{"id":834,"date":"2016-03-02T23:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T22:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soniasvikt.org\/?p=834"},"modified":"2016-03-02T23:42:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T22:42:54","slug":"atertraffen-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soniasvikt.org\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"\u00c5tertr\u00e4ffen (Reunion)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over a year ago I wrote a post about the wonderful event at the ESI, Prova p\u00e5 and \u00c5tertr\u00e4ffen<\/a>.\u00a0This year I returned for the same event and participated in the \u00c5tertr\u00e4ffen portion. It was a month later than last year’s, in late February rather than late January. I had a wonderful time. 12 of us from the 2014-2015 class of 20 attended the weekend, and it was so great to see these wonderful people again. We\u00a0lived and studied together for 9 months, but then we haven’t seen each other for the past 8 months. I love being part of this special community of musicians and dancers.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>

View from the airplane on the way to Copenhagen, then Stockholm.<\/p><\/div>\n

I went early to acclimate, and am\u00a0so happy I did. I was able to stay in my old room with Ginny Lee, who is there this year. I arrived early enough (9:20 landing in Stockholm) to take the trains and be there for lunch, my favorite soup and pancakes. Mia Marin was one of my favorite guest teachers and was teaching all day, so\u00a0I was able to join the class after lunch. We learned a wonderful new tune, Polska fr\u00e5n Barseb\u00e4ck. On Friday we had Sonia Sahlstr\u00f6m and it was delightful to have class with her again. We learned tunes that had been bonus tunes for us last year, and it was great to really dig into\u00a0them. We then played through multiple\u00a0tunes I had learned last year. What a pleasure!<\/p>\n

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This was the first time I had seen the mansion without scaffolding! It has been painted a darker yellow-orange color.<\/p><\/div>\n

We had a fun dance evening Friday, and I danced and joined a group playing for dancers.<\/p>\n

Saturday I practiced in the morning, and we had 19 musicians in a session in the afternoon with Mia Marin and Niklas Roswall, each of whom taught two tunes. Then we played a series of tunes from prior years together. It was a blast.<\/p>\n

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Mia Marin recording Niklas Roswall’s tunes. They taught the reunion class together.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Part of the reunion class recording tunes.<\/p><\/div>\n

After a walk in the snow and a rest, we had a dinner, the traditional taco buffet, while\u00a0singing songs we all knew with the help of\u00a0words printed in a booklet. After ice cream we cleared the room for dancing, and had a succession of musicians play for dance. I did a bit of dancing, but spent most of the time in the two different ongoing musical jams. Last year I was not brave enough to join the fast jam of former students in the Eric Sahlstr\u00f6m Rummet, but this year I joined and fully participated and it was wonderful.<\/p>\n

\"Norrk\u00f6ping<\/a>

Norrk\u00f6ping station<\/p><\/div>\n

I went to Norrk\u00f6ping the next day after \u0100tertr\u00e4ffen and had a lovely afternoon dancing with the group I danced with last year, then spent the night with Stig and Helen. It was heaven to dance with and see those lovely people again! Helen and I played some tunes together in the morning. She taught me Tre Str\u00f6mingar, then Ginny and Mikkel are working on\u00a0it too, which was a fun coincidence.<\/p>\n

I spent the next night back in Stockholm with Ginny and Mikkel; we played tunes and went Scottish Country Dancing in Gamla Stan! After that I checked into the SkyCity hotel, then zoomed back to Stockholm on the Arlanda Express to walk around.<\/p>\n

\"Room<\/a>

Room at SkyCity Hotel at Arlanda, between terminals 4 and 5. My nyckelharpa is on the bed. I got a business class room upgrade!<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Fika<\/a>

Fika at Vete-Katten in Stockholm. Excellent princesst\u00e5rta!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

Sunset in Stockholm<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have continued to work on Swedish language and it really is getting better. Interestingly, when in the USA I don’t dream in Swedish, but in Sweden I do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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