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TRANSYLVANIA CLUBNachrichten41 RIVER ROAD EAST, UNIT B, KITCHENER, ON N2B 2G3

Tel: (519) 744-1191E-mail: [email protected]

INC. 1951

Our Office Hours: Tuesday to Thursday - 09:00 to 13:00

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2 TRANSYLVANIA CLUB NACHRICHTEN Dec. 2018 / Jan. 2019

TCK VERANSTALTUNGSKALENDERTCK SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR

05. December Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Dinner 18:30

16. December Weihnachtsfeier – Christmas Pageant 14:00

19. December Seniors‘ Christmas Luncheon – Concordia Club 11:00

12. January Kameradschaftsabend – Concordia Club

23. January Kulturgruppe Jahreshauptversammlung/AGM 19:00

02. February Frauenball 18:30

03. March Trachtenball & Miss Transylvania Pageant 19:30

24. March Frauenverein - Spring Fashion Show 14:00

Note: All our events will be held at the Alpine Club unless otherwise indicated in the event schedule.

Bitte holen Sie Ihre Karten zwei Wochen vor der jeweiligen Veranstaltung ab sonst werden sie verkauft. Es gibtimmer wieder Mitglieder die ihre Karten am letzten Tag zurückbringen. Diese Karten hätten aber schon längst

verkauft werden können.

Please pick up your tickets at our club office at least two weeks prior to the event. Tickets not picked up two weeksin advance may be sold.

SYLVIA HARTIGSales Representative

[email protected] Erb Street West

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2Office: 519-885-0200

Toll Free: 877-450-0200

Dec. 2018 / Jan. 2019 TRANSYLVANIA CLUB NACHRICHTEN 3

BERICHT DES PRÄSIDENTEN

Dear Members and Friends,

You will see in this month’sNachrichtenblatt that we arenow only producing thePresident’s report in English. Itwas not an easy decision to makebut it is becoming increasingly

difficult with everyone’s hectic schedules and theextra cost involved to produce a second Germancopy of the report and the extra pages add to thecost of mailing. I would like to thank GerhardGriebenow for the 12 years that he did the transla-tions for Alfred Lowrick and the 4 years that he hasbeen doing the same for me. I know there weremany times when I was later then I should havebeen getting my report to him, which really put the

pressure on him to get the translation done by thedeadline. Thank you, Gerhard, for all the hard workthat you put in for this over the years. It was greatlyappreciated.

Well the weather is certainly changing, and it’s timeto start thinking about getting your snow tires puton the car.

On Friday October 26th we held our volunteerappreciation party for everyone who generouslyvolunteered hours for prepping and working theweek of Oktoberfest. I believe we had approximate-ly 80 of our over 100 volunteers attend and I thinkeveryone had a good time. We all sat down and atetogether, chatted with old and new friends, enjoyedsome chicken, cabbage rolls, pigtails, salads,munchies, apple strudel with ice-cream and had afew drinks. It was a fun and relaxing party. As I saidthat evening, as far as I am concerned, our volun-teers are heroes and deserve to be recognized. Wecould not have an Oktoberfest without all of you.


Thank you to the Alpine Club for their assistancewith our party organizing.

On Saturday November 3rd Erika and I attendedthe Saxonia Hall in Aylmer for the annual Lands -mannschaft meeting and elections. I would like tocongratulate John Penteker, Rosemary Horeth andHannelore Maiterth and were re-elected to theirpositions for another 2 year term and thank JohnWerner and his committee for all they do to pro-mote our culture and give our cultural groups theopportunity to participate in the wonderful pro-grams available to us through the Landsmannschaft.I’m sure John Werner will give us more details inhis report. After the meeting, we attended Trachten -ball in the Saxonia Hall. There were approximately140 people there and we all enjoyed a delicious buf-fet of schnitzel, cabbage rolls and palukus to startoff the evening. Our Choir, under the direction ofDieter Conrad and accompanist Andre Von Wehyeperformed a number of harmonious melodies forus. We were entertained by a number of young

dancers from the Saxonia Hall who have brightfutures as dance group members. The “more expe-rienced” Saxonia Club Dance group also performedfor us, as did our own dance group later in theevening. When we weren’t watching dance groupsor listening to the choir, we were tapping our toesor dancing to the music of Seven Castles.The Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Dinner is December5th at 6:30 p.m. Please contact Else in the office at519-744-1191 and let her know if you plan toattend so they know how much food to order. Onceagain, this year the men of the TCK Board will behappy to serve the ladies a Christmas dinner andperhaps sing some Christmas carols together. Iknow the ladies have some entertainment arrangedand as always it is a fun and well deserved night offfor the ladies.Weihnachtsfeier is Sunday December 16th andstarts at 2:00pm. We are again joining with theAlpine Club in this celebration of traditions andmusic for the afternoon. Please bring your familes,

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young and old to enjoy some Christmas music, deli-cious cookies, talents showed by all our groups andof course the visit from Santa. The Kindergruppehas been practicing very hard and will undoubtedlyhave another great show for us along with the youthgroup, choir and band. I hope to see you all there.

