Dgemuetlichen

Happy New Year everyone!!! Even though there is no Rose Parade this year, we can always remember the year we were in the parade.

http://www.dgemuetlichen.com/ Virtual Krampus educational zoom meeting and Krampus Abend Bauern Theater Presented by Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler Folk Dance Group in conjunction with the Tierra Blanca Arts Center. Setting: The setting of our play is a Wirtshaus (a tavern or inn), in Mittenwald - a town amid the Alpine peaks of Bavaria. It is late November of 1896. During this era, Schuhplattler groups and Trachtenvereine began to form in Bavarian and Austrian towns and vil...lages with the purpose of preserving their unique local clothing, customs, dances, and music. Learn German! Glossary of terms from our show: Bauerntheater or Farmer’s Theater is a style of dramatic performance presenting popular folk characters or themes in German speaking areas. The artistic form shares similarities to Melodrama, although Farmer’s Theater productions are often comedies. The setting of the play is usually located in geographical proximity to the place the play is being performed, and the persons involved in the action are taken from the local rural population. The performers are mostly amateurs, but professional productions are not uncommon. A Special Note on Our Krampus Masks: The carved wooden masks that we are featuring for the first time in this year’s production were a special gift from members Hans and Hanna Habereder. The Habereders commissioned the masks to be created by master sculptor Walter Reiser, of Mittenwald, Germany. Reiser carved the rather friendly Krampus masks from Swiss Cone Pine and it took him a total of 40 hours of carving and painting to complete the masks. The masks feature natural horns and hair from Billy-goats. The Habereders met with Reiser on their annual trip to Mittenwald, Germany to pick up the masks and shipped them back to the USA for our presentation. Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler group, in conjunction with The Phoenix Club, are presenting this evening’s play at our own expense in order to share and educate about the Christmastime traditions and stories of our culture. We are pleased to invite the general public to our event free of charge again this year. Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler has recently become a 501c3 non-profit organization. Donations to help make sure we can continue this wonderful tradition in the future are greatly appreciated. Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplatter would like to thank The Phoenix Club for graciously providing their facility for our use, and we would like to thank the individual members who provided their time and labor, or purchased and donated items. Websites: Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler http://www.dgemuetlichen.com/

Gauschriftführer Walter Kraft has posted the minutes of the Nov. 2020 Special Delegates Meeting to the Gauverband website. Take a look!

In case you want to take up a new hobby while you're home! Take a look!

A little treat for those who aren't able to get their printed Gauzeitung from their Verein. Take a look!

JOIN US !!! JOURNEY TO SEMBLANZA 2020 TUESDAY OCTOBER 6TH, AT 6:00 PM MEET TEAM GERMANY #journeytosemblanza... #tbac_semblanza #GERMANY #worldfolkdance #livelovecultrue See more

https://www.facebook.com/selatinola Join us on Tuesday, October 6th, which is German-America Day for a Facebook Live Interview starting at 6:00PM PST.

Update! Thursdays in October are discount night! $15.00 with a $15.00 food coupon. Oktoberfest opens next week, October 1st. Make your reservations.

Correction: We got the date wrong in our newsletter. The next Membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 22nd at 6:30pm, outdoors in the larger Bie...rgarten. The Bierstube restaurant will not be open. Proof of current membership required. Masks to be worn when not seated at you table. Social distancing will be in place. See more

Join us on Tuesday, October 6th, which is German-America Day for a Facebook Live Interview starting at 6:00PM PST. https://www.facebook.com/selatinola

Happy Friday! We are so looking forward to this. Please feel free to share.

Change of plans. The Gauzeitung has been printed and mailed today to all subscribers. If you subscribe through your Verein, talk to whoever coordinates that to ...get your copy. For the first time, I got to do the mailing. Fun time. here we are on the way to the post office for $700 worth of postage. See more

New Gauzeitung to read

http://www.tierrablancaartscenter.org/ We are in live stream in our Journey to Semblanza 2020 Join Us! Today representatives from Germany and Sweden folk dance companies! Get questions ready... Tierra Blanca Arts Center is bringing back its wonderful cultural event: SEMBLANZA 2020 Join Us in our journey to Semblanza 2020 We are starting with a series of LIVE interviews with directors that represent different countries here in Los Angeles, USA. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 pm #semblanza2020 #tbac_semblanza2020 #worldfolkdance #journeytosemblanza #worldculture #UnityandDiversity #folkdance #ElSalvador #Honduras #Peru #Argentina #Latinoamerica #Europa #Bolivia #Mexico #Guatemala #Panama #Colombia #Germany #sweden

#Semblanza Semblanza is a multicultural event that happens every year in southern California. This year it will a Virtual event which will take place on October 17th & 18th. Prior to the actual event, they are doing Facebook Live interviews with all of the participating groups. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4th, Grace Vega from Semblanza will be doing a Facebook Live interview with Klaus Hornell & Hans & Hanna Habereder. The event will start at 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time.... Semblanza Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/selatinola Please share in the fun of celebrating our culture. Say hello to Hans, Hanna & Klaus. Ask them a question about tracht.

So cute! Some of our trachtlers may need this in their lives... :)

Gauschriftführer Walter Kraft has posted the minutes of the Gauausschussversammlung along with officer reports and committee reports to the website. In addition, the report of the 2019 Gaufest have also been posted. Walter emailed these links to all the Vereine. Take a look!