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Official Journal of the American Union of Swedish Singer*
(USPS 368-840)
VOL. LXXXV CHICAGO, IL, APRIL, 1991 No. 4
Eastern Div. Vocal Touch
Helps Hokanson Celebrate
Saturday, March 16 was a special
day for the Eastern Division as singers
representing a number of the men's
choruses gathered at the home of Seth
Hokanson in East Granby, CT, to cele-brate
his 81st birthday.
Under the fine directing of George
Fuchs, we serenaded Seth with a num-ber
of old favorites including Klara
stjiirna, Vackra sky, Naar Fjordene
Blaaner, Halsa dem darhemma. Let
There Be Music, Dear Land of Home,
Shenandoah, and Till mitt hem, with
Sam Carlson doing the solo on the
latter.
We gathered at the East Granby
Commurfty Center for a short-vvarmup
SETH HOKANSON
Serenaded on 81st Birthday
and about 2:45 p.m. were able to ar-rive
at Seth's completely without his
knowledge until we announced our
presence with a rousing version of
Standar sang.
We presented Seth with cards from
almost every chorus in the AUSS, a
letter of congratulations from AUSS
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Chicago
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For Our 100th Anniversory
Chef Makes Westin Special
"A hotel is only as special as its
people care to make it."
That's the current advertising theme
for the chain of hotels that includes
the Chicago Westin, site of the 100th
Anniversary Convention of the AUSS
July 15-18, 1992. The Chicago West-in's
staff is truly an outstanding group
of hotel professionals that literally
stands behind the chain's advertising.
This particularly applies to Execu-tive
Chef Johann Lustenberger.
Lustenberger, a native of Switzer-land,
gives pain's taking care to all
facets of the hotel's culinary opera-tions,
including the Lion Bar and Grill,
and the Chelsea Restaurant as well as
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Detroit Choruses Preparing
For Nebraska Trip in June
Solid concert performances often lead
to future engagements for AUSS cho-ruses,
but the Scandia Women's Chorus
and the Arpi Male Chorus of Detroit
had the unique experience of being
asked to sing 750 miles away and eight
months into the future. Somehow it all
sounded so good that both choruses are
preparing for the trip to appear in Oak-land,
NE, next June 1 and 2.
Three delegates, from Oakland ex-tended
the invitation after hearing the
CHEF JOHAN LUSTENBERGER
One of Chicago Westin's Special People
PREPARING DETROIT PANCAKES
Diana Sparks (r), Ingrid Anderson
two choruses perform at the Swedish
Council of America meeting last Oc-tober
in Dearborn, MI. Oakland,
which bills itself as the Swedish capital
of Nebraska, stages a Swedish festival
each year, which is where the two De-troit
choruses come in.
Oakland is halfway, north and south,
along the 95 miles that separate Omaha
and Sioux City, IA, and is just inside
the Nebraska border. It comes as no
surprise that the area's population has
Swedish roots since both Omaha and
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