GERMANIA EXECUTIVE BOARD President: Bill Reuter 914-882-0307 Vice President: Newsletter Dave Yearack 452-6360 Secretary: Karen Rose 914-489-8344 December 2017 Treasurer: Robb Rose 471-7442 __________________________________________________________________ Financial Secretary: Michael Reichert 635-1065 Germania wuenscht Euch ein frohes und DAUGHTER CLUBS & COMMITTEES gesegnetes Weihnachtsfest Singers President & Wed. Lunches: und alles Gute zum Neuen Jahr. Helga Nowak-Razey 797-7519 Soccer Club President: Germania wishes you a blessed Christmas and Joe Ulrich 380-7925 Germania Almrausch President: Happy New Year. Karen L Rose 914-489-8344 Newsletter Editor: The time of year is fast approaching where many of us spend Karen L Rose 914-489-8344 or [email protected] time with family and friends over the holidays, reflect on life Membership: Sylvia Reuter and look ahead to the coming year. Perhaps we might also 914-882-0200 or [email protected] consider the less fortunate, helping in Buildings & Grounds: any way possible to brighten their Peter Licis 255-7616 holiday as well. Kitchen: Gary Schonmann 454-9324 Bar: Sue Koppenhaver 389-0351 25-Week Club: We are truly blessed to be a part of our Marilyn Luhmann 914-489-2561 Germania family. Being surrounded by Rentals: [email protected] so many passionate people, who care for one another, makes Germania a most UPCOMING EVENTS special place to belong. Thank you for volunteering your time Dec 17 Weihnachtsmesse (1st Lutheran Church) 2pm Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party (Mountain Tops) to support our club. Our success, this year and always, is Jan 05 Pub Night (acoustic music, food) 7pm ultimately due to all of us working together as one team. Let’s Jan 07 25 Week Club (Paul Slusar) 1pm Jan 12 Biergarten (Joe Unger) 6:30pm to 10pm keep it up! Jan 20 Membership Dinner 6:30pm Jan 26 Friday Dinner (Hungarian Goulash) 5:30pm Jan 28 Semi-annual Meeting - SUN 1:30pm It has been a privilege to serve as your President over the past SEE FULL CALENDAR WITHIN few months. I am very much looking forward to an eventful, successful and fun 2018! Club Bar is Open 7 - 11 pm Thursdays & Fridays (Winter Hours) Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday season. May your holidays be filled with joy and love. Looking forward to seeing you soon at Germania! Sincerely, Bill Reuter Wednesday Lunch 11:30 am - 1:30pm Germania of Poughkeepsie, Inc., 37 Old DeGarmo Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603-2062 Phone (845) 471-0609 Fax (845) 471-0720 We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. —Winston Churchill With Christmas right around the corner, it’s once again that time of year when we graciously ask Germania’s members to donate food and/or toys for those in need. This year new and unwrapped toys will again be going to the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. TOYS MUST BE NEW AND UNWRAPPED. Food donations will again be going to The Grace Smith House. Germania will ensure that 10 families will receive a full Christmas dinner. Accepted food items are: Canned vegetables, instant mashed potatoes, canned cranberry sauce, stuffing, packaged gravy mix & canned yams. *Monetary donations also accepted. Thank you so very much for your generosity! Please drop off food items and/or toys on days/times when the club is open: Thursdays & Fridays 7 pm—10 pm Wednesday during Lunch, or during upcoming Club Events Please drop off your donations by Dec. 20th Questions please call Joyce Schonmann @ (845) 454-9324 Celebrate NEW YEAR’s EVE At Germania! Ring in “2018” with good friends, great food, wonderful music and dancing past midnight! Doors open at 7pm on New Year’s Eve Dec. 31st Complimentary beer and wine from 7pm-8pm. Complimentary soda throughout. 8pm Dinner: Salad, Choice of Prime Rib with Horseradish Sauce or Shrimp Scampi Served with Baked Stuffed Potato and Green Beans Almondine Dessert: Crème de Menthe Parfait 11pm Assortment of Cheeses, Fruit and Pastry Dancing to music by the Mountain Tops until 12:30! Champagne toast at midnight to ring in the New Year 2018! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $65pp members - $75pp non-members Name: ________________________ Beef ___ Shrimp __ Tel.