20th Annual SAHS Midsummer Celebration
Saturday, June 21, 2008
12:00 noon - Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ 07828

We are already planning for the 2008 Midsummer Celebration, and look forward to sharing our 20th celebration with you and your family!

SAHS, operating in conjunction with the Vasa Order of America District 6 and The Sons of Norway District 3 will hold the 20th annual Midsummer Celebration at VASA PARK in Budd Lake N.J. on the afternoon of June 21, 2008.

We'll be adding information about the day's schedule, ticketing, and entertainment continuously until the event! Please check back with us often.

Ticket Sales

What is Midsummer?

Schedule of Events

Highlights and Entertainment

Throughout the Day...

Directions

Vendor Information

Hotels Near Vasa Park


What is Midsummer?

Scandinavians call it "the day that never ends." It's Midsummer, or summer solstice, the longest day of the year. In Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, it's a day of non-stop celebration.

 


Highlights

Vasa's indoor center (air-conditioned), the covered pavilion, and outdoor bar and stugan, or food kiosk, are open all day.

Vasa's annual Barnensdag (Children's Day) combines with the Midsummer Celebration this year. Barnensdag has been an annual event since June, 1960. Children ages 5-13 and Vasastjarnan, the Junior Club, perform folk dances for parents, family, and guests. Both clubs have performed Lucia Celebrations since 1959.

Vendors will offer beautiful items from Scandinavia and from talented local artisans. For more information on being a vendor, click here to contact our chairperson via email: sahsvendors@yahoo.com.

Our SAHS raffle tickets for fantastic prizes are for offered throughout the day.

The Midsummer Dance begins at 4:30, featuring music and performances by local entertainers. Vasa's kitchen will offer delicious meatball dinners, and we'll close the celebration with a roaring bonfire.

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We thank all of our talented entertainers for their participation in the 2007 Midsummer Celebration, and will be listing additional names for you!

 

The Bert Stromholm Band

The Bert Stromholm Band (AKA The SAHS Band) feature Bert and Eric Johansson on the accordion, violinist Jeanette Baker, Walter Eriksson Jr.on drums and nyckelharpa, and Roy Johnson on guitar.

They are one of the leading Scandinavian bands on the East Coast.

Children's Club Skansen

Children's Club Skansen #147 was chartered in the summer of 1959 and included children from 5 to 13 years old. Membership has averaged from 15-40 children, many of who continue on to Vasastjarnan Junior Club. The club meets once a month at Viking Hall at Vasa Park.

 

Vasastjärnan Junior Folkdancers

Vasastjärnan Junior Club was chartered by the Vasa Order of America in 1952, and is the only teenage group in NJ District 6. The club has been continuously active for 55 years.

Our members are of Scandinavian descent, and between the ages of 12 and 21. We rehearse at Vasa Park several times a month, depending on our performance schedule.

For more information, please contact Eric Johansson at (973) 546-4849 or email Eric at Johansson@aol.com

 

 
 

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Throughout the Day...

SWEA Maypole

Scandinavian Food and Marketplace

Children's Activities

Swedish Folkdancing

SAHS Cabaret

Raffles

Bonfire

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Directions to Vasa Park

From New York:
Take I-80 West to Exit 26, Budd Lake and Route 46 West. Follow Route 46 West to the first stop light after the lake (Wolfe Road). Make a left onto Wolfe Road and Vasa Park is 1/8 mile on your right.

From Allentown, PA:
Take Route 22 East to Route 57 into Hackettstown. From Hackettstown, take Route 46 East for 2 mile to Wolfe Road. Make right onto Wolfe Road, go 1/8 mile to Vasa Park on your right.

From South Jersey:
Take the Garden State Parkway to Route 287 North to Route 206 North (or Route 78 West to Route 206 North). Take Route 206 North to I-80 West. Take I-80 West to Exit 26, Budd Lake and Route 46 West to the first stop light after the lake (Wolfe Road). Make a left onto Wolfe Road and Vasa Park is 1/8 mile on your right.

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Vendor Information

We welcome vendors!

Vendors are welcome to participate at the Scandinavian Midsummer Celebration. Please click here for a vendor application and reserve your space by June 10.
10 X 10 Vendor space $60.
Non Profits FREE- bring own table

Details: Set up: 8am - noon. Celebration lasts until dusk with traditional Bonfire. Bring own tables, chairs, tent (recommended). Vendors get 3 free wristbands; Add'l are $2 (Free if in costume)
After unloading, park behind pavilion up along treeline. Vendors are to stay open until 6 pm and are welcome to remain open until dusk. "Non Food Vendors" include arts, handicrafts, gift items, packaged goods, and nonperishable goods (baked goods included). If you are a "Non-profit" booth, it must be a recognized Scandinavian organization, fraternal order, church, lodge, or museum.
Celebration is rain or shine. No refunds. SAHS donations are tax deductible.
Meet old friends....Come join the fun!

Vendor contact: sahsvendor@yahoo.com or 201-567-1619
Perishable food: hanright@optonline.net or 973-347-1933

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Hotels Near Vasa Park

Please call these hotels directly for more information and directions to Budd Lake.

Whistling Swan Inn *Voted Top Ten B&B by Inn Traveler Magazine*
110 Main St
Stanhope, NJ 07874
(973) 347-6369
www.whistlingswaninn.com

Holiday Inn Express & Suites
176 Howard Blvd
Mt Arlington, NJ 07856
(973) 770-7880

Kennedy's Budd Lake Motel
110 Us Highway 46
Budd Lake, NJ 07828
(973) 691-9616

Comfort Suites
102 Route 46
Budd Lake, NJ 07828
(973) 448-7500

Wyndham Garden Hotel
1000 International Drive North
Mount Olive, NJ 07828
(973) 448-1100

Days Inn
Route 46
Netcong/Stanhope
(973) 347-5100

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Please contact us about joining SAHS and participating in our gala celebration!

 

 

 

 

 

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