Obs! - New Email Group Created! (from Roger)
For those of you at the AGM you may remember that Roger asked if the Society might want a more interactive website. After some discussion, it was decided that a totally 'open' web page might not be desirable and could perhaps create more problems than it solved. However, John Gilmore subsequently suggested a compromise by using a controlled 'Email Group' which would be restricted to members only. This would enable any one who joined this group to submit and receive emails regarding current information about any aspect of the society. This group - scot-swede - has now been created and if you would like to join (at no charge!) please go to the link below and follow the instructions. Any individual email will then be automatically sent to everyone within the group.
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/scot-swede/
Please be aware that the verification process (ie me checking your valid membership!) might take a day or two so please be patient if you have applied to join this group. In any event, please avoid applying between 19/6 and 12/07 (when I am in Sweden!). Once your membership is approved, you can post emails by going to the group web page.
Midsummer 2006
Saturday 24th June, 12 noon
We will be back in Dalkeith Country Park again this year, after last year’s success, to celebrate a Swedish style Midsummer.
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Bring a picnic! There will be a BBQ available for you to cook your own burgers/sausages.
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We will be decorating and dancing around the maypole.
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Please bring flowers and greenery for decorating the maypole!
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Remember to bring your waterproofs! We will be there whatever the weather!
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Members of the Scottish-Swedish Society go in for free. Please present your drive-in pass/invitation at the Kiosk on arrival. You should be able to drive in. You will find us in the area behind the Café, next to the Conservatory.
Non-members £3, under 5’s and senior citizens free. Please pay at the Kiosk.
Lothian Buses 3 and 3 A, First Buses 86, 79 and 80 will take you from Edinburgh to Dalkeith.
The Country Park is situated at the east end of the High Street in Dalkeith.
See you there!
Coffee Mornings
Would you like to host a Coffee Morning? Contact Ulla for more information and to find out where the next Coffee Morning will be held. (Please see Singing Group contact).
Note these Coffee Morning dates in your diaries now:
Tuesday 23rd May, 10.30am
Friday 23rd June, 10.30am
Do you enjoy singing?
Then do come along and sing with the others in the
Singing Group. Contact Ulla for more information.
BARN RADION
Check out www.sr.se for Swedish radio programmes for children.
Sveriges Television
Visit: www.svt.se to watch Swedish television. There is a good selection of news programmes, documentaries and some children’s programmes too.
Sveriges Radio
You can listen live to your “local” Swedish radio station. Other stations and programmes are also listed. Visit: www.sr.se
Saturday 2nd September, 5pm
Concert performance sung in German
Swedish Soprano Hillevi Martinpelto will sing the part of Eva in Richard Wagner’s opera ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’. As this concert is a part of the Edinburgh International Festival, early bookings are recommended. To book tickets call: 0131 - 473 2000, or online: www.eif.co.uk
