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Guards Association of Western Canada |
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VEST
CANADAS GARDERFORENING HAR SINE MEDLEMMER
I CANADAS
NÆST-
VESTLIGSTE PROVINS ALBERTA, SPECIELT I
OMRÅDET OMKRING
CALGARY
/ EDMONTON.
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AFSTANDENE
ER STORE. DER ER 300 KM FRA
CALGARY TIL EDMONTON
OG
900 KM UD TIL VANCOUVER / SEATTLE,
HVOR NABO-GARDERFORENINGEN,
PACIFIC
NORTHWEST GF, HAR SINE MEDLEMMER.
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DER ER GOD
PLADS.
EN GRUND TIL AT
MANGE GAMLE GARDERE / DANSKE LANDMÆND HAR EMIGRERET TIL
PROVINSEN ALBERTA.
( CANADA HAR
"PROVINSER", IKKE "DELSTATER" ELLER "STATER".)
NATUREN ER FANTASTISK, NOGET MERE VILD END DEN JYSKE HEDE !!!
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DETTE
BILLEDE ER TAGET LIDT VEST FOR
CALGARY VED MORAINE LAKE.
BJERGET
TIL HØJRE I BILLEDET KALDES "TOWER
OF BABEL".
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DET ER IKKE
BJERGE DET HELE. DER ER OGSÅ MANGE OG STORE
SØER.
HER:
ABRAHAMS LAKE. (CA. 250 KM NV FOR CALGARY OG TÆT VED BANFF
NATIONAL PARK.).
ET
AF DE KENDTESTE TURISTMÅL I
CANADA LIGGER KUN 120 KM NORDVEST
FOR CALAGRY.
DET
ER BANFF, DER LIGGER MIDT I
CANADAS ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OG NÅR
MAN PÅ
ET
FOTO FRA CANADA SER ET
KÆMPESTORT HOTEL, BYGGET I SKOTSK
SLOT- STIL,
ER
DET HOTEL BANFF SPRINGS FAIRMONT I
BANFF, DER BLEV BYGGET FOR
120 ÅR
SIDEN,
KORT TID EFTER AT JERNBANEN
TVÆRS OVER CANADA VAR FÆRDIG.
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I OVER 30 ÅR (TIL 2006)
VAR EN GAMMEL
GARDER (OG MEDLEM AF VEST CANADAS
GF) HOTELLETS
HYGGEPIANIST.
HAN HAR BLANDT ANDET KOMPONERET SANGEN "EN GANG
GARDER, ALTID GARDER",
SOM
JÆVNLIGT SYNGES PÅ LIVGARDENS
KASERNE I KØBENHAVN, NÅR
GARDERFORENINGEN I
KØBENHAVNS
SANG- OG FROKOSTLAUG, "MUMIERNE",
MØDES TIL SANG OG FROKOST.
Patron: H.R.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark
- Den 12. maj 2009
fyldte APR 1924 Holger Frandsen 105 år. - THE YEARLY
ACTIVITIES. - ARKIV /
BILLEDARKIV / ARCHIVE of the Royal Danish Guards
- ARKIV /
BILLEDARKIV / ARCHIVE of the Royal Danish Guards
- Læs HER
om et begivenhedsrigt 2008. KIA in Afghanistan. - Link to
other Royal Guards Associations in Foreign Countries. - "GARDERPORTAL"
(Links to Royal and Royal Guards web sites.) ________________________________________________ SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES 2009. APRIL 2009. Ekstra
aktivitet: Hæderstegnstildeling. Læs mere HER.
MAJ 2009: 843 APR 24 Holger Frandsen fylder 105 år. Læs mere HER. JULI 2009: Mindehøjtidelighed for Holger Frandsen. Læs mere HER.
Saturday
the 18th of July 2009. The Picnic..
