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11919 SW 56 Street, Miami, FL 33175 GASCMIAMI.ORG Tel: (305) 552-5123
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2 @ 7 pm Membership Meeting
2 @ 8pm Oktoberfest Volunteer
Dinner
22 Happy Thanksgiving!
DECEMBER 14 @ 8 pm Membership Meeting
TBA Children’s Christmas Party
TBA Adult Christmas Party
Wednesday Social Nights Social hour from 6:30 pm Dinner, only $11 -
served 7-8 pm
November Menu* 7 Schnitzel night!
14 Chicken Marsala
21 No Dinner (Thanksgiving Prep)
28 Turkey Dinner
*Call Chef Tano @ (305) 962-6418 if you have special dietary needs.
(provide 24 hours’ notice)
GASC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1, 2018
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A Note from the president... Dear Fellow Members, I cannot begin to tell all of you how proud I am of the spectacular event we hosted. During the 6 days of the 2018 Oktoberfest, we hosted several hundreds of people at a time. We had the opportunity of sharing German culture, traditions and more importantly, our hospitality, with a constant flow of people walking in and enjoying themselves in a family environment where attractions for everyone were found. We started with the first tap ceremony where our Consul General, Frau Annette Klein was graceful enough to give a speech to our first visitors and declared the festival open with the known O'Zapf Is words. The bands performed at their best with all the folk songs, the famous tent chants and polkas, and the famous "Ein Prosit" song every now and then. They have an uncanny ability to get everybody motivated and make them be part of the show. Either singing, stomping in the dance floor or while at the tables, everybody was involved. Thank you to the Seitz Bub'n and the Donau Piraten, we are looking forward to have them in 2019. Our dance groups were the cherry on top. Everybody was amazed by their performance and the way they interacted with the attendants, integrating them in their performances. Obviously the cracking of the whip and the banging of the benches was only for professionals but nonetheless very entertaining. It is amazing to see how the culture is passed from one generation to the next. Surely, all the attendants enjoyed the little ones. We praise our group leaders and members for the outstanding job they do and the hours they put to practice, recruit and retain talent to perform. Thanks to all of you. I look forward to be able to thank all the volunteers personally during our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. You all know that your contribution is very much appreciated. Hope to see you all there.
Herzliche Grüße
Hubert Weichselbaumer
President
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GASC NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 1, 2018
GASC NEWS
NOVEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
Horace Brown, a lifetime member, passed away on
October 12, 2018. Horace was a proud member of our
club for many years. He was 98. Our condolences to his
wife Helga and all his family.
Carey Mallard was hospitalized for four days with
pneumonia and is now at home recuperating. Edward
Clauss had a heart procedure at Mount Sinai Medical
Center on Thursday, October 18, 2018. He is home now
and recovering well. We wish them both well.
GERMAN CLASSES
Beginning German
Thursdays 7:30 - 9 PM
Advanced German
Wednesdays 6 - 7:30 PM
If you want your birthday to be recognized, sign in to the
website and add that information!
2 Eugen Klingenschmid
5 Mary Tirb
6 Adriana Ortiz
7 Marian Mezar, Norma Zick, Reniel Coll
11 Wieland Uchdorf
12 Margit Hyre
13 Ellen Clauss
14 Rodolfo Rehm
15 Alice Hacker, Nicole Canavan
16 Christine Giniger
17 Katherine Kaim
19 Katherine E. Gomez
20 Gustavo Matzdorf
22 Yamira Pohlmann
25 Evelyn Fredrickson
26 Donald Roskind
27 Jan Williams
29 Gloria Nichols
30 Alberto Pisani
WISHING WELL
OKTOBERFEST VOLUNTEERS...
A grateful “thank you” to all the volunteers you help made our Oktoberfest very successful. A special thanks to Marina Urban for providing her student volunteers! Fondly, Reinhilde Long
11919 SW 56 Street, Miami, FL 33175 GASCMIAMI.ORG Tel: (305) 552-5123
GASC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1, 2018
GASC NEWS Officers & Trustees
Board of Directors: President: Hubert
Weichselbaumer
First V.P.: Neil Jones – Second V.P.: Emilio Palma.
