Volume 68 – No. 7 July 2013

GERMAN HUNGARIANS PLACE 6th IN GRUPPEN PREISPLATTLER AT THE NATIONAL STAGE!

G.H. COUPLE AWARDED 3rd PLACE MEDALS IN ADULT EINZELPLATTLER

Departure and Arrival Our Hagey Tour bus driver, Tom, was both congenial and friendly as we traveled the width of Pennsylvania to Ohio. Leaving our club-house in Oakford at approximately 8 AM on Thursday morning, June 20th, a happy group of 44 arrived at our destination at around 6 PM. We checked in and met the other 17 who had traveled either by car or air. Later, we all attended the FRIENDSHIP DANCE. The Friendship Dance This dance was held in the Kalahari Ballroom and featured the Alex Meixner Band for the evening. This band is more than entertaining as anyone familiar with Alex can attest. We from Pennsylvania re-member his father Al Meixner from Allentown who played often in our area. Alex now plays at many festivals throughout the US. We met many of our old friends and looked forward to the weekend. The Adult Einzel Competition This competition where a male and female, are judged together as a couple was divided into 4 age groups: Ages 16 to 34 – 66 couples Ages 35 to 49 – 17 couples Ages 50 to 59 – 11 couples Ages 60 plus – 7 couples We had 6 couples competing in the 16 to 34 age group:

Alexander Blank and Michelle Paul Karl Fetzer and Jenn Lineman

Michael Fricker and Karina Fricker Werner Fricker III and Allysa Reiter Daniel Galgon and Nichole Deely

Sasha Malofiy and Mikaela Malofiy. The Youth Einzel Competition This competition included various ages groups – ages 6 to 9; ages 10 to 12; and ages 13 to 15 - who compete as a couple but are critiqued as individuals, however, the older group 13 to 15 are also judged individually. Our dancers competed as follows: Ages 13 to 15 –

Stevie Paul with Kristen Reiter Stevie Paul with girls from Alpenrose, Lancaster

Stevie Paul with 2nd girl from Alpenrose, Lancaster Steve Paul with Emma Walter.

(Although Stevie danced four times, he was only judged on his first dance)

Ages 10 to 12 – Kyra Malofiy with Kevin Rase of Denver, Colorado

Ages 6 to 9 – Matt Proll with Anika Mahadevan

The awards for these competitions were to be announced at the Saturday Festessen (Banquet)

Meetings and Workshops There were various meetings throughout the four days: Flag Proto-col, Flag Carriers, Vorplattlers and Officials. Workshops included: Wooden Spoon Workshop, Trachten Hairstyles for Ladies, Children Games and Dance Workshop, and Musical Instruments Tryout. There was also a Gau Library, a Children’s Area and a Schafkopf Tournier. Following the various meetings as a club we met in our BS room where the Vorplattler, Alex Blank informed us of our groups line up and dance we would perform on Saturday morning at the competition. The G.H. would be dancing first performing the Heidau-er! At the close of this meeting Alex presented John Reiter, our im-mediate past Vorplattler with an “Ehren Vorplattler” medal. Needless to say John was honored to accept it! Heimatabend with Folkdancing This event took place on Friday evening from 7:30 to midnight. Although some of our group stopped in, the majority of us attended the Welcome Dance held from 8 to Midnight. Welcome Dance Alex Meixner once again provided his talents for this evening and a lot of fun was had as we reminisced with old and new friends. The evening ended at 1 AM but many dancers left early as tomorrow was the Group Prize Plattling competition. We knew our group would dance the “Heidauer” and were the first to perform. Oh yes!! Some-time during the evening, the “lucky penny” showed up. Group Prize Plattler Competition A warm up group consisting of the Enzian Delaware, the Auerhahn Oley PA, Alpenrose Lancaster PA, & Schlierachtaler Stamm opened the event. The 14 couple competition began with the United German Hungarians consisting of:

Alex Blank and Emma Walter Danny Galgon and Nichole Deely Sasha Malofiy and Karina Fricker

Werner Fricker III and Allysa Reiter All fourteen groups did very well. The awards were to be announced at the Sunday picnic. As a group of us headed back to the BS Room, we heard familiar band music coming from the huge corridor/lobby. It was the Heimatklänge with Billy Galgon, Joe Hartmann, John Reiter, Maria Antoniak, and Dan Galgon. A large banner proclaiming PHILADELPHIA was above them and our dancers were giving out small flyers stating:

THE UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY

ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL PLACE A BID TO HOST

26. GAUFEST 2017

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The German-Americans woke on Sunday June 30th in Philadelphia to a sky overcast with clouds and rain storms. Thunder may have rumbled and lightning cracked while a blitz of weary hearts sighed;

It is German Day today. Ever the proud and determined people we rolled out of bed and prepared for our day. Across

Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware they pulled up their socks, laced up their dirndls, slapped on their lederhosen and buttoned their vests all for one purpose and a valiant one at that!

