The Jamestown area Children's Museum is offering children's activities.
These will be located in part of the Culture Tent.
Some of the ongoing activities include:

Viking Runes Necklace Craft

Scandinavian Coloring

Boondoggling Crafts

Lego Fun

JumpRope Contests

Swedish Coin Identification Activity

Horse Activities

Swedish Coin Scramble

Storyelling

Scheduled activities will be reported at a later date.

In Scandinavian countries, ever since the early 18th century,
bonfires have been lit to scare away predators.
At times they were also used to scare away the witches.
Regardless, bonfires are a way to warm the soul.
The Festival will have its own bonfire on Saturday night
with music, dancing and singing.

Nils Caspersson from Victor, NY will be performing on the fretted dulcimer throughout the weekend. Right after the Festival he will be leaving for the Korrö Festival, near Växjö, Sweden, July 22-24, 2010. The Korrö Festival (www.korrofestivalen.se) is located in southern Sweden, one area of possible 15th c. development of the fretted dulcimer's Swedish/Scandinavian ancestors. Korrö Festival was established in 1985 and in recent years has developed into one of Sweden's largest and most talked-about folk music events! Performing at the Korrö Festival will raise awareness of the Swedish importance of what in the past has been known as a singularly American folk music instrument. Nils also builds fretted dulcimers and will have them available for sale at his vending booth.

What is the Viking Home Companion? It is a series of comedic stories, songs, and poems based on Norse culture, mythology, and history, performed by Torvaldr Torgarson. Torvaldr has a unique style of storytelling, part Yoopers, part Garrison Keillor, all his own, and all hilarious! A performance by Torvaldr is a truly interactive event. The songs are parodies with easy to learn choruses so you can sing along. The show is suitable for children over the age of 7, so it can be a full family experience. And it is also quite educational (don't tell the kids). Between stories Torvaldr will explain just what in the stories are based on real Norse culture, what has been exaggerated, and what is false but based on common misconceptions and stereotypes. But always with an eye towards fun fun fun!
Watch for Torvaldr around the grounds with his story telling.
He will be performing in both the Culture Tent as well as the Lecture Area.
[The entire series is recorded and available for sale on CD direct from him or at his vendor booth.]

Bruce’s father, Harry V. Holmquist (1904-1997) emigrated from Sweden in 1922. He settled in the Jamestown area marrying Violet Olson Peterson from Benson St. on “Swede Hill”. Bruce was raised surrounded by the local Swedish culture. This included listening to songs usually sung in Swedish. He has studied and written translations of Swedish traditional songs with the help of various resources including his Swedish friends Jan and Agnetha Sällström. Join Bruce in the Culture Tent for this workshop so that you can sing along and discuss this topic.

During the musical extravaganza on Saturday night there will be an Ole and Lena joke contest. Anyone from the audience can register and present their best Ole and Lena joke. Based on audience reaction the winner will
receive $50 cash on the spot.

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Ole was never very bright in school, but one day the teacher started speak'en his language. She asked the class,"Can anyone use the words defense, defeat and detail in one sentence?" Ole sprang to his feet with his arm stretched in the air. The teacher very surprised, told him to go ahead. Ole proudly stated,"Ven de horse jumps over de fence de tail comes after de feet."

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Once Ole was shot accidently by a gun. Vell, he vas up near da border with Canada cuttin trees. A forest ranger saw him at a distance and yelled "Vas is your name and whacha been doin" Ole replied "Ole, bin loggin"

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Back in the ol' days before they were married, Ole and Sven worked on a ranch. While there Sven got married. As they walked home one night after a hard day's work, the newly married Sven said, "Well, I think I'll go home and take off my overalls and yumper." Ole replied, "Well, I think I'll go to the bunkhouse and take off my overalls and yacket."

Swedish genealogy resources are available for use by researchers at the Fenton History Center (FHC) in Jamestown, NY. During the Scandinavian Folk Festival, representatives from the Fenton History Center will be available to answer questions and assist in locating information about Swedish ancestors. The FHC booth can be found in the Festival’s Exhibit Hall. Visitors are encouraged to bring the information that they have such as names, birth dates, death dates and age at death, year of immigration, sibling’s names, parent’s names, place of residence in Sweden and in the United States and any other tidbits of information that may help identify the correct “John Johnson” in Sweden. At the booth, the FHC will have a number of research tools available. The Center does have access to Genline, an online subscription service which provides the digitized Swedish Church records.

The Scandinavian Studies Program sponsors Culture Day at Jamestown Community College. Fifteen to twenty workshops around Scandinavian activities are held the first Saturday morning of each month from October through May. At the Festival, we showcase projects completed the previous year. We also hold workshops in order to "share the culture" and pass on our heritage to younger generations. Traditional handcrafts that will be demonstrated include wood and chip carving, hardanger embroidery, Swedish weaving, and spinning. Workshops will be scheduled throughout the Festival such as the following: Swedish Pin, Card Weaving, Midsummer Head Wreath, Beginner's Knitting, Rosemaling Painting, Needle Felting, Lucia Doll, and Wooden Dala Horse. Some of these workshop will have a fee in order to pay for supplies. Please check the Culture Tent schedule to see when workshops are scheduled.
You will be able to make your own unique Scandinavian craft projects.
In addition the culture tent will offer Sing a Swedish Tune in English workshop and performances on the accordion and fretted dulcimer.

Leif Ericson Viking Ship, Inc. will have their ship on display.

Viking Village IX

Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. will be living as ancient Vikings in the Viking Village. There will be a large tent for displays and craft demos. In addition to Viking age displays, there will be thrown weapons and the opportunity to play the Viking game Hnefatafl. The fifth annual Kubb tournament will be held in the Viking Village. The Viking Village will have displays of armor and weapons, bone carving, chainmail, Viking clothing, jewelry and accessories. Other activities will include armored combat, thrown weapons, fingerloop braiding, mead tasting, and whipcord making. Check out the Viking vendors in the Village.

A type of horse called a Norwegian Fjord will be visiting the Viking Village.

He loves to have children sit on his back.

Swedish Vallhunds will be visiting the Scandinavian Folk Festival on Sunday afternoon. Sweden states that the Swedish Vallhund goes back over 1000 years to the time of the Vikings when it may have been known as the ‘Vikingarnas Dog.’ The Swedish Vallhund was bred to work on farms and ranches and originally herded cattle. In 1942 the breed was almost extinct but has since made a come back. Since this breed is still rare in the United States this a unique opportunity to meet to a Swedish Vallhund. Don Johnson of Spencerport, NY is the owner of these Vallunds who will be visiting the Festival.

Enjoy over 20 framed prints by Carl Larsson in our special exhibit.
In the United States, Carl Larsson is the most famous Swedish painter.
Many of his watercolors depict daily life of his family around their home in Sundborn located in Dalarna in Sweden.
Copies of some of the prints will be available for sale.