"On Saturday, October 24th, from 3 PM to 7 the founding of our club will be celebrated in grand style in the ballroom of the German American Society…To make the event even more special, we’ve engaged the renowned Heimatklänge…for your dancing and listening pleasure and have asked the outstanding United German Hungarian Dance Group to perform too!" - Trenton Donauschwaben
Republished with permission, we share this great description of our traditional Tracht written by our friend Hans Martini!
"What's clear in countless columns of "Buzzing Around..." is that this group was ACTIVE. hey ran events, dances, put on shows, sang songs, danced the czardas, or for Night in Vienna, Gypsy Melody night, Kirchweih, Snowball Dance and many more. They ran, played on and supported the soccer teams, made decorations for events at either clubhouse and followed the Heimatklänge on a weekly basis..."
Since 2010 a specific effort has been underway to develop and maintain an archive of our materials digitally. Please check your homes, parents homes, files, storage, and that basket you keep in the bathroom to see if you have any issues we are missing we can use to complete the series.
Janet Fricker Malofiy Re-elected Schriftführerin of Gauverband Nordamerika
Ruth Kreutzer Herbert submitted these photos of her father's member cards from 1960 and 1961. You will see each card is signed by President Wenzel Osti and Financial Secretary Michael Ebner Jr..
From the Archive a letter by Joe Reiter, Vorplattler to the members of the Schuhplattler Group following our acceptance into the Gauverband Nordamerika, INC. #UGHSchuhplattler50
JULY, 1992 - A report appeared on the front page of the Monthly Progress about the Gauverband Nordamerika's Delegates Meeting hosted by our Club in Oakford that May. #UGHSchuhplattler50
