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Nachrichten
145 JAHRE
145 YEARS
87
3 - 2018
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Nr. 581 November 2019 ISSN 0384-952X
Concordia Club, 429 Ottawa St. S., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2M 3P6 / Tel. (519) 745-5617, Fax 745-5141
Internet: www.concordiaclub.ca or for e-mail: mail@concordiaclub.ca
Martin Benhöfer_pixelio.de
CONCORDIA IN NOV. / DEC. 2019
Klub Vorschau/Club Events Group Events
Concordia in November 2019 SUNDAY
Halle 2.00–5.00 Ballroom Dancing
2nd Main Hall Stiftungsfest @ 6pm with TC Alpine Echo
2nd Schenke Graham & Bowie MONDAY
Halle 7.00–8.30 Gemischter Chor
5th-9th Schenke Chef Jeff will be serving his Kale Dinner Menu
8.30–10.00 Männerchor
9th Schenke DJ Novak
Jaegerstube 6.00–7.00 Kinderchor
16th Schenke Edelweiss Duo 7.00–8.00 Jugendchor
16th Main Hall Gala Opening of our 53rd Season of Karneval @ 5pm
TUESDAY
17th Woodland Cemetary - Volkstrauertag @ 2:30pm Halle 5.30–8.30 Kinder & Junior Garde, Senioren Garde
Coffee & Cake to follow @ Alpine Club hosted by Transylvania
Jaegerstube 8.00–10.00 Narrenzunft
23rd Schenke DJ Novak Schenke 7.00–10.00 Skat-Gruppe
24th Main Hall Ladies Group Christmas Bazaar Beach Volleyball Evening from May to August
30th Schenke TC Alpine Echo
WEDNESDAY
Halle 6.00–10.00 Enzian Group
Concordia in December 2019 Jaegerstube 2.30–5.30 Senioren Gruppe (1st Wed. of month)
1st Schenke Concordia Club Members Children’s Christmas Party Jaegerstube 7.00 pm Ladies Group (1. Wednesday of month)
@3:00pm til 5:00pm Weinstube 19.00 Tennisgruppe
5th – 8th Christkindl Markets downtown @ City Hall (Jeden 2. Mittwoch im Monat)
7th Schenke DJ Novak Weinstube 7.00 pm Tennisgruppe (2nd Wed. of month)
7th-21st Schenke Holiday Duck Dinners are available THURSDAY
8th Main Hall Concordia Choir Christmas Concert @3:00pm Halle 8.00–10.00 Table Tennis Group
14th Schenke Dj Novak Jaegerstube 7.00–1.00 Schach/Chess
21st Schenke TC Alpine Echo Eisstock 7.00–10.00 Eisstock-Gruppe
24th-26th Club is closed for Christmas Schenke 9.00 Fussball/Soccer
28th Schenke Edelweiss Trio FRIDAY
31st Schenke TC Alpine Echo will help ring in the New Year @ Victoria Bowl 6.30 Bowlers
6:00pm Jaegerstube 8.00 “Treffpunkt” (2nd Friday of month)
Office Telephone Reservations 105
Extensions & Info Line
General Inquiries 105
Front Office 101
Ticket Sales 105
Membership 101
Banquet Inquiries 101 Portier/Doorman 106
Manager 102 You can call the extensions or
Payroll 103 announcements by using any
Accounting 104 touch tone telephone.
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Wir sind stolz auf unseren Klub. Hier können
Bericht des Präsidenten wir mit Gästen aus Nah und Fern Oktoberfest
feiern! Auch erhalten wir in diesen Tagen
neue Mitglieder, die mit uns das Bestehen für
Dieses Jahr fühlt es sich
146 Jahre und die deutsche Kultur erleben
an, als wenn wir einen
und feiern können.
längeren Sommer hatten,
zumal die Bauarbeiten an Oktoberfest hat einige Änderungen, so wird
der Ottawa Street uns zu das „ Alte München Haus“ nicht mehr vorhan-
schaffen machten. den sein! Doch „Lot 42“ wird wieder zur
Rechtzeitig wurden die Unterhaltung am Oktoberfest beitragen.
Bauarbeiten fertig, sodaß
die Ottawa Street für Ok- Ich möchte allen Angestellten und freiwilligen
toberfest befahrbar war. Helfern in unserem Klub „Danke“ sagen für
die Hilfe und Zeit die sie bei uns leisteten.
