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EMBRACING OUR ICELANDIC CULTURE
Thursday, May 3
7:00 pm - 10:00	Vendors and displays
7:00 pm - 10:00	Meet & Greet (The Kaffi Tima Choir will perform.)
Friday, May 4
8:00 - 5:00	Registration and Information desk in Foyer
9:00 - 5:30	Vendors and displays
9:00 - 9:15	Opening Remarks & Welcome
9:15 - 9:45	New INL of NA Projects - Gail Einarson McCleery
9:45 - 10:30	What the Bear Said - Bill Valgardson
10:30 - 10:45	Health Break
10:45 - 11:45	The Fara Heim Expedition - Johann Sigurdson
12:00 - 1:30	Luncheon
	Speaker: Mayor Shari Dector Hirst - Greetings from City of Brandon
	Speakers: Peter Bjornson/Tammy Axelsson - Partnership Ideas
1:30 - 2:15	Icelandic River Heritage Sites Project - Harley Jonasson
2:15 - 2:45	Icelandic Camp - Brad Hirst
2:45 - 3:00	Health Break
3:00 - 4:15	Silent Flashes - Nelson Gerrard
Supper on your own.
Friday Evening Program
Opening Reception
6:30 - 7:00	Cash bar
7:00 - 8:30	Welcome Procession
	MC –Gail Einarson-McCleery President of INL of NA
	National Anthems sung by Heather Jordan, accompanist Theresa Thordarson
	Introduction of INL Club Presidents
	Greetings - Halldor Arnason, INL of Iceland
	Presentation of Honorary Lifetime Memberships
	Presentation of Laurence Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award
	Keynote Address by Ambassador Thordur Aegir Oskarsson
8:30 - 9:15	Entertainment - Heather Jonasson (flutist)
9:15 - 10:30	Cash Bar
	Coffee and hors d’oeuvres, vinaterta, ponnukokur, rúllupysa, kleinur will be served.
Saturday, May 5
8:30 - 4:00	Registration & Information desk
9:00 - 4:00	Vendors and displays
8:30 - 10:30	AGM
10:30 - 10:45	Health Break
10:45 - 12:00	AGM continues
12:15 - 1:45	Luncheon
	Perspectives of a Canadian Living in Iceland - Alana Odegard
2:00 - 2:45	Snorri Program - Asta Sol Kristjansdottir/Halldor Arnason
2:45 - 3:00	Health Break
3:00 - 3:15	Lögberg Heimskring - lcelanders’ Cultural Connection - Joan Eyolfson Cadham
3:15 - 4:15	It Seems So Far Away to Iceland: The Correspondence of the Taylor Sisters, 1880-1930 - Ryan Eyford
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Saturday Evening Banquet
6:00 – 7:00	Cash bar
7:00	Master of Ceremonies: Joe Olafson
	Welcome & Introduction of Distinguished Guests
	Grace
7:00 - 8:00	Dinner
8:00	Greetings from Provincial Government - Peter Bjornson
	INL of NA President Gail Einarson-McCleery
	Icelandair-Robert Keddy
8:20	Keynote Speaker: Donald K. Johnson, Iceland-One Year Later
8:45	Cash bar
	Entertainment: Ari Jakobson (singer) from Arborg
10:00	Silent Auction results
Sunday, May 6
Tour of Icelandic communities, Churches, grave sites, etc.
Departure time: 9:00 A.M.
Lunch at Bru Café: Noon
Arrival time in Brandon: 3:00 pm
4:30 - 5:30 pm	Núna play “Sargent & Victor” performed by Debbie Patterson
	Location: Park Community Centre
	1428 Louise Ave., Brandon