IT WAS GERMAN DAY in Philadelphia!

PHILADELPHIA GERMAN DAY A SUCCESS… IN SPITE OF RAIN!

The German Hungarians were proud to host German Day this year and were happy to see a number of our friends in attendance! Support for German Day and the Steuben Parade is essential from all the associated clubs and we cannot take that lightly! Although the rain trickled down and the sun stretched to shine through the clouds, on German Day in Philadelphia the cold Warsteiner still flowed from the taps, and the schnitzel, the wurst and the leberkase still came hot from the kitchen! Polka beats hummed from the speakers prior to our vari-ous main entertainment that would go on! Despite the weather the G.H. Under 23 men were able to finish off a win with room to spare around 1pm in the Stadium! We were happy to have an exhibition of the sport of Fistball from the Phoenix Sport Club, a great German-American club that should not be modest about their mastery of the game! Moving the main events of the day inside German Hungarian Hall turned out to be an asset to our celebrations. The guests in attendance filled the room and the bar! Lively Music from the Heimatklänge Orchestra led many to the dance floor throughout the day. The Philadelphia & Trenton Donauschwaben Dance Groups opened the day’s performances and they did a wonderful job! The planners made sure that every break in the HK set meant a dancing display from one of the many groups in attendance! Our small yet spirited Children’s Cultural Group put on a show with their smiles in full! The G.T.V. Almrausch Schuhplattlers performed a noteworthy set of dances with their distinct flair of the Philadelphia style! As usual the G.H. Schuhplattler Group, danced three dances for the pleasure of the attendance as well as themselves! Important to note that a slightly smaller group performed the “Pustertaler Alpen-Landler” the dance that a group of 16 couples just performed at the 24. Gaufest. To close out German Day’s entertainment, the last per-formance was a group effort. Anyone who was able bodied was invited to dance the “Gauplattler” in friendship and German-American celebration! Representatives of Almrausch Phila., Auerhahn Oley, Gemütlichen NY, & the German Hungarians Oakford participated and they had a grand time dancing together.

The Philadelphia Maßkrugstemmen yielded once again a winner from the German-American Police Association. President and General Chairman of the Steuben Day Observance Association, Thomas Markow greeted and addressed the attendance. He thanked all the members of the association for their hard work in preparing for German Day and the upcoming parade. He stressed the need for support from our community of clubs and organizations. Mr. Markow introduced President Galgon who thanked everyone for coming as well as all our members for their preparations and work to make German Day happen. The 2013-2014 Kornblumenhof of Philadelphia was introduced and crowned before the crowd. Miss Cannstatter, Mikayla Appell was crowned 2. Kornblumen Prinzessin. Miss German-American Police, Jessica Hagmaier was crowned 1. Kornblumen Prinzessin. Miss Lancaster Liederkranz, Katie Coons was crowned Kornblumen Königin and Miss German-America of Philadelphia. Congratulations on their crowning! It was a grand old GERMAN DAY! It was a great celebration of our German-American culture in Phila-delphia! Thanks to all the clubs in the association who attended and made the event happen! Look forward to the 43rd Parade on Saturday September 28th in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia as well as the future of German-American Visibility in Philadelphia and the United States!

Michael Fricker

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ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW:

GERMAN DAY

2013-2014 Kornblumenhof of Philadelphia L TO R: Mikayla Appell, Katie Coons, Julia Duffield

(2012-2013 Kornblumen Königin), Jessica Hagmaier.

Philadelphia & Trenton Donauschwaben Dance Groups perform at GERMAN DAY!

G.H. Schuhplattler Group performs at GERMAN DAY!

G.T.V. Almrausch performs at GERMAN DAY!