Wir hatten im Klub eine arbeitsreiche Zeit, mit
der Neugestaltung unseres Patio, das nun für Ein extra Danke an Mike Matich und seine
Hochzeiten usw. benutzt werden kann. Für Helfer für den Innenausbau des Zeltes.
2020 und 2021 haben wir schon
Reservierungen, was uns auch finanziell Danke an unseren neuen Geschäftsführer
helfen wird. Shawn, Banquet Manager Ruth und Küchen-
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chef Jeff mit seinem Team, die ein weiteres We must be very proud of our club, as we are
Jahr erfolgreich gearbeitet haben. known as the place to go to celebrate
Danke an die Vorstandsmitglieder, für die Zeit Oktoberfest. People from near and far come to
und Mühe die sie, nicht nur für das Oktober- the Concordia club to experience our hospital-
fest, erbrachten. Denn Familie, Beruf und ity. The membership must remember that all
Schlaf mußten speziell für Oktoberfest hinte- of us are the ambassador’s of this club and that
nan stehen. by exposing our guests to our culture and tra-
Danke auch an unsere Familien für das Ver- ditions we will be able to expand our member-
ständnis, denn Oktoberfest ist eine wichtige ship. The continued growth of our club will
Zeit für unseren Klub. afford us the ability to experience more of the
Weitere Veranstaltungen: longevity of our German heritage that we have
2. Nov. Stiftungsfest Concordia Klub experienced for146 years. With ticket sales as
good as they were we are looking forward to a
16. Nov. Karneval Eröffnung der Narrenzunft
successful Oktoberfest.
17. Nov. Volkstrauertag
There were some changes to the Oktoberfest
Woodland Friedhof
landscape as the Altes Munchen Haus at
24. Nov. Basar der Frauengruppe
Queensmount Arena did not operate this year.
1. Dez. Weihnachtskonzert Concordia Chöre There was a new festhalle that opened at
Ich hoffe, daß viele Mitglieder und Gäste diese Elements Night Club in downtown Kitchener
Veranstaltungen besuchen, denn die called Bayerische Haus to offset the aforemen-
Weihnachtszeit ist nahe! tioned closure. We will once again have Lot
Ihr Klubpräsident Rob Kerr 42 operating as the Oktoberfest Haus right
across the highway but with the great cus-
President’s Report tomer service and hospitality that we offer we
This year felt like an extra long summer, should not see much of an impact to our
which was compounded by the fact that we financials. We only have preliminary finan-
were part of the summer construction season cial figures and do not have enough informa-
and for many days this affected the day to day tion to make any determination of impact or
operation of our club and the people that success.
chose to frequent our facilities to eat or attend I would like to thank all of the staff and volun-
an event. The construction is finally done and teers who put in countless hours to make sure
we have been able to get back to our normal that our patrons experience nothing but the
business practices. The new streetscape will best and most authentic Oktoberfest that they
help us showcase our club and what we have can while they are with us. A huge thank you
to offer. goes out to Mike Matich for heading up
We have also been very busy this year with Oktoberfest again this year. Thank you to our
our own projects as we have the ceremony on new General Manager Shawn, banquet manag-
site wedding patio area and have also had a er Ruth and Chef Jeff and their teams for all
large section of the parking lot paved. These the work that they and their staff put into
upgrades to our property have been noticed by making this year another success.
many of the guests that have visited our club. To the board of directors, Thank you for the
We already have some rentals for the new time and energy that you dedicate to this club
patio area for 2020 as well as 2021. not only during the year but especially at
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Oktoberfest where you give up family time, ing months that the members should remem-
work and sleep. A special thank you goes out ber and look at participating in. These events
to your families for allowing myself, and the could range from the German Remembrance
Concordia Club to borrow you for an extended day, the ladies bazaar or the choir’s Christmas
period of time during such an important fami- concert. I look forward to seeing you all at one
ly holiday. of these events.
