Daily Events at the Junction City Scandinavian Festival

Scandinavian Information in Festival Hall
BASA: Swedish order of Eugene: providing information about Sweden
Danish Brotherhood of Junction City: Information as well as Danish books, and art, for sale.
U of O Scandinavian Studies: They will provide translations and information about the program.

DANCING: Throughout each day on two stages.

Authentic Scandinavian dancing is one of the most popular attractions at the Festival. We have 2 stages, and (like all entertainment at the Festival) all performances are free. In addition to several Junction City groups, we are often joined by others from Portland, Seattle, and California. Most years we are also able to feature dance ensembles from outside the United States; mostly from Scandinavia. And for a real treat, don't miss the four children's dance groups! They learn the dances at the beginning of each summer and give 2 performances each day.

DEMONSTRATIONS: Given in the shade outside the Art Show

During the Festival you'll have many opportunities to see traditional crafts demonstrated outside the Art Show.. They are listed in the program for each day, so be sure to look for them. Among the many crafts you'll see are hardanger embroidery, bobbin lace, and tatted lace.

Watching what it takes to produce it is a wonderful experience in this day of machine-manufactured goods.

OL HAVEN (BEER GARDEN) Located at 7th & Holly St.
Live music, food, and beer in a less-traditional atmosphere. Open daily during Festival Hours. Sponsored by Airport Rotary.
Featured this year:
The Valley Boys - The Valley Boys have been a part of the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon, area scene for over two and a half decades now. They play an eclectic blend of '50s and '60s rock, disco, blues, top 40 and basically anything that will keep an audience moving and having fun. Catch them Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 8:30 to midnight. There is a $5 cover charge after 8:00 pm except Thursday.

SCANDINAVIAN MEATBALL DINNER
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday 4:00-8:00
Served at the Moose Lodge next to the Festival at the corner of 4th and Front Streets.
Dinner includes Swedish meatballs, parsley potatoes, red cabbage, roll and apple crisp. COST: $9.50 for adults and $5 for children under 12 years.

OREGON WINES & MICROBREW TERRACE:
Located under the water tower at 7th and Front Streets. This is a great place to rest awhile during your stay.
Special "Community Night Dinner" the day before the Festival opens on Wednesday from 6:00-8:00
The Wine Terrace is a benefit for the Soroptimists.

OPEN Thursday- Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
OPEN Sunday: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

ANNUAL PAGEANT

The Pageant for 2010 is "Fifty Years of Festival, Family and Friends"

In it you'll see the history of Junction City and the Festival set to music written specially for Festival 2010. Selections from "Suite for Festival-Forbindelsestad", a 22 minute suite of music will be a good portion of the background as well as dance tunes throughout the play.

The Festival Singers will sing the words and music to "Aebleskiver Schottishe" and "Windmill Polka" as part a segment of the Pageant and, "Water Tower Hambo" will be performed between the schottish and the polka. Then engine #50 will arrive to a rousing round of "I've been working on the Railroad" by chorus and audience, and you'll pick-up the history of our area with the first scene of the play "Lancaster - The Scrapin'est Port on the Willamette" with a cameo from none other than Ben Holiday himself.

Next we see Junction in the 1900's and our local Fire Department rushes in to save our town from a devastating fire. Finally, we honor our chorus, our dancers and our volunteers before we close the Pageant with our national anthem and the nation anthem of the country-day at Festival.

HISTORICAL MUSEUMS:
The Lee House Historical Museum
Located at 655 Holly Street will be open during the Festival from 1:00 pm to 7:00 PM. This year will be the first public unveiling of the new railroad room. If you have children with you, this is a must see!

The Mary E. Pitney House Historical Museum
Located at 289 W. Fourth Street will also be open during the Festival from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Pitney House will feature, during festival, a room designed by the Danish Heritage Society and will interpret with displays and artifacts the first Danes in Junction City.
Admission is free at both museums

FINNISH LOCOMOTIVE:
Truly one of Junction City's best-known landmarks, this 1904 locomotive resides in Founder's Park at the corner of 5th Ave. and Holly St. at the edge of the Festival.
The locomotive was a gift to the city from the Finnish Counsel of Oregon, Mr. John O. Virtanen, and the people of Finland.