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The CULTURE CORNER


Hi everyone!

Well the Grand Lodge convention has come and gone. It was a good constructive meeting of the minds, and kicks off a new term with our new Grand Master William Lundquist. I’m still here for another 4 years, but this time I have been able to add on some helpers and we are forming a “Cultural Committee” to be able to keep up with the work around our Vasa world. While still in the beginning stages of this, I’m hoping that this new cooperation will be fruitful over the next four years. Many of us wear many different “hats” around our districts, so this will enable us to split up the work to make it easier and more productive. Most of it is going to land on the Web. Due to rising costs of mailings and printing, the web remains our best and most low cost alternative for distribution of information, and contact between the districts. There is no limit on the amount of material that can be posted on the web, for all cultural leaders to use. We need to push this issue out in the districts. If we don’t start riding the wave of the internet now, it will leave us behind and our organization will not survive. We must be visible outwardly and find ways to attract members via the web. When you travel around the different districts, it is striking how different they are from one another. The web is a way to bring us together and work on the “Unity”, an important word to remember right now. Let’s open a new door and work together!

Inger Hanright GL Cultural Director


HAPPY LUCIA!

Today is Lucia Day, and all of Sweden gets up extra early to do Lucia celebrations. Every year there is a televised Lucia concert from one of the many music colleges around the country.

This one is from Adolf Fredrik School in Stockholm. The clip will be available until Jan 13 2011, it’s 1 hour long. Enjoy!

http://svtplay.se/t/123386/luciafirande_i_svt

Folklore in Sweden This is a new web publication aimed at people around the world with Swedish roots, looking to find out more about their ancestry. You can subscribe to it from this link. I highly recommend checking it out! Very interesting and definitely a great tool for cultural leaders around Vasa land.


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Inger Hanright, GLCD
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