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Newsletter No 55 Brisbane Deutscher Turn-Verein

Inc

416 Vulture St

East Brisbane QLD 4169

Phone: 07 3391 2434

E-mail:

admin@brisbanegermanclub.com

www.brisbanegermanclub.com

Club Opening hours:

Monday: closed

Tues 12noon—late

Wed—Sat 11am—late

Sunday 11.30—5pm

Frühschoppen 2nd Sunday of month

Restaurant

Phone: 3391 2091

Monday: closed

Tues to Wed

12.00—2.00pm 5.30pm—8.30pm

Thurs

12.00—2.00pm 5.30pm—9-00pm

Fri/Sat

12.00—2.00pm 6.00pm—Late

Sun

12.00—2.00pm

Office

Tues—Fri 9.00—5.00

Inside this issue:

Brisbane German Club News Letter

April 2018 -

May 2018

Presidents Report 1

Liedertafel/Liederkranz

Report

2

Anniversary Ball 3

Skat News 4

Treffpunkt News 4

Alpenrosen Report 5

Stammtisch Report 6

Bar Report 7

Kaffee Klatsch 7

Upcoming Events 8

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COMMITTEE 2017—2018

PRESIDENT: MONIKA KORTZ

VICE PRESIDENT: ULLA HARNISCH

TREASURER: WALTER BORELL

DIRECTORS: CHRIS CARSON, LUKE MATHERS,

REIMER MOELLER, LUCAS RIETBERG,

MATTHIAS SCHAEFER, PAUL SOWA OAM

r e n e w e d t h e i r

membership yet, will lose

all previous years of

membership and start

fresh. There goes 10-12

years of membership

down the river so to

speak. This is your last

chance to save those

year. You have until the

end of May to do so.

After that, those years

have gone for good.

Liebe Mitglieder und

Freunde,

Das Kostümfest vom

24.2.2018 ist vorbei und

es waren ein paar tolle

Kostüme im Klub zu

sehen.

Am Sonntag den 13 May

ist Muttertag und

Frühschoppen. Jede

Mutter erhält ein Glas

Champagner und es gibt

auch einen Preis zu

gewinnen für die älteste

und jüngste Mutter. Von

Dear Members & Friends,

The Fancy Dress Party on

the 24.2.2018 was a great

success and lots of

costumes were worn that

night.

On Sunday 13 May,

M o t h e r s D a y a n d

Frühschoppen will be held.

Every mother will receive a

free glass of champagne

and also a prize for

youngest and oldest Mother

can be won. On Friday 18

to Sunday 20 May 2018 the

Club is holding its 135th

Anniversary Ball and we

hope to see you there this

year. It’s a special

celebration and lots of fun

being organized to make

this a great weekend to

remember.

It’s a shame that some

members have not renewed

their membership yet which

was due in July last year.

Anyone that hasn’ t

Freitag den 18 bis

Sonntag den 20 May 2018

feiert der Klub seinen

135ten Geburtstag und

wir hoffen Sie alle

begrüßen zu können an

den 3 Tagen um es ein

besonderes Wochenende

zu machen.

Es ist schade das

verschiedene Mitglieder

ihre Mitgliedschaft im July

letztes Jahr nicht erneuert

haben. Sie haben bis Ende

Mai 2018 die letzte

Chance diese zu erneuern

um die Jahre vorher nicht

zu verlieren. Diese Jahre

Ihrer Mitgl iedschaft

werden dann wie man so

sagt, flöten gehen und Sie

müssen wieder von vorne

anfangen.

Freundliche Grüsse/In

Friendship,

Euer Präsident/Your

President

Monika Kortz

From the President’s Desk

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Choir Practice of the

Liedertafel/Lieder-

kranz Choir:

Tuesday 6.30-9.00pm

For information ring:

Rainer 3821 5223

Monika 3397 0971

maria-

kortz@bigpond.com

We had some new singers

joining our choir.

