1966

PACIFIC COAST

rJRWcGIAtV' SINGERS ASSOCIATION

ANGERFE BELLINGHAM,

WASHINGTON

1966

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SCHE DULE OF EV ENTS THURSDAY August 78 R ~i\Lratiml begins IO~OO a.m.

• lezZ<.Illine-llotel Lenpold HcccpUulI 8:00 p.m. n ~t,tl RaIlronITI Hot I Leopold SuiJpt'f nnd dallcing

FRIDAY August 19 Rt ht'at'ial

10:00 a.m.

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WELCOME/ On behalf of thc citizens and city officials of the C ity of Belli ngham , I ext nd a hea rty wel­ come to yo u and your ladic on th e occasion of th is 57th annual .. ~ID CT rfcs t" of the Pac ifi c Coast ,o[\\'e rian Singers sociation b 'ng held in our ci ty, August 18 19 and 20, 1966, Lctters of we lcome are asv to write and for ome reason they all see m to~ have the same te r­ mlPnlogy. I assure YOli tha t while the ter min­ ology of th is le tter of gree tin g may be faid' standard, you \ ill fin el the actual welcome ex­ tend d to you by our city to hc far above an u beyond that no rmally encount red in conven­ tion citi es.

\iVe are proud and p lc.l ed to p lay hos t and hostess to tbe D1 'mbcrs of the Pacific Coast Norwcgian S i n ~ ~rs SSOCI,ltIOn. \Ve p romis e tn do our u tmo ~ t to make your stay in B llin<1h a m a pl easant on e and ho pe that you will n j ' y it so m uch th at you will des ire to rehl rn and visit us again. yVi th this tho ught in mine! , we hope th at you came to Bellin gham prepared to enjo y yO Ul'­ scI es an d we wish you a most successf ul Sa ng­ erf t.

Respectfully yours,

JO R ' E. WE STFORD Mayor

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Greetings from Your Host Chorus

On behalf of the Pa.cific Coast Norwegian ociation, we welcome you once again Sin ger. · to Bellingham, the red carpet ity.

Th ere have been nwny ups and downs as the year has progressed but we hope the downs are in the past and that we will 'ride the crest in har­ mony through this 57th Sangerfest celebration .

We, of the BeiliTlghllm Male Ch orus, are es­ pecially happy to hav e the Association with us He/m er J. Me//and to help celebrate this PRESIDE. T our 50th annioersary BELLlNGHAM MALE CHORUS year, having been first organized as a Nor­ wegian Male Chorus in 1916.

As we again thrill to the ioining of many voices in sow ' may we create fmc harmony of spirit and fellowshi1J to inspire li S through (he yellr to come.

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Bellingham Male Chorus extends greet­ ings to the Pacific Coast Norwe a·ian Sin <1ers As­ sociation. We hope that this SOllgerfest lives ti p to YOllr e:t pectations and contriblltes p l e a s o n I; memories to add to past traditions.

Mrs. D oroth y M e//and PRESIDENT, LADIES AUXILIARY

BELLINGHAM MALE CHOR S

and Auxiliary.

TREASURER

Emil Olsen CORRESPONDll C SECRETARY

Elfie Peterson FIRST V I CE- PRESIDE!\'T

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He/mer J. M elland P.C.N.S. .

PRE !DENT,

and from the Officers of

Don Whetsell 4TH V ICE-PRESIDE T

I'li ge f OUT

Harvev M athiesen

p.e.N.S.A. for 1965-1966

Karl C. Dahl RECORDING SECRETARY

Olav Boen TREASURER

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On bl'll.llf of lIor of( ic('r~, dirl c:lt r: and 111 III her, 'V 'r),wh. r \\(' xl> d our itc<I(ti ':t thank ' lor tilt" lIl,lIly ye;lr III C l!'di \\ l~l(jpl r.ltiorl ill fllftIJl'riTl~ tIl piC' 'n; lion of lhe l,,·t in our • lrW{ ginn heritage IIIJ h< st \\ ishcs for an Olltst I1din~ and sllu..'t!ssfu) S,lllgerf t.

SONS OF NORWAY

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One by one, the years go by .

Place

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1. Everett 2. Seattle 3. Portland 4. Tacoma 5. A torja Not held

1903

6. Se~ttle 7. Eureka 8.

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Not heW Everett Spokane ot held San Francisco B llingham Seattle Portland Tacoma Grays Harbor ..

Astoria Everett EcUson-Bellingham Seatil Portland . .. .

Tacoma Vancouver San Francisco Astoria Not held Grnys Harbor Not held Everett VaoCOliVec

1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

1912 1913

1014 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921

1934

B<.>1lli1ghnm Seattle Portl;ind Not held 3l. San Francisco 32. Tacoma 33. Grays Harbor 34. Everett Not held 35 Seattle 36 1 acoma 37. Portland 38. Vancouver, B.C. 39. Los Angeles 40. Everett 41. Oaklnnrl 42. Seattle 43. Spokane 44 . Tacoma 45. Purtland 46. Bellingh.am 47 Los Angell'S 48. Vancouver, B.C. 40 Everett ')0 Eugene .51 SCllttl. .52. San Franci.o.co 53. Salt Lake City 54 Tacoma 55. Portland 56. Oakland 57. B Ilingham 28.

29.

