{"id":8296,"date":"2022-07-05T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/?p=8296"},"modified":"2022-07-05T19:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:48:56","slug":"june-gatherings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/","title":{"rendered":"June Gatherings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We typically don&#8217;t rehearse over the summer months &#8211; we stop sometime after Memorial Day and resume rehearsals after Labor Day. But we do try to get together over the summer, if only to have a beer (or perhaps two) and catch up on things. And sometimes we&#8217;re asked to sing the national anthem(s) at a sporting event. As always, click on the gallery thumbnails to see the larger photo.<\/p>\n<p>On June 16th we sang both the German and US national anthems at a friendly match between Forward Madison FC and Paderborn. It was a beautiful evening at Breese Stevens field, and we sang both anthems and then enjoyed the match.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8296 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-16-18-42-25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-18.42.25-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8304\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8304'>\n\t\t\t\tWarming up before taking the field.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-16-18-42-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-18.42.28-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8303\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8303'>\n\t\t\t\tA good warm up is essential before singing the national anthem.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-16-19-46-44\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-16-19.46.44-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8301\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8301'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying the match after singing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We were invited to sing the national anthem (US only) at the WTC track meet at Middleton High School. After the singing was over we decided to stop at the Capital Brewery Biergarten to replenish fluids.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8305\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-23-18-24-52\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8305\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23-18.24.52-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Capital Brewery after singing the national anthem at the WTC track meet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On June 30th we decided to meet for a beer or two at the Biergarten at Olbrich Park. It was a bit windy but we had a good time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-8296 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-30-19-03-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-19.03.04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8310\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8310'>\n\t\t\t\tIt was a beautiful evening at Olbrich Park.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-30-19-43-22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-19.43.22-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8309\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8309'>\n\t\t\t\tWe had a pretty good turn out.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-30-20-18-55\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-20.18.55-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8308\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8308'>\n\t\t\t\tA great view of downtown Madison across Lake Monona\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/2022\/07\/05\/june-gatherings\/2022-06-30-20-40-42\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madisonmaennerchor.org\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-30-20.40.42-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8307\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8307'>\n\t\t\t\tIt was nice to get together on a Thursday when we didn&#8217;t all have to wear the blue shirts!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We typically don&#8217;t rehearse over the summer months &#8211; we stop sometime after Memorial Day and resume rehearsals after Labor Day. 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