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- 9:00AM Gates Open
- 9:30AM Viking Encampment
- 10:00AM Children's Games start (run all day)
- 10:00AM Worship Service (at Main Stage)
- Presider: Rev. Don Lindman
- Special Music:
- Swedesong Girls Ensemble
- Irene Kaar, Violin
- Marguerite Karl, Soprano
- Shirley Fox, Piano
- 11:00AM Mini Swedish Lesson with teacher Inez Tornblom
- 11:00AM Lutefisk Toss
- 11:30AM Swedish Violinists: The Pearsons
- 11:30AM Viking Ship Presentation
- 12 Noon Cottage Walk (meet at Swedish Day Crafts Booth)
- 12 Noon Maypole Raising & Dancing
- Procession:
- Irene Kaar & Christopher Karl, Violins
- The Pearson Family, Violins
- Ernie Sandquist, Accordion
- Swedish American Children's Choir
- The Nordic Dancers of Chicago
- Dance Leaders: Linda & Paul Muhr
- 12:30PM 100th Anniversary Surprise Guest Performers
- 1:00PM Cottage Walk (meet at Swedish Day Crafts Booth)
- 1:15PM Opening Ceremony (at Main Stage)
- Procession of Flags
- Posting of Colors: Boy Scout Troop #1, St. Charles
- National Anthems: Marguerite Karl, Soprano
- Welcome: Craig Hanson, President, Swedish Day 2011
- Welcome: Ginny Wortman, National IOGT President
- Honored Guests
- Introduction of Performers & Master of Ceremonies,
Dr. Paul R. Muhr
- Main Program
- 1:30PM--Viking Voices of the Chicago Swedish Glee Club and Chicago Swedish Male Chorus
- 2:00PM--Marguerite Karl, Soprano
- 2:20PM--Swedish American Children’s Choir
- 2:50PM--Chicago Spelmanslag
- 3:20PM--Nordic Dancers of Chicago
- 3:50PM--Ernie Sandquist, Swedish Accordionist
(Sound provided all day by RJ Recording & Sound of Geneva, IL)
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