Hej allihopa!

Ikväll var det Melodifestival här på Sjölunden! Det här är den fjärde sommaren som vi anordnar en melodifestival med svenska schlagerlåtar.

Hello everyone!

Tonight was our annual Melody festival. This was the fourth time we’ve held a Melody Festiva, which is based on the Swedish song contest. In order to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, every country in Europe has to first choose their best song of the year. Since Eurovision got rid of the requirement that all songs needed to be in the language of the country, Sweden’s songs have mostly been in English in recent years. But at Sjölunden our goal is to learn as much Swedish as possible, so we chose only songs sung in Swedish. This means we have to dig into the YouTube archives to get good songs in Swedish. Each cabin was assigned a song to perform a tonights contest.  This summer we heard some favorite hits, including Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola (1987), Bra Vibrationer (1985) and Ingen mÃ¥r sÃ¥ bra som jag (Fronda- 2008). I sang my own special version of Cecilia Vennersten’s Den Vackraste (1998). My hopes weren’t high- I’ve never done well at the Melody Festival. My first year, I did ABBA’s Waterloo, and the following year it was Anna Bok’s ABC. Last year I tried to win with Diggilo Diggilej but again I didn’t place. But this was my lucky summer- I tied for FIRST PLACE with the boy band- KRAM (that would be counselors Kaj, Rasmus, Alf and Martin).

The pictures will be posted shortly, followed by some video footage. If you’re curious ot know more about Sweden’s history in the Eurovision song contest, all the videos are posted onYouTube, just search for Sweden and Eurovision.

Tomorrow is our last full day at camp, and it will be packed with activities and fun. We look forward to seeing everyone who can make it to our parents program on Saturday morning.

Vi ses snart-

Magda