Den Danske Forening
Heimdal
June 2011
source: www.denmarkemb.org
Medlemsblad
Newsletter for the Danish Association ‘Heimdal’ – Established 1872
THE DANISH ASSOCIATION “HEIMDAL” INC
36 AUSTIN STREET NEWSTEAD QLD 4006
Contact details: 0437 612 913
www.danishclubbrisbane.org
Contributions
We would love to share your news and stories. You are
welcome to send emails and other material to the
editor for publication. The closing date for the July
issue is 17 June 2011. We will endeavour to publish all
material submitted but reserve the right to edit or not
publish your contribution. Any material published does
not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Danish Club
or the Editor.
Editor: Lone Schmidt
Phone: 07 3359 2026
Email: [email protected]
Webmaster: Aage Christoffersen
Phone: 07 3204 5761
Skype: lydatronic
Email: [email protected]
From the Editor
WELCOME TO OUR NEW
MEMBERS IN
APRIL/MAY
Louise Sparre, Toowong
Leonie & Rick Homewood, Everton
Park
source: Danish Design Museum, Randers
What is Danish Design and how do you define
it? There is an article in the newsletter that
will bring you right up to date on your Danish
designers. We’re excited by the strong
support received from Danish companies,
among them Fritz Hansen, who have offered
the club a lovely table at a symbolic price;
now we want chairs to match which may
prove difficult. Le Klint has contributed four
of their well-known lamps and offered us to
buy more at a favourable price.
By the way, if you have a shed full of old
Danish teak furniture, Melbourne is
screaming out for the old pieces. At a recent
visit, I found lots of old teak furniture
beautifully restored in shops in Smith Street
and similar places. Prices were reasonable so
if you’re pining (no pun intended) for teak,
check out auctions and trendy second-hand
furniture. At the Brisbane auctions you may
also be able to find pottery vases and knickknacks to match the teak period. Go have a
look and have fun!
Michael, Sarah & Anton
Rasmussen, Ascot
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INTEREST AND SUPPORT
BIRTHDAYS IN
MAY/JUNE
26 May – Prins Frederik
7 June – Prins Joachim
11 June – Prins Henrik
When’s your birthday?
CONGRATULATIONS
What’s on at the Danish Club?
Folkies Old & New at Heimdal
21 May 2011
6.30 for 7.30 pm start
See details in the May newsletter
Café Danmark
27 May 2011
from 6 pm
Come in and see what’s happened at the club since your last visit and try
our tasty ‘smørrebrød’: the menu varies from time to time, but you’ll
often find ‘rullepølse’ (spicy rolled pork), smoked salmon, roast beef,
pate, roast pork and ‘Esrom’ cheese. And yummy hot dogs. The bar is
stocked with fresh supplies of Tuborg and Carlsberg brewed in Denmark
as well as your favourite Australian beers. There’s even Tuborg
Christmas brew. If you prefer a glass of wine with your food, we have a
good variety of whites, reds and sparkling on offer.
It’s also an opportunity to buy delicious Danish pastries, ryebread and
other specialty breads and organic biscuits direct from Britt’s Danish
Delights. Tea offers smallgoods and quality meats from Flemming, the
Danish butcher at Woolloongabba, as well as her own goodies including
remoulade and ‘hønsesalat’. It’s a good idea to order in advance and
pick up at the café.
Skt Hans
18 June 2011
Visit Saga Vikings in their village at Joyner and sing ‘Midsommervisen’
around the fire. Help build a ‘witch’ and gather wood for the bonfire in
the afternoon – see details inside the newsletter.
Café Danmark
24 June 2011
Legestue
Kids’ Play Group
Every Friday and 1st Sunday
from 9.30-11.30 am
The Danish play group is back in Austin Street. See contact details in the
newsletter or on Facebook – give your children an opportunity to speak
Danish and play with other children in their age group. And you can
catch up with the young Danes in Brisbane.
