Wow, what a few months it was with the temperature in the cellar, ice and snow and we only were able to have two rehearsals in January and the first two weeks of February. It has been years since we have experienced such cold and we all hope that March will bring us milder weather maybe even some spring temperatures. On Old German Song we learned in Kindergarten goes:
Im Maerzen der Bauer die Roesslein einspannt
Er setzt seine Felder und Wiesen in Stand
Er pflueget den Boden. Er egget und saet
Und ruehrt seine Haende frueh morgens und spaet
In March, the farmer harnesses the horses, he prepares his fields and meadows’ he plows the soil, he rakes and sows, and his hands are busy from morning to night.
Not much we can do about the weather, we were worried about our Schnitzel Dinner on Sunday, February 22 since the weather man again was predicting snow and ice rain etc. but luckily the Schnitzel Dinner was well attended. We thank all our members who came to support our Annual Fund Raiser. We thank our Ladies and their kitchen staff, headed by Kay Schachner and Rita Mueller and all who came to the club early on Sunday morning to prepare the Schnitzel and Zutaten. “Thank You” to Phil DeGregorio and Fred Ruf who worked the kitchen from 8 in the morning to closing. Everyone pitched in and we are indeed fortunate to have so many volunteers to have a successful outcome. We served 280 dinners, the Kuchen was already gone by 4 o’clock and we could have sold more.
Several families came to enjoy dinner and at the same time celebrate a Birthday. Beverly Hall celebrated her 60th birthday with family, she is the sister in law of Keith Hall. Our own Thekla Fall together with daughter and son in law celebrated her birthday. Ed Prem Jr. brought the whole family and some guests to enjoy dinner and also reminisce about Ed Prem Sr. who entertained at many events with his accordion and his side kick Irmgard Ryan. So it was up to Irmgard to do a solo performance with her accordion by playing the old favorites and having some ladies join in a sing-a-long. The singers appreciate all the support they received from our members, it sure was a nice boost to our fundraising.
Now the choruses hopes to be back at regular Wednesday Rehearsals as we are preparing for our Fruehjahrs Konzert (Spring Concert) on Saturday, May 9. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm and we will have the Karl Lukitch Band play for dancing and listening after the concert. We are planning on inviting some of our neighboring choruses to help us welcoming Spring at last.
The singers would like to welcome to the Damenchor Marilyn Ecoff and Sherry Grossi and the Maennerchor added Lynn Haselhoff and Jason Getter. We also would like to mention that the newly elected Director Dennis Riggs has been singing with the chorus since last fall and Director Bob Stimmler sang with the Maennerchor for a number of years. We neglected to mention it in the last Issue.