MAßKRUGSTEMMEN Philadelphia

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Tanzgruppe der Banater Schwaben aus Singen Eisenbahner Musikanten Tanzgruppe der Banater Schwaben aus Esslingen

Saturday, August 17

Please join the Danube Swabian Association of Philadelphia, the Trenton Donauschwaben Association & the United German Hungarians

as we host, direct from Germany:

Tanzgruppe der Banater Schwaben aus Esslingen,

Tanzgruppe der Banater Schwaben aus Singen

& die Eisenbahner Musikanten

Doors open at 5:00pm

Ticket Price: $7.00

Reservations Required. Contact:

Marlene Fricker | 215.275.4991 | me.fricker@hotmail.com

Dinners will be Available for Purchase

Performances from all groups!

Friends, let us extend a hearty handshake to our soon to be guests and hopefully quick-to-be friends saying with a

smile in greeting, “Servus Landsleit!”

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2013 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

August 9th—Golf Outing

August 17th—Schwaben Abend

September 6-8th —Hot Rod Hoedown

September 14th—Rocktoberfest

September 28th—Steuben Day Parade

September 28-29th —Oktoberfest

October 26th—Schocktoberfest

November 2nd—Fall Craft Fair

November 9th—Kirchweihfest

November 13th—Fall Penny Party

December 15th—Club Christmas Party

CULTURAL & SCHUHPLATTLER GROUP SCHEDULE

Tuesday July 30th—Trenton Thunder, 7pm

Sunday, August 25th—Tag der Donauschwaben

Labor Day Weekend— Landestreffen der Donauschwaben

Detroit, MI

Sunday, September 8th – VE Sportfest

Friday, October 4th—Princeton Elks with HK

Saturday, October 12th—ArtsQuest Oktoberfest, Bethlehem

September 19th—Cranberry Brook Retirement Community

October 26th—Holiday Village East/Joyce Nelson Oktoberfest

Saturday, November 9th—G.H. Kirchweihfest

Saturday, December 7th—Schlierachtaler Stamm Edelweiss Ball

Sunday, December 15th—G.H. Christmas Party

UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIAN

Golf Outing

Friday, August 9th 2013 Bensalem Country Club

11:00 Registration 12:00 Tee Off

5:00-8:00 Dinner & Drinks

$125.00 per Golfer Costs Include Green fees, cart, complimentary beer on course and sit

down dinner with beer, wine and soda at our club

$60.00 Dinner Only Cost

$100.00 Hole Sponsor (Hole Sponsors will have a sign placed at the tee box of a hole.)

For Information contact Danielle Weyershaeuser 267.234.8555 | d.weyershaeuser@gmail.com

Make checks payable to UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS

Hot Rod Hoedown: 2 Days of Fun!

September 7-8, 2013 Car Show, Swap Meet, Art Show, Live Music, Vintage & Ven-

dors, Guests, Cars for Sale & More!

East Coast’s First Kustom Kulture Car Show Rats, Rods, Kustoms, Beaters & Drivers

Open to Pre 1975 Vehicles $5 per person Info: 215-962-0636

www.hotrodhoedown.com

BIG SEPTEMBER AT THE GERMAN HUNGARIAN CLUB

United German Hungarian ROCKTOBERFEST Saturday, September 14th

(RAIN OR SHINE)

134th ANNUAL BAVARIAN OKTOBERFEST Saturday & Sunday, September 28th-29th

German fun, food and gemütlichkeit! Entertainment throughout the weekend!

German Hungarian Cultural Group and Schuhplattler Group …… and much more!!!

43rd Annual German-American STEUBEN PARADE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27th

Steuben Parade Gala Banquet

Featuring this year's Grand Marshal! Live music and dancing!

7:00PM At:

Cannstatter Volksfest Verein

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28th

Steuben Day Parade Activities

Ecumenical Service

Parade Down Frankford Ave. Mayfair Section of Phila.

