Category Archives: Concerts

MMC concerts presented at Turner Hall and various locations

Oak Park Place Concert 2014-11-06

On Thursday November 6 we performed at the Oak Park Place retirement community on the far east side of Madison. It’s really a very nice building complex. After some difficulties with the folding music stand, we sang in the Grandview Hall and had a pretty good crowd. After our second set, we headed over to the Great Dane Pub for some refreshments.

Here are a few pictures, as always you can click on the thumbnail image to display the larger version of the photo.

: President Bill greets the arriving singers

: Warming up before the concert

: Still warming up…

: Traditional Thanksgiving sock photo

: President Bill shows us how it’s done – the dreaded folding music stand is ready to go!

: At intermission

: At the Great Dane after the concert

: Whoa! what kind of beer is this?

Capitol Lakes Concert 2014-10-30

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On Thursday October 30th we performed at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Community in Madison. They have a very nice facility and the room that we sang in had great acoustics. After the concert we adjourned to the Essen Haus for refreshments.

Here are some pictures, as always you can click on the thumbnail image to display the larger version of the photo.

: President Bill before the concert. Notice that Garrett has a real music stand not a folding one tonight.

: Our librarian hard at work

: We had an appropriately decorated room to warm up in.

: We had a pretty good crowd

: Halloween sock photo

: At intermission

: On to the Essen Haus!

WSB Sangerfest 2014

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We’ve received two more photos of the Capitol concert from Geoff Kroening:

To: Wisconsin Sängerbezirk Presidents, Secretaries and others

Attached are two pictures of the WSB Chöre performing in the State Capitol Rotunda. Margot Paap’s son-in-law took these photos and Margot gave me professionally printed images which I scanned for electronic posting on the Milwaukee Liederkranz facebook page. The scanned images from the vivid color prints turned out well and I thought I would share them via email to all the WSB clubs. Please forward and share them with your singers.

The photos are below – click on the image for a larger version of the photo. I’ve also shared the Milwaukee Liederkranz Facebook photo gallery on our own Facebook page.

WSB Saengerfest 2014

The combined choirs of the WSB performing in the Capitol Rotunda on June 22, 2014

WSB Saengerfest 2014

The combined choirs of the WSB performing in the Capitol Rotunda on June 22, 2014

WSB Capitol Concert 2014 recordings

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Recordings from the WSB Sängerfest Capitol Concert on Sunday June 22, 2014 are now available online. 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!

Kommers 2014 Part 3

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We concluded Kommers / Saengerfest 2014 by performing a short concert in the Capitol Rotunda. Afterward, we headed over to the Essen Haus to enjoy some beer, brats and music. Thankfully this all occurred before the rain returned.

Here are some pictures – as always, click on the image to see a larger version of the photo.

Sock photo

Here are my summer sort-of-dark socks

Capitol

We sang in the Capitol Rotunda. The statue is a memorial to Colonel Hans Christian Heg who was born in Norway and was killed in action at the battle of Chickamauga in 1863.

Capitol Concert

For some unknown reason we actually started promptly at noon. We should never let this happen again.

Capitol Concert

The acoustics in the Capitol make it an interesting place to sing.

Capitol Concert

The women sang first

Capitol Concert

John directing the women singers

Happy Birthday

After the combined choirs sang, we sang happy birthday to John.

John

John is stepping down as director of the Madison Maennerchor. Our president Dick presented John with a plaque thanking him for his many years of directing the choir.

Kommers

The winner of the competition was announced: Milwaukee Liederkranz

Milwaukee Liederkranz

Milwaukee Liederkranz performing in the capitol

Essen Haus

Afterward, we adjourned to the Essen Haus for some refreshments: beer, brats and music

Essen Haus

Tim challenged Liederkranz to a volleyball game, but they said something about having to get back to Milwaukee...

Essen Haus

Hat photo

Here's a hat photo in case you were getting tired of all the sock pictures.

And in the end...

...as Kommers / Saengerfest wraps up for 2014, Auf Wiedersehen from Madison!

Kommers 2014 part 2

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After the morning’s competition and dinner, there was a short rehearsal for the evening concert (and the Sunday concert at the Capitol) and then some free time; the amount of free time depending on whether you had signed up to make sandwiches or not.

In the evening the combined choirs sang a few song, ate some sandwiches and had a dance.

Click on the images below to see a larger version of the photo.

Rehearsal

After dinner, there was a short rehearsal for the evening concert

Rehearsal

Making sandwiches

A dedicated crew made the sandwiches for the evening concert

Making sandwiches

Not even halfway done at this point...

Making sandwiches

Evening concert

The women sang first

Evening concert

Women singers

Evening concert

Yet another sock photo

For the evening concert it was dark pants and a white shirt, and these were the only socks I had that matched both.

Evening concert

The combined choirs sing a few songs together

Evening concert

Evening Concert

A bass's eye view of John conducting the combined choirs

Sandwich time

Almost ready to serve the assembled masses

Sandwich time

The Kommers trophy is in the background - if they gave a trophy for sandwiches...

Sandwich time

The sandwiches were very popular

Dance

We finished the evening with a dance. The Polka Kings performed.

Sandwich time

After everyone was served, we still had some sandwiches left

Dance

Kommers 2014 part 1

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The Kommers competition for 2014 was held on Saturday June 21 at Madison Turner Hall. The competition began at 11:00; seven choirs performed – the Schwaben Maennerchor and Milwaukee Liedertafel performed together.

After the performances, we had a catered dinner.

Here are some photos – click on the image to see a larger version.

The Kommers traveling trophy

Who will win the competition in 2014?

Madison Turner Hall

Getting ready for the competition

Madison Turner Hall

At the welcome desk in the banquet hall

Traditional uniform sock photo

Well, they are dark socks, and it is the *Wisconsin* Saengerbezirk Kommers...

Madison Turner Hall

Just before the competition

MGV Harmonia Kenosha

Madison Turner Hall

Milwaukee Liederkranz is performing

Milwaukee Liederkranz

Madison Maennerchor

Getting ready to perform

Gesangverein Concordia Sheboygan

Replenishing fluids

Singing is thirsty work...

Milwaukee D.A.N.K. Chor

Milwaukee Damenchor

Schwaben Maennerchor & Milwaukee Liedertafel

Dinner buffet

Dessert table

cake from Clasen's Bakery

Dinner

Sauerbraten, red cabbage, mashed potatoes, spaetzle, spinach and gravy. Oh, and some sort of salad thing...

Dinner was enjoyed by all

Dinner

After dinner and dessert there was time to talk and replenish fluids as needed.

Spring Concert 2014 recordings

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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!

Spring Concert 2014-05-03

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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):

: Sandwich makers hard at work. Mmmm, blutwurst!

: Quite a few people helped out making sandwiches

: There is an art to making a good sandwich

: Maybe a bit too much paprika on this one…

: After about 90 minutes, the sandwiches are ready to go.

: The set up crew is finished with the hall…

: …and are now relaxing and replenishing fluids

: The problem with dark socks is that you tend to lose the “schwarz” out of the “schwarz-rot-gelb”

: We had a pretty good turnout for the concert

: At intermission before our guest choir took the stage

: The brown paper bag is a nice touch

: MGV Harmonia sang during intermission

: After our second set, it was time for refreshments

: The sandwiches were well received

: Almost time for the clean up crew to swing into action. Or maybe not quite yet…

Spring Concert 2014

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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