The Jeldness Tea Party
©2001 Wayne Krewski (SOCAN)  All rights reserved.

The song and story can be found in the film   "god speaking !"    It features Booty Griffiths in his Olaus Jeldness costume telling the story.
The video can also be seen on YouTube  Click here to watch "The Jeldness Tea Party"
The song and story can also be found on the live CD    "The Miners Hall Concert"
The song can also be found on the CD   "Stories From Rossland"

Olaus Jeldness came to Rossland in 1896.
The son of Norway brought his skis and a way of life was born.
In 1900 Rossland held the first Dominion Championships.
Jeldness won two gold medals for ski running and ski jumping.
Jeldness invited 25 guests to the top of Red for a feast.
He cooked up a banquet; his guests fought their way through the deep snow right to the top.
The feast was royal and they washed it down with large amounts of Jeldness Tea.
All of the guests got too drunk to walk so he sent them all down on skis in the dark.