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1904

1922 192.3 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

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Singers

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Singers

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1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1050 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1951 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 19B3 1964 1965 1966

195 150 139 14.1 155 153 139 167 154 257

159 174

147 187

125 146 178 197 173 199 182

196 214 174

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Our Director-In-Chief, Assistants, and

Henry Ringman As

August Werner OrnE . R-J. "-CHIEF

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Eloise Tweit Rail GUEST SOLOIST

Elias Breiford DIRECTOR

BELLINGHA.M MALE CHORUS

Spurrell ACCOMPA.NIST

Gordon Hafso

Norwegian Male Chorus

THE NORWEGIAN MALE CHORUS

of Los ANGELES

Several choruses were organized in the Los An­ geles and Long Beach areas between 1900 and 1920.

Our present group was reorganized on January 1, 1920 called the "Normennenes Sangforening"; later the "Norwegian Male Chorus of Los Angeles."

The first great event sponsored by the Chorus was a "Songfest" in which orwegian, Swedish, and Danish Choruses in Los Angeles and San F rancisco participated undel~ the direction of Axel P hils trom of San Francisco. The concert was held in Trinity Auditorium and more than 2,000 people atten ded.

The chorus joined the Pacific Coast Norwegian

sioa rs As DciatiOl' in 1927.

The chorus . ponsored its firs t Sangerfest in 1948 wi th Bern hard ~k lll.; â&#x201A;Ź'r as th> Presi d nt of P.C. .S.A. Th ' seconu SangE.rfest was in 1956 with Aimar E. YIoll r as p resident.

In 196'2, \ b n SAS openeu th L.A .-Polar route, the three Scan dinavian Princesses were our guests at a co ncert and reception in their honor at the

Pasadena Civic Auditorium. All three choruse sang together under the direction of Gordon Hafso.

With few execeptions, the Norwegian Male Chorus has appeared at every 17th of May program, in the Los Angeles area.

At the present time we have twenty-four active members.

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Seated, from left to right: Ie Jo hnson, Magne Engen, GOldon H afso Director, Peder ~e s, Alb rt Andersen, Oddmund Saterdahl. 2nd Rot!;: Thomas H anson, Joe O mdahl, .BIrger Hope n, Johrh Kvam rnen, tto Thompson, d WUl Lind ­ gren, Aima r Moller. 3·rd Rotc: Linman Bjcrken, Ralph Dahl , Lars D uh! O le Ha nson, GOl Jon .'1oc, Ken neth KV,lmmcn Presl­ d.ent, Michael Kva mmen, Norman Koch. N ot pictured- Haakan Munkvald.

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Normanna Glee Club

Theodore Gorbacheff

N ORMANN A GLEE C LUB of Oakland, was organ足 ized JUlle 12, 1923 with fifteen charter members.

Arne H . Arneson, one of the organizers, became the first director. He held the position for 19 years.

O ther directors have been: Phillip Hillstrom, Karl Ingebritsen, E lmar Bach ' r, Ed gar Thorpe, and Theo足 dore Gorbacheff, now serving.

The average membership has been twenty-five.

It has not at any time been a big chom but it has been, an is, a very active one. .

Oakland has hosted two Sangerfests, one in 1950 with Gerhard A. Aastad as President, and in 1965 with Jacob A. Jacobsen as president.

Yearly concerts an d ente rtainment have b een held . Some of these with the other Scandinavian choruses in the Bay area.

The Normanna is fortunate in having a Ladies

Auxiliary that gives wonderful sup port and encour足 agement to the singers.

The prese nt chairman of Normanna is Gordon D. Rye.

Tordenskjold Lodge No. 5 Spokane

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of Oakland

Fro nt Row, from left tc. right: E rhart Malmin, Ole Lovtang, Kaare Klyleken, Karl Stohle, Rune Janred, Theodor Gorbaeheff, Director, Erhard tal, H . K. K. Ha nsen, John F uiren, Aotton Jorgense n, Karl Eikeberg.

Back row : Murri Johnson.

Hnlpb Johnso n, Reidar Lih, :Vlartin W, llace, Einar Waksdal, Ed Oversun, Hans

erileim, Olaf Laxo, John Hansen, Gordon

Rye, E lmer Holm, Olav Lo\>tangen, Jake Jakobsen, Harald Lovtangen.

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Norwegian Singers

Th eodore Gorbacheff

THE NORWEGIAN SINGING SOCIETY of San Fran足 isco \ as organiz d September 30, 1903, with 20 singer. We joined the Pa ific Coast group May 6, 1904. The first president was Klaus Olsen.

San Francisco was host to the Pacific Coast Sa11足 gerfest in 1915, 1928, 1939 and 1961. TIle last tlu'ee years we h ad the San gerfes t Caspar Hexberg was the president.

Our chorus m ts ach Tue day night at Dovre Hall 3543 18th St. , San Francisco. Director js Theo足 dore Gorba :heff. Presjde nt i Al Nels n. We have 38 active . ingers.

W erg eland Lodge No. 21 Bellingham

Royal Cafe Bellingham

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of San Francisco

First Row, left to rzght : Olav T jensvold, Kaare Valvik, L eif Star 'ether, Thcocior GorbachefÂŁ, Directo r; Olav Boe, Bjarne Fred Fred ri e k s~n , Second Row: Thor Berg , E inar E ngdahl, Harold YOlan, Al elson [' resident, Ru bin Anderson , Peder Eriksen, Clyde Forseman, Wa lter /I'l attso n, H ans Chris tense n, E ric Lock ne r, Joe Soanes, Hal llstad, Ph il Mal kerson, Per Herskedal, Evald Swans on , Eskil H oberg, Leu Her 'kedal, arm Ronneberg, Capt H, H ansen, Bob T hiele, lUt E ricson, Larry Sel mcr. Not pictllrect- Gustav Andre, E rling Andrease n, Leroy El wing, Bruce F'st, Eric Lockner, John Michelson, Oial Olsen, Ed Overson, Ed Peterson, Carl Sv nsan, Nils Wlk. Por~,

