50 th anniversary 2016

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1 Foto: Frank Schmiemann Foto: Scandic Holmenkollen Park 50 th anniversary 2016 Camphill in Norway A worthy and dignified life for everybody The Camphill Village Trust in Norway Foto: Ruben Kachatryan

2 Vidaråsen Landsby 13 th -15 th May, Whitsun 2016 The anniversary celebrations will begin in Vidaråsen at Whitsun 2016 with a great village event. Exactly at Whitsun 50 years ago, the 4 pioneers; Margit Engel, Trygve Thornes, Ivan and Phyllis Jacobsen; celebrated their first Whitsun at Bakke Farm, the property now known as Vidaråsen Landsby(village). In the course of our anniversary celebrations, we will review these fifty years, celebrate the present and share some of our wishes/dreams for the future. In addition to the performance of a musical produced by Vidaråsen, there will be an official opening of the new herb and sensory, garden and workshop. We will invite guests from the other villagers as well as many of our closest friends. Contact: Simone Wantz, simonewantz@gmail.com Foto: Eric de Hahn Foto: Will Browne

3 50 YEARS: CAMPHILL IN NORWAY In the spirit of our theme: A worthy and dignified life for everybody we celebrate our anniversary with festivals and events throughout the country: Celebrations in Vidaråsen Landsy, Andebu, Vestfold. Celebrations in Oslo at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel. Market at Youngstorget in Oslo in co-operation with the Biodynamic Association. Public seminars and evening debates in The House of Literature in Oslo in collaboration with the Anthroposophical Society and interested people. An anniversary edition of the magazine LandsByLiv. Film portraits. Publications of two books. Local events and anniversary activities throughout the Village Trust. Foto: asissel Jenseth Foto: fra filmen SAMMEN. Foto: Truls Aagedal

4 A worthy and dignified life for everybody EVENING DEBATES The House of Literature in Oslo The intention of the public debates is to focus on important themes within special education and the Trusts core values, for example three-folding of the social life, human dignity etc. This will be arranged in co-operation with the Anthroposophical Society of Norway and others. Responsible: Rigmor Skålholt, og Kirsti Hills-Johnes, ANNIVERSARY EDITION of LandsByLiv The editors of the magazine will co-operate with the anniversary committee in the making of the anniversary edition, which will be published in April Extra copies will be printed for distribution at the SOR-conference in the spring of 2016 and during the festival and marked in the autumn. FILM PORTRAITS 5-7 villagers will be interviewed and filmed providing a glimpse of their daily life. PUBLICATION of 2 books As an anniversary gift, the book: The Eightfold Path by Joop van Dam illustrated with photographs of the 8 glass windows in Andreasbygget in Vidaråsen has been translated and will be published. In addition it is planned to publish a book with the provisional title Et verdig liv for alle. Om landsbyen Vidaråsen og Camphillbevegelsen i Norge» («A worthy and dignified life for everybody»).the intention of the book is to create an image of the past, present and visions for the future from different perspectives, largely through interviews. It is hoped that the book will be published in December 2016 and that Christian Egge, author of two books (Frihetens vilkår og Levende økonomi på Flux forlag), will write the book. EVENTS in many places in Norway: All six Camphill communities have been encouraged to celebrate the anniversary locally. The places in Trøndelag have already decided to perform a series of Christmas plays in Our Lady s church and participate in the Christmas Market in Trondheim. More events are in the planning. Foto: Nils Langeland

