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- From: elee@hydra.unm.edu (edward lee)
- Subject: Re: Sons of Canute
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 20:29:18 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- Summary: Sons Of Norway
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- I'm not familiar with the Sons Of Hermann myself. I had always
- assumed that the Sons Of Knute (ya, that's how the Norsky's spell it)
- were supposed to be a parody of the Sons Of Norway. The only real
- differences I can see are that the Sons Of Knute appear to be a local
- all mens club (or am I mistaken there), and the Sons Of Norway is a
- co-ed international collection of Lodges.
-
- If you're still interested in S of N, you can write to the
- headquarters in Minneapolis, MN. I don't have the exact address on
- me. If you want it, I'll give my Aunt a call. She's the 5th district
- president (the district covers most of the Great Lakes states except
- MN) at least she was a couple years ago. I'm not sure what office she
- holds now.
-
- They host festivals and ethnic gatherings all year long. They are big
- in the H0stfest in Minot, ND and the annual festival at Decorah, Iowa.
- Of course they've got their finger in celebrations all over the world
- on May 17 (Norwegian Independence Day). Some districts also sponsor a
- Norwegian language camp (yeah, I went when I was a kid as if you had
- to ask).
-
- Well, that's probably about six times more than you wanted to know.
- Write to me at elee@hydra.unm.edu if you want the address or some
- other info.
-
- - elee
-