Delray Beach, FL (Palm Beach
County) - - - In
honor of Swedish culture, guests from throughout South
Florida arrived dressed in colors yellow, turquoise and
white on Saturday, April 4, 2009 for the Museum
of Lifestyle & Fashion History’s 3rd annual
Swedish Enchantment luncheon that was held at the
historic 1925 Boynton Woman’s Club in Boynton Beach,
Florida.
Coming directly
from
London,
England,
Great Britian especially for the Swedish Enchantment
event was the renowned celebrity Swedish chef Anna
Mosesson who catered a delightfully tasty
smorgasbord meal for the event. Not only did Chef
Mosesson entertain guests with the tastes of food she
also sang, impromptu, various Swedish songs as the Lynn
Music Conservatory String Quarter provided the musical
accompaniment.
Guests in
attendance received autographed copies of the Chef’s
book entitled Swedish Food and Cooking.
The Swedish
Enchantment event is an ode to Swedish culture, history,
lifestyle, fashion and interior design presented by the
Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History. A period of rich
artistic development in
Sweden began during the reign of King
Gustav III from 1771-1792. King Gustav founded the
Swedish
Academy in which arts forms such as drama
and opera flourished. This period during Gustav’s reign
was called Swedish Enlightenment or the
Gustavian Enlightenment period.
Partnering again
for the Swedish Enchantment event was the Consulate
of Sweden for South Florida. The Honorary
Chairpersons from the Consulate are Consul Per-Olof
Loof and his wife Asa Lena Loof. Committee members,
to date, are Doreen Alrod of Boca Raton; Lori
J Durante of Delray Beach, Katherine Lynch;
Chantal Nichtawitz of Ikea in Sunrise; and
Gunilla Lundstrom-North, Vice Consul of the Consulate of
Sweden.
The Master of
Ceremony was Angela Rozier, News Reporter/Weekend
News Anchor for WPBF Channel 25.
Some of the
sponsors included Per-Olof and Asa Lena-Loof,
Mad Platter, Ikea, n'Detenga n’Gurumo and
Palm Beach County Commissioner Addie L. Greene.
Swedish
Enchantment is one of the events to celebrate 10th
anniversary of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History
and it will also be a fundraiser for the Museum’s
educational programs and the capital campaign fund drive
for a permanent facility for the Museum.
A gallery
dedicated to Swedish people, history, culture and design
is planned for the proposed permanent facility for the
Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.
The Museum of
Lifestyle & Fashion History has been the only museum in
Palm Beach
County approved to host traveling exhibits
from the Smithsonian Institution. When the Museum was
located in a donated space in a shopping center in
downtown
Delray Beach,
a number of exhibits from the Smithsonian were hosted.
That shopping center has been sold and demolished for
redevelopment of that entire city block. Therefore, the
Museum had to vacate that premises. A building is very
much needed by the Museum to once again bring
exhibitions to this area from the Smithsonian as well as
artifacts from around the world. For the permanent
building for the Museum, there are many naming
opportunities available as well as other donation and
sponsorship categories.
The Museum of
Lifestyle & Fashion History is a non-profit museum that
was established in year 1999, therefore, will be
celebrating its 10th anniversary during the
year 2009. The mission of the Museum is to offer
educational programs, and history and retrospective
anthropology exhibits showcasing lifestyle, cultures,
people, places, fashion trends, clothes, architecture,
furnishings, decorative arts, interior designs,
locomotives and toys, and information about popular uses
of artifacts by people/events of various periods of
time. The goal of the Museum's mission is to collect
and preserve objects and artifacts that relate to the
Museum’s mission; provide educational & cultural arts
programs for children, families, the general public and
the economically disadvantage; and the goal is to
enhance tourist attractions and the economy of the area.
For more
information, call the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion
History at 561-243-2662,
e-mail
invite@SwedishEnchantment.org
or visit the Museum’s website at
www.SwedishEnchantment.org