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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. PUGET SOUND DIVISION

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· . A bit of nostalgia

By invitation of the S attle Chorus, the follo win g m t in Seattle in 1902 to organize the Pacific Coast Singers. Portland was r presented by J. O. Berg, C. Tackle, F. A. Tomte, C. Olsen, J. D . Hansen, C. J. Cornelius and J. A. \,y 'ck; Everett hy O. A. Sandheim and John or­ man ; Seattle by Dr. O. A. Loe, Ed E llingsen, N. A. Christoff, and J. A. Thuland. All bus­ iness was conduct d in Norwegian. The name of Pacifi Coast Singer. Association was adop t­ ed at this meeting and included choruses from vVashington, regan, alifom ia, I daho, Mon­ tana, and after a lively dehate British Columbia wa also includf'd. The offic rs elected were John Norman of Everett, President, F . A. Tom te of Portland , Vi e-President, J. A. Th uland of Seattle, Corresponding Secretary, C. J. Co 'nelius of Portland , Record ing Secretary and D r. O. A. Loe f Sea ttl , Treasurer. T he fi rst Sangerf st was to be held in E verett in Augus t 1903 which turned out Lo be a huge success. E leven copi s of th by- laws and the constitution were printed by 1905 and then revised and approved in 1929.

In 1909 the ombined group had their con entio11 in Seattle .to celehJ1lte th Alaska-Yukon Exposition. Th y voted to appear in tuxedos and 'V ere diTected l)y Carlos Sper. ti.

At the convention in E m ,ka, Californi , 1910, Mr. T. Hamman, who was the editor of the anger-Hilsen magazin discussed the idea of un iting the Ea t and "Vest singers and thereby the Norw gia Singers Association of Ameli ca was estahli ·hed.

In 1926, at Tacoma, th e uniform was fi nally voted upon- th is was dark blue coat, white trousers , white shirt black bow tie, and white shoes. This was amended to read blue four in hand tie. This was the official unifo rm until it was changed in 1953 to the new uniform as we wear it to ay- white double or single breas t d tuxedo coats, plain dark blue trousers or hlXedo trousers, white shirt with attached h trned down collar, maroon bow tie, maroon kerchief, black socks and black shoes.

In June of 1962 the first coast to coas t Nor wegian Singers Association held a concert, which was very impressive, in the Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah .

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About the songs

I ~dlDNA TTSOLE. T. This is a sight th t one must ee to realize th beauty- the sun at mid­ ni~h t, at th e northern ti p of Norway an Sweden i:lnu all nor theru COli ntries.

KL,\R S J n ' A. in lin Star in heaven's d p h Ili , do no t hide yOllr ey to m e. To the realms where YOll sh ine my so ul is } nging.

J CD'S FRI 'ATOll. (J Cod's Free Nature) . rt wOllld b e the same a ' we here in \Vashin gton S<l) - lhi is tflll y G d 's C IIltry.

T his song is < n p. pressed p leasure of being out in the free air, beau tiful scenery, good \ eath r, and yo u feel happy anti il' · good to be alivc"

BAllA B A. Billow Blu , it ris s to the cliff,

' \Iller tb dill it dies. Billow Blue, the thu nd rin a

au into itself, in he bosom of the

sea and dies.

Billow Blu , your sig hing echoes in m. spirit,

Billow Bluc. All y Our living h Olll' are yonI' d},­

j( g 110m'. At Uw cliff i. your lath.

S('<l slIc..:ks

(Tbe SE'~I ). By th beloved composer, Osc~u:

. t sentimeJ tal sOll l of the

sail r ycarns to follow the sea gull 's gracefll l fli ght

over tl e houndJess Ill.

EN SANGER'S BO.. A sin er's prayer, thanking ael t r the gift of song, a nd looking f rward t joinin g the throng before God's t hrone.

VllUNGAR: rE o Th is is , on th at expresses the feeling of th Vikings, who w rc th explorers of old . The Vikings originated f rom th Nordic nee. \ ho roamed the sea for ad enture and !lew laud.

OL.\ V TRYGVASOi'\ . Poen by Bjornson, m usic by l\eiss igcr. It is perhaps the favorite ()f all the 'o!'w · rian male chorus songs, and hard ly a cuncert is given without its uppea r nee on th p ro 'ram .

The pic backgrOtllld of the ong is lhe Naval Battl fought at the peninsula of Svold off the HA

Bo g. T he ho i. troll.

"age t'lgitteell

Gen nan-Baltic coast in th e year 1000, where the h mo u.s on eg ian Hero-King Olav Trygvason fell against his com bined Norwegian, Danish and Swedish foe. H is Dragon hip , the "Long Ser­ Ilent", the most f mOils of all Viking ships, was takcn - and lav Trygvason, w)unded, jumped overboard and disappeared . But the s n g itself ith King O lav's Earl, E rling Skjalgson <tnd his m ' n, w ho wit! 6 light r warships h ad outsail d ld the II heavier D ra n Ships of the King, una yare of the sad fate of th eir belov d Hero, were laying in ai t f r him-in vain. And t hen frum the dep th of the ocean, like sigh, came the messag c'!rried b , sobbing waves to the waiting men: "Taken is the Long Serpen t! F allen is O lav Trygvasol1 ."

DEN STORE HVIDE FLOK, "The Great White F osl", Behold a host arra in white, ilk thous­ a nd snow-cluJ mountains bright. T heir voices they 1n w rship ra ' 'e, b efore the throne of God, "mid ATIgel~" on r of praise!

