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The Vancouver Island Danish Canadian Club is a non-profit social club based in Nanaimo. The club focuses on events that highlight Danish culture, customs and food. We welcome new faces all the time! We encourage you to bring your friends to all of our fun events. And our promise to you is that you will have a very good time and make new friendships! |
Danish Club Nanaimo's annual Julefest Christmas Party is just around the corner!
This is from last year's Julefest!
Our Julefest Christmas Party is our most popular event of the year!
Hurry and order your tickets before December 5th!
JULEFEST CHRISTMAS PARTY!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9TH - 5:00PM
Come and enjoy an evening filled with Danish food, Danish culture and lots of Danish people! Dance to live music by Dan and the Seniors! Bring your friends! You do not have to be a member to enjoy this event.
Dinner Menu
Flæskesteg med sprød svær - (Roast Pork with crackling)
Dansk Rødkål - (Danish sweet & sour red cabbage)
Kandiserede og hvide kartofler - (Candied and white potatoes)
Brun sovs - (Brown Gravy)
æblemos - (applesauce)
Syltede rødbeder - (pickled beets)
Agurker - (cucumbers)
Boller og smør - (buns & butter)
Ris à l'amande - (Danish rice pudding with almonds and cream, served
with cherry and/or strawberry sauces)
Mandelgaver - (The Almond Present)
Kaffe og te - (Coffee and Tea)
Dansk Rødkål - (Danish sweet & sour red cabbage)
Kandiserede og hvide kartofler - (Candied and white potatoes)
Brun sovs - (Brown Gravy)
æblemos - (applesauce)
Syltede rødbeder - (pickled beets)
Agurker - (cucumbers)
Boller og smør - (buns & butter)
Ris à l'amande - (Danish rice pudding with almonds and cream, served
with cherry and/or strawberry sauces)
Mandelgaver - (The Almond Present)
Kaffe og te - (Coffee and Tea)
Program for the Evening
5pm: Happy Hour!
6pm: Dinner
Traditional Danish Singing and Dancing around the Christmas Tree
Coffee and Tea
6pm: Dinner
Traditional Danish Singing and Dancing around the Christmas Tree
Coffee and Tea
Ticket Prices are $45 per person and includes wine for each table
Please order tickets and table reservations by contacting: Lillian Howard-Gibbon at (250) 756-1541 or email her at lillianper@shaw.ca
Ticket requests or cancellations must be made by December 5th!
Date: December 9th
Party Location: Bowen Auditorium - 500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC
Happy Hour! 5:00 pm
Donations of good quality, new items to our raffle are always gratefully appreciated. Thank you!
Volunteers for set-up at 11 am and clean-up after the event are always appreciated. Thank you!
Volunteers for set-up at 11 am and clean-up after the event are always appreciated. Thank you!
Danish Whist Card Games
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On Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:00 pm, people gather at Pryde Vista Golf Course's Club House for the weekly Danish-style Whist card games with 4 people sitting at each table. Each person has a bowl of coins. The games start at 1:30 sharp and at 2:45 there is a coffee break with home-baked or store-bought cake served, with players taking turns to bring cake. The games continue until 4 pm, and then it is time to count the gain or loss.
If you would like to play cards with the group, your are welcome to join - there is always room for more players! Also, books and magazines are exchanged.
For more information call: Inga Andersen at (250) 390-9055
If you would like to play cards with the group, your are welcome to join - there is always room for more players! Also, books and magazines are exchanged.
For more information call: Inga Andersen at (250) 390-9055
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Christmas Church Service at Hope Lutheran ChurchChristmas Service will be held Saturday, December 15th at 2 pm.
2174 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC. The service will be in Danish and English and led by Pastor Susanne Ovalo Rasmussen. Please bring some baking to share. Coffee and tea will be served afterwards. If you have any questions, please call Vibeke at 250-585-8122 |
Dancing and Dementia
A landmark 21 year study of 469 seniors measured mental acuity in aging by monitoring rates of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. The researchers studied cognitive activities such as reading, writing for pleasure, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards and playing musical instruments. They also studied physical activities like golf, swimming, bicycling, dancing, walking and doing housework.
Significantly, almost none of these activities appeared to protect against dementia: the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing. In terms of reduced risk of dementia, here is how some of the activities, mental and physical, stacked up.
0% Reduced Risk - Bicycling and Swimming
0% Reduced Risk - Golf
35% Reduced Risk - Reading
47% Reduced Risk - Doing crossword puzzles at least 4 days per week
76% Reduced Risk - Dancing frequently
The greatest risk reduction of any activity was dancing frequently, cognitive or physical. The study's authors suggested that the dancers are more resistant to the effects of dementia as a result of having greater cognitive reserve and increased complexity of neuronal synapses. -The study was led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and funded by the National Institute on Aging. It was later published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Significantly, almost none of these activities appeared to protect against dementia: the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing. In terms of reduced risk of dementia, here is how some of the activities, mental and physical, stacked up.
0% Reduced Risk - Bicycling and Swimming
0% Reduced Risk - Golf
35% Reduced Risk - Reading
47% Reduced Risk - Doing crossword puzzles at least 4 days per week
76% Reduced Risk - Dancing frequently
The greatest risk reduction of any activity was dancing frequently, cognitive or physical. The study's authors suggested that the dancers are more resistant to the effects of dementia as a result of having greater cognitive reserve and increased complexity of neuronal synapses. -The study was led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and funded by the National Institute on Aging. It was later published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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