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Since 1866 GERMANIA SINGING & SPORT SOCIETY 543 S. Front Street – Columbus,OH 43215 141 YEARS OF GERMAN CULTURE Office/Society Information: 614-461-8095 COLUMBUS,OHIO Dining Room/Reservations: 614-228-9055 Website: WWW.GERMANIA-OH.ORG New e-mail address: germaniacols@sbcglobal.net
GERMANIA NEWSLETTER JULY AND AUGUST 2007 The Germania Facility is available for Private Parties not in conflict with Germania Events UPCOMING EVENTS WE ARE LOOKING FOR HEROES! Jul 3 Red/White & Boom Jul 9 Board Meeting 7:30pm Jul 10 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting Jul 15 Radfahrer Verein ( Bicycle) Jul 20 Grill Nite Jul 27 Vierte Freitag Fest
Aug 10 Grill Nite Aug 12 Radfahrer Verein (Bicycle) Aug 13 Board Meeting 7:30pm Aug 14 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting Aug 24 Vierte Freitag Fest Aug 25 & Aug 26 Bavarian Fest Sep 7 7:30 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg. 8:30 Gen’l Membership Mtg Sep 9 Radfahrer Verein (Bicycle) Sep 21 Wine Festival Sep 28 Vierte Freitag Fest Oct 5 7:30 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg. 8:30 Gen’l Membership Mtg Oct 13 Harvest Dance See further information in detailed calendar Please remember:Board Meetings are always on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 pm Bezirks Sängerfest Meetings are always on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm unless previously changed. Choir Rehearsals are every Thursdayat 7:30 pm. Next newsletter deadline is August 1, 2007.Please e-mail me at globnow@sbcglobal.net or call me at 614/275-3589. Thank you. Gisela Are you a hero? You can be! How? By volunteering for the many spots to be filled for the upcoming Red, White & Boom Event on Tuesday, July 3rd. As well, we will need many hands for our Annual Bavarian Fest on Saturday August 25 and Sunday August 26, 2007. We need all of our members to take part. The more people get involved, the easier the load. Please do not think you are not needed, you are. The Germania operates in the black because of it’s members’ volunteerism, let us show how well we can do this! SIGN-UP SHEETS WILL BE AT THE CLUB STARTING THURSDAY JUNE 14 OR YOU CAN CALL GISELA (GIGI) AT 614/275-3589 OR CALL MIKE BALS AT 614/875-2118 OR THE CLUB AT 614/461-8095 AND SOMEONE WILL GET BACK TO YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A PERSON TO CHAIR THE PROGRAM AD COMMITTEE FOR OUR UPCOMING SÄNGERFEST IN 2008. Please consider taking on this responsibility. We have several people that are willing to help and be on the Committee, we need, however, a Chair Person. Give this your prayerful consideration. John Kneller can explain to you what is involved. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ For Germania functions, reservations and Dinner Menu Information, please call 614/228-9055 (dinners start at 6pm) Dear Germania Member, Thea Klabunde, President (614) 866-5876 Our Calendar for July and August includes two of our busiest events at our Club. Our very busy Red, White & Boom Celebration better known as our “Annual Bratwurst Festival” on July 3rd, 2007. Come and enjoy food and drinks and the fireworks, all from our backyard. Friday, July 20 you can dance under the stars with Ray Galla playing for your dancing enjoyment and Mike Bals cooking steaks on the grill to your liking. Just come and see the great job our “Garden Committee” has done. Sit in the beautiful garden in sunshine sipping a beer or pop and enjoy the “German Gemǜtlichkeit.”