Thaw out with Ole Olsson’s Oldtime Orkestra at the Hovland Town Hall on April 30. The dance, sponsored by the North Shore Music Association, starts at 7:00 p.m., with free Scandinavian dance lessons at 6:30 p.m.
Kick up your heels Scandinavian-style to welcome spring!
The North Shore Music Association is pleased to announce its annual spring dance, featuring Ole Olsson’s Oldtime Orkestra, a fun-loving group of musicians who know how to get even the most winterstiffened northern Minnesotan thawed out and rollicking with friends and neighbors.
The band, who first met each other at Sunday evening social dances at the Good Templar Hall in Minneapolis, play some good Scandinavian music for old-time dancing and/or just plain enjoying. They play fiddles, accordions, pump organ and guitar, and sing some funny Scandinavian vaudeville songs that may occasionally make Lutheran ladies smile. They play for festivals and lutefisk feeds all around Minnesota and even make it out of the state once in a while to perform in far-flung places like North Dakota.
The group includes Art Bjorngjeld, chromatic accordion, fiddle, vocals; Char Bostrom, fiddle; Mary Abendroth, pump organ, vocals; and Paul Wilson, fiddle, button accordion, guitar.
Tickets for the April 30 event at the Hovland Town Hall are $10 adults, $5 age 18 and under, for sale at the door. Free Scandinavian dance lesson at 6:30 p.m. Dance begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact the North Shore Music Association at (218) 387-1272.
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