Carolyn Spargo, JoAnn Thoreen, Annika Spargo, Jayne Meyer, Åsa Schmit


Carolyn Spargo was invited to attend a meeting of the
Swedish Council of America at Luther Seminary in
August 2004, by Elise Peters of Illinois. The evening
program was wonderful with the acapella group, The
Lingonberries performing. Margareta Beyer also
attended the concert. After talking intensely that night
on the telephone, Carolyn and Margareta started the
idea of a Swedish women's chorus being born out of
the American Swedish Institute.

Within a few weeks, the ASI Cloudberries pushed up
through the ground. Within three months, the ASI
Cloudberies were singing at the ASI. Since then, they
have sung at the ASI midsummer celebration,
Christmas Fair, SWEA Internation June event,
private organizations, Valborgmässafton and
Spelmansstämma at the Gammelgården in Scandia,
Minnesota. In 2006, the highlight of the ASI
Cloudberries was 5 members riding to Illinois to
participate in the American Union of Swedish
Singers convention which the ASI Cloudberries are
a member of.