lördag 22 augusti

Rasmus och Elli (från Sverige) har haft fyra underbara veckor på Sjölunden! Det syns! Rasmus and Elli (both from Sweden) have had four wonderful weeks at Sjölunden! It shows!

Vi har gjort så mycket tillsammans. We have done so much together.

Välkomna, mamma och pappa! Welcome mom and dad!

Båda systrar var på Sjölunden i sommar. Both systers came to Sjölunden during different sessions this summer.

Sebbe och mammaAlex och mamma och pappa

Stefan och mamma

Lea och mamma

Klockan är tio. Nu är det dags för föräldraprogrammet. It`s ten o`clock. Time for the parents program.

Vi lyssnade på en sång från varje stuga. We heard a song from each cabin.

Hallonbergen

Slussen

Vi presenterade alla ledare--som Erik från Sverige och Martin som har varit ledare i 5 år.

Vi presenterade alla ledare--som Slussens Erik från Sverige och Martin som har varit ledare i 5 år. We met the counselors such as Slussens Erik from Sweden and Martin who has been on staff for 5 years.

Visby sjöng en rolig sång. Visby sang a funny song.

De flesta ledare hade sina nya t-shirts på sig. Most of the counselors wore their new shirts.

Alla kom till dansbana för att fortsätta programmet. We went to the dansbana to continue the program.

När vi sjöng "Hemma" som credit-killarna i Slussen skrev, så hade vi en sketch för att förklara texten. When we sang "Hemma" ("Home"), we had a skit to explain the words.

You can pull down the "ABOUT" menu and click on the word SONGS to hear the song as the Slussen boys recorded it a few days ago.

The Slussen boys came forward to sing their song. The actually got a chance to record it in a recording studio a few days ago! You can pull down the "ABOUT" menu and click on the word SONGS to hear the song (You can also view the new 2009 videos the villagers made when you click on VIDEOS under the ABOUT tab.)

Here´s the first verse and the chorus.

In the first verse, a first time villager speaks about his experience at Sjölunden.

Here are the second and third verses.

In the second verse, a credit villager speaks about his experience.

In the third verse, the counselor speaks about his experience.

The final chorus says, "Vi är hemma på Sjölunden!" "We are home at Sjölunden."

The ledare certainly at home på Sjölunden!

and so do villagers who have been coming back year after year.

The next song was one of our favorites . . .

Here are the words to "Sånt är livet" ("That`s Life"). This is the chorus.

verses 2 and 3

"Sånt är livet" verse 3

Vi sjöng tre svenska folkvisor. Här är texten till den första. We sang three Swedish folk songs. Here is the text to the first one.

Here are the other two songs.

As we talked about our favorite intresse activities such as segling, Ultimate Frisbee, and Dalmålning (Dala-painting), some of the villagers showed what they had made.

Titta på vad Bror gjorde åt sin mamma! Look what Bror made his mom!

Milla gjorde två jättefina dalmålningar. Milla made two beautiful Dala-paintings.

Titta på Millas vävning! Look at Milla`s weaving!

Titta på Millas vävning! Hon även hann göra det här också. Look at Milla`s weaving! She even had time to do this, too.

Now it was time to talk about plans for next summer, new building projects at Sjölunden, things families can donate (a list of items will be coming on the website throughout the year), and special awards for 2009. Many villagers received awards for their participation in our awesome sailing program.

Here are our 5 year villager awards! Sten, Lars, Hannah, and Anders! Grattis!

We had so many 6, 7, 8, and 9 year villagers!

Our ten year villager this year is Gulli (Carina Bragg). Magda talked about watching her grow up here at Sjölunden.

Grattis, Gulli! Congratulations, Gulli!

Next came our 5 year staff awards. Emilia was the first to receive this awesome award.

Grattis, Emilia!

Grattis, Martin!

Elli from Sweden also received a 5 year award. What an amazing commitment!

Grattis, Elli!

Now for "Sång till Friheten," our closing song . . . "Du är det finaste" ("You are the finest") which we dedicated to . . .

MAGDA!

Magda . . . who wears so many hats as she is the true weaver who brings us all together so we can really call Sjölunden "Hemma."

Everyone joined in on the chorus.

Här är refrängen. Here is the first verse and which we repeat as a chorus. The next two verses are below.

We ended our program with a new song "När vi grävde guld i USA" and dancing the 2009 I-Day dance.

This song commemorated the awesome 1994 Swedish soccer team who went to try to "gräva guld i USA" (go for the GOLD medal in the USA).

At the end of the program, we got to meet more of our Sjölunden families. Helena´s family has three generations of CLV participation!

Both Jim Peterson (dad) and Bror have been villagers at Sjölunden under two different deans. Linda was Dean when Jim and Magda were villagers, and now Magda is dean, and Bror is a villager and Linda is on staff! Whoa!

Linda is so proud of her 10 year villager Gulli.

Linda is so proud of her daughter--10 year villager Gulli.

Magda stands with Bosse and his mom, Andrea, who was also a villager and on staff at Sjölunden a few years back.

Känns det konstigt att ha mobiltelefoned tillbaka, studenter? Does it seem strange to have your cell phones back?

Before the credit villagers left, they had to gather to exchange phone numbers!

Känns det konstigt att ha era mobiltelefoner tillbaka, studenter? Does it seem strange to have your cell phones back? "Nej," säger Anders. "Vi kan hålla kontakt under året." "No," says Anders. "We can keep in touch during the year."