Upcoming Events
Note: Due to growing concerns about the COVID-19/Coronavirus, our lodge is temporarily suspending all events and activities as precautionary measure. We will be monitoring the situation closely and will keep you up to date on further developments.
Hampton Roads Lodge 2020 Schedule
Remainder of the year
Please check carefully for updated information
March 2020
March 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM
March 14 Edvard Munch Exhibit showing at Chrysler Museum for Lodge Members at 10:30 AM, followed by optional lunch at the museum
March ? Norwegian Tall Ship – Statsraad Lehmkuhl tour/lunch, date and time TBD
March 19 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program is “Celebrating the Sami Culture” by guest speaker Lill-June Jenssen
March 28 Norwegian Lady Ceremony – Virginia Beach Boardwalk, off 25th street at 1 PM
April 2020
April 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM
April 4 Fellowship Lunch, Opus 9 at 5143 Main St. Williamsburg, VA – time TBD
April 16 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program is “The Norwegian American Dream” by Deanna Rumney
April 25 Fellowship Lunch, time and place TBD
May 2020
May 2 NATO Parade – Downtown Norfolk, VA at 10 AM
May 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7 PM
May 16 Lay Flowers for Norwegian Sailors at Forest Lawn Cemetery at 10:30, Fellowship Lunch 12:00 PM location TBD
May 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program is “Following the Route of Leif Erickson” by Rumney/Zingarelli’s
June – August 2020
June 5-8 3rd District Convention in Jacksonville, FL.
June ? Midsummers Picnic – time and location TBD
June 18 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7 PM
July 16 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7 PM
July/August Fellowship Lunch Date, Time and Place TBD
August 20 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7 PM
September 2020
September 3 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7 PM
September 17 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program is “An Invitation to Ole and Lena’s Wedding and Banquet” with a potluck
September ? Fellowship Lunch – date, time and location TBD
October 2020
October 1 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM
October 9 Leif Ericsson Day Celebration – Mariner’s Museum in Newport News at Noon, followed by Fellowship Lunch
October 15 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program is “Polar Explorers (Oscar Ohmdal) Deanna Rumney
November 2020
November 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM
November 6 Set up for Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 3-5 PM
November 7 Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 9 AM – 3 PM
November 19 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program TBD
December 2020
December 6 Christmas Party – Holiday Inn at 5655 Greenwich Rd in Virginia Beach
December 3 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM
Check back often. Upcoming events, programs and activities will be added/updated upon approval of the board.
Past 2020 Events
January 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 506 at 7PM
January 11 Fellowship Lunch at Surf Rider North Restaurant 928 Diamond Spring Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23455 (Cypress Point Shopping Center) at 12 PM
January 18 Saturday Potluck/Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall 5PM. Program “The Ghost of the Norwegian Lady” by guest speaker, Susan Harrell
February 6 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506 at 7 PM CANCELED (due to weather)
February 8 New Member Breakfast at Holiday Inn 5655 Greenwich Rd., Virginia Beach, VA. 23462 from 9 – 11 AM. Followed by Bazaar Wrap Up Meeting immediately after the breakfast (around 11 AM)
February 20 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program is “Norwegian/American Athletes” presented by Mike Solhaug. CANCELED (due to weather)
February 29 Fellowship Lunch at Il Giardino – 3333 Virginia Beach Blvd, Suite 17 (Private room) at noon
Past 2019 Events
January 3 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church room 506 at 7 PM
January 17 Installation Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program “Norwegian Sweaters”
January 26 Fellowship Lunch, noon at “What the Gritz” at 689 Phoenix Dr, Virginia Beach
February 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room at 7 PM
February 9 New Member Breakfast at Cypress Point Country Club 9 – 11 am. Followed by Bazaar Wrap Up Meeting immediately after the breakfast (around 11 am)
February 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Program “The Greatest Migration in the History of the World”
February 23 Fellowship Lunch, 12:15 PM at “Cobalt Grille” at 1624 Laskin Rd, Virginia Beach
March 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
March 8 Norwegian tall ship “Statsraad Lehmkuhl” tour/lunch – Waterside Norfolk at 2 PM. Be at the ships bow by 1:45 PM
March 17 Lodge Bowling Party – Little Creek Amphibious Base Gator alley at 2 PM
March 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM Program “Island of Hope, Island of Tears, the Story of Ellis Island”
March 23 Norwegian Lady Ceremony – Virginia Beach Boardwalk 25th St. at 1 PM
April 4 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
April 13 Fellowship Lunch – Noon at The Bier Garden Festhaus at 2272 West Great Neck Rd.
April 18 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Guest speaker Roland Larsen presents, “Vikings in Greenland”
April 27 NATO Parade. Downtown Norfolk 10 AM
May 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
May 16 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program “First Shot – Norwegians Sink the German Heavy Cruiser SMS Bucher”
May 17 Lay Flowers for Norwegian sailors at Forest Lawn Cemetery 10:30 AM – Fellowship lunch, Freemason Abby – 12:00 PM
May 23 Norwegian National Day celebration at the Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach. Hosted by the Norwegian NATO group from 7 to 9 PM
June 2 Brannboll Tournament (Vager Dere) at Red Wing Park at 2 pm (picnic also).
June 20 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
June 22 Mid-summers Picnic at Ralph Peterson’s house – 3 – 9 PM
July 18 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM
August 3 Fellowship Lunch – Noon at “Bahama Breeze” in Pembroke Mall, 4554 Virginia Beach Blvd Suite 10
August 15 Board Meeting (Members invited) – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
September 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7 PM.
September 19 Membership Lodge meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Viking Runestones in North America: Fact or Fiction” by Mike Solhaug.
October 2 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 504 7 PM
October 5 Norfolk International Children’s Festival at Town Point Park Waterside, 10 AM -3 PM
October 9 Leif Erikson Day Celebration – Mariner’s Museum in Newport News at 12:00 PM. Followed by Fellowship Lunch
October 17 Membership Lodge meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Myths and Legends of Trolls” by Deanna Rumney
November 1 Set up for Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall. 3 – 5 PM
November 2 Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar – Francis Asbury United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall. 9 AM – 3 PM
November 7 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church, Room 506. 7 PM
November 21 Membership Lodge Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church 7:30 PM. Program, “Childhood Memories and Traditions of Christmas in Norway”
December 5 Board Meeting – Bayside Presbyterian Church Room 506 7 PM
December 7 Christmas Sermon – The Good Shepard Church in Virginia Beach (Norhouse items for sale afterwards) at 10 PM
December 8 Christmas Party – Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Conference Center. 5655 Greenwich Rd. 5:30 – 9 PM