It is an honor and a privilege to serve as this year’s Grand Marshals for Astoria’s 58th Midsummer Festival. For me, Kevin, the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival journey began when my parents, Bonnie and Dave Ladd, answered a newspaper ad that read: “Teach your kids Scandinavian Folk Dancing.” I was the youngest of three boys—and since they were short on male dancers—I was thrown into …