This religious poem is from thc p ro lific pen of the Bishop H . A. Brorson ( 16 4-1722 ). The mu i , a . Torwegian folk song a m lll Cfed b Grieg, is ne of the fin t example~ of lonvegian sacred music.

DKJE DJNC ( Land-Sighting ) , T he poem is b ' _ onv y's gr ,t writer Brorsoll anu the m sic bv the immortal Grieg. It is one of the most pop­ ular male ·horus song in th world, depicting [h oung Her -King Olav Trygvason's r hun to his native ronvay and the fi rsl impression of la nd he and his f llowers got fr m he gle min g mountain p aks an thunderi ng waterfall a they sailed in through the deep b lue fjord in the shim­ mering .·u nlit air, Tn th solo the King gives pro ­ fO llnd eXfreSS iOl! for his b lief, tha t here was home am hcre h wOHld raise the Cross wh ich houhl lift his spirit high and strong like the m irrh ty mountains! His me n into ne th . prayer, carrying the son t a grand soul stirring finish .

In this order

AUG UST

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D irector-I n-Chief

BELLIXGHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIU),[

HENRY HINGMAN

Friday Evening, August 19, 1966

Assistant Oircctor ELIAS

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S(tp rano ER1o;ST OBERG

ILUtLEY SPURRELL

Chorus ACGompar!ist

Bellingham D irector

Williams

Let Th re Be Vlusic

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Reissiger

Wetterling

KJara Stjarna

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_lurching On Ell Sanger's Bon Vikinga,ne (Solo-Carl Benson )

Borg . arr. by Wick Reis~iger

Frieberg Grand Chnms-Henry Bingman, Directing

Hahn

The Green Cathedral

Grand Chorus-August Werner, Directing Let All My Life Be Music

SprO$ .

Love Wen t Ariding

Bridge Puccini

Vissi D'Arte ( La Tosca) .

Eloise Tweit RaIl, Soprano Bara Bla (Icelandic Folk SO/1fT) . . arr. by Werner Grand Chorus- Elias Breidford, Directing

Black Roses The

ight Has A Thousand Eyes

Eo vane Takk For Oit Haad

SlbeZius Hageman Grie~

erie"

Eloise Tweit RuIl, Soprano

lav Tl'ygvason Reis.siger Dell Store H vide Flak (Solo-Gunnar Hellberg)

The Lost Chord Landkjending (Solo-Curl Benson )

Gricg Sullivan Grieg

Grand Chorus-August \Verner, Directing

DIRECTORS - PAST AND PRESENT CARLO

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RUDOLPH GEORGE

MOl'. .'1IAD GEOtlCE

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JOtiNSON

MAL\HN

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1902-1916 1916-1935 1935-1937 1937-l9.39 1939-1940

1940-1946

HENRY

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1946·1950 1950-1952

195:2-1953 1953-195.5

1955-1957 1958-1959 1959-1966

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they receive through service ' J UNE F' Hll.- (It Sail Fra ncisco , the m edals were suggest ed but it wasn't until (拢 business meetin g in De颅 cember 1915 th at th ey came to decision on the m. 5 Salt .!!.erfests attended would be represented by the b ron ;:e meda l, 10 bl) silcer, 15 b y gold. These medals wo uld be inseTi b (I with P.N.S. 500 of each of the lIIedals t.t:ere ordered. The fi rst medals [c ere not ([[carded until 1917 at the conve ntion ,in Seattle. /I int eresting motion tC({S made an d passed at the busin ess meeting ,in Everett in 1942 to th e effect that /l iell ill ser vice be ([ /lowed credit towards their meda ls, leho through no fault of their own could not atten San ger/est , This leas similar to a decision in 1918.

The first 40-year mcdal was presented to M r, Joe Li l?ak c f Portland at the Sangerfest of 1951 in Seattle.

Hou;ever, we have Ola v 8 0en, our treasurer fro1l1 Seattle, who received his 45-year medal in 1959 and is still ({Ii acti ve sin ger,

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AWARDED 1965 5 YEARS R eda lf Gjersnld, eattle Rudolf C hris t nse n, Seattle Ken KV<1 r m n , Los An eles Uo vanl Loseth , EU <1cnc ~lat h i nus Strand, Salt L ake Ci y J\\'ye n ! I Iso , Sa n F rancisco E il H <lnsen, S.,n F rnncisc LeiJ H er k dal, San Tancisco Laurin F oster, San F ra ncisco

10 YEARS H rhert Field, Portlano Hans K. H ansen, Oakland Karl ln g bre tscn, 0, kland John Kasper 'on Seattle Ve rTe ' horsle nsen, eattl 路 tt T hompson, Los naeics 15 YEARS

0 1 Hau <yen, Portland 2._ YEARS C orgc Jacohsen, Tacoma hor Sta nd ahl. Tacoma

30 YEARS n ton Breivik, Sea ttle Roy Kv< ngnes, Everett

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ELIGIBLE IF IN ATTENDANCE 1966 5 YEAR S

25 YEARS

Jo hn Fuiren, Oakland Laurin F o 路ter, Everett li st, fson, E ugene :\l ntth W Bjame Harcstacl, eattle R obert Jo hnson, Eugene E lfie Peterson, Bellingham Cuttonn Laaha k, E verett Austin Skei voId, Sea ttl RudoU Christensen, Seattle 10 YEARS Kaare Berg, Sea ttl e Lars D ah l, Los An g les Karl E ikeberg, Oakland H i E rick on , Portland Howard Knu tson , Tacoma Thore If Storvi k, Ev r tt Olav Tjensvold , an Francisco

ldar.. G ilb ertson Everett C arl (oe, eattle G ustaf olheim, Seattle

15 YEARS Kar l Dahl, Bellingham

Emil Elverll m , S attIc 1 0, Haugen, E ere tt E lm r S. Holm, Oakland O le Johnso n, Los Angele