The invitation: Kære Garderkammerater. We finally nailed down the date for the picnic. It will be July 18th and the place will be Jan and Eva’s back yard at 60 Hidden Vale Crescent NW right in Calgary. If the weather demands it, we can go inside. We had talked about having it in one of the city parks, but washroom facilities etc. would not be as convenient, - so thanks Eva and Jan for the invitation. You will need to bring your own garden chairs, a steak or two for the BBQ, plus a dish for the pot-luck, and dishes for yourseves. Jan and Eva says that they can ”borrow” the neighbour’s back yard if there are lots of people coming, which we hope, of course. - So, room should not be a problem. I’ll be sure to send you directions, etc. closer to the date. Please write it on your calendar right now while you’re thinking about it !!! Læs om dagen HER. SATURDAY the 17th of October 2009. The AGM. The invitation: The date for the fall AGM and luncheon will be Oct 17th. That is the weekend after Thanksgiving, so it should not interfere with the long weekend in October. Med garderhilsen Svend Read more HERE. __________________________________________________
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Her er årgang 1958 på vej ind på
eksercerpladsen på Livgardens Kaserne. ![]() Det er såmænd foreningens formand, 329 JAN 58
Svend Aage Storm.
Her ses Erik sammen med foreningens web-master (og årgangsformand for SEP 58) 940 Peter Horsten. (Det ses tydeligt, at Erik var i tredje deling - Peter var fra første delings første stue.) 1958 var en sej årgang. (Når vi selv skal sige
det!)
Alligevel kan vi alle sommetider have brug for en
støttepædagog.
Også Erik Wildenhoff havde medbragt sin
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Saturday the 9th of August 2008.
On
August 9th 2008 the association held a picnic at “Storm
Haven” which was well attended.
We didn’t
do a phone-around immediately beforehand and probably that is why the
turnout was not as great as last time we held it here. It might
be an idea to go and write the date on the calendar as soon as you get
the newsletter the next time, so we don’t have to spend time and money
on calls to everybody when they really already know.
![]() The weather was sunny and very warm, so it was nice to be able to do the afternoon visiting in the shade at the picnic table in the woods. ![]() From the left: Pat Storm, Bente Pedersen, Kevin, Svend and Cora Christensen (Cora is half hidden), Aage Iversen, Svend Aa. Storm, Hilda and Knud Jensen, and in foreground Alf Jensen.) Later
we grilled our meat and had a great supper with all the delicious
dishes brought by the ladies. ![]() From the left: 286 MAJ 1950 Svend
Christiansen, 1537 DEC. 1985 Jens Lind, ![]() After supper we settled down for another few hours of cozy talk, but later in the evening the weather gods decided to visit too in the form of a thunderstorm, and everybody took shelter on one of the porches, but it wasn’t too long before the party broke up because of much cooler weather and because the storm decided to unleash moisture which it wasn’t supposed to do, coming from that direction like it did... 329 JAN 58 Svend Aage Storm
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April
2009: Overrækkelse af hæderstegn i Manitoba.
I april 2009 besøgte formanden, Svend Storm og den tidligere formand, Jan Bjerreskov, provinsen Manitoba hvor Jan skulle på kundebesøg. (Canada har ikke stater som i USA, men 10 "Provinser" - og 3 "Territorier" - og provinsen Manitoba ligger ca. 1000 kilometer øst for provinsen Alberta, hvor Vest Canadas Garderforening hører hjemme.) ![]() Svend benyttede lejlighden til at overrække et 10 år hæderstegn til 888 SEP 57 Peder H. Pedersen, der bor i Manitoba. |
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the 18th of July 2009. The Picnic. 9 old guards and 10 girls were gathered at Jan and Eva Bjerreskov’s on July 18th in Calgary in perfect weather. We played a few games of “Kubb”, an old Viking game, on the neighbour’s lawn and we had a good visit with old friends, while enjoying a few ”Faxe Beer”, donated by importer Ole Larsen from Montreal. Thank you, Ole. At suppertime the barbeque grills got fired up and a delicious “Pot Luck” dinner was enjoyed. Svend Aage Storm. Top left: 329 JAN 58 Svend A. Storm - 424 NOV 49 Morten V. Pedersen - JUN 97 Jens R. Jensen – 724 MAJ 46 Aage Iversen – 537 DEC 85 Jens Lind – 933 NOV 52 Alf Jensen Kneeling: 062 SEP 58 Erik Wildenhof – 1265 FEB 71 Jan Bjerreskov - 450 NOV 49 John Jensen.