SAGA VIKINGS GROUP INC.
PO Box 136, LAWNTON QLD 4501
www.sagavikings.org.au
Email: [email protected]
President: Arild Nielsen 07-3204 8204
HEIMDAL HOLDER SKT HANS HOS SAGA VIKINGERNE
LØRDAG DEN 18. JUNI 2011 - KL 14.00
“Black Forest” 110 (149) Byrnes Road North, Joyner 4501
I august sidste år besøgte Heimdal, Saga Vikingerne. Vi gentager nu succeen med
“Heimdal holder Skt Hans hos Saga Vikingerne”
På programmet er Saga Vikingernes velkendte “Vikinge Landsby Living” med mange forskellige
Vikinge displays og aktiviteter for børn og voksne.
Dagen begynder med fremstilling af hekse. Alle, som er interesseret, kan deltage i denne aktivitet
og har I noget gammelt tøj, som kan bruges til heksene, medbring det venligst på dagen. Bålet
bliver tændt ca kl 18.00. Husk stole eller puder til at sidde omkring bålet.
I løbet af eftermiddagen er der mulighed for at købe diverse dejlige ting, bl.a.
Kaffe, Te & kage
Hotdogs & Burgers
Soft Drinks og andre drikkevarer
Fundraising Entre:
Voksne
Børn under 12år
Familie
$ 10
$ 6
$ 30
RAGNAROK – ELLERS KENDT SOM DEN STORE OVERSVØMMELSE I
BRISBANE 2011 RAMTE OGSÅ SAGA VIKINGERNE.
Som mange af jer husker havde vi en veletableret Vikinge Landsby, men alt blev skyllet bort.
Siden da har vi startet genopbygningen af vores “Vikinge Landsby” og har med stor
taknemmelighed modtaget bl.a. bidder af det gamle gulv fra “Heimdal” som nu er blevet til
Toiletbygning. Vores nye køkken og bar er nu vel undervejs og vil være færdig til Skt Hans. Vi er
dog langtfra færdige med hele vores Landsby og derfor har vi stadigvæk brug for at rejse funds for
genopbygningen af nyt Langhus, borde og bænke samt andre fornødenheder.
Vi appellerer derfor til alle Heimdals medlemmer samt jeres venner og bekendte om opbakning
for denne event, hvor I ikke alene får mulighed for en dejlig Skt Hans dag/aften med rigtigt bål og
dansk mad men samtidig hjælper I Saga Vikings fundraising.
Tilmelding til: [email protected] eller [email protected]
Arild – 3204 8204
Carlo – 3818 0066
Get all your Danish Baked Goodies from Britt’s Bakery at Café DANMARK
4th Friday of each month
Authentic Danish Pastry & Organic Bread Products
Kringler, Smørtærter, Kanelstænger, Birkes, Rundstykker, Fuldkornsrugbrød,
Kransekagekonfekt, Småkager, Knækbrød og bagerens dårlige øje.
For information, order forms and delivery details, go to our website:
www.brittsdanishdelight.com.au
Unit 5/10 Energy Crescent, Molendinar QLD 4214
Ph: 07 5571 6881 Fax: 07 5571 6947
Email: [email protected]
Raffles
by Soren Hoimark
Raffles is part of the lifeblood of any social club and at the Danish Club, all our prizes
are donated by members, so every dollar you contribute goes directly to club funding.
When our Raffle Queens Lise and Vivian are out there offering you the opportunity to
win one of the great prizes, please participate – you are in with a chance to win
something nice and support the club at the same time. So far this year we have
raised over $2,000.
A big thank you to our main prize sponsor, Vivian Lindup for all the wonderful prizes
and also to Poul Tvede, Lone Schmidt and Palace Cinemas amongst others.
Remember the simple rules of the raffle – when the numbers are drawn, you need to
be present and claim your prize there and then. Sometimes the holder of the winning
ticket has either left or just bought tickets to contribute towards the club funding, and
as we have to distribute all prizes on the night, winning tickets that are not claimed
when drawn are discarded and we have to draw a new winning number, so please
always be present and alert when the numbers are drawn.
