Rossland Snow Dance will help
to mend Olaus statue
JOHN WHITE - Wed Nov 28th, 2012 6:00pm - ENTERTAINMENT
The Spirit of Red will be having a Snow Dance in Rossland Saturday, Dec. 1. The dance starts at 9 p.m. at the Miners’ Hall in Rossland, and will be featuring the vocals of Karli Harrison backed by No Excuse!.
All proceeds are going to the final costs associated with the Olaus Jeldness statue and Spirit of Red member Roly Worsfold hopes they can raise some money for future Spirit of Red events.
As it is now, the organization is out of money as a result of repairs needed on the Olaus statue.
“When they shipped from China the crate was poorly put together,” Worsfold explained. “The (open) wood crate moved, the skis cracked and the pole broke.”
Worsfold said the damage was fairly major, though the statue itself looks awesome.
At the moment, they have a bronze specialist in Trail working on it, and it was a chance to put in some improvements...
In the downtown, templates for the base of the pedestal are set. The base will be done in granite and will be ready for the official unveiling at Winter Carnival in January.
Worsfold also mentioned that the Norwegian officials will be there as well, bringing Jeldness’ heritage to Rossland. The officials set to come include the cultural minister, a journalist and the mayor of Sundal, Jeldness’ hometown.
From the Rossland News