Kenn th L. Knutso n, Seattle G u nnar la lmin, Tacoma

30 YEAR S \Vard Arneson, T acoma A. W. Holthe, E verett Jerom Sa ndvig, S a ttle :3,5

EARS

Em il isen, B llingham Herman Westby, Portland

40 YEARS [ artin Heglund, T acoma 44 YE AR

E mil E nger, Everett

(Recognition, no medal )

.52 YE RS O lav Boen, Seattle

(Recognition, no medal )

GREETINGS TO

THE PACIFIC COAST NORWEGIAN SINGERS

Eat More Fisll

. . . For Beitel' Health!

DAHL FISH CO.

Be 11 ill gllilI1l

POt!1

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he Norsemen

J ohn M. Gustafson

THE

NORSEMEN was organized in Eugene, Oregon, in the fall of 1951. However, like most singing groups, its real activity did not gain momentum until th e fall of 1954. By then we had a chorus of 17 men that met regularly.

T he Chorus sang under the direction of Mr .

Tom Kaarbus from the time it was organized until the fall of 1963 when illness caused him to retir e .

He passed away in November 1964 and it was a great loss to the members of a true friend and a leader that lived his music.

In the fa ll of 1963 it was our goo d fortune to get Mr . John G ustafson from the music department

of the University of regon as Director nd also Mr. Robert D ick w ho is conne ted with the Music denartment of tl e P ublic Shoal System as accom足 panist.

W became members of the P acific C oast Nor 足

egian Singers- Association in 1958, and in the sum足 mer of 1959 it was our pleasure to host the Singers on their 50th Sangerfest. The name "Norsemen" was a opteo in 1958 and many of the members have been active since the Chorus began their weekly rehear足 sals in 1951

Mjollner Lodge Silvana

TlUl<e twe nty-tw o

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of Eugene

left to right: Marvin Hanson, Mike B,lgansen, Ray Hanson, Bill ~la tt 'o n, John M. ustafson, Robert L. Dick, C larence C undcrson, Howard He.rbranson, Jon Peder on. Sec ond Row: Gilbert Sando, Fri Larsen, Les Churchill, Oscar M ,Ihy, Bob Johnson, lagnus 1\1. nseth, h al Nelson, M. S. Christianson, Rlldy Brei. trancl. Third Row: George Belsey, Henry Losoth, Joh n- Erik Nilsson, Pe te Larsen, Ob rt ndr W ' , Matthew w; tafson , Ernest . tvold, Aron ,te ensun, Jens T hor en.

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Norwegian Glee Club

THE 1 ORWEGlAN G LEE CLUB of Portland marks i ts 80th Anni ersary this year. No other group of its kind can equHI this length of service to a com路 munity.

Many note d musical personalities I ave be n dil" eetly or ind ire tly on nected with the endeavor. 'Vt are pleased with our D irector, Biolll Hegbe a young Orw gian-bom Ameri 路an . He re eivecl h is early training in orway an d delights in nt rtaini ng ot hers with his almost 110 limited collection of old Norwegi an folk songs.

Something Ile\V was < cl led in 1965 and we be路 lieve it is a Tfea t addi tion to the Norwegian music possibil ities in the City of Roses . The Nordic Chorali rs organized onl y u f w mon ths a o. The ladie hav as. isteu in several major programs under the direction of Robert McCoy. They have come a long way in a short time.

Bjorn Heg/ie

Leif Erickson Lod ge No . 1 Seattle

Fairhaven Pha rm acy South Bellingham

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of Portland

Front Rotc, left to right: Pe te D vrhaug, Harold Jensen, Herb Field, O lav Thune. I1asmlls Cleveland (rieceased), Alic Peter颅 son, David Wes tby, Bjorn Beglie, Ie IIa ug 'n, lorman Clifton, John Walhooc!, Oscar Oyc n, Don \Vhetsell, Cyru s Walhooc!, Herman Westby. Sec() nci rou;: John Small, Carl Johnson, Freel Loken, H i Eric kson, Harole! H ansen, La rs La en, Ernest Harold, Lur Kaarhlls, Harold Tee, Ted Rosenvold, Oscar :-'路lorude, He rb Salmon. N ew m emlJl!rs not pictraed: Ralph H ovis, l ver Farasted, obert Nosen.

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Normanna Male Chorus

ORMANNA MALE CHORUS of Tacoma had it's origin when eight Norwegians from Parkland, Washington, got tog ther in October of 188 and form d vhat was then kno\vn as "Den Norske Sang足 forening".

Later, s the group grew in membership and moved to Normanna Hall in Tacoma, the name was chang d to "Normanna Male Chorus of Tacoma ', and \Va incorpora ted und r that n me in 1922.

T he Tacoma chorus has had many cUr ctor over the years amI has been honored three times by hav足 ings it's director chosen as Director-in-Chief of the P.C. .S.A. These thJ'ee dire tor were Carlo A. Sp rati, George S. Johnson, both now deceased, amI the present Tacoma director, Guonar J. Malro in.

Cunnar has b n wi th the Ta ma chorus for the last twenty years.

