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VOLUME SEVENTY | NUMBER 2 | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | FEBRUARY 2015

—CULTURAL GROUP—

1965—2015

In January of 1965, Antonia Kreutzer, Emma Muller and Emily Fricker request-ed of the Board to officially found a

Dance Group. Permission was granted and we began to search for dancers. This was done by word of mouth. As some children had performed in the previous year at either Kirchweihs or at our Christmas Party, we were on our way. We had two groups – an older group of boys and girls ages 9 to 13 and a younger group of girls only ages 5 to 8. It was decid-ed to have our first performance in May and we began practicing weekly as soon as possi-ble. The older group consisted of Fred We-ber, Anthony Wagner, Paul Serwo, Joseph Weissgerber, Michael Wagner, Stefan Mul-ler, Otto Fischer, Ludwig Frick, Florian Kempf, Mary Ellen Kerper, Mary Weber, Betty Baranyos, Kathy Silcox, Ruth Kreutzer, Rosemarie Muller, Patty Noel, Julie Ann Wagner and Linda Muller. The younger girls group consisted of Betty Ann Kempf, Vicky Fischer, Marlene Fricker, Linda Muller, Deb-bie Bradley, Debbie Menhardt, Lorry Walter, Renate Weissgerber, Linda Galgon, Kathy Serwo, Kathy Wagner, Heidi Menhardt, Bar-bara Bradley and Karen Frick. Each group would perform two folk dances. The older group would perform a May Pole Dance and an old German folk dance to the tune of “Freut euch des Lebens” while the younger group performed the “Kinderpolka” and “Hansel and Gretel.” Some of the board members smiled sar-castically as they watched our practice ses-sions as they walked through the clubhouse (the little “old shack” that used to be next door to our present clubhouse.) They thought it would be impossible for these little kids to dance. We would see at our Folk Dance Festival in May!

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U N I T E D G E R M A N H U N G A R I A N S O F P H I L A D E L P H I A A N D V I C I N I T Y

Friday, February 20

Doors Open at 6:30pm Dinner served until 8:30pm

$12.00

Let us serve you a quality meal at your club on this Friday evening in February!

NOTICE:

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, March 1 11:00am

OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING

KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE WORKINGS OF OUR ORGANIZATION

Food and beverage will be available for purchase following the meeting.

Saturday, March 28

Cocktail Hour (cash bar) Hors d’oeuvres – 6:00pm |Dinner Served – 7:00pm

Musical Entertainment by the

HEIMATKLÄNGE ORCHESTRA

A Special Performance by The

GERMAN HUNGARIAN DANCERS

$60.00 per person

R E S E R VAT I O N S R EQ U I R E D :

Contact: Cindy Proll | 267.566.7239 | clproll@verizon.net

The U-18 Girls, Fevernova this past fall won the Inter-County Jun-ior Winter League in their age group. According to the league stand-ings, our girls finished the season not only in first place but with some impressive stats as well. With a record of (3-0-0) the team finished the season with 23 goals for and only one against. Congrat-ulations to the team and staff for their achievement!

(SEE PAGE 2 FOR U-18 GIRLS COLLEGE COMMITMENTS)

FEBRUARY 2015 MONTHLY PROGRESS PAGE 2

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—MONTHLY PROGRESS— Founded by TED KERECZMANN† in 1946

Published by the United German-Hungarians of Philadelphia and Vicinity

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Editor: MICHAEL FRICKER

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President: JANET MALOFIY 14 Sugar Maple Lane | Horsham, Pennsylvania | 19044

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Closing Date for Next Month’s Issue:

JANUARY 28, 2014

V O L U M E S E V E N T Y

U-18 GIRLS COMMIT TO NCAA SOCCER

On Wednesday, February 4 members of our U-18 Girls, Fevernova took part in our monthly Schnitzel Night and celebrated “National Signing Day,” with their club soccer family. “National Signing Day,” is the official day that college level athletes can sign a let-ter of intent to commit to plat a sport at a NCAA school. As a club committed to soccer and its future, we are excited to announce our young female athletes that will be playing soccer in college. As of the printing of this issue the following German Hungarians have committed to the following schools:

Casey Conwell Bloomsburg University

Sidney Doherty Charleston Southern

Jazmin Gonzalez Charleston Southern

Amy Heller Philadelphia University

Alexa Lopez Penn State Berks

Mikaela Malofiy Widener University

Kat McCoy-Papendick Temple University

Kate McFadden West Chester University

Kerri McGinley Marist College

Kayla McNamee Alvernia University

Bree Rock Holy Family University

Molly Stanton University of Hartford

Sarah Thuerer Muhlenberg College

—WOMEN’S AUXILIARY— Dates & Information

Once again we will set firm dates for a series of social Gathering for the Women’s Auxiliary.