I hope that everyone has the chance to get togetherwith their loved ones to enjoy Christmas this yearand perhaps carry on some family traditions.Remember to take a moment during the holidayseason to make a donation of some non-perishablefood to the Food Bank, donate to the turkey driveor donate some clothes that your family is no longerusing to one of the local charities. There are manythat will be cold and hungry this winter.

January 12th is Kameradschaftsabend at theConcordia Club. Be sure to call their office and get

your tickets early as it will be a full house thatevening as board of directors and members fromvarious clubs enjoy each others company.

The Kulturgruppe has their AGM on January 23rdat 7 p.m. Please come out to support this very vitalgroup in our club.

Frauenball is February 2nd, 2019. The theme isMo rocco/Casablanca. It promises to be an excitingnight with an exotic menu, music by Wildbahn andMorracan décor, so call the office and get your tick-ets.

Ich wuenshe allen eine frohe Weihnachtzeit and eingesundes und glueckliches neu Jahr!Dankeschön.Reinhard Schmidt,President


V O L K S T R A U E R T A G


Dear Members and Friends,November started off with Trachtenball in Aylmeron Nov. 3rd. I would like to thank the choir mem-bers and the dance group members for making thetrip to Aylmer to take part in Trachtenball. It was awonderful evening with many in Tracht, a deliciousmeal cooked by the ladies of the Saxonia Club andtraditional entertainment by our choir, the TCKdance group and the Saxonia dance group and jun-ior dance group led by Rebecca Horeth. The SevenCastles played for our dancing entertainment andfor the Trachtenaufmarsch. Congratulations to theSaxonia Club for a wonderful evening.The Landsmannschaft held their annual meetingbefore the Trachtenball and I would like to congrat-ulate the newly elected committee members andthank John Werner and those committee membersstaying on for the remainder of their term for alltheir hard work in the past years. Jugendlager 2019will be held in Austria. Please note that Kindergruppe started on TuesdayOctober 30th at 6:30 p.m. at the Alpine Club. Iwould like to thank Krista and Rick Hesch andHeidimarie Hesch for taking on the challenge ofteaching our Kindergruppe and making sure we donot lose this very important part of our club life.Belonging to the TCK family is something eachchild should experience and enjoy. The tree of lifehas many branches but the tree cannot grow with-out strong roots and those roots can only staystrong when you know where you came from, yourfamily history and the culture and traditions thathave been instilled in your family for centuries.Make sure your children have strong roots to grow!Please send your children so that they make newfriends with whom they will progress on throughBallroom and Dance Group with. Like many of uswho have made life-time friendships that started atthe club, your children should have that opportuni-ty too.

I very pleased that we will have a Ballroom Grad -uation Class come spring. It looks like we will have10 couples in the class this year and welcome par-ticipants from other German clubs and friends ofour members. We are fortunate to have Hailey Richand Liam Schatz offer to instruct our young peopleagain. Their helpers will be Amanda Mooser, JustinSchatz and Mikaila Emrich. Plan to be at Mit glie -der abend on May 4th to cheer these young peopleon as they show us what they have learned.The weather is getting colder and winter is aroundthe corner; that means so is Christmas, my favouritetime of year. All our groups are practicing for theirChristmas performances and our Weihnachtsfeier.Our annual Weihnachtsfeier will take place onDecember 16, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the AlpineClub. Please bring the whole family to this very fes-tive afternoon of cultural entertainment, Christmastraditions, and many surprises and of course thevery delicious homemade cookies and coffee andwe can’t forget our special visitor, Santa Claus. Weask that you bring some of your favourite cookiesfor all to enjoy. I hope to see many of you at the ChristkindlMarket. Please come out and show support for ourchoir, band and dance group as they performthroughout the weekend and at the same time enjoysome Gluehwein, Leberkaes, waffles or many of thedelicious foods available while you shop and take inthe Christmas spirit. I personally have to go a fewtimes during the weekend to make sure I saw every-thing. It is an event not to be missed.I invite you all to the Annual General Meeting of theCultural Group with elections on Wed. January23rd 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alpine Club. If youhave interest in our cultural activities, we invite youto join our meeting.I wish you all a wonderful next few weeks whileplanning, baking and preparing for the Christmasseason and hope you all have time to spend withyour families and friends!Ich wuensche Euch alle ein gesegnetes Weihnachts festund ein glueckliches neu Jahr!Erika SchmidtKulturgruppe Leiterin / Cultural Group President

KULTURGRUPPECULTURAL GROUP REPORTS


The ladies continue to be busy with ourupcoming events.

