13. Working on a dream

Nå er det noen dager siden sist Bruce og jeg beklager virkelig. Det henger så det svinger i stroppen her, og det skjer så fantastisk mye fint på en gang!! En god venn med stort hjerte har begynt å oversette bloggen til engelsk. Tenke seg!! Endelig!! Nå kan du altså lese den andre steder... enn i mitt hode.  I tillegg har den flotte Sony Music damen oversendt oversatt blogg og brev til noen som skulle være enda nærmere deg enn henne... og! Jeg har fått et navn på en kar i Live nation som jeg også har dyttet litt på. I kveld har jeg dessuten lett  hytt og gevær for å se om det finnes noen flere der ut som vil hjelpe til med å nå fram til deg- og tanken falt plutselig på New York Times. Tenk å få en slik ener på plass!! DA begynner vi å snakke! Det kan da ikke være mer umulig å få NY Times til å skrive om prosjektet vårt enn å få deg hit... så det var igrunnen ingen grunn... til å nøle med det. Nå har jeg sittet å renset ut alt jeg kan finne av mailadresser i den der avisen og så... sendte jeg brev til hele hurven:

Hi!

I write to you Americans in one of the biggest paper I know about “ over there”,  to see if you can help me to make people in Norway start dreaming big. And not only dream big. Think big! And find courage to BELIVE that each and every one of us has the opportunity to make a huge change in the world. Not only by dreaming, believing and thinking. But by acting. If there is anything you Americans are good at… its that. You tell us this all the time, by your music, by your films, by your books, and… by your actions. And I think we have something to learn over here about that.

40 kids (youths) in age 13-17 in a small country town in Nordby in Norway, want to give their country a wakeup call. Of the good kind! We have a project with a mission – to make Bruce Springsteen enter our stage and play a couple of songs on his guitar. It`s an impossible thought. But it is an possible action. It’s a very long story, and it has been on the road for 10 years. Now it has become a blog –that’s called: Dear Mr. Springsteen. It has readers all over the world, and just recently  it was translated in to English (I got some help with that, my written language as you can see, is not so good in other ways than… Norwegian. But this is not about being perfect. It`s about doing the right thing)

Here in Norway the local papers tells our story. But Bruce don`t read them. But I think he might read your paper. And if you Ny-times-people like our story.. maybe you will write about it. Maybe Bruce will find out. Maybe he will look us up.. And maybe.. he likes the story as well, and then… enter our stage 22.july 2012 (He is in Norway that day).  Because he is a dreamer. Because he believes in the same things as we do, that anything is possible if you go by heart- and we all pull the strings together. It`s a small worldJ

Ok – I give you the link to the blog. Start with 0, it’s the letter that lead to the blogging. And … then read the blog. Number by number. There are 12 chapters in Norwegian, but only 5 in English. It`s because it takes some time to translate it. But we are working on it!!  http://dear-mrspringsteen-english.blogspot.com/2012/02/0-very-first-letter-beginning-before.html

We have written a song about Bruce that we sing when the community comes together. It`s in Norwegian but one verse is in English. And that one goes like this:

There will come a day when a man comes along
He brings his guitar and he will sing his song
To the people of Nordby he will stand strong
Mr Springsteen`s the name and he`ll meet us at home.
And I know and you know that magic is near
when those who belive find their dreams flying there
In the steps we are taking
In the walls that we climb
In the songs of the people
that colors the sky

Links to Norwegian papers:
http://www.oblad.no/%C3%A5s/skal-lokke-springsteen-til-breivoll-1.6503241
http://www.oblad.no/underholdning/kanskje-kommer-springsteen-1.6762191

I do not expect you to respond. But I guess it was worth a try. Wish you all a very nice day!

Yours Sincerely

Rikke Soligard 40 years old and quite happy

Nordby, Norway - Across the sea

Dette er svaret jeg fikk ganske umiddelbart:

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Ja sånn var det. Vi får håpe det kommer no`mer nevenyttig etterhvert. Det får være alt for i kveld. Jeg bare tenkte du skulle få en kjapp oppdatering så ikke du trodde jeg hadde glemt deg. Jeg jobber videre, don`t you worry about that, for selvom jeg skrur av tastaturet....så vikler tankene seg videre inn i nattens bakgård på utkikk etter nye horisonter. De finnes nemlig der, for alle som løfter blikket. Jeg lover å skrive mer om ikke så lenge. For det beste gjenstår. Bare så du vet det! Natta Bruce. Kanskje vi sees fra innsiden av NY times i morgen.

Rikke