Oktoberfest is the most popular time of the Some of the upcoming events are:
year to sign up new members. In the past cou- November 2nd - Stitungfest
ple of years we have signed up 10 or so new November 16th - Mardi Gras Society Opening
members every year. We need to welcome November 17th - German Remembrance Day
these new members and encourage them to at Woodland Cemetery
become involved in our organization as well November 24th - Ladies group Bazaar
as to learn from the people who have built our December 1st - Choir Christmas concert
foundation and we hope that they will pro- I hope everyone can make some time to get
mote the club to help continue our growth and some well deserved rest and recharge your
longevity. batteries in the month of November so that we
In the same manner that we all came together are ready to enjoy the Christmas season that is
to make Oktoberfest a success we must not that far away.
remember to support each other and our club Until we meet again,
events. There are many events in the upcom- Your president, Rob Kerr
Herminio Schmidt
founder and principal of the
German Language School
Concordia
for 20 years
just published his compelling life-story.
“A great personal account of an amazing life.
Written with a nice balance of fact and feeling.
I like the way it unfolds in short chapters.
A fabulous moving read - I am thoroughly enjoying it.”
Read more about the book:
www.herminioschmidt.com
For free shipping, order your copy through
Indigo/Chapters
amazon.ca or Kindle Books
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will run from November 5th to 9th this year.
Please call the office for reservations!
Remember the date of Nov 15th as the cut
off to RSVP to our Kids Christmas which is
being held on Dec 1st in the Schenke from
3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m.
Then we head into December, where we
will have lots of Christmas parties taking
place throughout the month. I would just
like to touch on a few things for this bul-
letin. In December we always offer our Duck
From the Manager’s Desk Dinner Christmas feature for two weeks, and
this year it will run from the 7th to the 21st.
Wow what a great
Same price as last year $24.00. I would also
Festival. We had a
wonderful turn out like to mention that on the 6th, 13th and
and great support 20th of the month we will be running our
from the communi- Friday Buffet at lunch as well, like we have
ty as well as our done in years previous. Don’t forget to head
membership. I en- down to City Hall as well from the 5th to the
joyed watching it 8th and support the Christkindl Markets.
unfold the way that You find some cool ideas for the holidays as
it did. I hope that well as some great food.
everyone who took
the time to come On the 31st of December we hold our
out and celebrate Goodbye to 2019 and Hello 2020. Ticket
enjoyed their time here. If you have cool prices and meal information to follow in the
pictures or even want to submit a little write December Bulletin.
up on your experience please feel free to
contact the office and we will gladly give -Shawn-
you a place to send them.
Nov 2nd is Stiftungsfest at 6pm and tickets
are on sale now. We have had a bit of confu-
sion with the Volkstrauertag which is at
2:30pm on 17th located at Woodland
Cemetery. I have been informed that it is
now Transylvania Club that with be respon-
sible for the coffee and cake to follow at
Alpine Club.
Every year in November it is tradition that
we offer a Kale Dinner Special. The special
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Children’s Christmas Party
Brought to you by:
The Concordia Board of Directors
&
The Treffpunkt Group
Date: Sunday December 1, 2019
Location: Schenke Restaurant
Cost: $15.00 per child
EVERYONE WELCOME
Please sign-up in the main office.
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take place on Wednesday, Dec.4 at 6:00 pm
Ladies Group in the Jäger Stube.
A happy birthday wish goes out to our
On Sunday, November 24th will once again November birthday girls, Lilo Grüneberg
be our annual Ladies Group Christmas and Else Osbelt. We wish you all the best!
Bazaar and I hope that everyone will come Elisabeth Rowsell
out to buy our crafts, cookies & cakes. It is
also nice to come out for coffee & cake or
just visit with friends. We will also have our December 8th
four craft vendors there once again to help Main Hall - 3:00 pm
us out. The doors will open at 1:00 pm
sharp.
Our Ladies Group is celebrating their 85
Concordia Choir
anniversary this year. On November 13, we
will have a supper in the Schenke, followed
by an evening of painting in the Jägerstube. CHRISTMAS
The next Ladies Group meeting will take
place on Wednesday, November 6th at 7:00
pm. Also, our Ladies Christmas Party will
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Table Tennis Group
On October the 2nd 2019 we were busy set-
ting up our Game Booth for this year’s
Oktoberfest. Like every year before, there
were many hands available to tackle this
difficult job.
So our group is now looking forward to
another successful Oktoberfest 2019.
Lately we have had always a good turnout
from our group on our Thursday’s game
night.
Some pictures of our last year’s successes.
“ Slice it, spin it; Play the game to win it”
Walter Marzinko
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Treffpunkt was truly excited for the 2019
Treffpunkt Oktoberfest Festival.