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Gunn ar J Ma/min

Travelodge Bellingham

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F ront rO l~, le ft to rig h t: Thor Toll fson, I van D esse n, ',;villanI Deq:;an, Pa"l Riebe, Ben D entinge r, Prof. Gunn ar ; lalmin, irec tor, John Johnsoll, Bob Tj or~ ta d , Al Sather, Bjarn Sage n, mly Ferroy, S ec ond row : Ole Rasmussen, Clarence Pe rson, Eiullr Engt; n, Arv id Hostad, Ov Hellgesta d, Gary Ferguson , Arvid Berg, Jim Paulson, A ndy palseth, Arvid I 'ak 'n. Third ruw : W ard Arneson, Anton Hc llcsbncl , Rev. 0, K. Blc)me li , . l arti n Heglund, H oward Knutson, Elmer l- lobroton, Thor L ar足 sen, Ie, fathisen, ~I ike Sku,ia, Thor Stancla!' Fourth row: Henry H ansen, Harold Olson, Ceor ge Jacobsen, orman .Berg ,

Cilrl Buhl' , t-. lilto n Andrease n, Anton Ness.

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Jens Hansen

Norwegian Male

T HE N ORWEGIAN MALE CnORUS of Seattle was originally organized December 6, 1889, six months afte the fo tmding of the City of Seattle and three weeks after th State f Washington waS admitted to the Union. It is the oldest acappella male chorus in Seattle.

Chorus directors have been John Melling, Gul­ brandsen, Halfdan Rode, Hjalmar Anderson, Alfred Lubin, Karl Von Godin, Knut Sortheim, Alberg Winge, H. P. Sather, Rudolph H. Moller, August Wern r , Al Brevik, and Jens K. Hansen. Like hi­ predecessor, well-known composer-director Rudolph H. !vloler, Director August Werner, Professor Emer­ itus of the Unjversity of Washington, has served as

Direct'll in Chief of the Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association for many years, and appeared on many S ngedest concert programs as a featured concert soloist. Both were honored by Norway with the R yal Order of St Ola for their contributions to Norwegian Music and male chorus singin g in America.

The chorus has throu bo ut the years taken part in all orwegian celebrations in Seattle, giving reg­ ular concerts and participating in patriotic c ~]ebra ­ tions. They assisted in en tertainin g the Norwegia l l Royal Family in 1939, 1942 and 1964. Of particular note was the participation in the p r gram and un-

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veiling of the Leif E rickson Stahle cr ated by August Werner in 1962.

Th Seattl chorus is a member of the Pacific Cm t Norwegi n Singers Association and has at­ tended fif ty-six Sangedests in all since the first one held in Everett in 1903. Seattle has hosted the For­ bund ight times from 1904 to 1960. At the present time there are seventy-five active members and numerous associate members.

Since 1909 the chorus had the very active support of a ladies auxiliary, the Helpmates, who have great­ ly assisted in the endeavors of the chorus.

Chorus of Seattle

F rcwt ro w, Ie-f t to right : olheim , Jerome Sand vig, Oldv B,Hm, Je ns H ,lnsen, AGt lTlg Director, John E ngan, August "Verner, Director, O live v neisen, A t.:co mparlillt , Harvey 1 fathiosen, C,rrl , I. . foe, E dwIn B Lind gre n, C!.lrence Svendse n.

Second row : Hudolf Ch ristense n, no n:, J. Kla boe, T hor Bjorn t ad , E rl ing Berg, Aa )je E d la nd , Svein Nyhammer, G under Nielse n, Trygvt, Bjornstau, Bcrlll Satre, Mid Due e n, Air Knuds('fj, eu tal S liheim, Em il E I enUll, Karl Vik. Third TOW : F rederick Jnrgctllle.n, Roy D 'f'J:( , Harold H a nse n, lrving nodI y, He nr y G ll nde rse n, Ralp h Snidel , Einar Sivt rrs cn, Tore Driflo t, Svcrre Jll ll's, John lCasp rSf)n, Anton Rre 'k Decr;u 'ud, Pau l \Vasbrekkt:. Fourth nm;: C lifford F icld, Rolf Berg , Kaarct R 'rg, Jarle Berg, \\'al ('r Gro nvnlrl Ronal d O lsen, Har old "Velten, Ray l1e ri inc:, T homas Stan g, Kristia n Fallmyr, Raymond Seve ra, John Aksle n, Moritz Flister, H 'lrold Ealitvold Deceused . Fifth ro w : S\lc rre T horstense n, [<'inn Has l1lllsscn, Art H anse l, Christi an H an足 WIl, Kristi an Berg, 11 gnva ld !wino, Em il E ngelscn, Arth ur L ie, A ustill Ske isvold , Cjarnc Hnrcstad, L auri ts Danielsen, ilbur Jensen. Cert TorgeL, Andrew Pederson. N ot pictured; F r u B od tker H'lTnld C hampchess, Ha'lknn Dalsbn, Red alf Gjersrud, Seve H rlScl, Kenne th lCn ll l~()n, Ole Lie, Per SOrt llll , H,ws Sor vik, Birger T elle vik, H' rold W aale, W a lter W elke, R eiuar Tynes, Tohn Sjoug, JulU) L. .I cT/sen, Robert Svendsen, E inar :\Iorci,mgcr, Joh n Fallm yr, Arne rg, C hri s Berg, D onald Vaclset, tanle:;' Bjnrklulld, Knul Tv it.

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Henrv Ringman

Everett Norwegian

THE EVEIlETI NORWEGIAN MALE CHORUS was organized August 5th, 1902 in Quam and Clausen's Store I)n Rockefeller Ave. in Everett, Washington.

The following nine members were present and fann­ ed thc original chorus: Dr. L. P. Opsvig, J. W. Oyen. Sigurd Holman, John Norman, P. L. Opsvig, Anton Foss, M. H. Clausen, Ole Sandheim and Louis Helland.