Happy raffling and thank you very much for the support.
phph
Now we have also sourced herring, cod roe, salmon paste, Danish lumpfish caviar
and other goodies for our members – see them at the May cafe
Falkeskog Onion Herring 630 g
Falkeskog Anchovy Spiced Herring 630 g
Viking Matjes Herring 550 g
Viking Black Lumpfish Caviar 50 g
Viking Salmon Paste 150 g
Amanda Cod Roe (torskerogn) 200 g
Malaco Gott & Blandat Original 150 g
Tyrkisk Peber 150 g
Slave for the Day
This year we started the tradition of Slave
for the Day and a big thanks to the first
willing participants, Aase & Andy Brodersen
and Eva Kaiser and Jose – great going,
guys!
Whilst the committee and other volunteers
are the regular production team of food
and drinks, we are exactly that –
volunteers - and any help from you is
greatly appreciated.
If all would just give a hand once every 5
years as kitchen slave for the evening, that
would be great – and we also appreciated
your help putting tables and chairs away
after the events.
A very true observation made by one of our
slaves was that the club can only maintain
such a low price level for food and drink if
enough slaves participate to avoid having
to get paid help.
So be brave – become a slave (just for the
day …) Remember you are slaving for all
of us – including yourself so we can all
enjoy the benefits of the club.
Just ring the club mobile 0437 612913 and
let us know when you would like to
participate.
$9
$9
$9
$5
$5
$5
$3
$ 3.50
Danish Church
Søndag 29. maj 2011 er der gudstjeneste i
det fri i Daisy Hill Koala Centre fra 10.30 til
13. Tag picnic kurv og kaffe med – læs
mere om dagen på kirkens website.
Le Klint
Le Klint has donated four lamps to the club
– the committee is very impressed by their
generosity - and if anybody is interested in
buying lamps for themselves, check out the
page on our website. Add 25% for freight,
5% for duty and 10% GST to the Danish
prices – that should give you a good
estimate on the end cost. The club will
organise transport.
Moose Hunt
Swedes Down Under have scheduled the
annual moose hunt for 15 October 2011
and Kim Tvede will coordinate the Danish
team. Have a word with Kim if you’re
interested in participating this year.
Helligdagene falder sent i år:
20. maj
2. juni
5. juni
12. juni
13. juni
St Bededag
Kristi Himmelfartsdag
Grundlovsdag
Pinsesøndag
2. pinsedag
Maleri af Christian August Lorentzen
Den 15. juni er det Valdemarsdag (indført 1912 ved Cirk.Nr.391 24/12 1912). Det var på denne
dag i 1219, at Dannebrog ifølge myten faldt ned fra himmelen i Estland, hvor den danske konge
Valdemar Sejr kæmpede mod esterne i slaget ved Lyndanisse.
De danske drenge fra A Friend in London er klar til finalen i Det Europæiske Melodi Grand
Prix på lørdag 14. maj.
Drengene leverede en energisk sceneoptræden og gik videre som land nummer seks ud af 10
i semifinalen.
Mod slutningen af sangen begav forsanger Tim Schou sig ud på en halsbrækkende løbetur på
catwalken i Esprit Arena, men det lykkedes ham både at synge undervejs og undgå at snuble
over den store ballonbold, han selv havde sparket ud til publikum. Imens kogte salen, hvor
Dannebrog var flot repræsenteret på de forreste rækker. Også i pressecentret var stemningen
høj under den danske sang, der modtog aftenes højeste bifald. Nå ja, sammen med de irske
Jedward-tvillinger, der også gik videre til finalen.