Looking forward to seeing what we can get
Oktoberfest ist da, and Treffpunkt couldn’t into for the month ahead.
be more excited to have celebrated with you Until then…
all. From Ziggy Zaggying the night away to bis zum nächsten Mal
enjoying the company of family and friends
who came near and far to celebrate the fes-
tivities; Oktoberfest came and left us with
many memories to last us until 2020.
Since the our last edition of “Nachrichten”,
Treffpunkt have been busy working towards
our goal of 45 blood donations through our
“Partners for Life “collaboration with
Canadian Blood Services. Please consider
donating blood if you are able; our partners
for life number is CONC010846 or you just
need to say that you are donating for the
Concordia Club. Thus far, we have secured
30 donations and look forward to surpass-
ing our new goal of 45 for the 2019 year; we
know we can do it, and we’d love for you to
join us.
Some members of our group enjoyed danc-
ing the night away and celebrating the crow-
ing of a new Weinkönigen, at Winzerfest
while enjoying yet another scrumptious
meal prepared by Chef Jeff and his team.
With the crowning of the new Miss
Oktoberfest, Erin Wetzel, and a fun filled
morning of setting up the Dunk tank,
10Senior Garde (almost 30 combined!) are
1. 1. KG Narrenzunft Concordia ready to perform!
The tickets are $28/person and are available
through the Club 519-745-5617. For more
The Narrenzunft group is sad for the passing
info on Karneval please visit:
of Heinz Wolf at the age of 94. Heinz was
devoted to preserving the Karneval custom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_
He was a past Narrenzunft President, and Germany,_Switzerland_and_Austria
held various positions on the board up from We look forward to sharing Karneval with
the 60’s til the Spring of this year! We will you!
miss his wonderful smile! Until next time….
Alaaf und Helau
53rd Season Joan Trautrim
Karneval Opening See you at the club!!
NOVEMBER 16TH
Come to our 53rd Karneval Opening! Main
Hall doors open at 5pm, Chicken Cordon
Bleu dinner served at 6pm. The official 53rd
Karneval Season proclamation is at 8:11pm.
Soon after we wake up the Hoppeditz (our
mascot) to get the season started. Heinz
Lindlau and the Variations will once again
keep the beat going for our dancing pleas-
ure. The Narrenzunft Kinder, Junior and
November Chef Jeff will be serving his
5th-9th Kale
Schenke
Dinner
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The Concordia Ladies Group
cordially invites you to their annual
Christmas Bazaar
Sunday, November 24, 2019
1 pm – 3 pm (Main Hall)
Crafts - Cookies - Cakes - Café
Everyone is welcome.
13Outdoor Group Weinkönigin 2019
A huge Thank You to everyone who helped Erica Kuers
with setting up, tearing down and especial-
ly volunteering in our Oktoberfest Booths!
This is our main fundraiser and all the rev-
enue goes right back into next year’s events.
Our Christmas Party will be on Sunday
November 24, 2018 in the Schenke with
cocktails at 5:00 p.m. and a wonderful
Country Style Dinner will be served at about
6:00 p.m. Cost is $25.00 for members and
$35.00 for non-members, but will be com-
plimentary for anyone who worked shifts in
the Oktoberfest booth – Please call or text
Jesse Turner 519-841-4905 to sign up for the
dinner or if you have any questions.
Mike Matich
Concordia Choirs
14Wichtige Veranstaltungen
Important Events
NOVEMBER - DEZEMBER 2019
Nov. 2nd Stiftungsfest 6pm Main Hall, with TC Alpine Echo
Nov. 16th Gala Opening 53rd Season
of Karneval 5pm Main Hall
Nov. 17th Volkstrauertag Woodland Cemetary
2:30pm, Coffee & Cake to follow in the Main Hall
Nov. 23rd Ladies Group Christmas Bazaar Main Hall
Dec. 1st Children’s Christmas Party
Schenke
Dec. 5th-8th Christkindl Market Downtown @ City Hall
Dec. 7th-21st Holiday Duck Dinners available
Dec. 8th Choir Christmas Concert Main Hall, 3:00pm
Dec. 24th-26th Club closed for Christmas
Dec. 31st New Years Eve Schenke, 6:00pm
Bitte reservieren Sie ihren Tisch und besorgen Sie die Eintrittskarten zu den Veranstaltungen rechtzeitig.
