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26/6 Midsummer celebrations at Rochedale State School again. This year, we had a double<br />
booking to work around, but it worked out great in the end with the initial festivities and May<br />
Pole up on the fields above the school and the Midsummer Table in the Hall afterwards.<br />
Swedish/Danish/Australian band “Kupaleja” performed again and we had both the<br />
Scandinavian Singers as well as a folk dance troupe to everybody’s delight. The Midsummer<br />
pole looked amazing and a large group joined in the dancing and singing around the pole.<br />
There were more than 150 people attending on the day and many stayed to enjoy the herring<br />
and potatoes in the hall. Thanks to IKEA for generously donating some of the food.<br />
27/8 Crayfish party at the Finish Hall. This year we had a greater variety of food, including<br />
superb entrees with skagenrora and cheese followed by prawns, smorgastarta, cheese cakes.<br />
This was very lucky as the new supplier of our crayfish did not get the message of what<br />
recipe to use and they were frankly tasteless albeit very fresh. But we had a very happy crowd<br />
that participated in the singing and dressing up for the night.<br />
There were around 90 members and guests at the Crayfish party.<br />
14/9 movie night at Lotta’s place in St Lucia, as we could not get a working projector<br />
organised in time for the planned movie night. We showed several of the ‘Solsidan’ episodes,<br />
the Swedish television series. Lots of laughs, several of us had not seen any of these before<br />
and we were treated to some delicious supper including smorgastarta.<br />
23/10 The Moose Hunt – it is a popular event and this year we had about 30 attending the<br />
Rifle Range and the park after for soup. After an unfortunate mix-up with the cost<br />
(participants were asked to pay an additional $20) most decided to go ahead with the shooting<br />
and had a lot of fun, whilst a few more joined us for the traditional pea & ham soup and<br />
(arrack) punch in a nearby park. We had several Danes joining us, and they ended up being<br />
the sharpest shooters on the day, taking out First and Second Price.<br />
27/11 Christmas Market on the First of Advent at the Danish <strong>Club</strong> – the first of we hope<br />
many markets. A very successful day organised jointly by SDU and the Swedish School with<br />
hundreds of visitors and many stalls selling baked goods, lollies and other food, clothes,<br />
candles, craft and many other things.<br />
17/12 <strong>Swedes</strong> <strong>Down</strong> <strong>Under</strong>’s traditional Christmas Dinner was held at the Danish Hall.<br />
There were around 60 people booked in for this event and we were treated to ham, Jansson,<br />
gravlax, meatballs, beetroot salad, decorated eggs, herring and other traditional delicacies.<br />
21/12 Seems like some people can’t stop and Bettan had organised with several members<br />
also singers of the Scandinavian Singers to go very early in the morning to IKEA in Logan to<br />
sing for the staff there and share in the St Lucia tradition. There would have been 300 staff<br />
and family enjoying this treat, and feedback from IKEA is that they really appreciated this.<br />
During 2011, Kristina initiated a book club, or rather a book-exchange, jointly with the<br />
Swedish Church in Woolloongabba where several members have met up in the Nazareth<br />
Lutheran Church over some lovely Swedish treats and coffee and exchanged books and<br />
magazines.<br />
During the year, the golf days has continues where a group of enthusiasts meet at different<br />
golf links to play and socialise, Jonny Lange has continued to be the driving force behind the<br />
golf days.