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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! |
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Hello Members & Friends, First of all, there will be no newsletter printed and mailed so we are sending this message instead and hope that if you know someone without email that you'll print this note and pass it along. The new Board met on the weekend and decided that printing and mailing a newsletter would be difficult since most print shops are currently closed. Events: At our recent Board meeting, it was decided to cancel all upcoming Danish Club Events due to the uncertainty of the situation with the COVID-19 Pandemic. This means that the Andespil on April 19, the Birthday Party Dinner/Dance on May 23 and the St Hans Midsummer Celebration on June 21 are all cancelled. At the same time, we received a notice from the Nanaimo Parks & Recreation Department advising us that all event bookings at Bowen Park were cancelled so even if we had wanted to go ahead with the Birthday Party, that decision would make it impossible. We are hoping that things will settle down and return to some sort of normal before we start working on plans for the Harvest Party in October but we will assess the situation in August/September and make a decision at that time. Keep your fingers crossed! Federation Conference & AGM: The Board of the Federation of Danish Associations in Canada made the decision to cancel their Conference & AGM planned for May 21 - 23 in Nanaimo. It was disappointing because we have all worked very hard to put the plans in place for a great conference. The 2021 Conference & AGM was planned for Toronto but the Federation Board decided to have their 2021 Conference & AGM here in Nanaimo since the plans are basically all in place. The new dates are May 20 - 23, 2021. Heritage Book: The Federation publishes their Heritage book each year, usually in connection with their Conference & AGM with the conference theme usually being the title of the book. This year will be a little different due to the absence of any conference & AGM so the Federation Board decided to go ahead and publish the book anyway using the theme of Knud Rasmussen. Next year, they will publish the 2021 Heritage Book in conjunction with the conference & AGM using the Nanaimo theme of "Vikings on the Island: We Came, We Saw, We Stayed" and that edition will feature all of the pictures, stories and history of Nanaimo Danes and Danes on the Island. If you are working on a story for the Heritage Book, please continue with that. Board Members: The newly elected Board of our Danish Club met on March 15 via Skype and, as per tradition, the Members that were elected made the following appointments for the Officers of the Club: Tom Hedekar President Carsten Krogh Vice President Lena Tsuji Secretary Rebecca Taylor Treasurer John Jensen Director Louise Krogh Director Darlene O'Neill Director Hakon Philipsen Director - On behalf of the Board, Cheers and STAY SAFE! Tom Hedekar President |
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2020 Danish Federation
Conference here in Nanaimo CANCELLED! Dear Members and Friends, I have received word this morning from Rolf Christensen, President of the Federation of Danish Associations in Canada, that the Board of the Federation has made the decision to CANCEL the upcoming Federation Conference and AGM that was scheduled to take place in Nanaimo on May 21 through 24. This decision is of course a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic that is currently affecting so many things in our daily lives. Rolf indicated that the Board has not yet discussed the possibility of "postponing" the conference or re-scheduling but he did say that they intend to carry on with publishing the annual Heritage Book so please continue with your family histories and other stories and get those in to us as soon as you can. Please email Tom Hedekar at: th2388@telus.net or call (250) 390-2388 |
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Welcome to our newest members! Tove Jensen from Salmon Arm, BC Randy Norman & Gary Spowat from Nanaimo Troy & Cindy Hansen from Qualicum Beach |
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Newsletter:
I am still hoping to sway members to receiving the Newsletter by email. It will be in colour and you will receive it earlier than by post. Please let me know if you are interested. You can always change your min. Email me at: tsuji@shaw.ca Thanks, Lena Tsuji
I am still hoping to sway members to receiving the Newsletter by email. It will be in colour and you will receive it earlier than by post. Please let me know if you are interested. You can always change your min. Email me at: tsuji@shaw.ca Thanks, Lena Tsuji
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CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC!!!
Danish-Style Whist Card Games
Every Wednesday from 1:30 to 4:00 pm
Join us 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 or Jytte Larson at (250) 245-7126
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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