15Seniorengruppe
Unser Treffen im Oktober fand am 2. des
Monats in der Weinstube statt und litt
wahrscheinlich wegen der Bauarbeiten an
der Ottawa Street unter einer etwas
schwachen Beteiligung. Gluecklicherweise
wird das Oktoberfest wie angekündigt nicht
unter den Bauarbeiten leiden, da die
Arbeiten bis dahin abgeschlossen sein wer-
den. Diskussionthema war vorbereitend
unser Weihnachtsessen. Entscheiden über
Art und Tageszeit wollen wir beim nächsten
Treffen, wenn die Mehrheit der Mitglieder
anwesend ist. Das traditionelle Singen fiel
wegen Abwesenheit unserer Pianistin und
des Pianos aus.
Geburtstag im Oktober
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16Well, Oktoberfest has come and gone. The
Concordia Bowlers committee would like to extend a big thank
you to everyone who volunteered to work in
our booth. We now have our Turkey Roll
Erstens, ein recht herzliches Willkommen and Christmas Party to look forward to.
an David und Mary McMullin, die mit uns Please take note of the important dates.
dieses Jahr kegeln.
Oktoberfest ist schon wieder vorbei. Der Finally, best wishes go out to our bowlers
Kegelvorstand möchte sich bei allen die uns who are celebrating a birthday this month:
ausgeholfen haben, recht herzlich bedan- November
ken. Jetzt steht unser Turkey Roll und
Weihnachtsfeier vor uns. Bitte notieren Sie 1. Diane Hennebry
sich die wichtigen Daten. 3. Jochen Missfeldt
Bis zum nächsten Mal, 4. Lilo Grüneberg
Monica Kauck 10. Heidi Schumann
11. Käthe Zensner
IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2019-2020 14. Anita VanReenen
BOWLING SEASON 28. Karin Kruse
Dec. 6th Turkey Roll
Until next time,
Dec. 15th Christmas Party
Monica Kauck
(this is a Sunday - noon)
Jan. 10th Annual Meeting
Feb. 14th Fun Night
April 17th Last Day of Bowling (33 weeks)
May 1st Closing Banquet
(this is a Friday - 5:30p.m.)
First, the bowlers would like to welcome
David and Mary McMullin. They joined our
bowling family this year.
November Birthday Babies
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21Concordia Club Board of Directors 2019/2020
President: Rob Kerr Employee Liaison Elaine Keller-Griffin
1st Vice President: Mike Matich
2nd Vice President: Alex Thoene Entertainment Sarah Fretz
Michelle Zimmer
1st Secretary: Sarah Fretz Alexandria Thoene
2nd Secretary: Elaine Keller-Griffin
Farm Committee Mike Matich
1st Treasurer: Ali Nowak Peter Bergen
2nd Treasurer: Peter Bergen Rob Krauskopf
Directors: Josef Liebel Finance Committee Ali Nowak
Helmut Kruschat Harald Schwegel
Michelle Zimmer Rob Kerr
Martin Patzold Peter Bergen
Robert Krauskopf
Harald Schwegel Float Committee Helmut Kruschat
Manager Shawn MacDonald German Culture Sarah Fretz
Committee Members Honorary Member Martin Patzold
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rob Kerr Sarah Fretz
Mike Matich Joe Liebel
Archives Alexandria Thoene Long Range Planning Ali Nowak
Martin Patzold Harald Schwegel
Rob Kerr
Mike Matich
Bulletin Elaine Keller-Griffin
Sarah Fretz Membership Michelle Zimmer
Christkindlmarket Peter Bergen Miss Concordia Alexandria Thoene
Elaine Keller-Griffin
Joe Liebel Nominations and Karl Braun
Michelle Zimmer Bylaws Rob Kerr
Mike Matich
Club Buildings Harald Schwegel Alexandria Thoene
Helmut Kruschat
Oktoberfest Chair Mike Matich
Club Historian (Vacant Position)
Oktoberfest Inc. Ali Nowak
Harald Schwegel
Rob Krauskopf
Club Ombudsman Mike Brasch
Sales and Marketing Mike Matich
Club Rental Properties Helmut Kruschat Joe Liebel
Rob Krauskopf Martin Patzold
Concordia Seniorenhaus Rob Kerr Security Rob Kerr
Harald Schwegel Alexandria Thoene
Peter Bergen Joe Liebel
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