Spring Lake Lutheran will host LeRoy Larson and the Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble Show Band on March 25, at 3 p.m.

Larson created the ensemble in 1974, with friends Mel Brenden and Helge Lamo, both of whom had similar backgrounds and expertise. The team coalesced an unparalleled wealth of Scandinavian and Scandinavian - American music and folk dance styles.

For three decades the ensemble has been researching, resurrecting, and recording traditional Scandinavian songs and folk dance music. Their specialty is music indigenous to the Midwest, original compositions, and humorous dialect songs. Their concerts include interesting historical information, anecdotes, humor, surprises, and a great diversity of sounds and styles resulting from various combinations of instruments.

In July of 2003 the ensemble was invited to Washington D.C. to perform concerts at the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They have appeared on Norwegian National TV and Radio, several local stations, and in 1991 appeared on CBS's This Morning. For a dozen years they performed on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show, and were awarded a Minnesota Music Award in 1989.

Featured at the concert will be waltzes, polkas, schottisches, hambos, and walking tunes.

Free will offerings will be accepted at the concert, and refreshments will be served.

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