The German American Societies Of San Diego, Inc. Spring- Summer Newsletter 2014 www.germanclubsandiego.org ~ www.OktoberfestElCajon.com Spring-Summer Schedule at a Glance April 26 Intern. Heritage Dance May 7 Club Membership Meeting May 18 Choir Spring Concert June 7 Anniversary Ball August 23 Sommerfest- Open House Time Info for the above pg. 23 2014 Oktoberfest Last weekend in Sept. First weekend in Oct. Friday-Sat. & Sunday May 11 Happy Mother’s Day ! June 15 Happy Father’s Day ! Prince Karl and Princess Christina, also our Junior Prince Ryan and Junior Princess Mary. We thank you for a tremendous Karneval Season 2013-14. Again, we are very proud of what was accomplished and we fondly will remember you, the entire Karneval group, and the fun we all had! Spring - Summer Newsletter 2014: DIRECTORY German American Societies of San Diego, Inc. 1017 S. Mollison Ave., El Cajon, Ca. 92020-7614 619-442-6637 Website: www.germanclubsandiego.org email: [email protected] CONTACT : Office Manager / Business Manager Heidi Williams Club Office 619-442-6637 fax 619-442-6611 home office 619-445-2549 cell 619-208-1148 Clubhouse Manager: Brian (Willie) Williams clubhouse direct 619-442-6638 cell 619-208-1682 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Heidi Williams 619.445.2549 Membership Chairperson Heidi Williams 619.445.2549 Damenkreis Heidi Williams 619.445.2549 Oktoberfest Chairperson Mike Anderson 619.390.9793 Germania Choir Frauke Kuo 619.498.3898 Skat Players Eddie Scheumann 858.279.0729 Karneval Commissioner Lana Fauskin 619.440.4767 Willie’s Volunteer Crew Willie Williams 619.208.1682 2013-14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marianna Roberts Wendel Jenkins Karl Ulle Marianne Kendall Norma Paul Heidi Williams Olga Tietz President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary Treasurer Business Manager Publ. Director Office Manager Membership chair Our long-time club member, Irmgard (Irmchen) Blauser, ( left ) Monika Parme, G.A.S. Ambassador, ( right ) can be found at all club functions like Galas, Club Dinner Dances, Karneval events, Choir Concerts, assists Heidi Williams, Business Manager, with her Oktoberfest and the Open House -Sommerfest. assignments at the club, office and field service. If She takes photos of activities, members and you have questions and need help, please email: guests. We thank Irmchen very much for her talent Heidi Williams : [email protected] or and dedication. If you want to order YOUR pictures, Monika Parme : [email protected] Monika, I thank you for your support, HW please call her at 619-466-0229 CLUB HOUSE RULES The following rules and regulations have been established to ensure that everyone using the club and property has the responsibility to preserve our beautiful facility now and for years to come. ABC restriction: No alcohol will be allowed to be brought into the club at any event, hall rental or meetings. Also, alcohol served from our bar can only be consumed inside the club house . At no time (except Oktoberfest and Open House) can glasses with alcohol be carried outside into our beer garden (not parking lot area). Cigarettes must be extinguished outside in appropriate containers. No gum chewing allowed in the building. No shoe or foot powder allowed in the building (dance floor) Club staff members are not responsible for any personal belongings left unattended and left behind in the facility. PUBLICATION POLICY The publicity department of the G.A.S. is responsible for the bulletin’s contents and reserves the right to edit or refuse all articles and advertisements submitted for publication. If you move, PLEASE inform us of your new address! If you change your email address, PLEASE let us know! Advertisement : Nominal Type Setting and Artwork by Request Business Card annually $100.00 Half Page annually $ 240.00 Quarter Page annually $140.00 Full Page annually $ 340.00 2 Spring - Summer Newsletter 2014: MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT & EDITOR Our club was founded in 1965 and we can be so proud that after all these years we can still celebrate and present our German Heritage as is laid out in our By-Laws by having German taught at our club, by presenting cultural events like our recent Heimatabend and our incredible Oktoberfest, by having a German Choir, a Damenkreis (at which meetings we only speak German), our fabulous Karneval Group and our Skat Players. It takes a lot of volunteers to put all of this together and while our numbers are shrinking, we are extremely lucky to still have very dedicated and hard -working people to hold it all together. Once again a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you wonderful volunteers. We greeted the New