Welcome to Patrick

Johnson; Bette Jansen;

Margaret Hafner.

We are still looking for

singers wishing to join our

choir, especially some

more Tenors as we

currently have only 2 left

in our choir. Because of

this, our Conductor,

Maestro Leo, has decided

to draft me in as a Tenor

this year to help out again.

It’s never too late to have

some fun and entertain

others with your singing!

We have started

practicing again on

Tuesday 6 February 2018

from 6.30—9.00pm in the

hall of the German Club.

Don’t forget to book for

our Annual Concert being

held on Sunday 24 June

2018 at 2pm here at the

Club.

It will be a fantastic

concert as always.

Hello Everyone!

What a great Karneval Night

was had on Saturday 24

February 2018.

The Fancy Dress Costumes

that were seen that night

were fantastic. Our Choir

members had a terrific time

and all of them wore great

costumes which they made

themselves.

Our trip to Hobart in June-

July 2018 is taking shape and

everyone is looking forward

to visit the Music Festival of

Voices from the 29 June to

15 July 2018.

Can you recognize this

Choir Member dressed as

Mad Hatter?

IN THE MONTHS OF

APRIL—MAY 2018!

Irma Pettrup (13.4.); John

Müller (13.4.); Bill Deer

( 3 . 5 . ) ; J a c q u e l i n e

Woodhouse (6.5.); Marion

Kirberg (7.5.); Michael

Boehm (14.5.); Leo Keller

(16.5.) and Peter Jansen

(16.5.).

We had some more sad

news again. Our previous

choir Member Christel

Essebier passed away on

the 17 February 2018. Our

thoughts are with her

husband Joachim and his

family.

Regards

Monika Kortz

Secretary

Liedertafel/Liederkranz

Winners of the best Staff Costumes, Victoria as Löwenbräu Beerstein, and

William as Hairy Scary Tooth Fairy

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Tickets available for purchase from the office.

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Skat:

Für Weitere Auskunft:

Werner Simke

3300 2565

0410 118 371

SKAT REPORT

Skatbericht... Hello Skatfreunde, Bei unseren Februar Skat waren 14 Spieler anwesend. Den ersten Preis erspielte sich H. Mocknic mit 2586 Punkten. Weitere Platzierungen wie folgt; 2...K. Jasiulek 2141 Pk. 3...W. Simke 2028 Pk. 4. W. Koenig 1938 Pk. Bei unseren Maerz Skat waren 13 Spieler anwesend. Den ersten Preis erspielte sich S. Svarbic mit 2679 Punkten. Weitere Platzierungen wie folgt; 2...K. Jasiulek 2187 Pk. 3...M. Heise 2111 Pk. 4...W. Simke 1965 Pk. Wir spielen Preis Skat jeden zweiten Sonntag im Monat, Startzeit 11-00 Uhr, Jeden Zweiten Mittwoch spielen wir unseren Freundschafts Skat Startzeit 13-00 Uhr. Weitere Auskunft Werner Simke.....................3300 2565............................0410 118371 Gut Blatt......................Werner Simke

TREFFPUNKT REPORT

Treffpunkt Contacts:

Oleg

0412 227 158

Lucas 0473-418-884

Mario

0414-294-568

German Club Happy Hours

Tuesday to Sunday 12pm—2pm, 5pm—6pm

The March 25th Treffpunkt event held at 19 Lotus Street Woolloongabba, saw Oleg, Amir and Allan try their hand at axe-throwing. Amir's viking blood came out on this day as he was a the clear winner at axe throwing , with 10 consecutive strikes , Oleg was a distance second with his shortened shovel. Axe throwing looks like it might become a regular activity for Treffpunkt , so stay tuned for more information. The Himmelfart Bus Tour will take place on 15th August (Ekka Showday). Members who are not part of the Treffpunkt are welcome to join us. For Treffpunkt members, our next meeting will be held on Mother's Day at 11:30am with important changes to our financial situation to be considered, therefore we require a significant turnout. To encourage this, all meeting attendees will receive a free beer. Our next planned activity will be a BBQ cooking class at the Morrison Hotel. The date and cost of which will be communicated shortly. And finally our planned Uluru trip is scheduled for October, details of which will be discussed at our next meeting. Schöne Grüße, Allan Watts Secretary

