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5-Day Viennese Waltz Cruise to Bermuda with the Traxlers!
Dance Cruise on Royal Carribean's "Enchantment of the Seas" from Baltimore to Bermuda September 18-23, 2010 (follow link for details)
QUESTIONS?
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Singers wanted for the Washington Saengerbund (rehearsals Fridays)
Singers wanted for the Washington International Chorus (rehearsals Thursdays)
Alpine Singers CD Available
Various dates, 2010
May 16 - November 28
through August 1
August 9 - 30
Monday, August 9, 6:30 pm
Monday, 16 August 2010, 6:30 pm
Monday, August 23, 6:30 pm
Monday, August 30, 6:30 pm
September 18-23
Thursdays, October 28-November 18
Saturday, November 20
October and November (weekend days)
Saturday, December 4
"Sponsored by the [North] American Federation of German Folk Dance Groups, this weekend is filled with regional dances from Austria as well as ones that feature swords and other props!"
Dance Instructors:
Herbert and Carol Traxler specialize in dances and songs from Austria. In 1991 they formed the Alpine Dancers performing group who perform Austrian and German folk dances throughtout the greater Washington, D.C. area and all along the East Coast.
They continually expand their dance repertoire while attending numerous dance festivals and workshops in Austria and around the United States. In recognition of their ongoing promotion and teaching of Austrian dances, the couple each received the prestigious
Decoration of Merit in Gold from the Republic of Austria in 1998.
Karin Gottier,a respected German and Swiss Dance Instructor, is also the founding organizer of the North American Federation of German Folk Dance Groups and has received the coveted Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band
(Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.) She also has a stunning, unique collection of traditional costumes that will be displayed during this weekend.
For polka opportunities, see the calendar of "Let's Polka."
For Sunday dances, see Waltz Time Dances at Glen Echo Park, organized by Donna Barker and others. Every April there is a very nice Viennese Ball, "An Evening with Strauss" held at Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom, featuring the Old Vienna orchestra.
For English country, contra, and folk dance, see Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
For info on trips to Vienna for attending the balls, see www.traxlers.org/groups.html as well as the link from www.viennesewaltz.org
Viennese Ball Opening Committee ("Cotillions") have been performing at Viennese balls in Washington since 1997, as described at that page. For information about Viennese balls and similar events, you may sign up for Carol's Viennese waltz e-mail list, at www.traxlers.org/groups.html.
Viennese Ball excellent site by Nelson Bridwell. For ball schedule, click on "Calendar."
Visions of Austria online video Cultural Events | Traxler Home Page | Cultural Organizations | Related Links
CONTINENTALS schedule (Polka! Polka! Polka!)
| Mike Surratt's ECB (Variety Dance Music, including Ballroom)
"Alte Kameraden" Blaskapelle Schedule (German band)
The Embassy Series of distinctive concerts at area embassies and ambassadors' residences. Call (202) 625-2361; or order easily online at http://www.embassyseries.org
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 to 1900
(c) Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, West Building. "Comprising 120
German watercolors and drawings from one of the finest private European holdings of old master drawings. "
Sunday, July 25, 4-6 pm (ends at 6 pm)
Sunday, August 8, 4-6:30 pm , Sunday, August 22, 4-6:30 pm
Sunday, September 12, 4-6:30 pm, Sunday, October 24, 4-6:30 pm
Sunday, November 7, 4-6:30 pm, Sunday, November 21, 4-6:30 pm, Sunday, December 12, 2010, 4-6:30 pm
Alpine Dancers. The Alpine Dancers hold regular free and open practices at the New Carrollton Municipal Center, 6016 Princess Garden Parkway, near Washington Beltway exit 20A.
(Occasionally practice times and dates may change due to performances, which are listed at this site if they are open to the public.) New dancers are always welcome.
The Alpine Dancers are a performing and teaching folk dance group specializing in couples and trio dances from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. They perform throughout the greater Washington, DC (USA) area.
For information, directions, and engagements, or to confirm practices and performances, see the web site, or contact the leaders of the Alpine Dancers, Herbert & Carol Traxler (caroltraxler@yahoo.com)
at 301-577-3503 or Bill & Sarita Barclay at 301-654-1917.
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival "Interested in a taste of Austria without the
flight? Look no further than the mountains of Virginia, where the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy kicks off Monday.