Direct from Germany: Blasorchester TV Jahn Bockum

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(GAUFEST CONTINUED) The Bid Our Executive Board had decided to place this bid and had informed all officers, chairman and dancers of this decision at our warm-up on June 16. We were told that we would announce this decision at the Gaufest after the group competition. Further info will be provided on this as we proceed. The Bauernmesse A large majority of the attendees from all clubs and their flags attend this important mass where all the banners which the host club pre-sents to all attending clubs are blessed by the priest. Father Ron Kreidler performed this task and also said the mass in the German language. The homily was spoken in English and was relevant not only for this particular Sunday but also for the event. The Festessen (Banquet) The banquet took place from 6 PM to Midnight with a delicious din-ner and music by Die Lustige Almdudler. All enjoyed themselves with friends and family. At this time the Einzel Competition Winners were announced. The Einzel Competition Winners It all happened so quickly! “We are now going to announce the Adult Einzel Competition Winners. – Ages 16 to 34- 3rd Place – Werner Fricker III and Allysa Reiter from the United German Hungar-ians, Oakford, PA.” The name Werner Fricker was barely out of the announcer’s mouth and our group of 61 strong along with many of our friends began cheering in loud voices. Werner and Allysa proceeded to the stage along with 2nd place win-ner Adam Hetzel and Christine Olk and 1st place winners Kyle Ott and Regina Rock. These four are from the host club STV Bavaria, Cleve-land. Needless to say, we were all very proud that Werner and Al-lysa had placed 3rd out of 66 couples. Later we were to find out that the majority of our group placed in the top 1/3. First Place in age group 35 to 49 was Juergen Friese and Heidi Friese First Place age group 50 to 59 was John Schwab and Karin Schwab from Almrausch, Phila. PA First Place age group 60 plus was Roger Mowery and Carolyn Marquardt. In each age group first prizes won gold medals, second won silver medals and third won bronze medals which they will all wear proud-ly henceforth. Youth Einzel Competition Winners As previously stated the youth although dancing as a couple are judged or critiqued as an individual. They do not win medals howev-er they are acknowledged and receive a pin. We were again very pleased that Steve Paul won 3rd place in the 13 to 15 ages group and Emma Walter also won 3rd place in that age group. First and Second Places for girls ages 13 to 15 were won by Kristen and Stephanie Schwab of the Philadelphia Almrausch while Gene Zaiser also of the Almrausch won 2nd Place. Our two younger couples age groups were not announced. We continued to enjoy Die Lustige Almdudler and later once again Alex Meixner courtesy of Denver who are bidding for the 27.Gaufest in 2019. The BS Room The BS Room(s) are rented by the German Hungarian attendees sep-arately from each family’s sleeping quarters for us to get together to “eat, drink and be merry”. Almost from the beginning (1989), we have successfully enjoyed these rooms with our own group and with many friends. Whenever we are not busy with the Gaufest sched-

ule, this is where we congregate. So after the Banquet and Al Meixner’s music, many headed to our BS Room. Although I, being one of our 4 “Super Seniors” who attended, was in bed by 2 AM, I heard that many had a really good time with some comments by the hotel staff. Since the picnic didn’t start until 11 AM and our Schuhplattler Group was scheduled to perform our “Ehrentanz” in the 12 Noon grouping, it really didn’t matter that some only slept 5 hours. Oh, well! To be young again. The Picnic An Ehrentanz is performed by most groups who attend this festival. This is a dance performed by all your dancers and shows your tal-ents. Approximately 40 groups performed throughout the four days. It is interesting to note that seven groups performed from the state of Pennsylvania with New York following with five groups. There were also groups from 12 other states; groups from 3 Canadian provinces and groups from 3 German Gauverbands. Performing the PUSTERTALER ALPEN LÄNDLER, our dancers were:

Alex Blank and Michelle Galgon Dan Galgon and Miklaela Malofiy

Sasha Malofiy, Jr. and Nichole Deely Werner Fricker III and Allysa Reiter

Michael Fricker and Lisa Fricker Karl Fetzer and Anna Martini

Nick Walter and Jenn Lineman Joey Reiter and Michelle Paul Brian Noel and Kristen Reiter

Sasha Malofiy and Janet Malofiy Ben Meck and Susi Hartmann

Josh Meck and Marlene Fricker Mike Cramer and Karen Mahadevan

Bob Walter and Emma Walter Stevie Paul and Karina Fricker John Reiter and Connie Reiter

Group Awards Later the Group Prize Plattling Winners were announced beginning with those placing 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st. Only the first three re-ceive medals. Since we did not place in the top five, and we knew we had performed well, we were curious to find out our placement. We were happily surprised that we had placed sixth. Our group was the youngest we have ever entered in this competition. Out of the eight, four had never competed in the group competition before.

