THE YOUTH DIRECTOR:
( Constitution article 186 b )

For Heritage Members
( one parent or grandparent is a member )
0rganize a
Junior Lodge,
dance groups or
clubs.

For Unge Venner
( reduced rate dues )
Organize and assist members age 16-23 in developing social and cultural programs.

( A Youth/Unge Venner Director’s Manual is available )

The Junior Lodge gathers each month to learn about the culture of Norway. Folk dancing, singing, crafts, language, folklore and skits are some of the activities through which we celebrate our heritage. A Jr. Lodge Director can do what seemed to me impossible to do in a narrative, a TV show, or even by watching someone else dance & sing. It would be an excellent thing if at last, through the dramatization, handwork & only a small vocabulary with a rough feeling for simple rhythm the Jr. Lodge children should come to sufficient understanding and enthusiasm to turn skalds and compose songs in the Norse manner.

Der stod han ved stranden med tårer på sitt kinn,
hans såre brøl ble kun besvart av nattens kalde vind.
Han tittet bort på veien - så la han seg på svøm,
og dukker sikkert opp igjen
i andre gutters drøm. ---- Puff - den lille......

HERITAGE
MEMBERS
(Constitution article 134 f )
Children age 15 and younger may become Heritage members of Sons of Norway if at least one parent or grandparent is a Sons of Norway member.

The repertoire of the social and cultural program for the Jr Lodge has included the songs "Alle fugler små" and "Jeg gikk en tur"; two marches; two dances, the Klappdans and Sekmansril, and "Hurra for deg".

Hurra for deg som fyller ditt år!
Ja, deg vil vi gratulere!
Alle i ring omkring deg vi står,
og se, nå vil vi marsjere,
bukke, nikke, neie, snu oss omkring,
danse for deg med hopp og sprett og spring,
ønske deg av hjertet alle gode ting!
Si meg så, hva vil du mere?

Høyt våre flagg vi svinger. Hurra!
Ja, nå vil vi riktig feste!
Dagen er din, og dagen er bra,
men du er den aller beste!
Se deg om i ringen, hvem du vil ta!
Dans en liten dans med den du helst vil ha!
Vi vil alle sammen svinge oss så glad:
En av oss skal bli den neste!

UNGE VENNER
MEMBERS
(Constitution article 134 h )
Members 16 to 23 shall have a reduced rate dues.

The repertoire for the Unge Venner Members may include learning rosemaling, costumes, landscapes, houses, feast halls, and ships, or carving a ship's-head, or a copper shield, or a wrought door-nail. The Norsemen, with the crude courage and the strange adventures that make a person interesting, at the same time have the love of truth, the hardy endurance, the faithfulness to plighted word, that make them a child's fit companions.