| Steuben Parade 2011 Dear friends: Happy new year from the German-American Committee and everyone at the Steuben Parade... we have started it well, and quite a few things point to 2011 being a great year for our community. Here are some details I want to share with all of you. First of all, the 54th German-American Steuben Parade will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 on Fifth Avenue in New York. Early on, we are dealing with a large number of marching groups from Germany - bands, dance groups, Karneval, Schützen, Tracht, and others - so it looks like we will once again have a colorful parade representing all aspects of our culture. One of our biggest projects for 2011 will be to get the Steuben Parade broadcast live on Fox 5. We have had early discussions with the TV station and the production company and things are looking very good. However, this will be an expensive project and every support you can give is greatly appreciated. We welcome donations here and we will send our more information within the next few weeks as it becomes available. The state of Niedersachsen will be our official guest state and Ministerpräsident David McAllister - a German with Scottish roots and the successor to now-President of Germany, Christian Wulff - will personally attend the Steuben Parade and he is already looking forward to his visit. As a matter of fact, Mr. McAllister has been to New York before and he has visited, among other places, the Plattduetsche Park in Franklin Square. Many of our friends there have their roots in Niedersachsen, specifically in the area between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, and Hamburg... you might recognize the names of villages like Bremervörde, Sievern, Otterndorf, or Bad Bederkesa. Clubs in Franklin Square are named after them for the immigrants coming from there. The latter, Bad Bederkesa, is also the home town of Ministerpräsident McAllister. Steuben Parade General Chairman Lars Halter met with the Hon. David McAllister, Ministerpräsident of the State of Niedersachsen, last week at the Staatskanzlei in Hannover/Germany; Mr. McAllister was happy to receive a Steuben Bear, and is already looking forward to marching in the 54th Annual Steuben Parade on Sept. 17, 2011. As every year, the Steuben Parade Committee greatly appreciates your input and your ideas. Share your vision with us, and we will try our best to implement whatever helps us make our wonderful parade bigger and better. Also, I want to encourage you to attend all of our events, including the Steuben Parade Gala on Friday, September 16, 2011. Information about this elegant and star-studded event will be available later in the year. At this point, I would like to bring some events to your attention: The PVV vun Brooklyn and Umgegend is having its Annual Presidents´ Day Dinner on Sunday, February 20th, 2011 at the Plattduetsche Park in Franklin Square. Among this year´s honorees are our very own Agnes and Max Kramer who have been handling the souvenirs for the Steuben Parade for the last few years. If you can, please show your gratitude and support by attending this wonderful event. RSVP to Renate Buck at 516-333-4710 or renate@optonline.net. Meanwhile, the Liederkranz Foundation is holding an Alpine Enzian Fest on Saturday, February 5th, 2011. There will be live music by the "Ennstaler Bergzigeuner" from Austria, a Dinner Buffet and Late Night Snack. Tickets are $49, and you may RSVP to info@openskieshospitality.com or 212-534-0880. A bit later in spring, we are looking forward to a Maifest we will be hosting in cooperation with Circle Line on their pier on West 42nd Street; we are also looking forward to our Crowning of Miss German-America. If you know young ladies interested in running for Queen or Princess, or if you know applicants for Junior Princess or our Junior General, please contact Connie Rom at 516-575-8558. Our Steuben Parade meetings will be back starting March 2011, and information about date and time will go out as we get closer. In the meantime, to stay tuned on everything the Steuben Parade Committee and the German-American Committee are up to, please visit www.SteubenParade.com regularly. Also, you can "friend" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Steuben to get regular, free updates. So, stay in touch... all the best for 2011, Lars Halter General Chairman German-American Steuben Parade ============================ German-American Steuben Parade P.O. Box 3386 Church Street Station New York, NY 10008 USA Phone: +1-646-334-7717 Fax: +1-201-763-7285 Email: info@germanparadenyc.org Check out our website at www.SteubenParade.com or www.GermanParadeNYC.org. "Friend" us at www.facebook.com/Steuben. |
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