1st Place— STV Bavaria Cleveland, Ohio 2nd Place— SG Edelweiss St. Paul, Minnesota 3rd Place— Gemütlichen Enzianer, NY 4th Place— TEV Edelweiss, Denver, Colorado 5th Place— Bayern Verein Newark, New Jersey 6th Place— UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS, OAFORD, PA 7th Place— Holzhacker Buam Toledo, Ohio 8th Place— SVEV D’Oberlandler, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9th Place— GTV Almrausch Philadelphia, PA 10th Place— SVV “Original Enzianer” New York 11th Place— BHTV “Golden Gate” San Francisco, California 12th Place— Almrausch Schuhplattler Altoona 13th Place— Enzian Schuhplattler Seattle 14th Place— SGV Edelweiss Buffalo

(TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE MONTHLY PROGRESS)

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—SCHNITZEL NIGHT— Every first Wednesday of the Month - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

August 7th & September 4th

A delicious schnitzel dinner including two side dishes plus a salad, bread and butter, and coffee or tea are

served for the price of $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children.

Dessert and drinks are available for purchase.

—KIRCHWEIH— Saturday November 9th

PERFORMANCES BY THE GERMAN HUNGARIAN CULTURAL GROUP

IN BANATER SWABIAN TRACHT

THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADITIONAL GERMAN-HUNGARIAN EVENT

CELEBRATED AT OUR CLUB

In Memoriam

HELEN MENHARDT Helen Menhardt of Richboro died on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Abington Hospice in Warminster surrounded by her loving family. She was 82 and was the beloved wife of 56 years to the late Julius Menhardt Jr. She is survived by her children, Heidi and Bill Ryder, Kurt and Linda Menhardt, Werner Menhardt and Lisa Fenton, and her 10 grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Friedel Grohmann of Marbach am Neckar in Germany. Helen was born in Kaisersdorf, Galicia, now known as Poland to the late Jacob and Ludwiga Koestel and was the sister of the late Leopold Koestel. In 1939, the German Commission relocated her family to Germany and eventually they were placed in a camp in Schrimm, near Posen in the Warthegau. In Warthegau, Helen attended elementary and middle school until they fled to Chemnitz in Saxony. In 1946, she moved to Marbach am Neckar, Wurttemberg and attend-ed the Women’s Work School (Frauen Arbeitss-chule) in Ludwigsburg and she worked part time, including working for a farmer, in order to obtain ration cards. Helen had also worked in Stuttgart as a seamstress until her emigration to America in 1953. Since her husband, Jules, was a staunch mem-ber of the United German Hungarians, Helen

and her children also became active there. Their children as well as some of their grand-children were active in the Cultural and Soccer Programs. Helen who was known for her love of entertaining and baking, pitched in whenev-er needed by the club in both these areas, teaching the younger generation by her exam-ple. It was Helen, who after the fire in 1973, helped redecorate the club after it was rebuilt. She also helped in the decorating area through-out the years. Both Helen and Jules enjoyed attending our entertainment events especially those when our dancers performed. Helen continued to attend these affairs after Jules death. I believe she was last at our club at the Schnitzel Night in May. Both her viewing and services took place at Joseph A. Fleuhr III Funeral Home in Richboro on Wednesday, July 10th. The interment was at Forest Hills Cemetery in Philadelphia. A lunch-eon followed at our club. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, or the Abington Hospice at Warminster, or the United German Hungarians. Helen was a great wife, a great mother and grandmother and a great friend. She will be missed by the many who knew and loved her. Farewell, dear friend, until we meet again!

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Obituary We sadly report the death of Victor Hoffmann approximately one month after the death of his wife, Elsie. Victor, age 75, died on June 13th and is survived by his four children, grandchildren and one great grandchild. He is also survived by his brother, Leonard Hoffmann. Both Victor and Elsie were members of the Philadelphia Donauschwaben where Victor held many official posi-tions. He was well known not only in the Philadelphia area German American Community but also in the Soccer Community. As young men, both Victor and his brother Lenny played for the German Hungarian soccer teams. Victor could be seen at every important soccer game where ever it was played. Our deepest sympathy to Victor’s family and the Philadelphia Donauschwaben Club.