The German Hungarians & The Schuhplattler

Recently a question came to my committee about how the German Hungarians got to be dancers in the Schuhplattler style and members of the Gauverband Nordamerika. Below are selections from our various written histories telling that story.

Theresa and Frank Kirsch at the Ground Breaking 1965

German-Hungarians: UNITED as one Club, by Michael Fricker

For our club, being a dedicated part of the whole is not only freeing, but it has allowed continuity to flourish all together as one. There is a beauty in that particular kind of order.

February 19, 1994 – The Patenbitten

When we decided to have a new flag made, it was only natural that we would choose our friends from Oley as our โ€œPatโ€. And so on February 19, 1994, our members traveled by bus to Oley to plead our request.