Christmas Dance!!

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Lets get ready to start the Holidays with our annual “Jólaball” at Nansen Field,

Sunday December 6t, 2009 at 2pm.
15 Hidden Valley Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274.
We will dance around the Christmas Tree, sing traditional Icelandic Christmas songs, drink hot Cocoa, and have lots of fun.
Santa will stop by and give some goodies to the children.
As usual we ask you to bring your favorite cake or dessert.
We hope to see you in joyful holiday spirit.
Entrance is $15 – per person and no fee for children.
Merry Christmas! Gleðileg Jól!!

Kvikmyndatónskáld safnar fyrir bágstadda Íslendinga

Veigar Margeirsson og eiginkona hans, Sigríður Ragna, hafa sett á fót söfnunarsíðu fyrir bágstadda Íslendinga. Hér eru þau með börnum sínum í Los Angeles.
„Íslendingar í útlöndum hafa miklar áhyggjur af ástandinu heima og við, sem búsett erum erlendis, fylgjumst mjög vel með því sem er að gerast," segir Veigar Margeirsson, kvikmyndatónskáld í Los Angeles. Hann hefur ásamt eiginkonu sinni, Sigríði Rögnu Jónasdóttur, stofnað söfnunarsíðuna silverliningcharity.org þar sem fólki gefst kostur á að gefa peninga til styrktar bágstöddum Íslendingum. Áætlað er að 1. desember verði í fyrsta sinn gefnir peningar úr sjóðnum en Veigar segir þau hjónin vilja leggja sitt af mörkum til að aðstoða fólk til að halda gleðileg jól. „Við lesum auðvitað fréttir af Íslendingum og aukinni sókn eftir aðstoð ýmissa hjálparsamtaka. Það er skelfilegt að hugsa til þess að sumar íslenskar fjölskyldur eru nánast komnar undir fátæktarmörk."
Veigar hefur um árabil verið búsettur í Bandaríkjunum og samið tónlist við auglýsingar, stiklur og annað tengt afþreyingariðnaðinum. Hann samdi meðal annars tónlistina við íslensku spennumyndina Köld slóð þar sem Anita Briem fór með eitt aðalhlutverkanna. Hann hefur varið litlum tíma á Íslandi eftir að kreppan skall á. „Hér er auðvitað líka kreppa en fallið heima er svo hratt og gerist svo snöggt að þetta er varla sambærilegt," útskýrir Veigar og bætir því að margir Íslendingar sem búi í Bandaríkjunum hafi átt erfitt með að senda peninga heim. Heimasíðan geri því auðveldara um vik. „Fólk má ekki gleyma því að vegna stöðu krónunnar þá getur erlend mynt gert kraftaverk, það þarf ekki margar evrur eða dollara til að ná góðri upphæð," útskýrir Veigar.
Hann segir að Íslendingar megi aldrei halda að fólkið í útlöndum hafi gleymt þeim. Síður en svo. „Við höfum mjög sterkar taugar til Íslands og erum hálfgerðir þjóðernissinnar. Það hefur síður en svo minnkað eftir kreppuna," segir Veigar og tekur fram að auðvitað sé Íslendingum heima frjálst að gefa til söfnunarinnar. Eins og áður segir er heimasíða söfnunarinnar silverliningcharity.org og þar er hægt að nálgast allar upplýsingar um málið. Íslenski reikningur söfnunarinnar er 0142-05-006966 og kennitalan er 060672-3509.

Sjá grein hér hjá visir.is

Silver Lining Charity

Dear Friend of Iceland,
My name is Sirry Jonasdottir and I live in Los Angeles with my family. I want to tell you about a charity I recently formed with my husband, Veigar.
The Silver Lining Charity is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to help impoverished families in Iceland. We urge all Icelanders abroad, and all friends of Iceland to come to the aid of families who now face extreme difficulties caused by the recent financial collapse. Those suffering the most are innocent bystanders in the economic recession; they must struggle with little or no income, and no employment. A staggering number of previously middle-class families now face poverty and struggle just to put food on the table.
There are organizations in Iceland who feed the needy, but they are overwhelmed by the current demand. It is our mission to raise funds to support these organizations, so every family that needs help, gets it. Our first contribution will take place at the beginning of December this year.
Fundraising in Iceland rarely includes those overseas because of the cost and inconvenience of transferring funds. In this time of difficulty and great uncertainty in Iceland, we feel it is important for us that are abroad to help our friends in need. We also want to mention that the current exchange rate is very favorable to the US dollar – a small amount goes a long way.
Donation is simple. You can send a check to:
Silver Lining Charity
8726 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #A71
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Or you can visit our website and donate at http://www.SilverLiningCharity.org
Please spread the word!
Sincerely,
Sirry Jonasdottir
Program Director
Silver Lining Charity
info@SilverLiningCharity.org
www.SilverLiningCharity.org

