At the Monday March 7th meeting of the German Interest Group – Wisconsin, Michael Rehberg, Black Point Estate, Lake Geneva, will talk about “German Beer Barons in Southeastern Wisconsin.” The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 2921 Mount Zion Avenue in Janesville. Here’s a link to the meeting and speaker info page on the German Interest Group’s web site:
http://www.gig-wi.com/meetings.htm
On Saturday February 13th, we had our annual Stiftungsfest celebration. This year we did something a little different: we took a bus to Monroe for dinner at the Turner Hall. Before dinner we stopped at Minhas Brewery to sample some of their products and sing a few songs. And on our way back to Madison we stopped at Puemple’s Olde Tavern in New Glarus for a beer and a few more songs.
Here are some pictures – click on the thumbnail to see the larger image.
On Friday February 12th we braved the traffic and cold temperatures to perform for the Friendship club at Bethel Lutheran Church. We sang for about a half hour and afterward some of the group headed for refreshments at the Essen Haus.
Here are a few pictures. As always, click on the thumbnail image to see the larger photo.
Stories of Freedom and Unfreedom in German and Other Immigrant Voices in the Americas, 1500-1870
Aaron Fogleman, Northern Illinois University
March 15, 6pm
UW–Madison, Memorial LIBRARY, room 126
An Extraordinary Record: Three-Plus Centuries of Germans in New Orleans as Documented in the Holdings of The Historic New Orleans Collection
Daniel Hammer, Historic New Orleans Collection
April 7, 6pm
UW–Madison, Union South
Of German Neighborhoods and Low German Villages: Spoken German in South Africa
Peter Wagener (Emeritus), Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, Germany
April 19, 6pm
UW–Madison, Union South
More information at http://mki.wisc.edu/events/all-events
Sorry this has taken me so long to post, but here are some photos form our performance at the International Festival on Saturday January 9th at the Overture Center. We had a good crowd in the Rotunda Room and after the performance we went over to the Come Back Inn for “refreshments.”
Thanks to Paul Wertsch for two of the photos. As always, click on the thumbnail image to see the larger photo.
I’m a little behind in updating the web site, but here are some additional pictures from the Christmas Concert & Dinner in December 2015. Thanks to Carrie Wilkey for sharing these photos!
On Thursday December 18th we performed at Oakwood Village. Our friend and former member Dick Layman invited us to come and sing and we did. We had a great turnout for the concert and afterward we adjourned to the dining area for refreshments and some more singing. As always, we had a great time at Oakwood Village. thanks for inviting us Dick!
Here are some photos. As always click on the thumbnail to see the larger photo.
“A heartfelt thanks to all of those who attended the Madison Männerchor (MMC) Christmas concert Sunday afternoon. We very much appreciate your support and sincerely hope you had a good time in helping us celebrate the holiday season. We hope you enjoyed the concert as much as we enjoyed performing for you. For those who stayed for dinner, we hope you enjoyed the meal. It is always a treat to have good catered food like we had from Cranberry Creek and Ralph Clasen’s outstanding ham baked in sourdough.
I hope some of the men who attended the concert take us up on our concert ticket rebate offer by attending one of our Thursday night rehearsals, either in January or February. We practice every Thursday night at 8:00 pm at Madison Turner Hall. We hope to see you there. Our next practice is Thursday, January 7th at 8:00 pm. We are taking the holidays off and we have a performance this Thursday at Oakwood Village West at 7:00 pm.
Thanks again and everyone “hab ein Frohen Weihnachten und ein Guten Rutsch ins Neu Jahr.” (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)”
Gϋnther Ruch, President
Madison Männerchor
Here are a few photos from the concert and dinner on Sunday December 13th – as always, click on the small image to see the larger photo.
A visit from Sankt Nikolaus
Our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner will be held at Turner Hall, 3001 S Stoughton Road in Madison, on Sunday December 13, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. After the concert, there will be a visit from Sankt Nikolaus followed by dinner at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Tickets are $23/adult and children 13 or older. Children under 13 eat free when with an adult also eating dinner. Cash bar. Tickets for the concert only are $8/adult. Tickets can be purchased at the door but we would appreciate it if you made a reservation in advance. For the full details, including how to make a reservation, please click on the link below:
Christmas Concert & Dinner information
Please make your reservations by December 3rd if possible. Email xmas@madisonmaennerchor.org or call Alan at (608) 335-0770.
We sang at Wauktoberfest on the Endres Manufacturing grounds in Waunakee on Sunday September 20th. As we’ve been doing for the last few years, we sing our first set, then pause for the Dachshund races, and then sing a second set. It was a beautiful day and I think we all had a good time. Strangely though, the Wauktoberfest goat mascot (a.k.a. “Greg’s Nemesis”) was not present.
Here are some photos; as always click on the small image to see the full picture.