The dates are the following Sundays in 2015:

February 15 March 22 April 19 May 17

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Fricker, Chairman | 215.275.4991

—YOUTH SOCCER ACADEMY— Providing Essential Instruction to Our Young Players

Ensuring they are Primed for their Future in Amateur Soccer

Spring Program:

Mommy, Daddy & Me FAMILY BONDING THROUGH SPORT

Ages: 18 Months to 3 Years $60.00 Per Player

Pee Wee INTRODUCTION TO SOCCER PROGRAM

Ages: 3 to 6 Years of Age $90.00 Per Player

Mighty Mights PRE-TRAVEL SOCCER PROGRAM

Ages: Boys 7 to 8 Years of Age

Girls 7 to 9 Years of Age

$120.00 Per Player

Scan this to find more information about our Youth Soccer Academy

—JOIN OUR CULTURAL GROUP— The Cultural Group is 50 years old and is still a rich learning environment for the young people of our club. For most of our members, it is in the Cultural Group that they “earn their stripes,” in our organization. Tak-ing part in the group is not only a way to learn a variety of dancing but also get to know the many young people that are our future! Come out and join them, you will not regret it! Practices are on Tuesday Nights at 7:30pm at the clubhouse! For more information on joining our group or arranging for a performance, please con-tact our Cultural Group Chairman, Susi Hart-mann at seppnsusi@aol.com or Schuhplat-tler Group Vorplattler, Alex Blank at blank4488@aol.com.

—DONUT DAY DRINK SPECIALS— Tuesday, February 17 - Come out to the club on this Tuesday and take part in some special pricing for Fat Tuesday! As always, Tuesday is club night!

—FRIDAY FISH FRY— Friday, February 20 - Let us serve you a home cooked quality meal at your club on this Friday evening in February! (see page 1 for details)

—ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING— Sunday, March 1 - Keep up-to-date on the workings of our organization!

—ST. PATTY’S PARTY— Friday, March 13 - Gather your family & grab a few pints to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Good old St. Patrick gives us the reason to celebrate!

—GALA ANNIV. BANQUET— Saturday, March 28 - Celebrate 105 years with us! A wonderful black tie banquet is planned for your enjoyment! Attend the event as we put on display all of the accom-plishments of over a century as a club! (see page 1 for details)

—SOCCER BEEF & BEER— Saturday, April 11 - Support our teams at this fun fundraiser! Roast beef and cold beer will be served!

—SUNDAY FUNDAY PIG ROAST— Sunday, April 19 - We are roasting a pig! Come out for this Sunday Funday at the club and enjoy some of the usual Sunday fun along with a great meal, friends, family and drinks!

—CINCO DE MAYO SPECIALS— Tuesday, May 5 - Come out to the club on this Tuesday and take part in some special pricing for the fifth of May! As always, Tues-day is club night!

—SPRING PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, May 13 - A chance to win many prizes, this event is sponsored by our Wom-en’s Auxiliary! (see page 4 for details)

—NAT. DONAU TOURNAMENT— May 23 & 24 - Our teams will travel to Mansfield Ohio’s Liederkranz to take part once again in the US National Donauschwa-ben Soccer Tournament!

(CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

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—KINDERFEST & SOMMERFEST— Saturday, June 6 - Our club will be hosting the Mid-Atlantic Kinderfest this year! Our children in the cultural group are excited to entertain their old friends and make many new ones! All children in the club are encour-aged to attend! The evening will include a Sommerfest for our older dancers, members and friends!

—GAUFEST WARM-UP—

Sunday, July 26 - Help the Schuhplattler group as they send off to Gaufest! A picnic will take place to follow the dance perfor-mances.

—25. GAUFEST, MILWAUKEE— July 30—Aug. 2 - Travel with us to Milwau-kee, Wi for the Gaufest celebrations, compe-titions and fun!

—LANDESTREFFEN LOS ANGELES— August 7—August 9 - Join us in Los Angeles for the Landestreffen with our friends from the Donauschwaben clubs across the coun-try. West coast here we come!

—GOLF OUTING— Friday, August 14 - Play a round of golf with your club buddies and enjoy a fun dinner afterwards!

—137th OKTOBERFEST— September 26 & 27 - Celebrate the Ba-varian tradition right down in Oakford!

—SCHOCKTOBERFEST— Saturday, October 24 - Celebrate Hallow-een at this party!

—KIRCHWEIHFEST— Saturday, November 7 - Take part in our most important German-Hungarian tradi-tion at the beautiful Kirchweihfest!

—WINTER PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, November 18 - A chance to win many prizes, this event is sponsored by our Women’s Auxiliary!

—CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY— Sunday, December 20 - Celebrate Christmas with your club family!