________________ email________________________ RSVP by: 12/22/2017 Mail check made payable to Germania to: Helga Nowak-Razey, 58 High Hill Rd., Catskill, NY 12414 For information call Helga at 797-7519 or Maria at (518) 470-2158 FASCHING Karneval - Mardi Gras 2018 Open to Members and Accompanied Guests Saturday, February 10th Doors Open 6:30pm, Dinner 7pm Celebrate our Bartenders Sponsored Benefit at Germania! Live Music by BUD GRAMER Full Home Cooked Dinner Buffet, Dessert, Coffee Raffle, Contest, Prizes - Cash Bar RSVP by February 2nd Contribution: $30 MEMBERS, $35 NON MEMBERS ($5 discount if you come in costume) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVATIONS FOR FASCHING ON FEBRUARY 10, 2018: Please mail your check payable to GERMANIA OF POUGHKEEPSIE (Attn: Sue Koppenhaver) 37 Old DeGarmo Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Member Name: ______________________________ Telephone Number: __________________ Members attending: _______________________________________________________________ Accompanied Guests attending: _______________________________________________________ Check amount enclosed: $______________________ Info: Sue at (845)462-7771 [email protected] Page 5 of 14 GERMANIA’S 168th ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DINNER DANCE SATURDAY GERMANIA HALL APPETIZERS DINNER & PROGRAM JANUARY 20, 2018 37 OLD DEGARMO ROAD 6:30 PM 7:30 PM POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 ♪ MUSIC BY GREGORY AND THE BRAUHAUS BAND ♪ PAID RESERVATIONS ONLY RSVP BY JANUARY 8TH MEMBERS $35 GUESTS $40 For information, please contact SYLVIA REUTER at [email protected] or at 914-882-0200 This year's honorees are Fred Zipprich (50 Year Life member); and Momir Guzijian and Gerhard Stoetzel (25 Year Honorary members). Before January 8th, please make your checks payable to Germania of Poughkeepsie and mail it to Germania, ATTN Sylvia, 37 Old DeGarmo Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 with choice of Roast Pork Loin, Salmon, or Vegetarian. You may also pay with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discover). The bartenders can take your payments anytime the bar is open. Please give a copy of your receipt to Sylvia Reuter. RSVP by January 8th please. __________________________________________________________________________________________ German Heritage DDaayy SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018 GERMANIA OF POUGHKEEPSIE BAKE SALE Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall – Center Court – 10am until 4pm This is our 16th annual Germania German Heritage Day and Bake Sale. Each year we introduce German heritage to the Hudson Valley community and showcase our club while raising funds. German choral performances featuring the Germania Men & Ladies Chorus, and Bavarian Schuhplattler dance performances featuring Germania Almrausch SV und Kindergruppe. We ask that our members and their families and friends come out to the mall and support us. We are looking for volunteers to bake and package cookies at Germania the week of February 5th. In addition to our traditional apple strudels, we are seeking volunteers to bake their favorite German tortes, cakes or pastries. Each baked good must contain a label listing all ingredients. Baked goods can be brought to Germania on Friday, February 16th from 12 noon to 4pm. We also are asking for people to volunteer for selling of the baked goods at the Galleria Mall on Saturday, February 17th. Contact Barb Troan@845-546-1752 with any questions or offers of baked goods and offers of help. Thanks in advance for all your help. www.GermaniaPok.com Page 6 of 14 GOOD & WELFARE AND SUNSHINE NEWS News from and about our members. GERMANIA MEMBERS LIZ AND GEORGE CALABRESE PERFORM FOR CHARITY - The Baroque String Quartet performed at the Holy Trinity Church in Poughkeepsie on October 22, 2017. The show was presented by the Knights of Columbus Bishop Mestice Council. They played well known classics such as Rondeau (Jean-Joseph Mouret), Serenade; "Eine kliene Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel), Selections from "The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber), Emperor Waltz (Johann Strauss Jr.), La Cumparsita (Gerardo Matos Rodriguez), and many more. They even played a Beatles Medley! Liz and George Calabrese, Janet Muscat, and Sandra Brandman have performed at many different venues in the Hudson Valley like the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, Dutchess Manor in Beacon, Troutbeck in Amenia, Le Chambord in Hopewell Junction, as well as many restaurants and churches in the area. They have also performed with several Hudson Valley orchestras including the Newburgh Symphony, Mid-Hudson Community Orchestra, Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and the Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra. Recently, they made an appearance in the Academy Award winning movie "The Black Swan". Liz and George are parishioners at Holy Trinity Church and are the violinists at the Sunday noontime Mass. Some Germania members were also in attendance and were treated to a Sunday afternoon of beautiful music. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We are saddened by the news that member Ray Skov passed away. RAYMOND A. SKOV, 92 of Millbrook, NY passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at the Lutheran Care Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. He was born in Queens, NY on April 22, 1925 to the late Bunde Villadssen and Emma Mueller