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Greetings dear club members and friends! The Danube Swabian
Association, along with President Joseph Brandecker,
cordially invite you to the following events.
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Grüss Gott liebe Mitglieder und Freunde! Die Vereinigung
der Donauschwaben, mit ihrem Präsident, Josef
Brandecker, Jr., ladet Sie zu den folgenden Veranstaltungen
ein.
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Club Business Meeting Schedule
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Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Kinder und Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Erwachsene
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| January 11, 2008
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Friday nights at 5pm for children & Wednesday nights 7:00pm for adults.
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Please enroll your school age children in our Children's German School and you in our Adult classes.
We will start the Adult class on 26 March 2008 at 7pm. Contact the Club for more information.
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Winteressen
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January 13, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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Please reserve early for our Club's annual Winteressen featuring a Sauerbraten dinner with soup, vegetables, dessert and coffee. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation.
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Jahreshauptversammlung -- Big Annual Meeting |
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January 27, 2008 |
Sunday at 1pm |
Our annual meeting will not only feature a roundup of the events
from the year before, but will look ahead to see what the New
Year will bring for YOUR Club. This will also be an election meeting. Please contact us if you have any interest in joining the governing
committee. We strongly urge all members to attend this event. We'll start promptly at 1pm. Complimentary food and beverages will be served. The February monthly meeting will follow immediately. Please attend!!
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Schlachtfest
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February 17, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm and 3pm
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We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts
and coffee. Seatings at 1 and 3pm. Members can stop by
Saturday morning if you want to help make the wurst and sarma for
Sundays meal.
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Osteressen
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March 9, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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This dinner will feature our annual
Palm Sunday meal (roast pork). Roast chicken is available with prior
reservations.
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Donauschwabenessen |
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April 13, 2008 |
Sunday at 1pm |
"Etwas Gutes, etwas "Schwowisch"!
We will serve our ethnic beef goulash dinner with vegetables,
dessert and coffee. Roast chicken is available with prior
reservations.
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Muttertagessen
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May 4, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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We will serve a Schnitzel dinner with soup, vegetables,
dessert and coffee as we honor unsere Mütter.
Roast chicken is available with prior reservation.
There is only one seating at 1pm, and this is a very busy day,
so reservations are strongly recommended.
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Donauschwaben Ausflug - Canoe Trip
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May 18, 2008
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Sunday at 8am
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We will go to the New Jersey Pine Barrens to enjoy a full day of
canoeing. The event begins in the morning at the
clubhouse. Items to bring along include insect repellant,
sun screen,
lunch, beverages, and a dry change of clothing just in
case! People have been known to fall in "accidentally"!
We will caravan from the club house, so we will try to take the
least number of vehicles possible. We will be done canoeing
and leave on the return trip home sometime in the mid-afternoon.
Everyone is welcome. The trip/canoe coordinator is Stefan
Brandecker. Please contact him at (609) 265-7779 or events@trentondonauschwaben.com to let us know you're coming, how many people will be in your party, and
to get canoe rental details.
The caravan leaves the clubhouse at 8:30 am sharp.
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Donauschwaben Wallfahrt
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June 1, 2008
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Sunday at 8am
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for the annual pilgrimage and remembrance mass in honor of those
Donauschwaben/Germans who lost their lives between 1944-48. Caravan
leaves the club at 8 am.
We'll have several choirs, as well as a German
brass band providing additional music. This event commemorates the
tragedy that befell the Donauschwaben and other Germans in the aftermath
of World War Two.
We encourage all of our members and friends to
make an effort to be a part of this event. It begins at 10:15am in
Philadelphia.
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Vatertagspiessbratenessen
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June 8, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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We will serve
spit-roasted pork for this, our annual June picnic, along with our
potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and dessert. Roast
chicken is available with prior reservation. The meal is first come,
first served. This is a popular dinner, so we request that you call
and let us know how many are coming so we can be sure to have enough
food prepared for everyone. We will begin serving
at 1 pm. In the unlikely event of rain, we will hold this picnic
indoors.
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Donauschwaben Kanufahrt / Zelteln
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July 4th weekend (Tentative)
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Thursday-Sunday
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This year's "Big Canoe Trip" will be at the Upper Delaware River
Valley near Hankins, New York, in the Catskills.
We will arrive at the campground anytime on or after Thursday, July
3, and depart on Sunday July 6. The cost to stay at the
campground will be on a per-night basis, about $7 for adults and $2 for kids. Canoes are available to rent for
about $23 per person per day, or you can
bring your own.
Items you may want to bring: tent, sleeping bag, food, clothes,
quarters for showers, towels, sunscreen, insect repellant,
chairs, lanterns, canopies, etc.
A map and directions are available on the campground's website
and you may contact Steve Brandecker for more information as well.
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The 4th Annual Euro-American
Auto Show
(Rain date is Sunday the 13th)
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| July 12, 2008
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Saturday
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The Trenton
Donauschwaben and the German-American Society of Trenton
present this joint club sponsored car show.
