NO RSVP is required due to our server maintenance, (rsvps are greatly appreciated though). You can also email to newyork@eurocircle.com your names & country of origins (for NON-MEMBERS only). Membership is free. Everyone is welcome tonight!<\/p>\n
DRESS CODE: Chic but relaxed recommended<\/p>\n
About Nordic Night:
\n7:00 pm doors open
\n7 pm to 10 pm Finland Center sells Raffle tickets
\n(check their table for information on all countries\/raffleprices)
\n7:30\/8 pm Fashion show (depends how the models get there)
\n7 pm to midnight DJs Palamuth and Tossun play lots of dfferent kind of music from Nordic tunes (Abba, Roxette etc) to today\u2019s international dance music while we play multiple DVDs on the screen from Nordic countries (mute of course)
\nat midnight another DJ takes over!<\/p>\n
RAFFLE PRIZES ($5 per ticket + all donations to Finland Center, 501C charity)include:
\nA fall\/spring weekend at Lapland Lake resort (in the Adirondacks
\n$50 gift certificate from Aspasia Books
\nA set of 3 CD\u2019s of Finnish music
\nKalevala Koru (designer jewelry from Finland)
\nLumene cosmetics
\n2 medium size Aalto bowls
\n1 set of Marimekko housewares
\nEXEL poles for Nordic Walking (sauvakavely in Finnish)<\/p>\n
WHAT & WHY: dancing, mingling, meeting people (soem call it \u201cnetworking\u201d) from allover the world but especially from Nordic countries tonight and learning positive \u201ctidbits\u201d about the 5 Nordic countries in a casual & fun athmosphere. You do NOT have to be European to attend but we hope you walk away feeling you know something about 5 NORDIC COUNTRIES and appreciate them after the night. View more pictures from ARENA !<\/p>\n
Sk\u00e5l! Or KIPPIS in Finnish! Let\u2019s bring our glasses together for all things Nordic. Bring all your friends and rock out to some well-known Nordic tunes like Abba but most of the evening to great international dance music..selected by our two European DJs Palamuth and Tossun (a.k.a Jack & Murat)<\/p>\n
In association with<\/p>\n
Scandinavia House, www.Scandinaviahouse.org
\nDanish-American Chamber of Commerce
\nAmerican Scandinavian Society, Lisa Halpern
\nFinland Center, www.finlandcenter.org, Eva Kelly
\nFinlandia Foundation Metropolitan Chapter, Petra Tabry
\nFinnish & American Women\u2019s Network (FAWN, www.fawnet.org
\nFinnish American Chamber of Commerce New York, www.facc-ny.com
\nYoung Associates of FACC, www.facc-ny.com, Tuula Vartiainen
\nYoung Associates, Norway, Ole Johan Gillebo
\nYoung Professionals, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
\nAgneta Eckemyr, Agneta Eckemyr Design, Sweden<\/p>\n
PHOTOGRAPHY: Portugal, Jorge Silva from www.cornerstonepic.com<\/p>\n
This event is the perfect warm-up (after Vappu or \u201cvappen\u201d on May 1) for many upcoming Nordic events i.e:
\nMay 6, River Cruise on the Hudson with the American Scandinavian Society
\n17th of May in New York in conjunction with the Norwegian Constitution Day<\/p>\n
If you are curious to read what is stereotyped as \u201cFinnish\u201d or \u201cSwedish\u201d, login and go to our forums. Especially if you a Nordic person you may get a kick out of it! AND, we think you all should really check out how to
\nwww.GoScandinavia.com!<\/p>\n
Mini-Fashion show early during the evening by AGNETA ECKEMYR, her designs are sold @ Alskling Boutique, 228 Columbus Ave. (West 70th-71st. Agneta is Swedish, actress\/former model\/designer and will be present herself so you will have a chance to talk to her in person and ask questions.<\/p>\n
Learn about the incredible Nordic Nights in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Finland
\nDancing<\/p>\n
PRODUCT SPPONSORS:
\nFINLANDIA CHEESE, www.FinlandiaCheese.com! You have the pleasure to sample Oltermanni and Black label Swiss Cheeses from Finlandia!<\/p>\n
SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHENTIC NORDIC MEAL:
\nBring EuroCircle (this May 3rd event) email with you to one of the 3 Smorgaschef locations in Manhattan and you will get a FREE DESSERT. Reservation is REQUIRED and as usual this offer can NOT be combined with any other offers!<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.smorgaschef.com\/!<\/p>\n
FAZER chocolates \u2013 the \u201cbest kept secret\u201d for chocolate lovers in the world!<\/p>\n
LUMENE \u2013 the leader of Nordic beauty and hygiene, www.lumene.com! British Vogue\u2019s choice 2007: Lumene Vitamin+ Radiant C-Energy Age-Defying Intensive Care is the Finnish cult beauty product. Only Russia, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, India and the USA made it into British Vogue\u2019s article on Global Beauty in March 2007.<\/p>\n
COMPLIMENTARY LUMENE PRODUCTS for ladies (retail value total $35-40)<\/p>\n
You must be 21 years of age or older.<\/p>\n
MUSIC
\nPop and Rock<\/p>\n
Did you know that relative to the size of its population, Sweden ranks third in the world after the US and the UK as a music-exporting nation.<\/p>\n
From ABBA to Neneh Cherry to the Cardigans to the Hives, Swedish pop artists have a long history of international success and continue to seduce audiences around the world. Some Swedes making recent pop headlines include Dungen, The Knife, The Sounds, The Ark, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sahara Hotnights, The Concretes, Robyn, Jens Lekman, Jos\u00e9 Gonzalez, Love Is All, Vapnet, El Perro del Mar, Teddybears, Marit Bergman, I\u2019m From Barcelona and Loney, Dear.<\/p>\n
Norway had Aha\u2026Iceland has Bjork, Denmark\u2026hmm, we don\u2019t know, Finland (Lordi won EuroVision song contest) doesn\u2019t really do too well in this area. Her success is more with today\u2019s great opera singers like Karita Mattila and conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen.<\/p>\n
Literature
\nSweden: The Nobel Prize in Literature, playwright August Strindberg, and children\u2019s author Astrid Lindgren have all contributed to a vibrant literary legacy in Sweden, one which continues to grow and evolve<\/p>\n
Finland: Mika Waltari \u2013 Sinuhe
\nNorway: The dramatist Henrik Wergeland was the most influential author of the 19th century while the later works of Henrik Ibsen were to earn Norway an influential place in Western European literature. In the 20th century notable Norwegian writers include the two Nobel Prize winning authors Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset.<\/p>\n
Denmark: Danish literature is the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people. Its history stretches from the Middle Ages into modern times and includes authors such as Saxo Grammaticus, S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen and Karen Blixen.<\/p>\n
Iceland: In the early twentieth century, many writers started to write in Danish, among them even some really noteworthy, like Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975), one of the best-known and most translated Icelandic authors, considered a master in characterisation. However, the best-known Icelandic author is Halld\u00f3r Laxness (1902-98), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955, author of several articles, essays, poems, short stories and novels, like the best known Expressionist works Independent People, Salka Valka and Iceland\u2019s Bell.<\/p>\n
SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHENTIC NORDIC MEAL:
\nBring EuroCircle (this May 3rd event) email with you to one of the 3 SMORGASCHEF CHEF locations in Manhattan and you will get a FREE DESSERT.
\nReservation is REQUIRED and as usual this offer can NOT be combined with any other offers!
\nhttp:\/\/www.smorgaschef.com OR if you are not a dessert person there is a chance for the FIRST TIME customers only to enjoy a FREE bottle of wine, check out their site for that offer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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