Year with a beautiful party at our club. As usual, the decorations and Marianna Roberts ambiance of the evening were fabulous. It has become a lovely tradition for many if us to spend the last President day of the year with our friends dancing the evening away. Can you believe it’s 2014 already? Where does the time go? Karneval got going in January and we spend a fun weekend in Las Vegas. Our ever so fabulous Prince and Princess made sure that everyone had a great time. The Kinder Dance Group is incredibly cute - but then all of the performances, that are offered by that group , are outstanding. Yeah, Karneval! Willie is still recuperating from his fall and the following heavy bleeding on his brain. It looked like he would be ok until his legs gave out and he had to be hospitalized. The Doctors cut 4 holes into his scull to let the blood drain. He is feeling better and we wish him and Ron a fast recovery. Our dear Ron, another one of Willie’s group, fell off a ladder and ended up with a broken hip. He is still on a cane but both guys are back working at the club…you can’t keep good people down. Thank you, gentlemen, for all your dedication. On the second Saturday in April we spend a lovely evening with Andy, a German TV star who works also out of Las Vegas, entertaining us with beautiful old and new songs. He is quite the entertainer and we all enjoyed his great performance immensely. He loved our club and wants' to be back next year in April …... Make sure you always look at the event calendar on pg. 23 of this newsletter to be up to date on what is going on. I’m looking forward to seeing you soon at one of our lovely evenings at the club and most important at our Anniversary Ball ! Mit vielen Grüßen, Marianna Editor’s Message After a long winter, we hope that you are enjoying yourself and will toast to the beginning of Spring at the second annual International Heritage Ball, hosted by the German American So- cieties on Saturday, April 26th. ! ! ! ! ! The German American Societies’ mission is to unite Germans, and other nationalities, interested in our culture, through various activities. However, it is also important to note that the German Societies heritage reaches beyond their own community. It unites people of different nations through their love of music, dance, and culture. We always state before Heidi Williams each event: "You don't have to be German to celebrate with us, for everyone is welcome." Editor As we progress further into 2014, we wish to highlight how thankful we are to all who help make our club thrive. It is this kind of support that we need in order to continue our mission, organ- ize future events in honor of our German heritage, as well as keeping the contact with donations to Ger- man Schools and German College departments alive. We also like to participate at functions in our sur- rounding community, like the El Cajon Friendship Festival now called : “America on Main Street”; the an- nual celebration at the Balboa Park’s Museum of Man, the International Fair at the Riverview School in Lakeside and the high school in Chula Vista, or Youth Theater and Kinder Choir presentations at the Ein- stein Academy-San Diego. They, and the Rasselbande Kindergarten, love to come to our club to celebrate Karneval with us or entertain our members and guests at our Christmas parties. So does our own Kinder- tanzgruppe on various occasions throughout the year. As the Membership Chairperson, I want to thank 1/4 of our members for sending the membership renewal for the year 2014-15 ON TIME! Since the rest forgot, please find a friendly reminder inside this bulletin. We thank you in advance for your response. We really received more donations than usual: how nice! I will announce the overall statistic at our upcoming membership meeting on May 7th. The new, pre-paid membership cards will be passed out at the clubhouse entrance at that time and the rest will be sent by mail. Thank you for your continued loyalty. With warm greetings to all, Heidi 3 THIS AND THAT in the El Cajon News “The International Friendship Festival” coming back as America on Main Street We are in the planning stages of El Cajon’s America on Main Street, scheduled for June 14, 2014, from 10:00am – 10:00pm. It will be located in downtown El Cajon on Main Street and Rea Avenue. This new signature event will celebrate the American spirit with two stages, children’s interactive attractions, booths, and hoping for a Naturalization Cere- mony and street soccer tournament. We would also like to feature entertainment, food, craft and display booths from our ethnic communities. We are expecting 30,000 people to attend this one day event and we are hoping you will be a special part of it.