Next meeting: Saturday, September 24

We finally were able to get a place to meet!  However, the meeting will have to happen a little earlier than usual. Because thus is both a general membership meeting and a Sommerfest critique, we anticipate this running a little long.

Please come to the Counts Car Club building located at 5531 Mill Road in Black Hawk at 4pm for a social hour featuring food and beverages supplied by the club. The meeting itself will commence at 5:30pm, to last no longer than 7:30. It's located just west of I-90 Exit 52, beside the Round Up Cafe.

We apologize for this late notice, but it's been difficult finding adequate meeting spaces. If you have any suggestions for where a large group of Germans and German enthusiasts can congregate, please feel free to share!

The calm before the storm...

The fun starts tomorrow!

SOMMERFEST 2011 BEGINS THIS FRIDAY!

Some of the highlights of this year’s event include:


• Expanded hours of operation—tent opens from noon until 1am
• Reduced cover charges, with free admission for anyone dressed in traditional German attire! 
• Sunday and Monday, August 21st & 22nd -- No cover charge!
• Military appreciation night--free admission with military ID on Thursday August 25th
• Reduced beer prices! We proudly serve August Schell beers, authentic German-style brew made in New Ulm, Minnesota. Look for two new styles this year--Hefewiezen and be among the first in the country to try this year's Oktoberfest offering!

Of course, the tent wouldn't be complete without music. This year we decided to shake things up a bit and introduce some new faces to our music lineup.• Steve Rock Tanzkapelle performs traditional polka on August 19 & 20 from 7pm to midnight
• Chip Bradley &the Midnight Sun Band plays country & western music from 1-4pm Sunday, August 21. 
• The Happy Wanderers play polka and waltzes from 7pm to midnight on August 21 and 22
• Longtime fan favorites and German Tent mainstays Rick Borger and the Average German band perform August 23-27 from 7pm to midnight.

...did we mention reduced beer prices???

General Membership meeting: July 21

The next general membership meeting will be Thursday, July 21 at 7pm at Shapeup, 1823 West Main.

We haven't been here before, so it's located next door to the H&R Block and across the street from Fischer Furniture. This is the last general membership meeting before Sommerfest, and the Sommerfest committee will be sharing their plans.
Please plan to attend!


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sommerfest committee meeting--Monday, July 11

The sommerfest committee will meet at the west side Pauly's subs located near Baken Park at 6:30 pm. Please plan to attend if you wish to help lay out plans and finalize preparations for next month's sommerfest.

see you there!

UPDATE---RGC social Sunday, June 12

All members are invited to the German club's next social, to be held at he elk creek resort and campground. This will be a potluck, so bring your favorite dish or dessert, the club will take care of the beer and beverages.

Kids are welcome, and encouraged to bring their swimsuits. For more information, DO NOT call Andy Marso because he will be out of town. Instead, you should call Carl Wahl, Sr.

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ACHTUNG! Meeting this Thursday!

If you're a member, you should have been called by the calling committee, but just in case, the Sommerfest committee will meet this Thursday at 5pm at the Ramkota Inn just off I-90 and LaCrosse. The front desk will direct you to where you need to go if you say you're with the German Club.

After the Sommerfest meeting, there will be a general membership meeting at 7pm.