TANZGRUPPEN
BERICHTEN
APRIL
2009
CARPATHIA CLUB
TANZGRUPPEN
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New Jugendgruppe Leaders- Carpathia Club
Rob
Schwalbe Debbie Kapraun Karin Schwalbe
2009
CARPATHIA KULTURGRUPPE
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Stephanie
Kemmer
The Kulturgruppe has welcomed 2009 not only with warm hearts and great friends,
but with new leadership
as
well. As of the General Membership meeting in February, the leadership within
our group has
changed
with Jennifer Blasius stepping down. Stephanie Kemmer has taken over the group
leadership and
W.
Carsten Grotloh is now the assistant leader. We wish Jennifer and her family
well. They will be missed
and
will always be welcomed should they come back. We have many new bookings coming
up in the near
future.
Our biggest event coming up is our 50’s – 60’s Sock Hop on July 25th at
Carpathia. We hope to see
you all there showing your support. We are always welcoming new people and now
is a great time to start!
We are currently reviewing all of our dances, so
starting will be easy. We practice every other Sunday at
Carpathia
Club between 5 PM and 7 PM. For more information about our group or
practice/performance
times
you can contact us through our new email address: kulturgruppe@gmail.com
Thank
you again for
supporting our group.
Stephanie
Kemmer
2009
CARPATHIA KINDERGRUPPE
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Cindy
Schleis and Christine Pesta
This winter the children from both the Little and Middle groups have been busy
learning new dances. The
Middle
Group started learning Schuhplattler which will be an addition to dances they
currently perform. Paul
Schwalbe
has volunteered his talents in teaching the boys. Thank you, Paul! Angela Dietz
has also assisted
Christine and I for the past year with both groups. Thank you, Angela!
Some upcoming events include Maifest, the
Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth, Father’s Day Picnic weekend
and the city of Warren’s Cultural Event in August. The Kindergroup will be
sponsoring the “Kinderplatz”
during
Father’s Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. There will be new games available
and the possibility
of kid friendly food.
The children work very hard learning their new
dances and Christine and I are very proud of them. Watch
for our new look with costumes this year! We would also like to thank all the
parents that bring their children
and their support.
Cindy
Schleis and Christine Pesta
2008
Club Christmas
Party
2009
Königsball
CHICAGO DONAUSCHWABEN TANZGRUPPEN
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Kindergruppe
Updates
The Kindergruppe has had a fairly relaxing Spring this year , partially
because the Spaghetti Dinner has been moved (more on that later). We
did have a small group perform at the Verein Bankett in March, and though they
were few in number the kids did an outstanding job. Those of you who were not at
the event missed a treat: since we had an odd number of dancers and did not want
any of the children who stayed up late for the performance to sit out any
dances, we asked the littlest dancers to improvise a trio to each dance. After
the kids' three dances it was unclear as
to who was having more fun, the audience or the trio.
ln April the children danced briefly at Elk Grove Village’s 3rd
annual Celebration of Cultures.
Thirty-One children danced and again did a fantastic job
representing our club. Mrs.
Wiegert managed the group's table, which included an informational display she
created with information on our Donauschwaben heritage.
She also sold American Girl Doll Dirndls, which proved to be very popular
items.
Our next couple of performances will be at the Wochenendschule’s
Muttertagsfeier and at the Rheinischer Verein's annual May fest.
If you're not busy come down to watch the kids dance on Sunday, May 31st.
Finally , if you have not already noticed, please note that the Spaghetti
Dinner that was to be held on May 15th, has been moved. The event
will be held in the fall, and the Kindergruppe will instead have a regular
practice on May 15th.
Viki
Johnson
KITCHENER
TANZGRUPPEN
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