The annual Ladies’ Christmas Dinner is ournext event on Wednesday, December. 5th at6:30. This is open to all ladies, so please planto attend. We have a nice evening planned.Call the club office to reserve your seat(s) byNov. 22. Tickets can be paid for at the door…. $22 for members and $25 for non-members.

The Schwaben Club Ladies’ Group have invit-ed the club ladies to a Christmas dinner at theSchwaben Club on Sunday, December 9 at5:00. Cost is $20 (for non-members). Ticketscan be purchased at the Schwaben Club officeby November 29, or paid for at the door. Pleasecontact me by November 29 if you would liketo attend so they know numbers([email protected]).

I hope you will plan to attend Frauenball onSaturday, February 2, 2019. The theme is“MOROCCO”. You will have seen the flyers inthe Nachrichtenblatt and on the website.Tickets for this event will be $35. Wildbahn is

playing and the ladies are cooking! It will be agreat evening.

The spring Fashion Show has been set forSunday, March 24 and we will soon have moredetails into the new year.

As always, I want to remind all female clubmembers that they are automatically membersof the Frauenverein (Ladies’ Auxiliary). Wewelcome all ages and appreciate any help youcan provide, even if it’s just for an event thatparticularly interests you. Don’t hesitate tocontact me or any of the executive committee,and we may reach out as well. We always havea good time working together as we plan andprepare for events.

Sylvia Hartig

Frauenverein Praesidentin

FRAUENVEREIN

• SAND - GRAVEL - TOPSOIL •


UPCOMING FRAUENVEREINCHRISTMAS EVENTS

TCK Ladies’ Auxiliary Christmas DinnerWednesday, December 5, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m.

Call the club office to reserve your seat(s) (by November 22nd please)(519) 744-1191

$22 for members / $25 for non-members

Other events:Schwaben Club Christmas dinner invitation for all club ladies!!

The Schwaben Club Ladies’ group has invited the ladies to aChristmas dinner at their Club on Sunday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m.

Cost will be $20 for non-members.This event is in an effort to get to know the other club ladies,

and share in some Christmas cheer.Tickets can be purchased at the Schwaben Club office by November 29,

or can be paid for at the door. If you think you would like to attend, please contact me: [email protected]

(P.S. on Sunday, Dec. 9th Schwaben also has their movie afternoon, should anyone like to go to that beforehand.)

Thanks,Sylvia Hartig

TCK Frauenverein President


Liebe Landsleute und Freunde,

The annual meeting of the Landsmannschaft inCanada was held on November 3rd at the GermanCanadian Club, Saxonia Hall in Aylmer. Reports onthe activities relating to the events of the past yearwere presented. The Kulturaustausch with theJugendtanzgruppe from Siebenbürgen and theHeimattag in Cleveland, Ohio were the focal pointsof the year. New friendships were made, old friend-ships were rekindled, all making memories that willlast a lifetime.

The following Officers were elected for a two yearterm:

1st Vice Chairman John Penteker

Media Representative Hannelore Maiterth

Ladies Representative Rosemary Horeth

I would like to thank the above Officers for accept-ing their position. Thank you to our club PresidentsReinhard Schmidt (Transylvania Club), JohnHoreth (Saxonia Club) and Frank Klein (WindsorSaxon Club) as well as all club members for theirsupport of the Landsmannschaft.

2019 will again be an exciting year for ourTransylvania Saxons. The Federation Jugendlagerwill take place in July in Austria with youth fromGermany, Romania, Canada and the USA invited toattend. The Jugendlager, which was started in 1971,is recognized as an important event to facilitate themeeting and discussion between Saxon Youth fromthe five Federation Saxon Countries. Canada is enti-tled to send (5) five youth and (1) one chaperone.Program details will be available in January. Youthinterested in participating in the Jugendlager in theUSA are asked to contact Kolina Tavares (226-808-0317), Rebecca Horeth (519-550-2486) or JohnWerner (519-884-7725).

Heimattag 2019 will take place at the GermanCanadian Club (Saxonia Hall) in Aylmer on July12th, 13th and 14th. Please mark this date on yourcalendar and plan to attend the Heimattag celebra-tion.