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ALPENROSEN REPORT Alpenrosen Practice:

Thursday

5.30pm—9.30pm

For more information

please ring:

Rae Onger 3359 0260

Rehearsals are coming along nicely and we have already held our first Dancefest

organisational meetings. Our immediate focus in our performance plans for the

upcoming Anniversary Ball of the German Club on May 18.

We have been entertaining a number of Country Women’s Association Branches at

their International Days. Their country of focus this year is Germany.

We will then have some time to plan, practice and perfect our performance planned

for the Dancefest in 2019 in Brisbane at our very own Club.

Before we know it, we will be in full Oktoberfest mode. Our bookings are filling fast:

Up and Comings

May 18 Anniversary Ball of the German Club

Sept 30 Jacobs Well Oktoberfest

Oct 5 and 6 Plainlands Hotel Oktoberfest

Oct 6 and 7 RNA Oktoberfest Brisbane

Oct 7 Sportsmans Hotel

Oct 13 and 14 RNA Oktoberfest Brisbane

Oct 13 Gold Coast German Club Oktoberfest

Oct 20 Beenleigh Historical Village Oktoberfest

Oct 26 and 27 Brisbane German Club Oktoberfest

Oct 28 Gold Coast German Club Oktoberfest

Then we can look forward to the Alpenrosen Christmas Party … the calm before the

excitement of the National Dancefest 2019.

We are pleased to welcome a new member to the Dance Group family –

Congratulations to an established member of the group, Stuart, and his wife Laura,

on the arrival of their beautiful cute baby girl, Abby, to join big brother Max.

Firstly though, we will be having a nice relaxed Easter break to recharge our batteries.

Frohe Ostern ….

Paula, on behalf of the Alpenrosen crew. INTRODUCING

“Abby”

Rae with the CWA ladies

Stuart, Laura, Max and Abby Ritchings

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STAMMTISCH REPORT Stammtisch

We meet in the Club’s

Keller Bar every first

Tuesday from 6.00pm.

For more information, or to

get involved please email:

Brisbane_stammtisch

@hotmail.com

or visit:

facebook.com/groups/

brisbanestammtisch

The most colourful night of the year is over – and what a success story it was! It was

full house at BRISBANE KARNEVAL on 24 February at the great hall, Brisbane

German Club.

If you didn’t dress up, you didn’t blend in! Best dressed were nominated by our awards MC Dene Harris in one of three categories: Female, Male and Group (Couple). The crowd was the judge! Prizes included and were not limited to a combined value of a magnificent $1270 between Oktoberfest Brisbane and their official clothing partner Schnucki Dirndl + Lederhosen!!! Thanks so much to our top supporters! WE CRAVE YOUR PRESENTS (and presence) ! No less gratitude goes to our all-time supporters from Cafe Beesting and King of Cakes, as well as ZUM KAISER Restaurant in the Brisbane German Club - thank you so much for your time and effort, Katie, our resident musician Andrew Olszanowski, our in-house sausage catering guest Andy's Kangaroo and Currywurst. Fresh from Germany and with us for the first time with most desirable festival photography was Katja Bartz Photography. A big thank you also goes to Paul Sowa for his magnificent surprise memorabilia about the KDK (Karneval Deutscher Klub) and most importantly the 2018 Brisbane German Club President Monika Kortz for joining us again this year, continuing on your father's great support for German Karneval in Brisbane! At last, a big thank you to the Office of the German Honorary Consul, that has been supporting this German inspired event for the last three years. "Brisbane, Alaaf!" Eure Claudi

YOUR BIRTHDAY

GIFT

If you scan your Membership card and complete any transac-tion at the bar on the day of your Birthday, you will receive 1000

points.

