Category Archives: MMC Activities

MMC Christmas Concert at Turner Hall 2012-12-09

The Madison Maennerchor held its annual Christmas Concert & Dinner on Sunday December 9th at Turner Hall. Despite the snow and rain, we had approximately 200 in attendance for the concert, most of whom stayed for dinner. And of course, no MMC Christmas Concert would be complete without a visit from Sankt Nikolaus.

Thanks to all who helped make the concert and dinner a success: the set up and clean up teams, those who helped with the tickets, food and publicity, and anyone else that I’ve failed to mention.

: Setting up on Sunday morning

: Getting the tables in place and decorated

: Putting up the Christmas tree

: The set up team testing the tap system

: A visit from Sankt Nikolaus

: Children gather around Sankt Nikolaus

: Sankt Nikolaus listens to many requests

: Another happy customer for Sankt Nikolaus!

: Ralph carving the ham for dinner

: Dinner in Turner Hall

: Dinner was excellent, though some had to wait a while for it.

: The clean up crew swings into action

MMC Concert at Oakwood Village West 2012-11-15

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We performed at 7:00 p.m. in the main auditorium. We sang some of our old favorites and finished with some Christmas songs. President Blatter presented our concert sponsor and retired MMC singer Dick Layman and his wife Gloria with a card and flowers in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary.

After the concert we adjourned to the dining hall and enjoyed sandwiches and Warsteiner beer. And of course we did a little more singing!

Thanks for inviting us Dick, and Happy Anniversary to you and Gloria!

: Quite a large crowd for the post-concert refreshments

: We’re the ones wearing the white shirts

: “I’ve been working on the railroad” is always a crowd favorite

26th Annual Holiday Concert – Milwaukee United German Choruses

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Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

Christ King Parish, 2604 N. Swan Boulevard, Wauwatosa, WI (92nd at Center Street)

Tickets: $8.00 Adults, $1.00 Children under 12 (Includes Cake and Coffee/Milk)

Participating Choruses:

Milwaukee Liedertafel, Milwaukee Damenchor, Milwaukee Liederkranz, Deutsche Schule, Schwaben Männerchor, Milwaukee D.A.N.K. Chor, and Pommersche Spaeldeel Freistadt…and a visit from Santa

Tickets can be purchased from all singers or at the door. For more information, call Heinz @ 262.782-2353

Männerchor Sings at Milwaukee Damenchor Konzert

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The Madison Männerchor were the featured guests at the Milwaukee Damenchor’s 23rd Annual Conference on Sunday, October 21, 2012.

Milwaukee Damenchor Concert – change

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St. Dominic Parish, BrookfieldThe Milwaukee Damenchor concert venue has been changed. The Concert will take place at St. Dominic Parish, 18255 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield, WI. See link for map.

MMC begins 161st Season

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We are about to begin our 161st year of song and Gemütlichkeit. The Madison Männerchor invites you to consider becoming an Associate member. Your Associate membership helps us continue our 161 year tradition of German song and heritage.

Your Associate membership includes:

Two (2) tickets to our Spring Concert,
Notice of all of our social functions, and
The great personal feeling you get when you support the second-oldest organization in the United States dedicated to preserving German singing and Gemütlichkeit.

Upcoming scheduled events this year will find us at Essenhaus, September 15th for Oktoberfest (We sing at 3:00 pm); Wauktoberfest at Endres Mfg. in Waunakee September 25th (We sing at 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm); we are the guest choir at the Damenchor concert on October 21st in Milwaukee, and we perform a private concert at Oakwood Village West on November 15th at 7:00 pm. Our Christmas Concert will be at 3 pm, December 9th. Help make this a successful year by participating as much as possible.

German Fest 2012

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On Sunday, July 29th, members of the Madison Maennerchor participated in the annual Milwaukee German Fest Church Service. This year’s service is Lutheran, and we heard many fine youthful speakers as they read in both german and english. The celebration was in the Henry Maier Festival Ground’s Marcus Amphitheater. We had a wonderful, spiritual time, surrounded by friends in the “pew” and on stage. The Freistadt Alte Kameraden band provided a wonderful musical foundation for our singing.

Among the more than 200 choristers on stage were MMC members
Fred Berger
Klaus Bodenstein
Bill Dries
Paul Essert
Mel Grulke
Joe Johnson
Ron Kycek
Morris Sadicario
Greg Tatusko

MMC Thursday Night Festivities July 19 2012

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Singers,

Instead of meeting at the Essen Haus this Thursday, a few of us decided to give the Capital Brewery a visit instead. 7734 Terrace Avenue Middleton, WI 53562 (NOTE: No tables of drunks drinking mulitple glass boots of beer!)

The Bier Garten closes at 9:00, so we thought a gathering time of 6:30 – 7:00 would be more appropriate.

Hope to see many of you there!
Tim