Christmas Party, 3rd December !!!

It’s Christmas Party Time!

Held on the 3rd of December!
At Connolly Hall (Guildford Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington)
Time: 7 pm!

Traditional Swedish Christmas Dinner with all that it entails!
Schnaps, Allsång, långdans!!

You need to bring a plate for the Smorgasbord!

Make sure you call or email Cherie (cherie@sweden.org.nz, 04-4756180). She will guide you as to what to bring (this way we won't get too many meatballs or Jansson and it will all balance). Please only typical Swedish food for the Swedish Christmas dinner (ie no sausage rolls)!!

And as always, please don’t forget to put your name on your serving plate - it is easy to forget to take it with you as you leave.

If you have your favourite dance music on an IPOD – bring it - as the IPOD can be connected to the music equipment we are renting.

It is vitally important that you pre-register as this totally popular annual event has NO DOORSALES!!

Please use registration form attached at the end of the newsletter, alternatively you may register and pay online at:
http://www.swenztaste.co.nz/SENZ-Xmasparty.html

Anne Sofie Von Otter - Pre Concert Drinks - This coming Friday 18 Nov

Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter is coming to Wellington Town Hall, to give a concert on Friday the 18 Nov 2011 7:30p.m.

 Pre-Concert Drinks

The Sweden-New Zealand Association is organising pre-concert drinks. Pre-Concert drinks will be around 5-ish, (leaving at 6.15 to make sure we can attend the free pre-concert talk one hour prior to the performance). The venue for pre-concert drinks is Felix Café - 128 Wakefield Street (corner Wakefield Street/Cuba Street, opposite Michel Fowler Center)

Please contact Tinni - Phone: (04) 4999895 or email tinni@sweden.org.nz for more information.

Swedish Mondays @ Espresso rescue

We often get requests for a book/dvd exchange forum and now it is here. One of our members has started up Swedish Mondays @ Espresso rescue.
While serving nice ecological, Fair Trade Coffee Johanna will also have her car parked outside the little red Coffee Van, containing Swedish books, magazines and Dvd's for you to borrow.
To use this service you will need to register and there is a small membership fee of $10 per 6months.
There will be a list where you write down which books you are borrowing - we don't want to lose any books - and when you return the books you need to sign the list as returned. There will be a fee for any lost/ruined items (each book/dvd will be marked with it's own "lost fee" as this needs to be decided by the owner of the book/dvd).
Do you have books that you are willing to lend out? Please bring them, marked with your Name/Phone Number and a "lost fee". Johanna will then add them to the list of books available for lending.

Swedish Mondays @ Espresso rescue is starting this coming Monday (6.30 - 12.00) by the Red Coffee Van , 399 Hutt road, (outside laser strike bowling) in Petone.

Any questions? Contact Johanna on books@sweden.org.nz or 0226924883

Happy Fathersday to all Dads in Sweden !!

Sweden Celebrates Father's day (Fars Dag) on the 2nd Sunday of November. If your Dad is living in Sweden - Don't forget to call him this evening as it's Fathers Day in Sweden today!

Facebook pages of interest

For those of you who are on Facebook, we have some great news:
One of our members has just started a Facebook page for Swedes in Wellington – Great initiative – please join [Nu har vi en liten samlingsplats dar vi kan prata, rekommendera, organisera fika traffar, utbyta tankar och roliga anekdoter! Gammal som ung ar valkommen att delta! Hoppas pa manga trevliga inlagg!]:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Swedes-in-Wellington/277539625618615


Did you also know there is a Facebook page for Swedes in New Zealand? Please join:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/5712607202/