The book “Transylvania Saxons in Canada” writtenby Dr. Waldemar Scholtes can make a niceChristmas gift. Copies can be obtained by contact-ing John Werner (519-884-7725).

At this time of the year when we joyfully look for-ward to the Christmas Season we are reminded ofthe plight of our fellow Saxons still living inSiebenbürgen. The living conditions that they face,cold weather and sometimes lack of nutritious foodis especially difficult for the elderly and even forsome younger people that need social assistanceand help with medical problems. Romania is notCanada! At the Heimattag 2018 in Dinkelsbühl,Rebecca Horeth on behalf of the Landsmannschaftand our Saxon Community in Canada presented adonation of $2,400 each to the Austrian andGerman representatives for Social Assistance toSaxons living in Siebenbürgen. Letters thanking usfor these donations have been received. I ask every-one to help us continue this work with your dona-tion. Donations (cheques) can be sent to the“Alliance of Transylvania Saxons” 149 White PineCres. Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1B3. Cash donationscan be made to Trudy Schneider or John Werner.Your donations to support our fellow Saxons inSiebenbürgen are appreciated.

Im Namen der Landsmannschaft der SiebenbürgerSachsen in Kanada wünsche ich allen Landsleutenund Freunden, nah und fern, ein GesegnetesWeihnachtsfest und ein gutes, glückliches undgesundes neues Jahr.

John Werner

Bundesvorsitzender

LANDSMANNSCHAFT


Bowling is going well. We hope to have a couplemore bowlers by early December. On November9th is our treat night at bowling then on November25th we have our Christmas get together at ChucksRoadhouse at 5pm.

Until my next report a very Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year to all!David Green, Bowling Group President

Kindergruppe had it’s fall kick off on October 30th,with a fun-filled Halloween dress up party, includ-ing “not too scary” games and activities such asZombie Tag, Monster Musical Chairs, MummyWrap and a Marshmallow Munch contest. Startingon November 6th, we will be meeting everyTuesday at the Alpine Club from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30p.m. and will continue for approximately 7 weeksleading up to the Weihnachtsfeier/Christmas pro-gram on December 16th. Each night we have lots offun activities planned for the kids including: games,crafts, activities, Jr and Sr kids dance groups, songs,snacks and much more. Come out and join in thefun, meet new people, develop friendships and

learn about the Siebenburger Sachsen/TransylvaniaSaxon heritage. For more information or to join,please contact Krista or Rick Hesch [email protected] or 519-662-4364.Krista, Rick & Heidi Hesch Kindergruppe Instructors

CHILDREN’S GROUP

KINDERGRUPPE

KEGELGRUPPE


DIE LUSTIGE WITWE – THE MERRY WIDOW

Ausflug nach Toronto - Die Lustige WitweSonntag den 28. April, 2019

Trip to Toronto - The Merry WidowSunday, April 28, 2019

• Depart from the Concordia Club at 10:45

• Lunch at your cost at one of the many restau-rants in the Yonge & Front St area

• Performance at 15:00

• Return after the performance to arrive homeabout 19:00

• Cost for the bus and the show $70 per person

• For more information contact Chris or AgnesSebastian @ 519-576-7256

• Make cheques payable to Chris Sebastian, 1500Mannhiem Road, Petersburg, ON N0B 2H0 ATTENTION / ACHTUNG!!!!

Die Jahreshauptversammlung der Kulturgruppe fin -det am 23. Januar 2019 um 7 Uhr statt. Ein neuesKommitee wird gewaehlt und alle Klub mit gliedersind eingeladen. Bitte kommt und unterstuezt un -sere Kulturgruppe.

The annual meeting of the Cultural Group withelections will take place on Wednesday January23rd, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. All club members are invit-ed to attend and show support of our CulturalGroup.Erika Schmidt, Kulturleiterin

2019 MEMBERSHIP FEES2019 MITGLIEDSBEITRAGMitgliedsbeitrag bis/before nach/after Sterbefond Anteil/Membership Fee 30. Mar. 2019 30. Mar. 2019 Death Benefit Portion

Family $ 95.00 $ 105.00 $ 20.00Single Adult $ 55.00 $ 60.00 $ 10.00Seniors $ 35.00 $ 40.00 $ 5.00Youth $ 25.00 $ 30.00 $ 00.00

KULTURGRUPPE AGM

Die Bezieher der Siebenbuerger Zeitung werdenersucht die Bezugsgebuehr fuer das Jahr 2019 von$52.00 vor dem 31. Dezember 2018 zu bezahlen.Den Scheck bitte ich auf “Alliance of TransylvaniaSaxons” auszustellen und im Transylvania Clubabzugeben oder an Trudy Schneider, Unit B, 210Jessica Cr., Kitchener, ON N2R 0H8, abzusenden.

