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The Viking Village offers food, entertainment and attractions at the Norsk Høstfest, including reenactments of battles, as seen in this photo.
The Norsk Høstfest starts in Minot in a few days and has a lot to offer with a variety of food options, many different entertainment acts and lots of different attractions.
The Viking Vilage is one attraction that is considered a great stop for anyone, being full of fun and education.
“The Viking Village is designed to be educational and entertaining from toddlers to seniors. There will be Viking toys available, but also room for serious, in-depth scholarly discussions,” said Tim Jorgensen, coordinator of the Viking Village.
The village focuses on representing what life was like in Viking Age Scandinavia and Northern Europe between 800-1050 AD. There are around 80 demonstrators, performers and merchants who are in the village and look forward to interacting with festivalgoers.
“We have a handful of Vikings from the Minot area as well as a group from Fargo-Moorehead called “River Ravens,” but largely our Viking Village is assembled from individuals and groups from around North America and Europe. This year, there will be 24 first-time Viking guests coming from all corners of the U.S. as well as Sweden and Ireland,” Jorgensen said.
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Guests will enjoy learning crafts and interacting with Vikings every day of the Norsk Høstfest.
The activities guests can enjoy include leatherwork, jewelry making, stone carving and turning, glass bead production, textile demonstrations, coin striking and plenty of merchants. On the Nordic Greens outside, there will be blacksmithing, archery, cooking demonstrations, battles and games from Telge Glima of Sweden.
The Viking Village also will offer battles for guests to watch. These are performed by professionals daily at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Norsk Høstfest runs from Sept. 27-30 at the State Fair Center on the North Dakota State Fairgrounds.
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Many dancers participated in the annual United Tribes Technical College International Powwow held Sept. 8-10 at Bismarck.
Norsk Hostfest is offering a pair of tickets to the Little River Band concert during Hostfest to the winner of a Hostfest Quiz contest exclusively in Minot Daily News for the next 10 days. No purchase required.
Rules: Each day for the next 10 days, Minot Daily News will publish a photo from a previous year’s Hostfest. To compete, each day you will need to determine what year the photo was taken. At the end of the 10 displays, you can then compile them in order, Day1 – Day 10, and submit your answers to Minot Daily News. Everyone who gets all the correct answers will have their name placed in a hat, and a winner drawn at random. Should no one get every answer correct, then those who get the most correct will have their names go into the hat. Minot Daily News will then inform the winner. VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT send entries daily; entries can only be received AFTER the final photo has run, and then for the next 24 hours. So, jot down your answers for 10 days, after you have all the years on an answer sheet in order of appearance in the newspaper, email your answers to contest@minotdailynews.com. You will need to include your name, address, email address and phone number with your 10 answers. Please note that answers submitted early or beyond the 24-hour period following publication of the 10th photo, that are incomplete, out of order or do not include contact information will not be eligible, and you will not receive notice. So, follow the rules and enjoy another Minot Daily News contest courtesy of Hostfest.
Don’t forget to get your Celtic Thunder tickets at hostfest.com.
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Alexis Lee is shown with her booth at the Moose Lodge in Minot in May.
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Minot State University’s Campus Players held a 24 Hour Play Festival on Saturday. Students who participated had to write a play overnight, then hand it off to other students who directed, rehearsed, and performed it, all in 24 hours. The plays were then performed to guests at the Aleshire Theater in Hartnett Hall at MSU. The performances included a satirical “who-done-it” and a murder mystery. All plays had to be rated no higher than PG-13 to keep it family friendly. The theater was full of laughter as each short play went on.
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Lyle Kraft, Jim Simons and Paul Siebert, from left, discuss life insurance awareness efforts of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Sept. 12.
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Minot Minotauro’s Miroslav Mucha (10) tries to take the puck away from Fargo Force’s Ben Meyers (27) in the first scrimmage played Sunday at Maysa Arena.
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Fargo Force’s Ryan Savage (14) skates past the stick check of Minotauros’ Peter Johnson (6) Sunday at Maysa Arena in Minot.
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The Viking Village offers food, entertainment and attractions at the Norsk Høstfest, including reenactments of battles, as seen in this photo.
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Guests will enjoy learning crafts and interacting with Vikings every day of the Norsk Høstfest.
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Guests will enjoy learning crafts and interacting with Vikings every day of the Norsk Høstfest.
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Participants in the PTSD Awareness Wheeler run pose for photos. Proceeds from the run, held in memory of Staff Sgt. James L. Dammen, go to Service Dogs For America in Jud.
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Participants in the PTSD Awareness Wheeler run pose for photos. Proceeds from the run, held in memory of Staff Sgt. James L. Dammen, go to Service Dogs For America in Jud.
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Guests will enjoy learning crafts and interacting with Vikings every day of the Norsk Høstfest.