TIME

EVENT

12:00 Noon

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1:00 PM

Registration (specifically for those going on the tour)

1:00 PM

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6:00 PM

Tour / Picnic: Fort Abercrombie, Bagg Bonanza Farm, and the Richland Church  Fee includes bus transportation and picnic

7:00 PM

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8:00 PM

Registration

7:00 PM

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10:00 PM

Genealogy Lab / (All 3 Lags)

TIME

EVENT

8:00 AM

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3:45 PM

Registration

8:00 AM

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3:45 PM

Genealogy Lab / (All 3 Lags)

9:00 AM

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3:45 PM

Vendor Displays Open

9:00 AM

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10:00 AM

Class: Beginning Norwegian Genealogy Research / Roland Krogstad

10:00 AM

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10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM

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11:45 AM

Panel: Norwegian Churches and Related Farms – Chris Falteisek, et al

11:30 AM

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1:00 PM

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 PM

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2:00 PM

Class: Locating Your Ancestral Farms and Relatives in Norway – Elaine Helgeson Hasleton

2:00 PM

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2:30 PM

Coffee Break

2:30 PM

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3:30 PM

Class: Researching in Norway – Jan Floeter, Jim Olson, and Marilyn Sorensen

4:00 PM

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7:00 PM

Tour/ Pitchfork Fondue Dinner: Hjemkomst Interpretive Center  Exhibits at Clay County History Center: Red River Valley Exhibit, National Historical Quilt Show, Folk Art Exhibit, Stave Church and Hjemkomst (Viking sailing boat)  (Fee includes entrance and dinner - provide your own transportation)

7:00 PM

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10:00 PM

Genealogy Lab / (All 3 Lags)

8:00 PM

TIME

EVENT

8:00 AM

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5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM

-

11:00 AM

Genealogy Lab / (All 3 lags)

9:00 AM

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4:00 PM

Vendor Displays Open

9:00 AM

-

10:00 AM

Concurrent Seminars

A. Hans Nielsen Hauge: Peasant Reformer, Man of God – Johanna & Jim Hocker

B. Displays: Hardanger Embroidery - Dorothy Moorhouse
Wood Carving of a Norwegian Farmstead – John Rostad

C. The Long Crossing of the Hannah Parr –Clair O. Haugen, PhD

10:00 AM

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10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM

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11:30 AM

Concurrent Seminars

A. Astri My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories - Deb Nelson Gourley

B. Displays: Hardanger Embroidery - Dorothy Moorhouse
Wood Carving of a Norwegian Farmstead – John Rostad

C. If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now! – Norwegian Storyteller, Dale Lammi

11:30 AM

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1:00 PM

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 PM

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1:30 PM

Greetings from the Lag Presidents: Gudbrandsdal Lag, Jim Olson; Trønderlag, Linda Schwartz; Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken Lag, Dixie Hansen

1:30 PM

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2:20 PM

Keynote: The Promise Fulfilled: From Norwegian
Immigrants to Successful American Citizens –Verlyn Anderson, PhD

2:20 PM

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2:45 PM

Coffee Break

2:45 PM

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3:45 PM

Concurrent Seminars

A. 2005 – Norway’s Remarkable Transition to Full Independence – Dawn Tommerdahl, PhD

B. Hans Nielsen Hauge: Peasant Reformer, Man of God – Johanna & Jim Hocker

C. If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now! - Storyteller, Dale Lammi

3:45 PM

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4:30 PM

Concurrent Seminars

A. 2005 – Norway’s Remarkable Transition to Full Independence – Dawn Tommerdahl, PhD

B. The Long Crossing of the Hannah Parr –Clair O. Haugen, PhD

C. Astri My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories - Deb Nelson Gourley

4:45 PM

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5:15 PM

Memorial Service - Pastor Jim Olson

6:15 PM

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7:15 PM

Hospitality Hour & Lag Photos

7:15 PM

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10:00 PM

Stevne Banquet / Bunad Parade. Emcee: Jim Olson. Sing-Along - Leader: Johanna Hocker. Banquet Speaker: Prairie Pioneers: Norwegian Immigrants on the Dakota-Minnesota Frontier – Hiram M. Drache, PhD

8:00 AM

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9:15 AM

Business Meeting: Nord Hedmark of Hedemarken / Coffee

9:15 AM

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10:15 AM

Norwegian for Travelers / Pastor Roger Reinhart

9:15 AM

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10:30 AM

Business Meeting: Trønderlag / Coffee

10:30 AM

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11:30 AM

10:30 AM

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11:45 PM

Business Meeting: Gudbrandsdalslag / Coffee

12:30 PM

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1:45 PM

Stevne Luncheon – Sons of Norway Lodge:  Emcee: Dixie Hansen. Entertainment: Accordion Orchestra / Band – Dr. Lynne Olson, Director. Transportation on your own

1:45 PM

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2:00 PM

Closing Ceremonies Retirement of the Flags / Preview of Tre Lag 2006 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

2:00 PM

2:30 PM