The theme of this year's festival, which runs through August 1, is Vienna. Events throughout the month include concerts, cooking classes, seminars and a Viennese film series. Tickets to individual events are available, as are multi-day passes. For more information, visit www.wintergreenperformingarts.org .
July 24-25
Maryland German Festival at the Fairgrounds in Timmonium, near Baltimore.
110th German Festival
Saturday and Sunday, July 24th and 25th
at the Timonium Fairgrounds, York and Timonium Roads, Timonium, Maryland. Please pass this information to your members. Thanks!
Hours: Saturday 11:30 am to 10:00 pm; Sunday 11:30 am to 7:00 pm
Baltimore’s best kept secret is its German heritage, and it awaits you at Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium at the 110th annual German Festival. A special treat this year is Die Little German Band.
There are imported and local crafts and collectables, and for kids, wall climbing, puppet shows, face painting, arts & crafts.
Enjoy authentic German cooking, quench your thirst with imported or domestic beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages or schnapps; and for dessert have some German pastry or the usual fair confections.
Admission: adults $6, seniors $5. Children under 12 with paying adult admitted free.
Ample free parking, close to Light Rail.
For more information call 410-522-4144.
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
Saturday
11:30am - 4:30pm Joe Wendel Orchestra
1:00 pm Opening Ceremony.
1:20 - 2:00 pm Arion Gesangverein (singers)
2:00 - 6:00 pm Bairisch und Steirisch (dance group) during band breaks
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Little German Band
Recorded German music before and between performances.
Sunday
11:30 - 3:30 pm Little German Band
2:00 - 6:00 pm Bairisch und Steirisch (dance group) during band breaks
4:00 - 7:00 pm Joe Wendel Orchestra
For the Love of Sound (Im Takt)(c) (www.colourbox.com) . "This series of documentaries deals with music and the people who dedicate their lives to it."
In cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum.
Pianomania (c) Oval Film. Austria/Germany, 2009, 35mm, 93 min.,
D: Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis. "As chief technician and head tuner of Steinway and Sons, Stefan Knüpler encounters professional musicians all over the world."
Tearing Your Heart Apart (Herzausreisser - Neues aus dem Wienerlied)
For the Love of Sound Film Series. Held at the Goethe-Institut Washington, GoetheForum. See the web site for detail and sound clips!!!
German with English Subtitles. (This is a really fun way to see if you understand Wienerisch as well as German! - Carol)
$6/$4. (202) 289-1200.
A Father's Music (Nach der Musik)
A Father's Music (c) Goethe-Institut. Germany, 2007, DVD, 105 min., D: Igor Heitzmann. "World-famous Austrian conductor Otmar Suitner's double private lives came to an end with the fall of the Wall."
Touch the Sound.
Touch the Sound (c) Shadow Distribution. Germany/UK, 2004, 35mm, 100 min., D: Thomas Riedelsheimer.
"This documentary follows the life of music student Evelyn Glennie, who became deaf during her music studies and turned to percussion instruments."
[If you have ever heard Evelyn Glennie perform barefoot, you will love this! -Carol]
Dance Cruise from Baltimore to Bermuda with the Traxlers. Space is available -- see web site for details.
Viennese waltz lesson series by the Traxlers for the National Society of Arts and Letters in preparation for the Viennese Ball at the Cosmos Club on November 20. Details forthcoming.
NSAL Viennese Ball at the Cosmos Club. Waltzing to music by con brio!.
Viennese waltz lesson series by the Traxlers and preparation of the Cotillion for a Viennese Christmas Ball on Saturday, December 4.Details forthcoming.
Viennese Christmas Ball with formal Viennese style Opening of the Ball. Waltzing to music by con brio!. Ball chair: Margaret Bocek. Details forthcoming.
June / July 2011
AFGFDG Austrian Folk Dance Workshop led by Herbert and Carol Traxler, Sword Dancing taught by Karin Gottier at Folklore Village, Dodgeville, WI. Sponsored by the [North] American Federation of German Folk Dance Groups.
To reach the instructors, contact Karin Gottier at karin-gottier@webtv.net
or Herbert & Carol Traxler at caroltraxler@yahoo.com.
For ballroom dance see DCDanceNet.com
Film Programs - ongoing: National Gallery of Art | Library of Congress | Goethe Institut
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