SIEBENBUERGER ZEITUNG

DEUTSCH-SPRECHENDERECHTSANWÄLTIN UND NOTARIN

KAREN A. SCHERLB.A. HONS., LL.B.

P.O. Box 27024, 700 Strasburg Rd.,Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2E 3K2

Tel. 519-576-7634 - Fax 226-647-1527

(auch Mitglied des Transylvania Klubs)


FAMILIENNACHRICHTEN - FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Roberto RealeAgnes SebastianCynthia MooserMartin HartigErika WernerKatharina SandtnerEvan KarstHilda JanzenStephen Werner

David KachikKathy MathesElizabeth BauerSusan FrimRosie KarstMike GondoschMichael GondoschRosina PinnauErna Emrich

Rosemarie KlaehnAmanda MooserSara OrendiGeorg EmrichDanny VicanoHubert KnoblochAdam SchatzHolger von WeyheHeidi Hesch

Martin GabberWilma GorbachJohn FrimJohn Frim Jr.Andrea HenryLiam SchatzVictoria Gondosch

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Christine SchmidtTyler RichMichael PauliniAlma WernerAlex KennyLise Hensel-WilliamsHilda MuellerDieter WeissmuellerJane Schertzer

Susanna KloosRegina GabberCraig MooreMaria SchatzKody WolfSara BliefertBrigitte BergmeierDebra VickmanJohn Penteker

Ursula HeschJohann PauliniReinhold FritschErik LowrickHeide EmrichJosef HenselSusan KachikRobert GondoschEdith Kauntz

Christopher GellnerKatharina BloosMaria EmrichJohann BaumannTony BergmeierPatrick StuehlerStefan Schatz

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

MONTHLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONSWe wish to extend best wishes to the following members who are celebrating a birthday in the months of

December and January. If you have a birthday in this month and your name does not appear in the list, pleasecall our office with the correct information in order that we can update our membership records and database.

Mitglieder die ein Jubiläum oder einen Geburtstag bekannt geben wollen, sollen sich bei den folgenden anmelden:

Members that would like to announce an anniversary/birthday or other special event are asked to contact: Helgard Werner 519-884-7725 [email protected] Lowrick 519-662-1757 [email protected]


Folgende Mitglieder treffen sich monatlichfür mehrere freiwillige Stunden um für Siedas Mo nats blatt vorzubereiten. / The fol-lowing members meet monthly and donatetheir time to bring you this informative andentertaining newsletter:

Helgard Werner, Käthe Löwrick, KätheDienesch, Käthe Werner and Maria Drygala.

Herausgeber/Editor: Heidi Löwrick

ACHTUNG! - ATTENTION! - ACHTUNG!

Einsendeschluss für die nächste Folge:10. Januar 2019.

Articles for the next bulletin must be submitted by January 10th, 2019.

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TRANSYLVANIA CLUB KITCHENER2018 Vorstand / 2018 Board of Directors

Präsident Reinhard Schmidt President

1. Vizepräsident Hans Gross 1st Vice-President

2. Vizepräsident John Dienesch 2nd Vice-President

Schriftführer Ashley Schatz Secretary

Hauptkassier Peter Hamberger Treasurer

1. Kassier Hannelore Maiterth Assistant Treasurer

Mitglieder Kassier Katie Dienesch Membership Treasurer

Veranstaltungsleiter #1 Dave Emrich Special Events Director #1

Veranstaltungsleiter #2 Bob Foster Special Events Director #2

Gebäudeverwalter #1 David Green Property Manager #1

Gebäudeverwalter #2 Reiny Fritsch Property Manager #2

Pressekomiteeleiter Heidi Löwrick Press Committee Editor

Pressekomiteemitglied Helgard Werner Press Committee Member

Web und Social Media Coordinator Breanna Gondosch Web and Social Media Director

Internetverwalter #1 Stephanie Klaehn Webmaster #1

Internetverwalter #2 Katelyn Emrich Webmaster #2

Oktoberfestkomitee Vorsitzender John Dienesch Okt-fest Committee Chairperson

Oktoberfestkomitee Mitglied #1 Krista Hesch Oktoberfest Committee Member #1

Oktoberfestkomitee Mitglied #2 Lori Moore Oktoberfest Committee Member #2

Kulturgruppenleiterin Erika Schmidt Cultural Group Chairperson

Präsidentin des Frauenvereins Sylvia Hartig President of the Ladies Auxiliary

Präsident Sterbefond/Senioren Martin Hesch President Bereavement Funds

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