The first officers were Dr. L. P. Opwig, president; John Norman, secretary; M. H. Clausen, treasurer; and J. W. Oyen, director.

A constitution was adopted at

it was decided to invite the other choruses on the Coast for the first Sangerfest. The first rehearsal was held on Wednesday nigbt, August 6th, 1902.

The name of the EveTett chorus was to be "The Norwegian Singing Society of Everett". There were five choruses On the Coast at that time, Portland being the oldest. The Norwegian Glee Club of Portland, Norwegian Male Charm of Tacoma, Nor­ wegian Male Choms of Seattle, Norden Male Chorus of Ballard and the EveTett Norwegian Male Chorus.

The fir t Sangerfest was a great success and th Everett Chorus has been host to the Pacific Coast

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this meeting and

Singers seven times.

Thf' Everett chorus never takes a vacation as they usually give two Chrisbnas concerts and two spring (:oncerts each year besides preparing for the Sanger­ fests . The chorus also sings at many other functions during the year.

Director:> of the Everett chants, past and present, are: J. W. Oye . Rev. Carl Norgaard, Dan WoJd, Phillip Hillstrom, Rudolph Moller and H . W. Ring­ man. Assistant directors are Emil Enger, John Rog­ nan, Erling Esp d 1 and Arnold LUllnum. Shirley purrell is our very capable accompanist.

Male Chorus

to rig /It: John J ohnson, Carl Langland, Toney K n1ltsc lI, lav Hytrlln, E rling Espedal , As~istlillt Dir!'cto r, h irley Sp urre II , Accom panist, Henry Rin 'man Director, !Hie r Saatvcd l, Hnl)('rt Laailtlck, O laf Strand , E mil E nger. Second ro w : Fred css, \ Ingn lls 0 tho, I\'i n O cI laug , G llS Stenh rg, T hn ralf torw iek, E rlin g Slol t'~(,I1, Hoy KvanrYrles, He nry Carl足 s rn , H a rold K le tt , la Ah tud . T hird rotc ; rt And ' rson, L. E. Obo , lbert Hi ll1lo, Ansel O lin , Bert \ le IlHlS, Pe t'r D ybfcs t, Ja ,)1, Nt!~ lhy , John Bn;l!rn, Rob t Lt:ese, A. \V . Ho lthe, G uttorrn L l:l ha (:k, ' lwin Llynard.

Fowtlt ro U): II. ' ollcfsen, Carl \1. C underson . Id"l1 G ilb 'rt50n. C . J. C underson, Bjorn H illl1o, H arold Lllnd, Ben T ise tll , L r ly Joi1 nS(lO , Rolan I Ha lve rson, Oscar Halverson, Roy Hn ugcn, Natha n ). (OS5, Arnold Lunnu rn Assistant Directo r. Not Plcttll"eci: Bred Be rl!;, Bert CurtiY Laurin F oste r, P al mer L und, Peder Petterson, Otto Wo kl, Bjorn Swendse n.

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Bellingham

THE BELLlNGHA.M MALE CnoRus was organized the spring of 1916 as the Non-onna Singing So足 ciety, with Sclim Lindborg as the firs t director.

It was decided Lo c>..-tend an invitation to the p, cHic Coast Norwegian Singer Association to hold t he 11th Annual Sangcrfcst in Bellingham, and it was ac epted. Th Sangerfe t was held here on Sep tem b r 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1916. Since then, other Sangerfcsls have been held in Bellingham in 1923, 1935, 1955 ant.! now '1gain in 1966.

Of the original charter members Emil Olsen is still active.

T he Bellingham Male Chorus extends gre tings i

Elias Breidford

to

all member' of the Pacific Norwegian Sing足

ers Association, their wives and friends, and sincer ly hop you will have a wonderful time at this 57th Annual Sangerfest.

Leopold Hotel

Norwegian Male Chorus of Seattle

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Male Chorus

f' ir~t row , Ie! to right: I\latt m'c1 gaarc1, Carl Benson, 路Id H anson, Dr. G unnar He llberg, Elias Breitlfo rd , Director, H jalmar lellancl, Oscar Anderson, Karl Da hl.

Back rou; : Adolf E . Is ' n, \ ancouv 'r, B.C., Emil Oben, Jack Bmnnstrom, H 'lmer Benso n, Ted lnge mors n, Vat couver B.C ., P 路te Norman. E lf ie Pelerso n, ;"Iclvin O berg, .Martin Kn lh ovcle, G ilbert F lockoi, nolf F lockoi, Arnie Olse n, Vancouver, B.C . ( Not pictured : Je ff Fox, accomp anist, James F lorence )

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Our Friends ~lorse

Hardware Co.

John and Borghild Engan

T d E. CIa k

Fritjof Lodge No. 17, Sons of Norway

'Yill

r Construe .

Tverson

nCo.

upply

KjeU Dahl

B l1ing am Builders Supply Co.

~ Jill

Electric Co.

Bl, the Plwnhing and Hating Co.

Nel on Construction Co. Ferndale

Pastime Caf

\Vest rn \Voodworlillg Co.

Shuksan Electric Co.

Uniflite Boatl l1ild rs

lIor 'eshoe Re. taurant

Gilbert Construction Co.

First Federal Savings and Loan

Erickson Construetion

Centaur Studio

Bellingham Sash and Door Co.

IlOge tllirtlj-fuur

They helped!

Georgia-Pacific

COl}l .,

ITwas the past.

1903 Fir. t dir tor was Rev. Carlos Sper­ ati for th(' concert at the Sangerf st in Everett.

191 0 King Haakon of Norway sent a tele­ gram to th Scmgerfest in Eureka.