Kneeling: Kelsey Lind, Helen Jensen, Jennifer Lind.
After
supper: Stinne Iversen, Jens R. Jensen,
John
Jensen, Jens Lind, Hilda Jensen, Marilyn Lind, Jan Bjerreskov, Standing
in
the background: Kelsey Lind. Web-masters fodnote: ![]() |
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Saturday
the 17th of October 2009 at 11:00 AM.
Lørdag d. 17. oktober havde Vest Canadas Garderforening generalforsamling med efterfølgende frokost med damer og gæster. 13 medlemmer var mødt op plus to gæster, og generalforsamlingen gik nemt med megen munterhed. Et kort referatet (på engelsk) kan læses ved at klikke HER. Alle i bestyrelsen blev enten genvalgt eller var ikke på valg denne gang. Mødet var hævet i god tid inden frokosten for ca. 35 gardere og gæster i Tivoli salen, som mange kalder Garderstuen, da vores udstilling af garderuniform og trofæer tager mere end et hjørne af den hyggelige sal. Desværre havde formanden helt glemt at tage sit fotografiapperat med, og denne gang hjalp det ikke at tigge viven om at låne hendes, da hun også havde ladet det blive hjemme. Det er med glæde at vi modtog et par billeder fra frokosten af Hilda (John Jensen). ![]() Frokosten blev efterfulgt af forevisning af videoen ”På Vagt med Livgarden på en ikke helt almindelig dag.” som jo handler om kronprinsens bryllupsdag. Den frembragte mange begejstrede bemærkninger. Tak til datter Kelly som lagde projector til og forestod fremvisningen. Svend. ![]() |
| THE BOARD
2008 / 2009. President: 329 JAN 58 Svend Aage Storm General Delivery James River Bridge Alberta T0M 1CO Canada Phone: 001 403 638 4345 E-mail: xxsstorm@netkaster.ca (Adressen beskyttet mod kopiering til junk-mail: Fjern XX inden du sender en mail.) Vice President: 537 DEC 1985 Jens Lind Box 723 Crossfield, Alberta T0M 0S0 EC 1973 E-mail: xxjenslind@telus.net (Adressen beskyttet mod kopiering til junk-mail: Fjern XX inden du sender en mail.) Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: 943 MAR 59 Kurt Nielsen 131 - 8th. Ave. NW Calgary Alberta T2M 0A5 Auditors: |
| THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
ASSOCIATION. We meet at least twice per year. In the summer we have a picnic at one of the members where we each can bring anyone in the family, this is usually a very popular event. In the fall we have our annual get together. A typical
program consists of getting together Friday evening for coffee,
sometimes at one of the Calgary members' place or at the Danish
Club. A newsletter is sent out at fairly regular intervals during the year, and "Garderbladet" which comes 11 times a year, is included in the annual membership fee. |
| THE
HISTORY. The Royal Danish Guards Association has 69 chapters in
Denmark, 9 in foreign countries and a total of 14.000 members.
The regiment is the only one to which the national servicemen are drafted from right across the country, and although it is well known that the boot camp training and discipline is physically and mentally much more demanding than in any other Danish regiment, most of the guardsmen have voluntarily asked to do their national service in the regiment, often because their father, grandfather - and sometimes even great grandfather - have served there. In 1941 Lauritz Melchior (Guardsman from 1911) became
Chairman of the "New York Guard Society", at the time the only chapter
outside Denmark. In 1968 a former chairman of the Western Canada association moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, placed an advertisement in the local newspapers and founded the "Pacific Northwest Garderforening" which now has members not only in British Columbia but also many members in the State of Washington, U. S. A. In recent years three new chapters were founded. In
Australia (1990), Great Britain (1992) and Singapore (2003). |
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Last update: January 10, 2010, |
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