Celebrate Another Great Year at the CTA Annual Meeting
Date : Saturday November 12th, 2011
Location: Green Mountain Club Headquarters, Waterbury Center, VT
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Join the CTA's Annual Meeting for a Saturday of socializing with other skiers, visiting the Stowe/Waterbury area, listening to reports of what the CTA has been up to, and enjoying a great presentation that will fuel your enthusiasm for the winter ahead.
There will be an inspiring reading and question and answer session by Jeff Foltz, the author of Birkebeiner – A Story of Motherhood and War. This is the story depicted by artist Knud Larsen Bergslien in his famous portrait of two medieval soldiers, heavily armed, on skis, and carrying a curly haired infant. Avid nordic skiers and history buffs won’t want to miss this great event.
The story starts two years after her son Hakon’s birth when Inga is with her husband, King Hakon, in the besieged fortress of Lillehammer. The enemy, the Crozier army, is certain to overrun Lillehammer. Once the Croziers breach the walls, they will kill Inga’s child, heir to the Norwegian throne and the prince who may unite the country. To save little Hakon, King Hakon asks his two best warriors to flee with his son for the safety of Nidaros (present-day Trondheim). It’s a long and dangerous journey on skis through two treacherous winter valleys and over a 7,000-foot snow-blown mountain. Willing to risk everything for her son, Inga insists on going with them. For eight harrowing, exhausting days, they’re pursued by a cadre of enemy soldiers bent on killing her child. Magnus, the Crozier’s military leader whom the church and the bishop call King -- and who has lost his own wife and two-year-old son -- must lead the chase.
A mother’s compulsion to protect her children is timeless and primal. War is insidious and ageless. Birkebeiner is a story of both.
Light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Tuesday, November 8th to Lauren Fereshetian at intern@catamounttrail.org or call us at 802-864-5794.
We hope to see you there!