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Poulsbo Sons of Norway's
LEIKARRINGEN DANCERS Join the largest Scandinavian/Norwegian youth folk dance group in the country and largest Scandinavian folk dance group outside Scandinavia. Our Leikarringen dancers perform at our annual Lutefisk Dinner attended by over 400 people, retirement homes, schools, Viking Fest, and other events This is for children Pre-K through 12th grade. September-May. Bunad is provided on loan. Visit our Facebook page. Complete the registration form below to join. Fees can be paid online but using the link below. Registration for new dancers opens each year the week after Viking Fest. Today’s Norwegian folk dancing is thought to have started sometime in the mid-seventeenth century. As Norwegians emigrated to other countries beginning in the 1800s, they took their Norwegian dances with them and continued to dance them in their new country. In countries outside of Norway, the dances remained somewhat “frozen in time” and tend to focus on retaining the core movements of each dance. These dances are still done in Norway today with both subtle and rich variations, characteristic of a living tradition. Norwegian dancers perform in the national Norwegian bunad, a folk costume. The unique bunader (bunads) and other traditional dress from Norway's many regions always make for a fascinating visual spectacle. 
The Leikarringen Dancers performed the Lucia Program during December. The evening concludes with the Lucia Processional with some of the dancers carrying lit candles and Lucia wore a crown of five lit candles.
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