN	Seminars Jan and Harold Lerohl "Sing-Along and Learn Some Norwegian Songs"	Registration New secretary Glen Olson, retiring secretary Diane Lerohl, treasurer Tricia Lerohl, and Eleanor Schultz	Seminars Dag Rossman "Enchanting Tales from the Ancient North"
Genealogy Lynn Hagen and Genealogist Be Gunelson	Genealogy Researchers	Memorabilia Paul Scheffel and June Adele Dolva	Land Transfer Display Dissertation by Terje Joranger Owen and Judy Anderson and Paul Scheffel	Friday Dinner Greeting from Austin Mayor Thomas Stiehm	Friday Dinner About 80 people enjoyed good food and great company
Friday Evening Drawings Diane Lerohl drew names with Glen Olson's assistance	Friday Evening Drawings Heidi Weaver won the rosemaled Tine Box	Friday Evening Drawings Rosemaled Tine Box	Friday Evening Drawings Avis Rosenlund, who submitted a blank ticket, won a trivet with a Bergen street scene	Friday Evening Drawings Paul Gast won a gift package that included Spam	Friday Evening Drawings Arlene Nelson won some Norwegian recipe cards
Friday Evening Drawings Tim Conklin of British Columbia won a prize decorated with bunads	Annual Meeting President Earl Evenstad presided over the annual meeting on Friday night	Friday Evening Program Photographer Doug Ohman "Minnesota By-Ways" Slideshow of churches, barns, courthouses, schoolhouses and cabins	Board of Directors Valdres Samband board members after the board meeting	Seminars "History of Bear Creek Church and Community" Andrew Johnson	"Who Grinds the Coffee?" A play featuring Robert Lerohl, Doris Hayes, Tricia Lerohl, and Aaron Hanson Photo by Bruce Weaver
Seminars "Painting Valdres Roses" Shirley Evenstad	Seminars "Painting Valdres Roses" Christmas Ornament Pattern	Meeting Room Sign Created by Shirley Evenstad	Seminars "Dance Workshop" Ruth Sylte	Seminars "Dance Workshop" Those who attended really enjoyed themselves!	Festive Gjestebø Greeters at the banquet Mike & Muriel Hanson and Helen & Robert Lerohl
Festive Gjestebø Retiring secretary Diane Lerohl received a recognition gift from past president Doris Hayes	Festive Gjestebø Retiring membership assistant and past president June Adele Dolva received a recognition gift from Doris Hayes	Festive Gjestebø Stephanie Hendrickson played the Hardanger fiddle and led the Bunad Parade	Festive Gjestebø More prizes were awarded on Saturday, including a blue glass plate	Festive Gjestebø Stephen Wills won a book called "The Food and Cooking of Norway"	Festive Gjestebø Howard Lerohl played the "Call of the Lur" to begin Saturday's evening program
Festive Gjestebø The musical group Multe of Northfield MN entertained	Festive Gjestebø Stevne-goers danced the night away!

Photos by Aaron Hanson

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