VIdere til lørdagens finale er også vores naboer fra Sverige, der er repræsenteret af 20-årige
Eric Saade. Han havde på forhånd meldt ud, at han var klar til at forlade scenen, hvis det
glasbur, han smadrer under sin optræden, ikke ville lade sig smadre, som det er sket under
flere prøver.
Men alt gik heldigvis som det skulle for svenskerne, og dermed mangler kun Norge af de
skandinaviske lande i finalen. Også Estland, Rumænien, Moldova, Bosnien/Hercegovina,
Østrig, Ukraine og Slovenien gik videre til lørdagens finale.
De øvrige lande i finalen er Storbritannien, Frankrig, Italien, Tyskland, Spanien, Serbien,
Litauen, Grækenland, Aserbajdsjan, Georgien, Schweiz, Ungarn, Finland, Rusland og Island.
Kilde: www.politken.dk
Study & Stay in Australia?
Your door to the best in Australian Education & Training….
We are Danes, with a strong background in both Danish and Australian education & training.
Though we work with people from any country, we run some especially exciting programs
between Denmark and Australia, including:
 Guiding would-be migrants to courses for recognition in 60-Point occupations
 Assisting students enter the very best course, school/college/university for their needs
 Study Tours – customised to meet the particular needs of the Danish
schools/colleges/universities
 Semester Study Abroad – individuals or classes come to undertake one semester of
study, and get credit back into their secondary school/undergraduate programs in
Denmark
 Placing students into workplaces in Australia for Occupational Training, which is part
of their studies in Denmark
 Consulting services for Danish institutions wishing to establish links with Australian
partners.
We’d be delighted to assist you in any of these areas. Please do not hesitate to contact us:
Riborg Andersen
[email protected]
Ph: 07-5442 9588
Joern Christoffersen
[email protected]
Ph. 07-5473 9917
Dansk legegruppe
Hver fredag 9.30-11.30
36 Austin St, Newstead
1. søndag i måneden 10-12
(find os på Facebook)
Vi mødes hver fredag og den 1. søndag i
måneden for at snakke og lege sammen på
dansk. Da vores lille faste gruppe svinger
lidt i deltagertal pga ferier, oftest til
Danmark og arbejde mv, vil vi meget gerne
se flere medlemmer. Vi tror trods alt det
gavner børnene at mødes og lege samt
høre, at vi alle taler dansk.
Vi starter normalt med fri leg og ca kl 11
sidder vi alle omkring et bord og spiser
vores medbragte mad – og slutter gerne
dagen med nogle danske børnesange.
Tea
3379 1667
0419 659 837
E-mail: [email protected]
Tina
3191 0411
0403 838 663
E-mail: [email protected]
First Sunday in August
Sunday 7th August, Lis Larsen from
"folkedanserne" and Kurt Christensen
are coming to teach children and adults
how to dance "folkedans" and Danish
"sanglege"
The dance starts at 10 am and we finish
around noon where we will enjoy our
packed lunch.
If you and your family wish to participate
is the very exciting event, please send me
an email no later than August 1.
Iben Lund
[email protected]
Oxfam Trail Walk
Don’t forget to show your support for
Signe Riemer-Sørensen and Martin Lentz –
it’s a long walk ...
We're a young Danish couple who on the
weekend of 18 -19 June, together with
two other team mates will be walking
100km to raise money and awareness for
Oxfam Australia.
Teams of 4 have 48hrs to walk or run the
100km trail from Mt Glorious via Lake
Manchester to Mt Coot-Tha, though our
team is hoping to finish in 25hrs. To do this
we’ll walk through the night (with no
sleep) until the end. The event raises vital
funds for Oxfam Australia. Oxfam is an
independent, secular, non-government
organization working in more than 28
countries including Indigenous Australia.
Our team NAMS Internationals is hoping
to raise well over $1,000 to help some of
the world’s poorest people. Our fund
raising enables Oxfam to continue its
work delivering projects that support
orphans and people affected by HIV and
AIDS in Southern Africa, that educate
people in Laos on efficient farming
techniques and that improve Indigenous
health and wellbeing in regional
Australia.