. On Friday, August 10, we have planned another Grill Night for you. On that night you can enjoy the music of Chris Weiss and Company. Friday, August 24 wehave another “Vierte Freitag Fest” (4th Friday Fest). It will get you in the mood for the next days’ event, the very famous BAVARIAN FEST, formerly known as Oktoberfest. There will be lots of activity both days, Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26, 2007 with lots of food, drinks, dancing, singing, etc. You do not want to miss that! On Saturday Night, Hank Haller’s Band from Cleveland will play and entertain us till the wee hours at night. Our Choruses and our Sister Societies from the Columbus area will sing for us, the Volkstänzer will dance for us and as a special treat the “Kinder-Jugendchor” will perform on Sunday afternoon. We will need a lot of help for these two big events, so please volunteer your time by signing up or calling 614/461-8095 and someone will get back to you. In September we will start back up with our General Membership Meeting on Friday, September 7, 2007. We also would like to not forget to thank Joe Motika and Joe Fenner for their help in renovating the Men’s Restroom; it looks great. And a big “Thank You” to Christel Pounds and her House Committee for the fine job of spring cleaning, from the halls to the bar area etc. I am wishing you all a wonderful summer, if you are traveling, have a save trip. I hope to see you often at YOUR Society. LADIES AUXILIARY NEWS Beth Bradley, President (614) 833-6498 Many thanks to all the volunteers who made the Maifest a great success. Our next big event will be theBavarian Fest on August 25 and 26. 2007. The Ladies Auxiliary will have their usual Bake Sale and Boutique at that function. We need donations of baked goods to be delivered to the Clubboth Saturday and Sunday. Also, any item you may have to sell will be greatly appreciated. As usual, MANY VOLUNTEER WORKERS will be needed. President Beth Bradley will be sending out a letter seeking these commitments shortly. For further information or to volunteer for Bake or Boutique items, please contact Beth at the Club or at 614/833-6498 or at e-mail: beth_kkb@yahoo.com. Thank you. There will be no meeting during July and August, our next meeting will be on September 7, 2007 at 7:30pm. I wish you a Happy Summer! Reminder: Please keep us updated with any telephone number or address changes, and provide us with your e-mail address if you have one. We will not misuse it, but can contact you in a hurry if necessary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAMENCHOR Vera Motika, President (614) 491-6832 Our President is still traveling in Europe. This is a reminder that the members of the Damenchor as well will participate in the Bavarian Fest. Our participation in the 52nd International Festival will take place on Saturday, November 3, and Sunday November 4, 2007. The Theme this year is “Peace through Understanding” You might give some thought as to decoration ideas for our booth and jot down the dates on your calendar. Thanks. Gisela
John Kneller (614/898-9022) Among the Germania group attending the National Sängerfest in Evansville, Indiana in April were 13 members of the Männerchor. Trish Gardner and Noel Franks prepared us well, and we lent our voices admirably to the overall success of the event. We enjoyed the gracious hospitality of our hosts, the Evansville Germania. Geműtlichkeit is alive and well on the Ohio River. Upon returning to Columbus we participated in our Germania Maifest. Then, on May 11, 2007 we helped the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes at CedarwoodSchool celebrate their own, first ever, “Sängerfest”. They were well mannered, attentive and well rehearsed. The program was, of course, almost entirely in German and they sang their parts of it from memory. Their music teacher is Trish Gardner. The Männerchor is now beginning to build a new repertoire as we apply our voices to some songs that will appear in the 2008 Zentral Ohio Sängerbezirk’s Sängerfest songbook. Our next singing engagement is at the Newark Männerchor German American Fest (Ox Roast) on August 11, 2007. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CONGRATULATIONS! ArvinandCaroline Donner celebrated their 50thWedding Anniversary on May 25, 2007. They were married on May 25, 1957 at TrinityUnitedMethodistChurch (Cambridge and Fifth Avenue) in Columbus and celebrated at Ogleby Resort. Our best wishes to both and we wish for many more blessed years of happiness. RichardandAlberta Pottorf celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary last Saturday, June 9th at our Garden Party with family and friends in attendance. Congratulations you two, keep on keeping on! God bless! TheaandUdo Klabunde also will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 13, 2007. Our best wishes to them as well. Is there something in the beer? It is going around! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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DEUTSCHER RADFAHRER VEREIN By Stephen Schneider(614/253-4211) The first ride of the season was delayed by a knee injury and so we rode this past Sunday, the 10th of June, up along the Olentangy Bike Path. It was a beautiful day with no humidity and a light wind to keep us cool. The neighborhood publication, “The GermanVillage Gazette”. wrote a nice article on our Club’s bicycle outings and a few new riders showed up. I’d like to extend a warm welcome to a few new riders: Rich Schreiber, Walt Megown, Robert Nolan and Pete Molnar (a new Germania member). Rich, Walt and Robert learned about the DRV through the news article and were interested in seeing what we were all about. After an afternoon of riding, I think they were quite pleased with out little group. Everyone had a great time and were very impressed by the potluck picnic in our newly opened “Bier Garten”. Next month, on July 15th, we will be riding from Yellow Springs to Xenia. It is quite a memorable ride, most of it is shaded and the town of Yellow Springs is a delight to explore. This ride meets at the Train Depot, located on your right side as you enter the town on State Route 68, at 1pm, then we ride to Xenia. Following the ride we will gather at the Olde Trail Tavern for dinner together and relax with a cold beer! As with all the rides, please feel free to call or e-mail me for updates and directions: 614/253-4211 or nsustephen@yahoo.com. The remaining rides will be as follows: August 12th finds us riding from Gambier to Danville, a beautiful ride through Amish country. Again, we meet at the train depot in Gambier, just below the town (contact me for directions on this one!) at 1pm and then ride toDanville. Following our return to the depot we will all join in our potluck picnic. Before driving home, I will give everyone directions to an orchard for fresh apples and peaches on the way back to Columbus, not to be missed! The September ride will be from Granville to Johnstown on the 9th and, if the Hohmann’s will have us, we will converge onto their farm for the picnic. The last ride of the season will be on October 7th and we will traverse the ThreeRiversPark just south of Columbus. Following this ride we will hopefully be gathering at the Motika’s again for one last picnic of the season. So mark your calendars and please join us for an afternoon of delightful fun! Tschűss! Stephen Schneider
GRILL NITES Friday, July 20, 2007 Dance under the stars to the tunes of RAY GALLA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Friday, August 10, 2007 CHRIS WEISS AND COMPANY is playing for your dancing enjoyment
RED/WHITE AND BOOM AKA BRATWURST FESTIVAL AN AMERICAN/GERMAN TRADITION TUESDAY, July 3, 2007 WHAT IS MORE GERMAN THAN A BRATWURST GRILLED TO PERFECTION, OR A WEISSWURST, POTATO SALAD, SAUERKRAUT, POTATO PANCAKES AND APPLE SAUCE, DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED BEER, GERMAN MUSIC PLAYED BY BILL ANTONIAK? COME AND EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT OF GERMANY RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA, RIGHT HERE IN COLUMBUS. GERMANIA HAS THE ONLY GRASS OUTDOOR BEERGARDEN. YOU CAN SING ALONG AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WILL HAVE THEIR FIREWORKS AT NIGHT AND IT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY IT. SO DON’T MISS IT, BE THERE!
================================================================ BAVARIA FEST (ALSO KNOWN AS OKTOBERFEST) Will take place !!!! Saturday, August 25, 2007 and Sunday, August 26, 2007 !!!! Separate Flyer to follow in next newsletter But mark your calendars now!
