Midsommar in Manhattan, June 2001

We performed with our friends from Sweden, Brodéns Kapell, in Battery Park overlooking the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on June 18, 2001. As a group we played music for raising the majstång, dancing around the majstång and for general gammal dancing and listening enjoyment. The crowd was estimated to be in the 3000+ range, with about 1000 people dancing around the pole. It was a true spectacle to behold, especially for people from rural Minnesota! Thanks to Paul and Marikay Dahlin for recommending us for the job, a big Minnesota hug to Abby at the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy for working so hard to make it happen for us, and squeezes to Jeanne and Randy Widman for just being you!