We hope that you can support us in this
massive challenge. Please consider how
you may be able to get behind us, either
by sponsoring us directly or referring us to
others.
Putting ourselves through months of
intense training to walk 100km is worth it
for the help given to others through
Oxfam Australia’s programs.
You can follow our progress on our teamspace on http://tinyurl.com/team258
På forhånd tak
Signe Riemer-Sørensen og Martin Lentz
The Danish Folkdance Group
goes to Canberra
by Tom Larsen
The Danish Folkdance Group went to
Canberra to participate in The National
Folk Festival, where we were to do
three performances + one with AFSD
showing the diversity in Australian
social dancing.
The show is an annual event over
Easter and the dance group was
supposed to meet there on Thursday.
Some of us drove by car, one by train
and the rest of us by plane. The
expectations and the mood were high.
On arrival we went to the festival site to
check in and receive our wrist bands to
show we had free entrance and use of
facilities and shuttle bus.
The Festival involves thousands of
people, not only from Australia, but
also from other countries around the
world.
During the Festival one can experience
folkloric dances from all over the world.
Music bands playing anything from
Jazz, dances and songs from the bush,
entertainers from many different
countries, workshops for dancing,
instrument making. Food stalls from
different continents are available in
abundance as well as stalls offering
goods from many different countries.
In other words, there is something for
every taste.
On Friday we participated in a parade
organised by AFSD (Australian Federation for Social Dancing) where we
finished with a display of dances from
around Australia, including Danish
dancing.
Saturday, we had our first performance
on the Piazza. We were well received by
the audience and finished off with a
participation dance where people could
join in. The dance floor was full, so we
were happy, considering we were
probably the oldest group in the
Festival.
In the afternoon, John, Hans and I went
to The War Memorial. I hadn’t been
there for 10 years and didn’t want to
miss the opportunity to see it after it
had been refurbished.
Sunday and Monday we had performances in the late morning, leaving
heaps of time for us to explore the
festival. Everyone got different
experiences and stories to tell.
My favourite food turned out to be
steak and mushroom pie. On the first
day, I came across an Asian baker and
since then I was sold. So I had a pie
every day. Junk food is normally not
my favourite, but I was hooked! I also
tried Turkish snacks, Dutch poffertjes,
pancakes with filling and vegetable fried
balls from Hara Krishna and they were
actually great.
The committee meets once a month and
at our meeting in May we discussed:
the club’s accounts are back in black.
Expenses in general compare to last
year’s, events are down slightly. Bar
sales are up with our beer and snaps
proving very popular.
Correspondence
Membership
Your club is now a 3 star establishment
under the Brisbane City Council rating
scheme for food venues and we expect
to receive our stars soon.
3 new members came on board in the
last period.
Update from the Committee
Maintenance
The new valuation of our site at
Newstead is $740,000, a reduction from
last year.
President has received an invite to
represent the club at the Queensland
Day citizenship ceremony at Southbank.
Our application for a kitchen update and
new whitegoods to the Gambling
Community Benefit Fund was not
successful, but will roll over to the next
round. Many flood-related applications
were fast-tracked in this round.
Airconditioning vents need cleaning.
Walls in toilets are showing signs of rust
and we discussed applying rust inhibitor.
Iben, Alan, Søren and Lone will work a
couple of hours Saturday 14 May to put
our wall decorations back up. Soren is
putting together a spreadsheet listing
our suppliers and maintenance
requirements.
News
- Yoga classes to start up at club
with Helen Spencer
-
140th anniversary coming up in
2012 – will encourage members to
suggest event format
-
New table cloths in purple and
white will be purchased
-
Fritz Hansen and Corporate Culture
have offered black oval UNITE
tables at a symbolic price and we
discussed what to do about tables
that don’t collapse and how to pick
suitable chairs
-
Suggestion to ensure the old
photographs of previous presidents
are stored digitally – the paper
prints have deteriorated in the sun
-
Peter will buy the laptop available
to us under the Volunteers Grant
and set up new website in
consultation with Aage
Events
The June Saturday event will be on 18/6
where Saga Vikings are organising a Skt
Hans evening for us. It will be great to
sing ‘Midsommervisen’ around the
bonfire again! For our July Saturday,
we’ll put on a Christmas in July event.
