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Saturday, January 22, 2011 Frokost 9:30 a.m.	Skogfjorden Language Villagers Installation of 2011 Officers	January’s program features youth who attended the Norwegian (Skogfjorden) Language Village near Bemidji, MN. We’ll hear about their experiences, learning Norwegian and about our culture and heritage.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	Phil Froiland Norwegian Ingenuity	Solglimt member Phil Froiland will explore the realm of Norwegian ingenuity and creativeness. Who invented what? And how has that changed our lives?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	Don Meyer	Solglimt member Don Meyer is a director of development at Wartburg College, but in a previous career, he was an architect. Don will take us to Norway through pictures to tell us the stories of churches and cathedrals.
April 26, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m. District 1 Scholarship Month	Daniel Engeset Exploring Norway Today	Daniel Engeset is from Dammen, Norway, and a student at Wartburg College. He will talk on a variety of aspects of life in Norway and his impressions of the USA.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Syttende Mai Waverly Country Club	Dr. Andrea Een Hardanger Fiddler	Dr. Een is a professor of music at St. Olaf College and will be making a second appearance at Solglimt Lodge. We’re in store for a musical treat as she plays and tells us the history of her fiddles.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 24, 25, 26, 2011	Sturgis Falls Days, Cedar Falls Committee Chair: Rod Hamer	For many years Solglimt Lodge has had its Viking ship in the parade and a food booth at Sturgis Falls Days, and its popularity continues to increase. Our members participate in any or all of the following ways: providing cash gifts to help pay expenses, working at the food booth, and baking Nordic goodies.
July 28, 29, 2011	Nordic Fest, Decorah	2011 marks the 45th Nordic Fest. Nordic Fest is parades, dancers, and a multitude of incredible Norwegian art and crafts. Besides the exhibits, there are live demonstrations and items for purchase at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and at nearby schools. All that great Norwegian food is available along the parade route.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Pot Luck Picnic: 6:30 p.m.	Valley Lutheran High School Barnelopet: 4:30 p.m.	Heritage Night Committee: Lodge Officers
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	Marilyn Cornell Kon Tiki	Marilyn is a Luther College graduate and lives in Lake Mills. A teacher by profession, she became fascinated and began studying Thor Heyerdahl, whom she describes as “an exceptional thinker [who] held some radical views during his time.”
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	Membership Dinner
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	Dr. Lee Nelson Sons of Norway Foundation Month	Dr. Lee Nelson is the director of the Wartburg College choir. The choir will journey to Europe, including Norway, the summer of 2011. We’ll hear about their adventure, plus a preview of Christmas with Wartburg.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Silent Auction: 5:30 p.m.	Sonja Lynch	Solglimt Book Club Solglimt Lodge member Sonja Lynch will take to the art of story telling and how we can and should tell our ‘stories’, especially to our children. She will adapt her presentation from the story telling presentations she did for Wartburg College’s ‘Keep On Learning’.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Hors d’oeuvres: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m.	The Joy Trio The Sounds of Christmas	Back again by popular request is the Joy Trio from Story City.