JULY 27, AUGUST 24, SEPTEMBER 28 AND OCTOBER 26, 2007 Happy Hour from 5 – 7 pmand live music from 7 – 10pm Bring your friends and neighbors and enjoy Brats and Kraut or sandwiches while being entertained by Chris Weiss and Company. You can dance, sing along, share a toast and have a great time right here in the “Heart of the Brewery District. “ So mark your calendars. JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER CALENDAR Tuesday, July 3 Red, White & Boom Celebration (Ray Galla) (Trustees) Thursday, July 5, 12, 19, 26 Open for Social Activities 6 pm Chorus Rehearsal (7:30pm women - 8:30 pm men) Monday, July 9 Board Meeting 7:30pm Tuesday, July 10 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting 7:30pm Sunday, July 15 Radfahrer Verein (Bicycle Trip) – Yellow Springs to Xenia Friday, July 20 Grill Night (Ray Galla) Friday, July 27 Vierte Freitag Fest (5-10pm) (Chris Weiss & Company)
Thursday, Aug 2,9,16,23,30 Open for Social Activities 6 pm Chorus Rehearsal (7:30pm women - 8:30 pm men) Friday, Aug 10 Grill Night (Chris Weiss & Company) Sunday, Aug 12 Radfahrer Verein (Bicycle Trip) – Gambier to Danville Monday, Aug 13 Board Meeting 7:30pm Tuesday, Aug 14 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting 7:30pm Friday, Aug 24 Vierte Freitag Fest (5-10pm) (Chris Weiss) Saturday, Aug 25 BAVARIA FEST (Hank Haller from Cleveland) Sunday, Aug 26 BAVARIA FEST (Bill Antoniak)
Monday, Sep 3 Labor Day Thursday, Sep 6,13,.20,27 Open for Social Activities 6 pm Chorus Rehearsal (7:30pm women - 8:30 pm men) Friday, Sep 7 7:30 pm Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 8:30 pm General Membership Meeting Sunday, Sep 9 Radfahrer Verein (Bicycle Trip) – Granville to Johnstown Monday, Sep 10 Board Meeting 7:30pm Tuesday, Sep 11 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting 7:30pm Friday, Sep 21 Winefest (Bill Antoniak) (House Committee) Friday, Sep 28 Vierte Freitag Fest (5-10pm) (Chris Weiss & Company)
Thursday, Oct 4,11,18,25 Open for Social Activities 6 pm Chorus Rehearsal (7:30pm women - 8:30 pm men) Friday, Oct 5 7:30 pm Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 8:30 pm General Membership Meeting Monday, Oct 8 Board Meeting 7:30pm Tuesday, Oct 9 Bezirks Sängerfest Meeting 7:30pm Saturday, Oct 13 Harvest Dance (Bill Antoniak) Friday, Oct 26 Halloween Dance (Ray Galla) and Friday, Oct 26 Vierte Freitag Fest (5-10pm)
For formal dinner menus and reservations call 614/228-9055. When no formal dinner is planned, there will always be Brats or sandwiches available around 7:30pm. Dance Music starts at 8 pm except for the 4th Friday Fests. Our Volkstänzer (Folk Dancers) rehearse on Tuesday nights. Children 7:15pm – 7:45pm; Adults 7:45pm – 8:45pm. For more information contact Mark Pinnick at 614/496-3443 |
GERMANIA MÄNNERCHOR NEWS
Please continue to uphold in prayer and wish continued speedy recovery for Narcisco Bando, George Bastaja, Ron Guth, Mike Hendel, Werner Samlowski (suffered a stroke) and Judy Wolff (it was such a joy to see her at the Garden Opening). We wish all of them joy and regaining health for this year of 2007. Please let the Germania know if any of our members are sick or suffering, we want to be there for you in prayer. We also would like to rejoice with you in any healing progress. Brunhilde Barron, Lotte Könnemann, Gisela Lobnow are all doing better, thank God. 
In October 2006, we failed to express our sympathy to the family of Ivan “Jack” Forrest Mills, Jr. who passed away at the age of 83 on October 21, 2006. He was not only a member of The Germania but also of the Columbus Männerchor and the Amerigo Club, a veteran of WWII (US Navy Air Division), a graduate of OSU and is survived by his widow Jean and children. He is being missed and we are saddened at his passing.
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