German Fest Milwaukee has announced that 2020 German Fest, originally scheduled July 24-26, has been cancelled, due to the current Covid-19 situation. For more information, please see the press release on the German Fest website: https://germanfest.com/
Category Archives: Events
Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience
Frühschoppen at Hickory Grove Park
Empfangskonzert
Lunch at Obed & Isaac’s
Dämmerschoppen at the Linderhof in Peoria
Kommers 2019
Kommers 2019 was held on Sunday April 7th at Hart Park in Wauwatosa. MGV Harmonia Kenosha won the competition, with the Madison Maennerchor in second place and Milwaukee Liederkranz, the 2018 winner, in third. Milwaukee Liedertafel was the host choir and the set up and food were great.
Below are some photos; click on the thumbnail image to see the larger photo.
- Warming up before the competition begins
- Warming up before the competition begins
- The beginning of the Parade of Flags getting into position.
- The rest of the Parade of Flags
- The Parade of Flags opening the competition.
- Milwaukee Liederkranz sang first
- Milwaukee D.A.N.K. Chor sang second
- We had to wait a while before we sang…
- The Schwaben Maennerchor sang next
- MGV Harmonia Kenosha sang fourth.
- GSV Concordia Sheboygan was next
- Tim filled in for the absent 1st Vice President of the WSB
- We were lined up and ready to go after Sheboygan.
- The Milwaukee Damenchor was the seventh and final choir to perform.
- After the competition and waiting for dinner to be served.
GERMAN GENEALOGY Workshop in Madison, Saturday, February 23, 2019
Finding Our German Ancestors in Europe:
a Workshop for Genealogists
Beloit Chorale Concert
The Beloit Chorale performed at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison on Saturday July 21st. This is the Chorale’s first season and we were pleased to have the opportunity to sponsor the concert.
This is a recording of one of the songs that the chorale performed. It is “Stars” by Erik Esenvalds.
Bucky on Parade
Those of you who live in the Madison area have probably seen or heard of the “Bucky on Parade” public art project. This involves 85 different Bucky Badger statues in the Madison area, each one 6 feet tall and 160 pounds. Every statue is transformed by a local artist into a unique representation of Bucky. Here is a link to the WMTV story.
Tim found the “Gemütlichkeit Bucky” near the Capitol and took this picture. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger image.
For more information on the art project, here is the official Bucky on Parade web site. There are maps on the web site showing the location of all 85 of the Buckies. The project runs from May 7, to September 12, 2018.