This is equivalent to $10-00.

A small Birthday pre-sent from the club to

you.

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“ The Ladies Kaffee ~Klatsch”

Dear Members and Friends

I like to wish everyone a wonderful Easter Holiday, hoping

for your opportunity to enjoy a fantastic weekend with Family and

Friends. In my experience time’s just move far too quickly ~ the first

three month of 2018 are behind us, and many new and exciting

ventures have come to pass. I sincerely hope and wish that my Friends

and Members of our “Brisbane German Club” continue to enjoy good

health ~ Sunshine and much happiness in their daily life.

The Ladies from the monthly Kaffee ~ Klatsch keep on

enjoying our amusing get-togethers and I take great pleasure

announcing the many significant Birthday`s of my dear friends in this

newsletter.

Firstly Trudy Zaklekowsky was celebrating her big 90th on

Sunday 4th of March with a lovely family lunch in her favourite place

the “Brisbane German Club” ~ Next one up is myself ~ this year a

very memorable birthday lunch with my family and friends held in the

Club`s Lounge on the 25th of March. Heidi & Elke Sanders are

rejoicing on their double birthday party on April 1st and 8th ~ after that

our special and long time friend Tina Tasseron is celebrating on the 24th of April ~ and finally we have the Clubs

distinguishing Vice President Ulla Harnisch to memorize her birthday on the May 28th!

I am certain that a good many members join me in wishing these lovely ladies

[which are as well the most diligent volunteer workers within our “Brisbane German Club”] their “Congratulations” ~

and best wishes for many more exciting years in excellent health and much happiness!

Warm regards

In Friendship Gerda Schulz

Ladies

“Kaffee-Klatsch”

We meet in the Keller Bar every 3rd Thursday of

the month from 11am—3pm.

For more

information, please contact:

Gerda (07) 3821 7340

BAR REPORT

Dear Members and Guests,

We have at the moment available for sale, 2 Litre Swing-top bottles of Flensburger. These make a great gift and

when emptied the bottle makes a fantastic Growler for you to take home some of our tap beer. We also have 2 new

flavours of Feigling for you to try, Bubblegum and Coconut Biscuit, yummm!

Tchűss

Tony

“I’m not addicted to beer, we are just in a very committed relationship.” Anon

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Friday 30th March- Good Friday - club closed Saturday 31st March- Brisbane Lions vs Demons 6:25pm—club closed Sunday 1st April—club closed Sunday 8th April—Fruehschoppen Sunday 22nd April—Brisbane Lions vs Gold Coast Suns 4.40pm Wednesday 25th April—Anzac Day - club closed Sunday 6th May—Brisbane Lions vs Collingwood 4.40pm Sunday 13th May—Fruehschoppen and Mother’s Day Friday 18th May—135th Anniversary Dinner Ball 6:30pm Saturday 19th May—135th Anniversary Celebrations Sunday 20th May—135th Anniversary Fruehschoppen Sunday 20th May—Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn 3.20pm Saturday 26th May—Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans 4.35pm Sunday 24th June—Choirs Annual Concert

Upcoming events/dates

Get well wishes to all our members who are unfortunately on the sick list. Have a quick recovery! Das Klub Komitee wünscht allen Mitgliedern, die sich im Moment auf der Krankenliste befinden, eine baldige Genesung!

Over $200 cash and prizes up

for grabs. $100 first prize.

WELCOME ALL NEW MEMBERS

TO OUR CLUB Full Members who joined recently:

Damien Allen, Rudiger Scheel,

And Derek Donohue.

LIVE MUSIC

Friday and Saturday night with Andrew

from 7.00pm in the Beer Hall