Iceland Music Export Newsletter:

AIC 2009 Round Up Iceland Music Export are pleased to report that the third edition of their You Are In Control music and creative media conference was a resounding success. The event, which took place on the 23rd & 24th September in Reykjavik, offered attendees a mix of inspirational keynote speeches, panels and workshops on a wide range of topics centered around the theme of the digital revolution within the creative industries (particularly music). Iceland Airwaves - More Tickets, Artists Added As the 11th Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, which will be held 14-18th October, looms ever closer, the organisers are still unleashing news and updates. In recent newsletters, the festival has announced an additional 56 local acts to the already brimming line up, bringing the total up to around 100. And if you think you might have seen them all before, be aware that no less than 25 bands will be making their debut Airwaves appearance this year! Ólöf Arnalds Releases Début Album In UK Currently back in the USA for her 5th run of shows in the last 12 months, Icelandic folk chanteuse Ólöf Arnalds has been a prominent figure in her native music scene for several years as a member of múm. However it is Ólöf's solo debut, Við og Við that continues to garner widespread acclaim, and the album will finally be released in the UK for the first time by One Little Indian on November 16th, 2009. Hjaltalín/Helgi Jónsson Tour Fans of talented pop outfit Hjaltalín and singer-songwriter/trombonist Helgi Jónsson will be happy to learn that they are both heading out on tour next month. Hjaltalin, who released their excellent Sleepdrunk Seasons in Europe earlier this year, will travel around several cities in Germany, while Helgi will be hitting Germany as well as Vienna and Zurich. Full details can be found after the jump... múm/Sin Fang Bous Tour The US It's been a tremendous year for múm so far. Their fifth album, Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know, was released to incredible critical applause last month (see reviews here) , and a whole mum week on trendy UK music node Drowned In Sound here) - and they've been working extremely hard playing their slightly eccentric and lovely new songs all across Europe. I <3> In conjunction with the I <3>blog (http://www.icelandicmusic.blogspot.com/), we now offer up our track of the issue. Press 'Read More' to listen to and read about this fortnight's track, DJ Musician's 'I put my hand up in the air'. NEW RELEASES Hjálmar - IV It is seldom that a bulk of a nation awaits a new album release with such excitement as the fourth Hjálmar album, IV. Make no mistake that Hjálmar are in demand, their soothing yet uplifting song combination of reggae and traditional Icelandic pop elements for years now... IN THE SPOTLIGHT Ben Frost The music of Ben Frost is about contrast; influenced as much by Classical Minimalism as by Punk Rock and Metal, Frost's throbbing guitar-based textures emerge from nothing and slowly coalesce into huge, forbidding forms that often eschew conventional...		PODCAST DOWNLOAD Helgi Jónsson performs 'Waltz' at Greenhouse Studios (Helgi Jónsson performs his lovely track 'Waltz' at the Greenhouse Studios in Breiðholt during Iceland Airwaves 2008)

IMX announces:

Reykjavík! & Sudden Weather Change - US/Europe Release

Two of this year's finest Icelandic indie / rock albums are finally to be released in the US and Europe via Iceland's Kimi Records: Reykjavík!'s THE BLOODand Sudden Weather Change's Stop! Handgrenade in the Name of Crib Death 'nderstand.

Tight, dark and static, THE BLOOD features some serious sonic attention from Bedroom Communityexperimentalist Ben Frost. From the beautiful drum n’ feedback start through the up-beat and almost chirpy Repticon, to the relaxing but dim Campo Viejo, 2004 and ending with the uneasy but cheerful Random Acts of Sodomy, THE BLOOD is harder, faster and arguably better than their famous first album. BLOOD was released 03.08 in Europe, and 04.09 in the US.

The sound of five-piece rockersSudden Weather Change has been likened to Sonic Youth, Pavement, Polvo and countless other 90's alt-rock bands from the U.S. Stop! Handgrenade... is their first full length album and contains 13 juicy, guitar heavy songs. Stop! Handgrenade... has recieved good reviews since it's release and the album's first single, St. Peters Day, has been getting good radio airplay in Iceland. The album will be released on the 2nd of October in Europe, and the 27th in US.

See more from IMX Iceland Music Export here

UPDATE: ICELAND AIRWAVES 2009

UPDATE: ICELAND AIRWAVES 2009

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