Gauverband Announcement

104 couples and 20 groups competed at the 2015 Gaufest -- such a great showing.  Congratulations to all who took part and put so many long hours into practicing.  Kudos, also, to the judges: Thank you for preparing so thoroughly and for the many hours of concentration needed to judge!   Full results are available at this link (view on-line or download): 2015 Gaufest Gruppen and Einzel Results

Congratulations to Gruppenpreisplatteln winners:

Our Gau-Fahne seems to open up to Bavarian Anita Biereder.

At the 2015 Gaufest in Milwaukee, Vroni Menzinger from the Trachtenverein D'Würmtaler Menzing in München, gave an excellent presentation about Tracht titled "What to Wear When."  Festtracht, Tanztracht, Tanzgwand, Boarisch Gwand -- so many variations!  The Powerpoint presentation shown at the workshop is now available on this website under "Resources/ Tracht."  Nearly 80 slides with numerous photos take the reader through the history, etiquette, and problems of Tracht.  Vroni also showed a brief video of one way of folding and pinning a shawl.  The video

Bayerischer Rundfunk reporter Barbara Leidl was at our Gaufest to do a report about Trachtler in North America. Her first written report was published on the BR website recently, complete with many photos she took.  Take a look at the link.  And stay tuned for her one-hour radio report to be broadcast on Bayern 2  on August 30 at 12:05 pm (German time).   Link to Article

Congratulations to our youth who participated in Jugendeinzelpreisplatteln!  The results are in the link:  2015 Jugend EP Results

Heidi von Recklinghausen, Gaujugendvertreterin

At the 2014 Delegates Meeting, Gau-Musikwart Rick Michels distributed a list of links to sites to download notes for Volksmusik and Volkslieder. A great resource for musicians and singers!  You can find the link under the “Music” tab or click on this link: Where to find Volksmusik