Wednesday 14 October 2015

LEIF EIRIKSSON ICELANDIC CLUB YULETIDE CELEBRATION

JOIN POTTASLEIKIR AND ASKASLEIKIR FOR
JÓL CELEBRATIONS ON NOVEMBER 28, 2015


                 
The Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club of Calgary and the Jólasveinar invite all our members and their guests to our annual
Yuletide Celebrations
Saturday, November 28, 2018
Scandinavian Centre, 739 – 20th Avenue NW

TIME:
5:00 pm                      Doors Open                            
5:30-6:30 pm               Cash Bar and Icelandic Hors d'oeuvres at Dinner:                                                      
6:30 pm                      Dinner -Roast Turkey, Lamb and all the trimmings followed by Icelandic Desserts

TICKET PRICES:
Adult Members:                        $35    
Students with card:                    $25                 
Youth 12-17 yrs.                        $15
Children 6-11                             $10
Children under 5 years   free

NOTE: When ordering tickets, please indicate ages of children.
To donate Icelandic hors d'oeuvres, brown bread or desserts, please call
Gwen Mann at (403) 242-9714.

ATTENTION:            Calling all children who wish to be jólasveinar! Call Kristin (403) 270-2727

Registration for this event will be closed Wednesday November 25, in order to provide dinner numbers to our caterer. Pre-payment of dinner tickets can be made by cheque or cash to:
Marg Finnson at 4312 Chapel Road N.W.,
Calgary, AB, T2L 1A4

If you have to cancel your reservation, please do so before the deadline.  We must pay for your dinner if you are a no show.  You may call Marg Finnson at (403) 289-9827 or email margfinnson@shaw.ca
regarding any questions about registering for the event as well as offering to assist at the registration table, decorate the hall, donate prizes for the Tombola, prepare children's gift bags, help clean up etc. 

We will need volunteers!

SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND BAKE SALE

SCANDINAVIAN ANNUALCHRISTMAS CRAFT AND BAKE SALE
November 8, 2015, 10:30 am – 3:00 p.m.
Scandinavian Centre,
739 – 20th Ave. NW, Calgary, AB

VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS OF BAKING REQUIRED
IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE
 call the Scan Centre for more information (403) 284-2610

Wednesday 7 October 2015

A TASTE OF ICELAND (CANADIAN STYLE)

The Faculty of Arts & Faculty of Science are pleased to present:

A Taste of Iceland (Canadian Style)
Featuring a presentation by Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson, Senior Advisor to the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, former Director of the Fish Products and Industry Division, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
“Global Capture Fisheries as a Food Production System: Icelandic Perspectives”

Friday, October 16th, 2015
Doors Open at 5 p.m.; talk begins at 5:30, reception to follow
Alberta Room, Dining Centre, University of Calgary
(Detailed Driving and Parking Directions are Attached)

Please RSVP here by October 13th, 2015 or contact Rachelle Paddington at
(403) 220-6151. 


LEIC Calgary Fall Feast






“CALLING ALL SNORRIS”
And LEIC MEMBERS AND GUESTS

You are all invited to attend the Fall Feast dinner and hear
 the 2015 Snorri presentation
on Saturday, October 17, 2015
at the Scandinavian Centre, 739 – 20th Ave. NW in Calgary

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Alpine Caterers
Menu:  Hot and cold buffet featuring Chicken Cordon Bleu, cold beef and ham, buns, assortment of salads and squares, tea coffee
Price:               Seniors and adults                   $30.00
Children 3 – 10 years                                      $15.00
2 and under free
Cash bar for beer and wine

The 2015 Snorri representatives are Shannon Wright, Erika Rae Drake and Curtis Grisdale
We are inviting a special guest from Iceland - Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson, World Fisheries expert
and his wife Kristín Jónsdóttir.

For tickets please call Marg Finnson (403) 289-9827 or email margfinnson@shaw.ca
and please mail your cheque by Oct. 13 to:
LEIC, c/o Marg Finnson
4312 Chapel Road N.W. Calgary, T2L 1A4 
INL calendars will be available for sale at this event for $10.

“HAPPY LEIF EIRIKSSON DAY”
(October 9 in the U.S.A.)