The recordings from the MMC 2014 Spring Concert are now available online as MP3 files. Click here and you should see a folder on our Google Drive with all of the MP3 files – one for each song. You can play them over the web, or download them to your computer.
Thanks to Eric for making these available!
Thanks to all who attended our Spring Concert on Saturday May 3 – we hope you had a good time. Thanks also to our guest choir MGV Harmonia who wound up taking the “scenic route” from Kenosha to Madison. And special thanks to all who helped set up for the concert, prepare the food, and clean up afterward. Here are some photos (click on the thumbnails to see the larger image):
I really like to post sock photos, but every once in a while you get the chance to step outside of the box, so I just had to post this photo of a T-shirt at our rehearsal tonight:
I think this is even better than the famous “Irish yoga” T-shirt…
Our 162nd Spring Concert will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014 at Turner Hall in Madison beginning at 7:00 p.m. Our guests will be MGV Harmonia from Kenosha; they will perform at the intermission in addition to singing a few songs with us.
Tickets are available at the door for $15. Children under 16 are admitted free. The ticket price includes hors d’oeuvres and sandwiches and there will be a cash bar throughout the evening. Turner Hall is located at 3001 S. Stoughton Road in Madison.
For the other details, see our concert flyer: 2014_Spring_Concert_Flyer
Yes, it’s that time of year again!
Cookies and aquavit
Please vote in our poll for the best food photo of 2013. The poll will remain open until the end of April 2014. We had a lot of good meals in 2013, so here are the photos to refresh your memory:
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Stiftungsfest at the Essen Haus (February 2013)
Dinner was excellent
Sandwiches for the Spring Concert (May 2013)
Parsley on everything!
Kommers in Sheboygan (October 2013)
Dinner was pretty good.
Cooking class at the Turner Hall Oktoberfest (October 2013)
Clockwise from the top: creamed carrots, savoy cabbage, Wiener Schnitzel and roesti potatoes. It was delicious!
Lutefisk dinner at Christ Lutheran Church in DeForest (November 2013)
Clockwise from the top: mashed potatoes and gravy, rutabaga, meatballs, lutefisk with melted butter, cranberry sauce and coleslaw
Christmas Concert dinner (December 2013)
Clockwise from the top: turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, ham baked in sourdough bread, cranberry sauce and green bean casserole.
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Our annual Stiftungsfest was held at the Essen Haus on Saturday February 15th. We had quite a good turnout despite the weather and we had a pretty good time. One of the evening’s highlights was Walter wearing the 1950s version of the MMC uniform, complete with the white coat and bow tie. My hat’s off to the former members of the choir from this era: obviously they never spilled a beer or put too much mustard on a bratwurst while in uniform!
Retired MMC singer Dick Layman invited us to perform at Oakwood Village. It was kind of memorial concert for Dick’s wife Gloria who passed away late last year. We performed at 7:00 p.m. in the main auditorium. We sang a selection of our songs, including some that were especially requested by Dick.
After the concert we adjourned to the dining hall and enjoyed sandwiches and beer. Naturally we did a little more singing!
Thanks again for inviting us Dick!
Please vote in our poll for the best sock photo while in full uniform for 2013. The poll will remain open until the end of March 2014. To refresh your memory, here are the photos from our archives:
White socks, Milwaukee Liederkranz concert (April 2013)
Oops! Someone forgot about the “no white socks” rule.
Norwegian Flag socks, Spring Concert (May 2013)
A German choir yes, but some of us were celebrating the Syttende Mai.
Packer socks, Kommers (October 2013)
At least they weren’t white socks this year…
Santa socks, Christmas concert (December 2013)
Technically these are dark socks, so there is no violation of our dress code
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The Madison Maennerchor had our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner at Turner Hall on Sunday December 15, 2013. We had a pretty good turnout for the concert, and afterwards Sankt Nikolaus paid us a visit and then we had dinner, featuring ham baked in sourdough bread from Clasen’s Bakery.
Eric recorded the concert and has made the audio files available for listening and downloading. If I’ve done this correctly, clicking on the link below should take you to the folder containing the audio files. Then just click on a file to hear the song:
And here are some pictures!