Directors: Frank Biedermann, Christian Schlaerth,
Wieland Uchdorf and Marina Urban.
Other Officers:
Treasurer: Maria Morarin
Assistant Treasurer: Liselotte Seer
Corresponding Sec.: Linda Dunlap
Membership Sec.: Jose “PeeWee” Caban
Recording Sec.: Torsten Tyralla
Parliamentarian: TBD
Sergeant-at-Arms: Joe Koelbl
Trustees: Bill Kraushaar, Edgar Prüss, Elizabeth
“Betty” Frankhouser, Elaine Walter, and Alan Sielk.
Info change? Moving? You can edit your information with
the club by signing onto our website http://gascmiami.org. If
you have never signed in, choose “forgot password” and
you can sign up that way. You will need to sign in with the
email address you used when you joined (or the current one
through which you get your GASC emails).
NEWS? QUESTIONS? Whether you have news to share
with the club or a question you would like answered, we are
always glad to hear from you. Although we don’t have office
staff, and we all have jobs that take up a good part of our
day, most of our calls and most emails are answered within
24 hours.
FOLK DANCE GROUPS
Original Auerhahn Schuhplattler:
Come learn the Bavarian schuhplattler on Wednesday evenings.
Contact Joe Koelbl, Vorplattler at 305-247-6948 for more info on
this group.
Original Deutsche Volkstanzgruppe:
For more information contact Mary at 305-776-0674 or
Edelweiß Schuhplattler:
This children’s dance group now meets on Friday evenings at 6:30
pm. Contact Christine Giniger at 305-254-8932 to sign up the
children in your family!
Want a fun activity to do with your spouse or significant other? Join a dance group!
11919 SW 56 Street, Miami, FL 33175 GASCMIAMI.ORG Tel: (305) 552-5123
GASC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1, 2018
SPORTS SPORTS
MIAMI RUGBY FOOTBALL
CLUB
The GASC hosts practices and socials
for the oldest Rugby team in Florida,
Miami RFC. Rugby is a tough
physical sport that grew out of soccer
and is a precursor to American football.
We welcome players of all skill levels (no skills or experience
necessary) and all age groups. We have both men’s and
women’s rugby. Practices are at the GASC on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Youth (U8-U19) practice 6:30-8:00 pm. Senior
men and women practice 8:00-10:00pm.
Come join the fastest growing sport in America!
For more information or to sign up to play, contact Mac
Donough at [email protected]
or (305) 998-8529.
Special Commendation: It really is a privilege to work with people so dedicated and organized. Everybody did an outstanding job, but I would like to mention the work of some members in particular who really took their responsibilities as personal challenges and succeeded. I never thought we would be able to update our food serving area as we did. It took a lot of work not only to clean, organize, paint, but to keep it up to standard the weeks before and during the festival. Ingeborg Condon was the leader on this task and certainly did an outstanding job. She also received great help from Marina Urban, who also managed to get volunteers to come and help on the days before the celebrations. Logistics is a very complex matter. To get everything including bands, tents, supplies, souvenirs, beers occurred almost magically thanks to the hard work of our First VP, Mr. Neil Jones. He is always a step ahead and is always dedicated to find ways to make the club look good while generating profits. Scheduling volunteers is also a challenge, particularly when you don't have that many. It is hard to recruit people and sometimes to have to remind them of their commitments. In the end, all stations were manned at all times thanks to Reinhilde Long's great efforts. She's the Boss. Thanks, Reinhilde.
Hubert
SUNDAY SOCCER Originally started by the German consulate, the soccer
players that practice at the club are all members of the club.
They practice 9 to 11 Sunday mornings. Players tend to be
between 15 and 60 years of age. A $5/game fee is collected
to cover field maintenance. A few new players can be
accommodated; this is a great way to make new contacts in
the German community.
For more information contact Stephan Tuschen at
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