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Ethnic Festival mixesbest of many culturesHomemade German cheese, Swedish meatballs, tamales and chitlin's if you re hungry — American folk songs. Czech dancers. Swedish choirsters — mavbe even a mariachi band — if you're bored —*Friends like Ethnic Festival committee chairperson Aurora Sosa. Emory and Ruth Carlson and Linda Holmstrom as well as other persons attending Fthnic Night if you're lonely — Sunday night in Georgetown will provide the traditional “something for everyone in a unique gathering of all the major ethnic groups represented in this area.Costumes, entertainment, food, fun and friends will join at the Community Center in San Gabriel Park from 5 until 8 p rnEACH ETHNIC GROUP willdecorate an area of the Center with displays of items native to their homeland.Swedish group chairwoman Ruth Sandberg Carlson, for instance. explained that displays of such items as a Swedish cookbook and various national costumes will be seen at the Sunday festivities “Each different little com-m u n i t v has a different costume. she explained thevariety.ttfMore Swedish variety will be available as persons attending the ethnic celebration taste such native recipes as Swedish brown bread, the dessert os-takaca and cookies like pep-parkakor (ginger) and Spritz.• “They are going to serve the foods in really little portions so people can try everything, explained Kathy Swift, coordinator for the occasion But she added that foods can also be purchased in larger quantities for persons who sample something they’d like to take home.“ORGANIZATIONS that are preparing the food will receive the proceeds, she said, “so we hope everyone will come out for dinner. “They are going to have more than enough for that.Sponsors of the Black A m e r i c a n displays are members ot the Weslev AME-Chapel Church, including Martha Tanksley. Dora Gadison, Ethel Harrison, Lenora Jackson, Lorene Heny, Lucille Rose. Murrell Brown and Joyce Gadison. Such “soul foods as southern sweet potatoes and cornbread, tripe and pig feet will be available in*■**mmi886WIETHNIC NIGHT COSTUMES will include these of Swedish design, worn bv Edwina Sandberg Adams and Ellen Bergstrom, both of Georgetown Copied from an authentic design from a Swedish postcard, the Bergstrom outfit, called a Dorkula, includes hand embroidery and a sewn-in apron. “My mother wove this material when she was in Sweden, Mrs. Bergstrom said of the apron. “I copied the dress from a picture I saw. Metal clasps on the weskit are also originally Swedish “To me. that’s the prize thing — and this apron,” she said.their area of the Center.Aurora S o s a and the G e t h s em en e Pentacostal Church are planning Mexican-American foods and entertainment.German foods such as hot links, bread and coffeecake, in addition to the homemade German chetse, will be prepared by the committee composed of Linda Holmstrom, Edna Kurio. Helen Cassens and MiriamKalmbach American folk entertainment will be provided by the Harmony Honnies — Joyce West. Bobbie Fisher. Beverly Turner. Sylvia Goree and accompanist Sue Peterson — andSouthwestern University student and singer Stephanie Dory.Chairing the Swedish committee's plans, including a 13-voice Swedish choir — are Ruth and Emory Carlson, with Leonand Lois Jean Forswall, Jack and Edwina Adams, Rodney and Mildred Carlson. Francis Holmstrom Brown. Beverly Carlson and Hilmer Lindell.“This has really caught fire, enthused Mrs. Carlson as she began considering formation of a Swedish club.Ethnic Night Festival is joint-lv sponsored by Georgetown's Bicentennial Commission and Women's Political Caucus, chaired bv Kathy Swift.
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The Williamson County Sun
Georgetown, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1976
Page 15
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