BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Lake Agassiz Regional Library X-WR-CALNAME:Lake Agassiz Regional Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:728a9b4e-5005-4719-9739-328af20575c2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T235635Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221017T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221017T143000 SUMMARY:Per Spelman Had a Cow LOCATION:Rothsay LINK Site\nRothsay LINK Site X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rothsay LINK Site;X-APPLE- RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Rothsay LINK Site:geo:46.473652,-96.2825386 GEO:46.473652;-96.2825386 DESCRIPTION:In this music and history program musician Arna Rennan will te ll the tale of the real person behind the song\, "Per Spelman Had a Cow." This program will be held at the Rothsay Public School..\nhttps://larl.lib net.info/event/7116685 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Many Midwesterners know the folk song abou t Per Spelman\, a man who traded his only cow for a fiddle. In this intera ctive music and history program especially suitable for elementary school children\, musician Arna Rennan will tell the tale of the real person behi nd the song. Meet Per Spelman\, a legendary traveling fiddle player and sh oemaker who lived on a small farm named Kringelhaugen in Boeverdalen and h ad 19 children\, many of whom immigrated to the Midwest. Through pictures\ , folk songs and stories about Per Spelman and others like him\, Arna will delve into who immigrated and why\, exploring questions that go deeper th an poverty and lack of opportunity. \; This program is offered free-of -charge thanks in part to funding from the Minnesota Arts &\; Cultural Heritage Fund. \;

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This program will be held a t the Rothsay Public School\, 123 Second St NW\, Rothsay\, MN

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