The show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the German-American Picnic
Grove, 215 Uncle Pete's Road, Yardville, NJ (down the road from our
clubhouse). Great German-American food and drink, D.J. and most of all
great looking cars! Pre-registration $12 and $15 day of the show.
Admission free to the public. Trophies to the top 50 cars, Best of
Show (Euro & American), Peoples Choice. Judging
by our AutoKlub members. Contact either club for an application.
Raindate is Sunday. For
directions visit www.gakclub.org.
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Sommerspiessbratenessen
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July 20, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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We will serve our renowned and delicious spit-roasted pork for
this, our annual July picnic,
along with our potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and
dessert. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation.
The meal will begin at approximately 1 pm. In the unlikely event
of rain, we will hold this event indoors.
The picnic is first come, first served. This is a popular
dinner, so we request that you call and let us know how many
are coming so we can be sure to have enough food prepared for
everyone.
Note: We are also planning a Bus Trip to the Yuengling Brewery in
Pottsville, PA during July or August. Look for future details in the
newsletter.
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AutoKlub at the Philly Cannstatter
Cruisin Classics Car Show
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| August 9, 2008
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Saturday
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Join
our Club's AutoKlub members at the Philadelphia Cannstatter off I-95
on Academy Road and Frankfurt Ave. The show starts at 11p.m.
Great food, drink and most of all cars! Rain date is Sunday. Support
our club entries!
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Donauschwabentreffen in Cleveland, OH
Tag der Donauschwaben '08
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| August 29-August 31, 2008
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Friday-Sunday
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All
Donauschwaben and friends are invited to the annual North American
Donauschwaben convention held this year in Cleveland.
About thirty of our Club members plan to attend this year. We are
looking into to hiring a bus to go out on. There is a lot to do in
the area, so join us. This plans to be a very large event with
thousands of Donauschwaben present. For more information about this wonderful
cultural event talk to one of our officers.
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35th German Heritage Festival
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September 7, 2008
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Sunday
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This event is held in Holmdel, NJ. Join us at the Club's pastry booth. Tickets for the main event are available at the club. German food, crafts, live
music and dance groups. Call
Stefan Brandecker for details
at (609) 265-7779.
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Erntedankfest
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September 28, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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Join us for a Sauerbraten dinner with soup, cake and coffee.
Seating is at 1 pm. Our AutoKlub members will
display their cars. Pick your favorite car of the show!
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38th Philadelphia Steuben Parade
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September 20, 2008
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Saturday at 1pm
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The parade will start at Frankford Ave.
& Welsh Road, Philadelphia, PA. Call Joe Brandecker for details at
(609) 585-9001. Join us also the night before (Friday 9/28/07) at the United
German-Hungarian Club in Oakford, PA for the Bavarian Oktoberfest
and rock-on at the "Rocktoberfest" concert.
Also, join the Autoklub in Wildwood, NJ over the
September 19th weekend for the Annual Boardwalk Auto Show. Over 500 custom cars on
the "boards" and cruisin the streets of Wildwood.
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Deutsche Sprachschule
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September 10, 2008 |
Wednesdays 7:00pm
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Please join us for registration and the first class of the Adult German Language School for the Fall.
The Children's School will start Friday night
September 12, 2008. Call
the Club or email us for details.
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52th Stiftungsfest
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October 19, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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We celebrate our club's 52rd Anniversary with a dinner,
celebration and all that goes with live music! Starts
at 1 pm. A cultural corner with the Club's
history will be setup for viewing. We hope all members and guest attend
this
special occasion.
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Totengedenkfeier
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| November 2, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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We commemorate the Donauschwaben/German tragedy of 1944-1948 at
Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
in Trenton. A short memorial service is held. Please join us. We
will return to the Club afterwards for refreshments.
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Schlachtfest
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November 23, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm and 3pm
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We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts
and coffee. Seatings at 1 and 3pm. Members can stop by on Saturday
morning in order to help make the wurst and sarma.
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St. Nickolausfeier
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December 7, 2008
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Sunday at 1pm
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Our traditional beginning of the Christmas holiday season will
feature a dinner of roast pork, roast chicken, stuffed
cabbage, bratwurst, selbst-gemachte Christmas cookies, and
beverages. St. Nickolaus and Krampus will also be there with
small presents for all children in attendance. All club members are invited to attend this fun, family
afternoon together.
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Silvesterfeier
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December 31, 2008
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Wednsday at 8pm
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This is the big one!
Everyone is welcome to celebrate New Years' Eve with us.
Bring your family and friends for a fun (and inexpensive) time
at the Donauschwaben. There will be a dinner of bratwurst, ham,
fresh salads, cookies, and lots of cold champagne :-)
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For reservations or to offer to help
with the meals
call:
Josefa Brandecker at (609) 585-8460
or Eva Martini at (609) 586-6109.
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