Aiming for the AGM on the August
Saturday.
Swedes are putting on a Schlager Party
for the Eurovision Song Contest evening
and it will be interesting to see how they
go.
Money
Accounts for March, YTD 3rd Quarter and
April 2011 presented at meeting. After
receipt of the second insurance payment
ABOUT DANISH DESIGN
Today, Danish design is flourishing. as the new generation has gained a perspective on the classic period.
The young designers regard the pioneers with respect – but are able to stand on their own feet.
A presentation of Danish design has to start with its breakthrough on the international scene after World
War II. A fortunate combination of internal and external circumstances led to a Golden Age, in which
Danish furniture achieved particular success, but silver, ceramics, glass and textiles also experienced a
fertile period.
A breakthrough such as the classic Danish one can only occur if the talent is available. And it was!
However, talent is not enough – special growth conditions are required for the talent to thrive and develop.
Three circumstances were particularly crucial to the success of Danish design in the post-war period. The
first was the late industrialisation of Denmark. A living craft tradition with high quality standards was allowed
to develop slowly and gradually into industrial production, closely monitored by the architects and master
cabinet makers of the time.
The second was the world’s desire to see and experience something new after a war which had left large
parts of Europe in ruins. The Danish light wood furniture with references to Nordic nature and a look that
was sometimes based on classic furniture types but without the style elements of former periods soon
gained a foothold internationally.
Thirdly, Danish design had room for the individualists. This trend began to emerge in the 1930s, when the
architect and critic Poul Henningsen scrutinised society and agitated for freedom, respect for the individual
and a democratic, humanist view of life, which was rather unusual in the Nordic countries at the time.
These attitudes gradually became widely accepted in Denmark.
The soil had thus been fertilised when the major talents appeared. The talents were so to speak given a
free rein and architects and furniture designers found enthusiastic collaborators among master cabinet
makers and other small production companies.
The establishment of the Furniture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts played a considerable
part in the development of furniture design. Here Professor Kaare Klint represented Functionalism with
studies of the proportions between people and objects. Klint has had greater influence on Danish furniture
design than any other designer. His views of the form and function of furniture have influenced several
generations of Danish designers and continue to do so today.
Nonetheless, the Danes remained slightly sceptical about Functionalism, which therefore never had a
complete breakthrough. Hans J. Wegner respected the Klint approach, but struck out a path for himself.
Like several other furniture designers at the time, Wegner trained as a cabinet maker and combined
extraordinary craftsmanship with a unique sense of form, resulting in a series of chairs which many regard
as unsurpassable.
As the head of the cooperative FDB furniture design studio, Børge Mogensen designed a furniture series
aimed at the average Danish family. It was simple and robust, and could be combined according to the
family’s needs. In addition, Mogensen designed several characteristic chairs which are still in production,
including the Spanish Chair.
Another individualist was Finn Juhl, who represented the artistic freedom with a personal idiom and chairs
which were at once harmonious sculptures and traditional seating furniture.
Concurrently, industrialised furniture manufacturing developed in the USA, where the best-known products
were Charles Eames’s chairs of moulded wood and steel pipes. Eames’s chairs inspired Arne Jacobsen to
design the now world-famous Ant chair of bent, laminated wood from 1952 – Denmark’s first example of an
industrially manufactured chair in the true sense of the word and fully in line with what the international
furniture trend was producing. Arne Jacobsen was already recognised as an architect, especially abroad,
but now he became equally famous as a furniture designer.
