Öldutúnsskóli Choir 50th Anniversary

The Öldutúnsskóli Choir celebrated its anniversary in style at our school yesterday, Sunday, as it marked 50 years since the choir was founded.  The Headteacher of Öldutúnsskóli, Valdimar Víðisson, gave a speech in which he described the importance of having such a strong and good choir in the school. He thanked Egi Friðleifsson, the founder and former choirmaster, and the current choirmaster, Brynhildur Auðbjargardóttir, for their excellent work. The Mayor honoured the choir with his presence and spoke fondly about the choir, the work of the choir, and its importance to Hafnarfjörður.  He also mentioned how important parents are to such work. On behalf of the City of Hafnarfjörður, he presented the choir with 100,000 krónur as a birthday gift. The choirmaster, Brynhildur, said a few words and the birthday song was sung.  This was followed by performances from the younger and older choirs, which were very well received. 

After the formal programme, people had the opportunity to view old items from the choir's history, photographs and film clips from several singing tours, shown by Halldór Árni Sveinsson.  People enjoyed birthday cake provided by the school and pastries brought by parents of choir children and former choir members.  To mark the occasion, a splendid anniversary magazine was published for people to browse through. Approximately 200 people honoured the choir on the day, including Haukur Helgason, the former headteacher of Öldutúnsskóli, who attended with his daughter, Alda Hauksdóttir.  Former choir children from Öldutúnsskóli were particularly pleased to see their old headmaster again.