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MultePod presents: Olympic Spirit

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Justa a quick reminder that our broadcast time is now Fridays at 1 p.m. CT and Mondays at 7 p.m. CT on air or online at KYMNRadio.net — or anytime here on the Multe Music site.Olympic Spirit
Celebrating the Nordic spirit of the Winter Olympic games, held this year in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Bunny hop? or jenka?

A while ago I came across this video of Swedish students doing a line dance version of the "jenka" ("jenkka" in Finnish) and noticed how similar the dance is to the American novelty dance, the bunny hop.

So I started looking around for more information. The bunny hop Wikepedia entry links to an article in TIME [...]

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MultePod presents: Juleevengeliet

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Juleevengeliet (Luke 2:1-20)
As a special holiday treat to our listeners, Multe Music is pleased to share with you one special track from the Oslo Gospel Choir's 2002 album, Det skjedde i de dager (And It Came To Pass).
It is the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 1-20, read in the Norwegian [...]

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Create your own Northern Lights

One of my favorite natural phenomena — the Aurora borealis — is now easily available on the Internet. I first saw the northern lights during a visit to South Dakota in the fall a number of years ago. They were absolutely stunning!
The first Old Norse account of norðrljós is found in the Norwegian chronicle Konungs [...]

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University of Oslo seeking people who grew up speaking Norwegian

The University of Oslo (UiO) Text Laboratory has been conducting research on the Nordic languages. and are now planning an extension to their ongoing Nordic research project, "Scandinavian Dialect Syntax". They recently had a notice about it in the Sons of Norway Viking Magazine.
They are looking for people in North America to interview and record [...]

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EVENT: Finnskogpols Workshops, April 16-19, 2010

Skandia Folkdance Society has announed that this year's Springdans Northwest dance and music workshops (April 16-19, 2010) will feature the Finnskogpols (Polsdans from Finnskoga) taught by Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen and Veslemøy Nordset from Norway. Originating in the border area between Sweden and Norway, this dance is embraced by Swedes and Norwegians alike — as [...]

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A special welcome for Sons of Norway members!

A warm welcome to all Sons of Norway members who are finding out about our show and web site from the recent article in the December 2009 Viking Magazine! We have some special news for you…Related Posts:2009 holiday CD recommendationsMultePod presents: Lucia LightMultePod presents: AdventsalmEgil Hovland: Bli med oss (Stay With Us)MultePod presents: Strålande Jul

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How to kill good Swedish funeral music

This past weekend, I was asked to sing at the funeral of a person of Swedish and Norwegian heritage. It was a gig (as I did not personally know the family) – but it's also an honor and privilege to be a small part of a family's leave-taking.
The organist for the service was a good [...]

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MultePod presents: Trick Or Treats!

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Trick or treats!
Ghostly tunes and bewitching melodies for Halloween.
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An interactive immigration map

As part of their series on new immigrants to the USA, "Remade in America: The newest immigrants and their impact on America", the New York Times has included an interactive immigration map.
It's a great graphical representation of American immigration.
The map isn't just about new immigrants — you can se the settlement patterns of immigrants since [...]

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A modern way to do Viking burials

I have always been a bit enamored with some of the old Viking funeral customs, especially the one where the body was sent out to sea on a burning ship in a blaze of glory. Call me a romantic… But now I've found that modern cremations can be handled in fine Nordic style due [...]

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MultePod presents: Tule Tanssimaani! Come Dance!

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Come dance!
This show features an interview with Finnish-American musician, Ralph "Rauli" Tutilla, and highlights selections from the new Finn Hall CD, Tule Tanssimaani! (Come Dance!), as well as some new Finnish music tracks Tutilla likes.
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Jesse James and the Norwegian lumberjack

Did you know that the outlaw Jesse James met a Norwegian lumberjack during a train robbery?
Well…he might have. We don't know for sure. But they do meet on a musical stage — and it makes for a great story.
Our town of Northfield is world-famous because of a bank robbery by the notorious James-Younger Gang that was [...]

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Håkon Høgemo & Trent Bruner: Utan udla, hamborgar

Here's a treat – a video of a hamborgar! No, not a hamburger…a hambOrgAr! A hamborgar is a type of Norwegian polka.
The video is of Håkon Høgemø and Trent Bruner playing a tune called "Utan udla" (sometimes spelled "Utan utla"), a tune from the Hordaland region of Norway.
Høgemø plays the fiddle traditions of Sogn, [...]

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String Sisters: Wackidoo

Last April, I featured a video by a group of very fine women fiddlers from both sides of the ocean — the String Sisters.
Here they are again with another tune by Norwegian fiddler Annbjørg Lien — and it gets a little jazzing up as it goes along.
The tune is called Wackidoo and can be found on [...]

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