Danish design aroused an immediate response in the international press –among other things due to the
large Scandinavian design exhibitions which toured the world.
Poul Kjærholm, Verner Panton and Nanna Ditzel were other designers –slightly younger than the post-war
masters – who made a strong impression in the following years.
Unlike other Danish designers, Poul Kjærholm chose to work mainly in steel and leather. Kjærholm was
inspired by the international style and worked with an uncompromising perfectionism, which has made him
one of the leading Danish furniture designers in recent time.
However, no other designer has been more imaginative or different than Verner Panton – today a role
model for many young designers. Panton found little understanding of his ideas in the Danish design
environment of his time. He therefore left Denmark and became an influential designer in 1960s Europe.
Inspired by among others Verner Panton, Nanna Ditzel started her long career in the 1950s with bold and
colourful complete environments and new ways of living. After several years in England, Nanna Ditzel
returned to Denmark in 1986 and in the following years created furniture with a strong personal look, which
have helped renew Danish furniture design.
Among the designers of the time, Gunnar Aagaard Andersen had a special position. He was the artist and
Renaissance man, who as a designer was primarily known for his polyether chair from 1964, whose
extreme look has inspired today’s young Danish designers.
source: www.denmarkemb.org
COMMITTEE 2010/2011
President:
Committee Member:
Søren Høimark
Phone 07 3359 2026
Mobile 0431 881 513
E-mail:
[email protected]
Kim Tvede
Phone:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Vice President:
Committee Member:
Alan Przybylak
Mobile 0402 691 435
E-mail:
[email protected]
Peter Hansen
Phone (02) 6680 3574
E-mail:
[email protected]
Treasurer :
Committee Member:
Lone Schmidt
Phone 07 3359 2026
E-mail:
[email protected]
Michael Schmidt
Mobile 0418 761 515
E-mail:
[email protected]
m.au
Committee Member:
Committee Member:
Jens Gønget
Phone 07 3871 2570
Mobile 0449 946 944
E-mail: [email protected]
Lise Kopittke
Mobile: 0429 165 996
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretary:
Committee Member:
Vivian Lindup
Mobile 0411 084475
Iben Giessing Lund
Mobile: 0434 933 953
E-mail:
[email protected]
E-mail:
[email protected]
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484-799 Account No: 02495 1468 using your membership number and name as
reference. Please send the form to Birte Schmidt if there are any changes in your
details.
If paying by cheque, please make it payable to “The Danish Association Heimdal” and
post it to the Membership officer:
Birte Schmidt
35/192 Hargreaves Road
MANLY WEST QLD 4179
Phone 07 3348 4979
Email [email protected]
Building update
by Søren Høimark
At the April Café Danmark we had 95% of the club finished with the floors completed and
looking beautiful and the walls, doors, architraves had all been painted.
Positioning our flags, photos, paintings and other stuff back on the floor/walls should be
complete by next Café night end May, and we’ll be back to normal.
The major difference is the feel of greater space caused by the new sandstone (look-alike)
tiles. With their light colour, we had to off-set that area by a darker colour and in
consultation with our painter a pleasant green colour was selected, and it works very well.
As our climate and activities are not suited to carpeted areas, we also improved the standard
in the kid’s room by replacing with a timber floor, which provides a soft surface and is easier
to clean and maintain than carpet.
In regard to cleaning, the new tiles certainly provides a tell tale sign of whether the floor is
clean or not, and whilst this is more demanding on cleaning, it makes it easier for us to
ensure that our venue is clean and also that it is left clean by our hall hire parties.
The last item – our stage – is due to be delivered and installed week commencing 9 May and
we expect to end up with lighter and more manageable stage boxes making it easier for us to
quickly ‘fold’ the stage together and leave space for our regular activities.
All in all, it has been a lot of hard work and we have achieved the result within a very short
time span, and the result is certainly a great facelift.
We are working on the next step of our venue upgrade and hope to be able to report some
good news over the next couple of months.