VASA Lodge marks 100 years
The Spokane chapter of the Swedish American VASA Lodge No. 145 is celebrating 100 years in the Inland Northwest with an anniversary dinner and program Saturday at the Sons of Norway Hall, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd.
The VASA lodge is the oldest in the Pacific Northwest and was organized to become a fraternal outlet for Swedish immigrants. Several churches were started because of the need for Swedish-speaking “friends,” including Salem and Grace Lutheran and The Swedish Tabernacle, now First Covenant.
Exhibits of the past 100 years will be on display, plus scrapbooks of their activities. The Lundin Family Violinists will play Scandinavian music.
For more information, contact Steve Matthews at 489-2333 or e-mail scubasteve701@comcast.net.
Quartets compete in Spokane
Sweet Adelines from Washington, Alaska and North Idaho will gather this weekend for a competition in downtown Spokane.
More than 900 barbershop singers will compete in quartets and choruses and the winners will move on to an international competition in Honolulu.
The competition starts today at 7:30 p.m. in the Doubletree Hotel City Center Ballrooms, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court, with a Kickoff Show. Tickets are $10 at the door.
On Friday, the quartets will compete at 5:45 p.m. in the INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Tickets are $18.
The chorus groups will compete Saturday at 11:45 a.m. also at the INB. Tickets are $18.
The competition will wrap up with a Festival of Champions Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at INB. Tickets are $20.
For information about purchasing tickets, call TicketsWest at 325-SEAT.
Lilac Court picks junior princesses
The Spokane Lilac Festival Royal Court has selected seven 2008 Junior Lilac Princesses to join the 2008 Lilac Queen Sarah Crowley on a float in the Spokane Rotaract Junior Lilac Parade in downtown Spokane May 10.
Accompanying Queen Crowley will be Paige Headrick, daughter of Curtis and Kim Headrick; with Princess Alyssa Robinson will be Hannah Pelkie, daughter of Rick and Melissa Pelkie; with Princess Kaylee Van Gelder will be Christine Stephens, daughter of Kelly and Rob Stephens; sisters Helen and Ginny Lou Garabedian, the daughters of Jennifer Troiano will ride with princesses Alexandra Cozza and Kylee Denevan; Kaitlyn Ward, daughter of Tina and Mark Ward will ride with Princess Marilis Earle; and Stephanie Sawchuk, daughter of Amie Sawchuk will ride with Princess Jeannette Thompson.
The girls were selected for this honor at the Royal Tea Party on April 13.