192.4

Th re were two concerts- 256 sing­ ers 11th 1814 people in the nudi nee at th e first COrte: rt on 'aturday and 1900 Sunday afternoon H I til M any Hall in Seattle.

1935

Tb Tr as urer and S eretary were lat t ~he business meting in Bellingham, due to the f, ct that there was a Labor Day parade <d i d therefore create.Ll a delay in cl'ossing the stree .

AIt r the concert at th is COl ention, Mr. Syl­ liallsen, the Grolld Madial expressed some of his vi \ s, to the effect that there as room for im­ pr vern ml, both in behavior amI app ,trail e, but on th vhole the sin :refS did pretty well. >

1939

T h concelt was held in the Op ra HOlJ!.e . in an Francisco and amo g the soloists was .lara Pladsen, known to us now as j lr .

Jerom Sand ig of Seattle.

1944

Emjl Olsen of B Uing] am present d S:mgeJforbund with a beautif J h. nd cary d solid iv r gavel, scnt by _Ir. trund of . orne, Alaska, as a token of ontiuual "San ger Spirit".

The oloist in Seattle. \Ir. Wald> ar Johns( n of Ton a), said h felt hc had n vel' slIng with u h a gr' n 1 .nd spirited mal choms.

1945

Augu. t Wertler, Direct r - in - Chi >f, con ~a ulat d th . si nger for whol h art d sup­ port aud atlentio n of 99,WY'I. of the entire chorus.

1949 ines~

Evpr tt San gerf st City- at ttl hus­ m cDng President Enger called on Sergeant

Guttormsen to come forward to handle a parking ti ket. The S rg ant cam and graciously ate the ticket thns de troying all evi enc of criminal violence.

19 51

257 Singers were registered for th concert giv n on Green Lake in the amphitheater in ·cattle. Tllis was the large t group regi t red in C 1924 when 263 attended. The soloist was Lauritz j lelchior who wac presented with an Ho ­ rar ' Life \lembership to P.C.N.S.A.

19 54

Sigurd Stonn of Spokane donated 1­ marshal's badge lo the ForblUld. This badge is big and re em hies a polic man' badge.

19 5 6

Los Angeles pap rs not d th refer­ ence to O Uf ssistant Director, the head of our thre '- ring circus, as \'lr. RTngma ter.

Who auld forget he ab .>trike in Los An­ geles, so private cars and street cars were tha mode of transp rtation if you were not in the mood to walle

1958

!.ugene, Oregon applied for appli­

'aMorl to join tlle Forbllnd after which they more

or less wer. comljnced to take the next Sanger­ f 'st.

N"sL<.;tant Dir 'ct r M . 1\1a1min of Vancouver, B.C., wen l lo the bar at th ormanna Hall in Ev 'r ,tt and asked for coffee. To his surprise h. ro l it.

Clarence Svend'ien wa commuting between the It . pital in Seattle nd Everett because his wir pr senteel h i rith < daughter 0 the night of the concert.

Karl Dahl WH-S prcsente with a ball and hain sine his wifc c uld n t alt nd the Sangerfest.

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1961 Ringm' n th

Assi tant Director in Cruef Henry ked veryone for their support in COlltinued to next page

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'Twas the past, continued makill g; a concert w hich Ite was sure p leased t11e puhli c. TI", was 011 th(; spot-but he had sus­ p w iers tltis time to ho1d up his trousers.

I lISt hefo re' Sa nge rfest ti m " Director in C hief ,-\llgllSt \ ' ' rnC I was hospi ta lized .

Prio r to his illlle!)!) he hall he n s upe rvising t h mak"i ncr of a stat l[(' of Leu Ericson w hi h he designe d an d which \\as d ed ica ted in Sea ttle durin g the F air .

1962 Arne O ls on of Vancoll er, R.C. re­ por ted that their cho ru s was 100% in attendance ill S,t\ t L lk e C it\,. H e and h is dad t he o nl v :2 ac ti \ e mcm hers, 'r eh earse and sing with t he :B 11­ ingham C hol'lls. H pa id dues for Va ncouver to re tain the ir me mb rsh ip. :\ II ,~ll s t \ Ve rne r, D irec to r in C hief, was v ry p I ' , IS '<I \\' ith P .C.;-':SA. ITI rn h rs a nd he he lieved a lessoll \\ as ttl ll 'ht t he _ rwcgian Si nge rs Asso ­ cia tio n. H thollght theix choice of songs and

the way they we re pres nted missed the healthy malc chorus sing ing and h ckcd sp un k.

1963

T I e many p roblems that h appened in th e final st~wes of Sang rf st at T acom a, such <IS th e burn ing of the thea ter and the bnming of th e J\'orway H all a t 15 th and K str et' w here t he reeellt io \~'as to be held .

Dr. St llbb was mad e an H onorary m ,mber of P.C. . ,A. T he J" onling secre tary exch anged h is diIap­ id(lted , pa tchc ~l sa tche l fo r a genuine leather at­ tache case presented by the Grc nel M ar hal.

1964

A motion was mad anu carried to purchase a ba nner \. ith the insi gnia for the p.e .. r.

SA. to be dis played at San d'erfe. ts. T his b anl1er \-vas displaye d for the first time at the Oakland , Cali forn ia Sa ngerfest, in 1965.

CONGRATULA nONS, SINGERS!

District Lod ge

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Norse m en of Euge ne , Ore gon

Gnl er D sign hlJ: ROB , 'rr.LrA. rs ~IOllllt

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\Vnshjn~ton

LfI!lOllt (llld Prillfill.~ blf: (IONEERJ .LIUUhGIiAIi