Tre Lag Stevne Storytelling

The Great 2011 Tre Lag Stevne Storytelling Adventure

Thanks to All Who Participated!

The mechanics:

Fill the half-page space on the Storytelling Adventure form with a story. There are no other rules. Words, photos, drawings, musical scores, dance steps – submit whatever tells the story you choose to tell. Norwegian heritage related? Current? Futuristic? Biographical? Anecdotal? Moralistic? Funny? Handwritten? Typed? A tribute? A bawdy limerick? Something new? Or dusted off? You decide. It's your story. You don’t really have to stay within the provided border nor do you need to use the form at all… because the only real rule is that you must tell your story. (The border around the space on the form is provided only to point out that this request is small and you can do it).
Email your story it to Dixie Hansen at dx@dxhansen.com . If you’re got one handy, include a spare photo of yourself (note: neither your story nor you photo will be returned, so save a copy for your files).

The Stories Submitted

Roland Krogstad: Growing Up On A Farm During the Great Depression

Elaine Helgeson Hasleton: Finding New Relatives While on a Quest to Find a Missing Family Photo

Shirley Sundgren Braswell: A Grandma Memory
Becky Olson Johnson: From Indifference to Obsession
Delores Cleveland's story about Harold's unusual choice of place to recite the Norwegian table prayer
Trudy DeKeuster: My maternal grandmother, Amanda Stordahl Mollan, 1901-1976

Elaine Domier: The Wheat King!
Kenneth Domier: My Sjølie Ancestors
Richard E. Erickson's Biographical Notes on Bess Erickson and other Erickson's (written by daughter, Inga E. Brown, copied by cousin, Ida T. Erickson, organized and submitted by Richard E. Erickson
Richard E. Erickson's submission of a Letter to Byron Klemmetson From Ida (Haugom) Erickson
Les Evjen: Marit Evjen's Silver Medal Comes to America
Chris Falteisek: The Syverson Brothers from Tøfthaugen, Folldal, Norway
Chris Falteisek: "Eric" Eirik Syverson Steien from Tøfthaugen, Folldal, Norway
Chris Falteisek: article about Chris written by Greg Lauser of the Presscott Journal: Reunions Abound for Local Genealogist
Chris Falteisek: article about Chris written by Arild Alander and published in the Arbeidets Rett newspaper: Chris Falteisek from Wisconsin has ancestors from Folldal and is a skilled genealogist. Now he has been visiting Norway and the home parish of his ancestors.
Jan Floeter: Auntie Anna's Suitcase
Wynn Braswell Glass: 100 Years to the Day
Dixie Hansen: The Red Chair
Bud Helstad's Story About Passing Pride in Norwegian Hertitage to his Great Grandsons
Johanna Hocker: He Drinks Daily, He has to be an Alcoholic!
C. Marvin Lang: What's So Important About a Name?
Mark Mortenson: The Lost Lefse Recipe of Marit Nilsdatter
Dave Moxness submitted a story by George F. Kennan about the character of his Norwegian relatives.
Keith Olmanson's story about his Great Granfather (Berndt Olmans) and the Civil War Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN.
Sonja Olmanson: Crossing Norway -Alone!
Darrell Ophaug: Faithful to Homeland
Rohl Peterson's account of unlocking the key to the family of his Great Uncle, Isaac Anderson
Jon Satrum: Limericks with a Norwegian Twist
Jon Satrum: An Evening at the Rose and Crown
Jon Satrum: Glen Fishback
Shirley Lokstad Schoenfeld's story about her Grandmother, Elen (Oliversdaughter Øitangen) Lokstad
Richard Scott's tribute to Lloyd "Snowball" Severud, who coached him as he aimed his skis down a 40-meter ski jump for the first time. (Story submitted by Robert Fossum)
Joy Shong: My Great Grandmother's Spinning Wheel
Karen Sizemore's story about her relationship with her Norwegian Grandparents, Ralph and Beret Neumann
Jerry Wright's story about his Norwegian Vest