19.4.2008 | 11:50
Can we help you organise a festival from your nation?
Hi folks, we here at SONI are always looking for any excuse to party!!! If you have a favourite festival from your home country or some other country that you would like to have here in Iceland, just contact us and we will try to arrange it for you. Some examples of events we have had in the past. Kurdish New Year, Chinese August Moon Festival, Indian Dipavali, German Oktoberfest, Scottish Ceilidh dance, Easter Egg Hunts, Halloween parties, multicultural festivals, international sea food festivals, karaoke nights, dinner parties, American Thanksgiving dinner, fishing trips, bowling trips, African drumming and a host of other events. Just let us know what kind of events you would like to introduce to all of us here in Iceland!!
LoVe Pauline
19.4.2008 | 11:41
SONI newsletter May - August 2008
Polish Constitution Day 3nd May 2008
On Saturday 3rd May the Society of New Icelanders, The Polish consulate and the Red Cross Akranes branch will hold a celebration for the Polish Constiution Day. The details have not been finalised yet. Details will be published on our free news list new-icelanders@yahoogroups.com and on our new blog: soni.blog.is or for more details nearer the date you can contact krystyna@simnet.is or 863-5655
June and August there will be no events due to summer holidays.
Irish DaysAkranes 4th6th July
There will be an Irish Days festival in Akranes. The society of new Icelanders will be taking part in several events.
On the Friday and Saturday afternoons we will be selling simple Irish food. We are looking for volunteers to help out.
On Friday 4th July in the afternoon there will be a Celtic dancing workshop. If you want to attend please contact Pauline at soni@strik.is Later that night there will be held a traditional Celtic Ceilidh Dance open to the general public. The instructions for the dances will be in English.
Over the weekend there will be several concerts given by the Celtic band Óran Mor (meaning The Great Melody of Life) some of whos members are also members of the Society of New Icelanders.
Our member Hanna Rós Jónasdóttir will be playing the Harp.
There will also be many other events over the weekend. It will be a great destination for the whole family to experience some Celtic fun. For more information please see the website www.irskirdagar.is nearer the time.
You can also contact Pauline at akranes.celt@gmail.com 2640 for more information or you would like to help out or perform.
19.4.2008 | 11:36
Pot Luck Dinner Tonight!!!
Apríl Pottagaldur
Félag nýrra Íslendinga heldur Pottgaldur í Rauđa Kross húsinu Ţjóđbraut 11, Akranesi, Laugardaginn 19 Apríl n.k. Frá Kl 18.00 til Kl 20.00. Viđ biđjum ykkur vinsamlegast ađ koma međ smá rétti eđa ábćti, köku, eitthvađ sem er sérstakt frá ykkar landi.
Maturinn má vera kaldur eđa heitur, ađalréttur eđa desert ţađ verđur Pottagaldur sem viđ
borđum en viđ gerum ţađ međ stíl.
Félagiđ mun sjá um te, kaffi, gos og lottó. Ef einkver spilar á hljóđsfćra ţá endilega komiđ međ ţađ og ef tími gefst reynum viđ ađ seyrnast hvert óđri.
Nćsta fréttabréf međ fréttum ađ uppákomum kemur međ Pottagaldra. Nú getiđ ţiđ hlakkađ til
nćstu frétta á new-icelanders@yahoogroups.com
April EventPot Luck Dinner
On Saturday April 19th The Society of New Icelanders will hold a Pot Luck dinner in the Red Cross house on Ţjóđbraut 11, Akranes, from 6pm until 8pm. We ask every one to come along with a dish of food to share.
This is a chance for Icelanders to get to know people of differing ethnic groups living here and for us all to learn from each other. You may bring a dish of food from your home nation or just your favourite recipy. The food can be hot or cold, starter, main dish or dessert. It will be pot luck what we eat but together it will be a banquet.
SONI will provide, soft drinks, tea, coffee and lottery. If you play a musical instrument
please bring it along and if we have time we can entertain each other.
Our next newsletter, with details of our upcoming monthly events, will be given out at the Pot Luck dinner. For now, you can keep up to date with news and information by joining our mailing list new-icelanders@yahoogroups.com
Kwietniowe WydarzenieSzczesliwy Carnek
W sobote 19-tego kwietnia Spoleczenstwo Nowych Islandczykow organizuje imprezeSzczesliwy
Carnek, ktora odbedzie sie w budynku Czerwonego Krzyza przy Ţjóđbraut 11 w Akranes w
godzinach od 18.00-20.00
Prosimy aby kazdy przyniosl ze soba jedno danie. Moze to byc specjalnosc z Twojego kraju
lub Twoj ulubiony przepis. Dania moga byc cieple lub zimne, przystawki, dania glawne lub
desery. Wybor nalezy do Ciebie. To co bedziemy jedli bedzie szczesliqy garnek lecz razem to bedzie bankiet.
To spotkanie bedzie okazja dla Islandczykow aby poznac cudzoziemcow mieszkajacych tutaj,
jak rowniez dla Nas zeby poznac sie lepiej nawzajem.
S.N.I. Przygotuje kawe, herbate, napoje zimne oraz loterie.
Jesli grasz na instrumencie muzycznym prosimy przyniesc ze soba, jak bedziemy mieli czas
sabawimy sie wspolnie.
Ponadto kazdy odtrzyma Nasza nastepna gazetke ze szczegolami o naszych nadchodzacych
miesiecznych wydarzeniach.
Teraz mozesz byc na czasie z wiadomosciami i informacjami przylaczajac sie do
naszej mailowej listy new-icelanders@yahoogroups.com
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Single /Pojedynczy / Einstakling...............1,500 Kr / Year
Family / Rodzina / Fjölskylda............2,000 Kr / Year
Student / Nemandi........................ 800 Kr / Year
Pensioner / Emeryt / ...................... 800 Kr / Year
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ˇ Payment Instructions / Polecenia Wplaty /
Greinslu fyrir komu lag
1. Payable at any of our meetings or events.
Platny przy wszelkim naszych spotka? albo wydarze? (wypadek)
2. Or Pay into the following Bank Account
Albo Plac? do stronników Konta bankowego
Félag nýrra Íslendinga,
Kaupţing, Account no. 0311 26 000969
Kennitala of SONI is : 540792-2169
Please also write your Kennitala when you make the payment
Sprawia? przyjemno?? (prosz?) tak?e pisz? wasz *Kennitala* Pkiedy wy wyrabiacie wplat?
19.4.2008 | 11:15