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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.
Elly Erickson

Elly Erickson, an American soprano of Scandinavian
descent, has performed over twenty leading roles in operas and musicals
to much critical acclaim, in addition to winning more than twenty
awards from foundations and competitions over the last several years.
As an American winner of the prestigious Jenny Lind Competition,
Ms. Erickson recently performed a concert tour in Sweden, including
a performance at Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world.
The award also led to concert performances with the P.T. Barnum
Festival, Connecticut's Playhouse on the Green, the Greater Bridgeport
Symphony Pops to an audience of over 5,000, and a performance of
the Star-Spangled Banner at the Special Olympics.
Passionate about her Nordic roots and cultural
heritage, Ms. Erickson has returned to Sweden to research and perform
Scandinavian music on awards from the American-Scandinavian Foundation,
Swedish Council of America, Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Foundation,
Martha Boschen-Porter Fund and the Swedish Institute on the recommendation
of the Swedish Consulate and Swedish Embassy. Ms. Erickson featured
the breathtaking melodies of Scandinavia in several concerts and
recitals since her return from Sweden, her first sponsored by the
Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation with the late Maestro William Yannuzzi
of the Baltimore Opera at the piano.
Ms. Erickson will travel to Oslo in 2007 to
research and perform Norwegian songs. Upon her return, she will
perform A Nordic Tapestry, an Evening of Scandinavian Song, in several
Scandinavian festivals, in addition to a performance at Victor Borge
Hall at Scandinavia House in New York City. Her distinctive recording
of "Ack, Värmeland, du sköna" has been featured
on WMNR Fine Arts Radio.
Please visit Elly's website to read more about
her! www.ellyerickson.com

Brent Buswell
A young blind virtuoso accordionist. Brent is
of Finnish and Swedish descent. He performed on our stage a few
years ago and was very well received. Since then, he has graduated
from the renowned Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts
and recently got married.
He has toured throughout the country with the
Stratton Mountain Boys from Vermont, has been a guest performer
with the Grammy-winning "Polka King" Jimmy Sturr Orchestra
and performed at accordion conventions throughout the country. He
has also performed at Scandinavian celebrations in Oregon, Maine,
Texas, Michigan and other states. Brent was featured on the Sally
Jesse Raphael TV show. He also has played at Disney World and at
the Finnish Embassy in Washington DC and has recorded three CDs.
He will be performing for us in the afternoon and evening and also
sitting in with the Bert Stromholm Band for dancing.
His wife, Crista, a fine musician herself, will
be performing with Brent. For more information about Brent check
out his website: www.brentbuswell.com.

Ulla Suokko
Flutist, Singer & Storyteller
Carlos Revollar
Flamenco guitarist & Singer
After establishing versatile careers in their
individual fields as international concert artists and entertainers,
these Manhattan-based performing artists, Ulla Suokko and Carlos
Revollar, are excited to bring their talents together to create
a unique musical alchemy in celebration of our shared human heritage.
Romantic, charming, elegant
and entertaining, this duo is committed to bringing beauty, passion
and joy to the world through their custom-designed performances.
Their program Lemminkäinen's Daughter Travels the World is
inspired by Finnish music and mythology, though the journey into
the mystery of love which it contains is a universal one.
Ulla Suokko, a native of Finland,
is active both as a soloist and chamber musician. She has been featured
in some of the world's most prestigious concert venues. Recipient
of the Finlandia Foundation National Trust's Performer of the Year-award,
Ulla has toured the United States with her creative and cherished
programs of stories, music and poetry. Showing her versatility,
Ms. Suokko has many credits also as an actress, including the title
role in an award-winning short film Dolores, as well as multiple
appearances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Conan's Finnish
wife. She holds the degree Doctor of Musical Arts from The Juilliard
School.
Flamenco guitarist Carlos Revollar
is one of the most sought-after flamenco artists in New York City,
performing regularly with some of flamenco's top dancers and singers.
An accomplished composer, Carlos has won American Music Center Award
Grant three consecutive years for his compositions. He is currently
the Musical Director of the Alborada Dance Theater. As winners in
the Artists International 35th Annual New York Debut Award Auditions,
the duo Ulla Suokko and Carlos Revollar will be presented in their
official New York recital debut in Carnegie Hall on February 10,
2008 in Artists International's Special Presentation Winners Series.
Read more about Ulla at her
website: http://www.ullasuokko.com

Rolf Kristian Stang
Rolf Stang plays Grieg, Hans Christian Andersen,
and other Scandinavian greats. For the past year and a half, he
has been traveling far and wide playing his one-man show "HENRIK
IBSEN: The Quiet Eye of the Hurricane" with great success.
On the 23rd, he will give us all a taste of the cranky but amusing
genius, Henrik Ibsen. A fascinating subject, Ibsen is second only
to Shakespeare as the most often performed dramatist worldwide.
Rolf was with us in 2005, when
he gave our young folks a great program as Hans Christian Andersen.
A translator of note, he also sings, acts, lectures, and writes
about Scandinavian culture, particularly Norwegian. King Harald
V has decorated him with the St. Olaf Medal in recognition of his
years of interpreting Norwegian culture so effectively. You may
have seen Rolf on TV in the CBS Thursday
night series "Promised Land".
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