{"id":7625,"date":"2006-06-23T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7625"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:33:21","slug":"4987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/06\/23\/4987\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Musical Tells Story of Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOLINE, IL (June 23, 2006) &#8211; The Bjurtjarn Theatre Group from Varmland, Sweden, will present the musical <em>They Sold their Homes<\/em> at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Covenant Church. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Covenanters in Chicago also can see the musical at 5 p.m. Saturday at  North Park University during its Swedish Midsummer Festival, and at the  American Swedish Institute on July 5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The story is based on a song written by Swedish immigrant Johan Erik  Lindquist that details the harrowing journey of his and 200 other  Swedes\u2019 harrowing journey to the United States. Lindquist died shortly  after he arrived in Moline in 1854.<\/p>\n<p>The theatre group was founded in 1993 to tell stories about its home province of Varmland.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the Moline event is $10 for adults and free for children 12  and younger. The proceeds will benefit the Moline Swedish Friendship  Association cultural exchange scholarships between Moline and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>The North Park event is free, but an offering will be taken.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7625&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOLINE, IL (June 23, 2006) &#8211; The Bjurtjarn Theatre Group from Varmland, Sweden, will present the musical They Sold their Homes at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Covenant Church. 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