Islendingadagurinn Icelandic Festival (day 4) 2011

Leif Norman 13 years ago

Gimli Manitoba

The McMahon Mile

The Gimli Parade

Family Sports

Traditional Program

Cute kids in viking hats.

(Vikings never had horns on their helmets. Blame Wagner and Bugs Bunny for this common misconception.

To learn about other common misconceptions please refer to the BBC show hosted by Stephen Fry; QI. Or buy this book.)

: Wagnerian Opera stereotype lady with horns on her helmet.

Screen Shot 2011-08-06 at 12.15.42 AM — Elmer Fudd with horns on his head.

Screen shot 2011-09-19 at 7.25.57 PM — Little kid viking with horns on his plastic helmet

_MG_7353 — The McMahon Mile runs just before the parade, on the same route.

The McMahon Mile race is a competitive mile aimed at:

Manitoba’s top distance runners.

Male athletes should be capable of at least a 5:30 minute mile or 5:10 minute 1500m.

Female athletes should be capable of at least a 6:20 mile or 6:00 minute 1500m.

The Course: begins at corner of Centre Street and Highway #9, running east down Centre Street to 1^st Avenue

and north on 1^st Avenue to 4^th Street North then west on 4^th Street North to finish just past 3^rd Avenue.

Previous winners:

2009 Brian Walker 4:20.1

2009 Darolyn Trembath 4:44.1

_MG_7360 — Gimli has the highest population of the year on this day, for the parade.

_MG_7378 — He is wearing about 5 Icelandic flags

_MG_7388 — The Mounties lead the Gimli parade

_MG_7448 — Icelanders come all the way to Gimli, Western Iceland.

_MG_7452 — Shriners in Kilts

_MG_7460 — Icelandic Flag

_MG_7522 — The Vikings are here!

_MG_7607 — Tough looking kid

_MG_7616 — The Asgeirson family reunion

_MG_7695 — Hardfiskur; the viking snack

_MG_7781 — W.D. Valgardson buys some Vinatarta

_MG_7794 — Icelandic sweaters

_MG_7958 — The family fun sports

_MG_7966 — "I runned the fastest!"

_MG_8086 — WD Valgardson reads to the crowd

_MG_8090 — The Icelanders have a Canada Dry

_MG_8104 — Male Choir Drifandi in Gimli

_MG_8148 — Little bike, big bike

_MG_8195 — The Mounties guard the Fjallkona

_MG_8205 — Fjallkona for 2011; Mrs Vi Bjarnason Hilton

_MG_8209 — The Fjallkona paparazzi

_MG_8214 — Icelandic Male choir Drifandi

_MG_8216 — The dignitaries

_MG_8227 — Councillor Grant Nordman, MP James Bezan, MLA Peter Bjornson, Premier Greg Selinger

_MG_8270 — The Traditional Program

_MG_8289 — Steingrímur J. Sigfússon; Iceland's Minister of Finance

_MG_8309 — Vinatarta

_MG_8310 — Kleinur

_MG_8313 — Ponnukokur, Pannakukkar, Icelandic Rolled Pancakes

_MG_8314 — Icelanders have to have their coffee

_MG_8330 — The Fjallkona of 2011

_MG_8336 — Rullapylsa

_MG_8378 — The President's Reception