Officers

President	1st VP	2nd VP	Treas	Sec'y	Legal Counsel
J. Conradsen	I. Stover	W. Goodman	B. Linden	G. Dupcak	T. Rosseland

Directors and Assistant Directors

ASFS	Danish Ladies	Icelandic	Norewegian Ladies	SAFG
R. Porter	J. Gower	H. H-Oldenkamp	R. Bakke	B. Larson
M. Söderlund	W. Goodman			M. Martin

SACC	SWEA	VASA	Viking Club
B. Nilsson	E. Meyer	N. Black/A. Tegner	M. Woodyard
Per-Olof Palm	G. Andersson	R. Howard	J. Conradsen

The new officers were elected at the Sept. 18, 1995 Board meeting. Most of the member organizations had appointed their directors and assistants. Eighteen committees and 5 sub-committees were formed and most had a chairperson. Some of the committees had performed dual or multiple functions for the first Festival and those committees were divided.

The Board meetings continued on a monthly basis. It was decided in Nov. to build a front for the Country Store. The booth prices will be $150 for a small booth and $225 for a large booth. Ragnhild Bakke became chair for the food committee and there were discussions about planning for 5500 visitors at the 1996 Festival. Arvid Tegner prepared a budget showing an income of $66,800 and expenses of $33,445. The total income for the first Festival was $56,233. For each Board meeting four to six committee chairpersons were invited to attend to report on the activities of their committees.

The idea of a featured country came into focus and Sweden was selected for the second Festival. One reason was that 1996 was a jubilee year of Swedish immigration. Margareta Martin arranged for Kjersti Board from the Swedish information service in New York to come and talk at the Festival. The featured country room was on the upper level in the back corner of the Civic Center.

A pre-Festival party was arranged at the International school for Saturday, April 6. The Norwegian band and drill team, Lisleby Musikkorps, with 70 members provided the entertainment. Beer and hotdogs were served. The $4.00 ticket price included entertainment, hot dog, dessert and coffee.

Ann-Sofie Tegner was handling the volunteers. Many volunteers were doing double duty because of their activities with the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Guye Dupcak ran the Bakery similar to the first Festival. Marianne Woodyard reported in Feb. that all 25 vendor booths had been sold. Winnie Goodman handled advertising. The food platters were priced at $3.50.

The program book was 22 pages, 8-1/2” x 11” with the multi-colored flag logo on the front. The ads cost $400 for a full page, $250 for half, $125 for quarter, $40 for business card size, $750 for back cover and $500 for the inside front and inside back. Göran Rygert led this activity and Ed From did the printing, which he continued through the 2003 Festival.

Tom Rosseland reported that the beer and wine permit had increased from $350 to $575. It was decided to have beer only with the permit costing $375.

By April the Board was meeting bi-weekly. There was concern about the lack of sponsors. Reminder postcards were sent to those who filled out raffle ticket stubs during the 1995 Festival.

The big event took place on May 25 and 26. The hours of operation were shortened to 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on Saturday and 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday. Attendance was disappointing at 2100, but still the net income was very favorable. The returning entertainment included:

Great American Gypsies
Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet
Children of the Swedish School of Atlanta
Viking Age Club Village
The new entertainment was:

Scandinavian Folk Dancers of Raleigh
Hinchliffe and Dyberg
Matti’s Trio
Jordgubbarna with Göran Rygert as arranger and leader
Merja Soria, Finlandia Foundation’s “Entertainer of the Year”
Sasha and Louis – Alexander Lisnichuk and Louis Stefanel

Various individuals provided interesting craft demonstrations. There was even a children’s book exhibit presented by Borders Book Store.