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                There were 216 men registered for Sangerfest 2016. The program featured a variety of Scandinavian and American music as
                well as a piece written by Sioux Fall composer Deanna Wehrspann.
                Dr. David Judisch from Decorah, IA is the Director in Chief .
                Terry Walter from Sioux Falls, SD and director of the Minnehaha
                Mandskor is the Associate Director. The group was accompanied by Deanna Wehrspann and 25 instrumentalists from the
                Sioux Empire. The featured soloist was Dr. Russell
                Svenningsen, professor of music at Augustana University.   | 
            
            
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       Norwegian Singers Association of
      America 
      Grand Concert – June 11, 2016, 7:00 PM 
       
      Exhibit Hall 1 and II, Sioux Falls Convention Center
       Dr. David Judisch, Director-in-Chief 
      Terry Walter, Associate Director-in-Chief  
      Deanna Wehrspann, Accompanist
        
                 
                  
                    
                      Ja, vi elsker dette landet 
                        Star Spangled Banner  | 
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                        Bjørnstjerne
                      Bjørnson/Rickard Nordraak  
                      Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith  | 
                   
  
  
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    Fanevagt 
      En Sangers Bøn  
      You Raise Me Up
      Stars I Shall Find 
      Vikingarne  | 
     
       
      Kenneth Michaels - Tenor 
      Hans Peterson - Violin
      Julian Ronning - Baritone  | 
    Ole Olsen 
      Friedrch August Reissiger 
      Lovland-Graham, Arr. Teena Chinn
      David Dickau 
      F. A. Frieberg  | 
   
  
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      II | 
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    Dr. Russell Svenningsen – Guest Tenor
      Soloist  
      Terry Walter - Piano 
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      III | 
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      Hil Dig Norge 
      Stå opp, Guds menighet 
      The Lost Chord 
      Tonerna 
      Salute to our Patriots | 
    World premiere; music composed for 2016
      Sangerfest  
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      Rudolph Magnus Forwald 
      Deanna Wehrspann 
      Arthur Sullivan 
      Carl Leopold Sjöberg 
      Arr. Terry Walter, Collected by Ruth Beck | 
   
  
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    Dr. Russell Svenningsen – Guest Tenor
      Soloist  
      Terry Walter - Piano | 
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      V | 
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    The Awakening  
      Set Down Servant! 
       
      Climb Ev’ry Mountain 
      Landkjending | 
     
      Jim Svanoe – Tenor, Hunter Friesen - Bass 
      Gordon Jensson – Tenor, William Fried - Baritone  
       
      Soloist: Dr. Russell Svenningsen  | 
    Joseph Martin 
      Arr. Robert Shaw 
        
      Richard Rodgers 
      Edvard Grieg | 
   
  
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