WNS invites members to celebrate Syttende Mai / May 17th on Zoom

This year WNS invites members to celebrate Syttende Mai / May 17th on Zoom.

Please follow this LINK to sign up for free! If you are not a member this would be a good time to join for £5. More details below.

May 17th / Syttende mai

We are nearing the annual celebration of the Norwegian national day on May 17th – the main event for WNS. Traditionally it is a day of people coming together to celebrate Norway’s independence, history and core values, and reflect on what these mean to us.
 
This year a lot of traditions will be broken. 2020 will go down in history as the year the human world came to a unified halt – forcing people, institutions and businesses to cancel ordinary life and isolate in order to stop the spread of an invisible threat. Despite big changes and uncertainty for most, a lot of people have found a renewed appreciation of the things most dear to them. Connecting to other people is more important than ever and we have to be creative to meet up with the ones we love.
 
This year the WNS committee has to decided to run an experiment. We will host the May 17th celebrations for our members as a group meeting on Zoom. This is the only way we can get together without putting anyone at risk, and cancelling it all together is out of the question!
 
The event will start at 8PM, but we will open the Zoom meeting 15 minutes before to give everyone a chance to set up and connect. We are putting together a short programme for the evening and hope to see as many members join in as possible! For this to work we need everyone who can attend to sign up for free following this link: Eventbrite. In a week’s time we will email those who have signed up with instructions on how to join, along with a password. It will be a video conference, so feel free to dress up!
 
Would you like to make a contribution on the day? We would love to feature music, song, poetry and speeches. Maybe someone remembers celebrating May 17th as a child and can tell us what it meant to them? If you have any ideas or would like to join WNS for £5, please get in touch on contact@welshnorwegian.org.

For instructions on how to install and use Zoom, please follow this LINK.

Welsh Norwegian Society (WNS) works to promote continuing close links between Wales and Norway. The Society organises special events and social functions with a Norwegian flavour. It encourages participation in cultural skills and activities related to Norwegian heritage. Without member contributions the Society would not be able to offer the range of activities it does – Syttende Mai, Juletrefest and St Hans celebrations. As a paying member you will be invited to attend these events, gain access to a vast library of Norwegian literature and receive regular news updates. Anyone with an interest in any aspect of Norwegian life, culture or heritage will be warmly welcomed.