NOTE: Our yearly entertainment schedule flows with the calendar. The dates provided here are meant as a guide for the member-ship. These dates are subject to change. More detailed information will always be provided closer to the date of the event.

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW:

—A NIGHT IN VIENNA— We held our usual Viennese affair on Sat-urday, February 7 at our hall in Oakford, Pennsylvania. First and foremost thanks goes out to the Werner Fricker III and his com-mittee who decorated the hall in the wonder-ful vibrant red and white tri-bands for the evening. Thanks also to the numerous mem-bers who came out the Friday night before to clean and set the hall. All those who make cakes or cookies and provided for the sweet table are appreciated. It was certainly en-joyed. Important to note also those who put together the fresh flowers that adorned each table. Thank you to Lisa Fricker and Karen David for handling the reservations and seating as it is always an interesting task. We need to thank the Kauriga Orchestra for the appropriate music they granted us. We were happy to have Monica Hartmann Simon and Josef Hartmann who sang beauti-fully for us. It was great to have a few voices of our own filling our hall with Austrian song! As always we are very proud and thankful for our dancers who worked hard to put on a great performance. They are equally thankful for their choreographer, Marlene Fricker for her work, and their Chairman Susi Hartmann for announcing and Joe Reiter for handling their music. The dancers were: Nichole Blank Deely, Mike Cramer, Werner Fricker III, Michael Fricker, Karina Fricker, Danny Galgon, Bri-anne Harris, Jenn Lineman, Sasha Malofiy, Mikaela Malofiy, Kyra Malofiy, Anna Martini, Michelle Paul, Stevie Paul, Allysa Reiter, Kris-ten Reiter, Joey Reiter, Emma Walter. We hope you all had a great time at our Night In Vienna and can attend our Banquet in March!

—GENERATIONS—

Kim Walter provided our staff with these pho-tos of Adam Herbert and his family recently. The photographs depict five generations of the men in his family at our club. The first photo is taken in 1987 at one of our events and the second is taken at Oktoberfest in 2014. Adam is an active member of our club attend-ing most of our events and has been involved in a number of capacities for a number of years!

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C e l e b r a t e W i t h U s A s W e C o n t i n u e O u r P r o u d T r a d i t i o n s

Saturday, March 7 Doors open at 5:30pm

Guest Speaker| Appearances by all Youth Teams DJ Strauby is Providing Music | Dinner | Drinks Available For Purchase

Adults: $26.00 | Youth: $13.00

R E S E R VAT I O N S R EQ U I R E D : Jeanne Heller | 267.408.7256

1987 L to R: Joe (b. 1955), Josef (b. 1905), Adam (b. 1930)

Baby Steven (b. 1987)

2014 L to R: Joe (b. 1955), Steven (b. 1987), Adam (b. 1930)

Baby Mathew (b. 2014)

—SCHNITZEL NIGHT—

Every first Wednesday of the Month - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

A Delicious Schnitzel Dinner (Includes Two Side Dishes Plus a Salad, Bread & Butter and Coffee or Tea)

Wednesday, March 4 Wednesday, April 1

$10.00 for adults | $5.00 for children (Dessert is Available for Purchase | Fully Stocked Cash Bar)

Have a great dinner with the Schnitzel-Boy at the UNITED GERMAN HUNGARIANS

Schnitzel! The Favorite Treat!

For Little Boys &

Girls to Eat! Artwork by Sofi Walter

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—BAYERISCHER ECKE— The Bayerischer Volksfest Verein has a colorful schedule of events coming up! Feel free to attend their affairs for some great music and dancing and maybe a cocktail to two!

Saturday, February 21

MASKENBALL/VALENTINES DANCE with music by Schanta Band

Saturday, March 21

ST. PATRICK’S DAY DANCE with music by the Jolly Bavarians

Sunday, March 22

SEMI-ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at 4 PM

Saturday, April 18

SPRING DANCE with music by Don Bitterlich

Saturday, May 16

MEMBER APPRECIATION DANCE with music by Don Bitterlich

Saturday, June 20

13 ANNIVERSARY DANCE with music by the Emil Schanta Band

All dances 7:00pm to 11:00pm

—SPRING PENNY PARTY— Wednesday, May 13

Doors open 6:30pm Numbers called 8:00pm

Tickets: $3.00 Includes Coffee & Cake

RESERVATIONS are REQUIRED Call Emily Fricker at 267.470.4828

Set-Up: Wednesday Morning—10:00am

—PICTURE OF THE MONTH—

UNITED GERMAN-HUNGARIANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY

4666 E. BRISTOL ROAD | OAKFORD, PENNSYLVANIA | 19053

NOTICE:

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday, March 1 | 11:00pm

OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE

WORKINGS OF OUR ORGANIZATION Werner Fricker III & Jenn Lineman performing the Ländler

from the Sound of Music at the Night In Vienna!