5 Festival, seminar and market Intentions We will live together for four days in spacious Holmenkollen Park Hotel. We intend to recreate a village environment and atmosphere with common meals and activities. We hope to put our stamp on the common rooms of the hotel with pictures and art from the villages. The hotel has a large conference room where we can establish a stage. It is possible to divide the room into 3 smaller entities. There are also rooms where conversations, courses and artistic activities can be arranged. You find more information about the hotel here: THE FESTIVAL at Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel Wednesday 28 th.september to Sunday 2 nd. October 2016 Wednesday 28 th September: Arrival day Supper at the hotel. Welcome with song and folkdance. Daily, Friday to Sunday in the mornings: Morning Lecture in the conference Hall. Thursday 29 th we celebrate Michaelmas with tests of courage, artistic activities and a play. Friday 30 th September: Vocational seminar Politicians and professionals will be invited to the hotel. There will be working groups and debate. Friday evening: we arrange a social evening with plenty of fun and dance. Saturday 1 st of October: Market at Youngstorget with stalls, sale and entertainment (see under) Excursions to Bygdøy (The Viking ships), The Vigelands Park etc. Saturday evening: Anniversary dinner at the hotel with Begge foto: Scandic Holmenkollen Park good food, speeches and cabaret. Maybe medals will be distributed? Sunday 2 nd October: Departure day Morning lecture, farewell and departure after lunch. Responsible for the festival at the hotel: Dag Balavoine, dag.balavoine@camphill.no Sabine Eitel, sabine@vidaraasen.no MARKET AT YOUNGSTORGET Friday 30 th September and Saturday 1 st. October Camphill villages in the Northern Region wish to present themselves for the general public in co-operation with The Ecological week/ Biodynamic Association. There will be sale of workshop products, biodynamic fruit, vegetables and dairy products. Food will be served from a barbeque. There will be artistic contributions and an exhibition. We hope that Youngstorget can become a vibrant meeting place where we can present to the world Camphills core values in the town, through the sale of tasty and sustainable products and a vibrant, inclusive environment where the element of human dignity is the most important. Responsible for the marked at Youngstorget: Ruben Khachatryan, ruben@vidaraasen.no

6 Foto: Finn Dale Iversen Foto: Dag Balavoine OUR INTENTION: With our festival/ conference we hope to create in the course of a few days a mini village in Oslo. We want to mark our existence in the community at large and create dialogue around important themes. We wish to make our environment and its qualities known for many of the people who have never heard of us. We want to put our villages on the cultural map. We wish to include as many as possible in celebrating this anniversary festival. HOW TO contribute to create a community spirit How can one communicate something that can normally only be experienced in a village? Can we rise to the challenge? Holmenkollen Park Hotel can give a home to all of us, as well as contribute to create a community spirit. We will endeavour to create a space, influenced by the unique and varied people who live in the villages. In the context of the festival, we wish to create a lively, inclusive environment. Create the possibility for interaction and innovative thinking through interesting conversations/ debates and artistic experiences. Invite people- who do not know our villages, but whom we wish to become acquainted withto a village-festival environment.

7 Foto: Frank Schmiemann FOR WHOM Debates and evening performances: Open house, everybody interested is welcome. Participants at the hotel: approx. 400 Villagers: Approx. 100 from the Norwegian villages Co-workers: Approx. 100 from the Norwegian villages. Realtives of villagers and co-workers: approx. 50 The board and Village Trust members: approx. 40 Village friends from Norway and abroad: about 100 form homes and schools in Norway, the Northern Region and other countries. Our partners: Sosialterapeutisk Forbund, Nordisk Forbund (NFLS), Stiftelsen SOR, Konferenz Dornach, Norsk forbund for utviklingshemmede (NFU), Sosialdepartementet, Steinerhøyskolen. Approx delegates. IMPORTANT THEMES: Beyond Institution and Loneliness from 2016 What are the questions Camphill villages ask today; both to themselves and the rest of community, 50 years after its beginnings? UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. How far have we come with the questions of right to education, free choice of where and with whom I wish to share my life and other questions related to the individual? What must happen for the UN convention to have an effect in Norway? What is a worthy and dignified life? What does it mean in practice? What is the difference between User and Individual? Professional and personal relationships Earmarked local resources for people with special needs..

8 A dignified life for everybody With the above as our motto we wish to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the Camphill Movement in Norway. In the course of 2016 there will be many celebrations. The opening of our celebrations take place at Vidaråsen 13 th to 15 th of May with a Whitsun and village happening. The main celebration will be 28 th Sept. to 2 nd October in Oslo. There will be a marked at Youngstorget and a festival and conference at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel, including a festive dinner, lectures, art and cultural events. Everybody who is interested or connected to the villages and /or the Social therapeutic work in Norway and the north are warmly welcome. We also wish to invite and include other people whom we wish to be acquainted with. The anniversary committee An anniversary committee is established consisting of Rigmor Skålholt, Dag Balavoine, Cato Schiøtz, Simone Wantz,Frank Schmiemann, Kirsti Hills-Johnes, Will Browne, Birgit Hammer, Sabine Eitel, Ruben Khachatryan and Rolf Kåre Håland. Tinken Laurantzon is co-ordinator : , t.laurantzon@gmail.com. Vidaråsen 1967: from the left: Lars, Trygve Thornæs, Bjørn Haugen, Phyllis and Ivan Jacobsen, Unni Thornæs, Margit Engel and Arne. Text: Tinken Laurantzon og Sissel Jenseth. Design: Kaja Jenseth,jensethprosjekt.no