May Day!!!!!!No new ambassador announcements but that doesn't mean that things haven't been happening! We have received news from the Embassy that we are not welcome to hold Canada Day at the Official Residence this year. Although we have been told that this is a problem only for this year, we can only wait to see what the new Ambassodor wishes to do once he/she arrives. This means our tradition of over 20 years has come to an end. The board has put our heads together and are trying to come up with an event for this year. Club Night for May was a well attended event at Jacob Aall - Majorstua. Great to see so many people out. Lots of faces we haven't seen in a while. Next month we are back at the Dubliner, we will pick a date around the end of the May. Club Night April Club Night, was held at 3 Brødre on April 10th. Southern American influence was the theme of the evening before our friend and fellow Canadian Barry began playing fot the evening. Hard to imagine how we miss Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell so much. Club Night March Club Night, to honour St. Patrick's Day was at the Dubliner - of course. A good but small group for the Dub but we hope to see more out next month. Canadian Club Winter Festival 2012 version was a family day held at Tryvann Ski Area at Holmenkollen in Oslo. Approximately 30 people enjoyed a sun filled day at the Lavvo on the hill. Great to see so many families out! Valentine's Day Dinner was a small but successful evening at Bolivar Bar og Brasserie in Majorstua. Great dinner and good conversation for those in attendance. Thanks Derek for putting a nice evening together for us. Information Evening without the Ambassador. Our information evening was a intimate gathering but turned out to be very successful and interesting. Thanks goes to Eugenie Panitcherska from the Embassy for giving us and update on events in Canada as well as activities at the Embassy here in Norway. Thanks also for Miriam Segal and Barbara Woll for supplying dessert for us to enjoy. We are losing our Pub-meister Derek. He is stepping down from organizing our monthly Club-Nights. But we will continue to forge ahead. We are looking for a new person that will take his place. In the meantime, we will be setting a rotating schedule between 3 places. These will be announced early in the new year. Anyone wishing to fill Derek's shoes as our new Pub-meister, please get in touch. Club Night January Club Night, got us off to a good start for 2012. A total of 12 people showed up at Brighton Pub, January 11th. Fun evening with a few new faces as well! Club Night November Club Night was held at 3 Brødre Piano Bar on November 8th. Our favourite Canadian Piano player, Barry, played our favourites and the poppies sold were a hit as well. Christmas Dinner Our annual Christmas Dinner is just around the corner. This is our most popular event of the year. Remember, you need to be a member to sign up. Go to our Events Page to sign up. Several other dates are now planned for events in the next year. See the Events page to update your calendar. Club Night October Club Night was held at Olympen (Grønlandsleiret 15 0190 Oslo). A nice meal and evening with some familiar faces as well as some new ones! Club Night September Club Night was held at Internasjonalen, Youngstorget 2 on Thursday September 15th. Club Night in August turned out to be a success after all, even given the short notice of the change of venues. Our group enjoyed the sunshine at Aker Brygge with some new faces showing up as well. We hope that Derek has a speedy recovery and is back next month! Club Night at Gloria Flames on Thursday July 14th, was well attended. Seems like not everyone has left the country for the summer. Good to see some new faces out for this one. Canada Day on June 19th was not blessed with the best weather, but almost 200 showed up for the annual picnic at the Official Residence. Clouds, rain and sun came and went throughout the day. Thanx again to Derek and his group of organizers for putting on another successful Canada Day. Club-Night! for May was held at Kafe Asylet at Grønland, first outdoor get together for our Club Night in 2011. Looking forward to seeing everyone in June. Club Night June 14th was a nice evening out on the patio. Olivia on Hegdehaugsveien served up good food and it was nice to see new and old faces. Seemed like a lack of Vancouver people out for this one! Maybe they are at home a little nervous about tonight's game? Ski Weekend was a tremendous success for another year. Weather was perfect, conditions, food and company was also excellent. Those that missed it, can only hear from those in attendance as to how good it was! Thanx to Bruce for putting together the trip this year. Everyone is looking forward to next year already. Pictures will be posted soon. Pictures are updated for Halloween, Christmas Dinner and Informaton Evening with the Ambassador. Check them out! Upcoming events in 2011! In 2011 we were pleased to welcome the following new members: Ken and Sharon Almon, Jesslynn and Lars Feginn, Jurgen Manal and Zoey Barstad, Nina Moss and Lonny McPherson, Lionel and Karine Briand, Catherine Lussier and Morten Lefsaker, Doug Lynch, Shiva Nejati and Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, Ken Hamilton and Suong Vo, Bradley and Anne Margrete Bertsch. Welcome! Remember that the Message Board is open to all. Do you have something to promote or otherwise communicate to the local Canadian community? Or something you want to buy or sell? We'll post just about anything, within reason. Just send it to Wendy (see Contact Us). |