Fræðslublað Eflingar

FRÆÐSLUBLAÐ EFLINGAR-STÉTTARFÉLAGS 29 within the members of Efling. It will be a mixture of theatre and song. It will have to have some punk rock attitude. We shouldn’t sound like the last song before the newscast.” Jóhanna emphasises that everyone is welcome, whether or not they speak Icelandic. “It would be wonderful to recruit people who know songs in other languages. I’m open to anyone bringing something new to the table. It’s important to think outside the box and do something fun. That’s why the tone has to be optimistic, I’m a fighter and I won’t rest until I’ve made something different.” “I would like to bring in as many members as possible and have as much diversity as possible and have fun. This isn’t meant to be the boring choir, we mean to have fun perform- ing the music.” She says that the choir will appear during events and be a feather in the cap of the union during rallies. “That’s where the speaking choir will fit in — higher wages! — higher pay!” she shouts, clapping her hands. Jóhanna identifies with the struggle of the members of Efling, having been a single mother for “a hundred years” as she puts it, having live on low wages. “I wholeheartedly support the struggle of Efling. It’s important to strengthen the fighting spirit and gain fair wages for people. Shaking up the people and getting them together is necessary, Struggle and opti- mism, those are our weapons, that has always been my view.” What is her message for those who are interested but may not have the courage to go ahead and show up? “Go for it, listen to your heart, take a chance and go for it. Yes I dare, I can, I will,” says Jóhanna, referring to the lyrics of the battle hymn Áfram stelpur . “If we don’t dare then nothing will happen, the first step has to be taken, and then the next one and the next one after that. No one has anything to worry about. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”