Gauverband Announcement

As of noon (EST) on Thursday, January 10, the registration website will be open for everyone ready to register for the 2019 Gaufest. Please CLICK HERE and a link will be provided to take you to registration. Feel free to email any questions to dcgaufest2019@gmail.com or message the Gaufest Facebook site (@DCGaufest2019).

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I am happy to confirm that after working with the Education Committee and Alt-Washingtonia, we will be conducting the 1.Gau-Nordamerika Fingerhakel-Meisterschaft at the 27.Gaufest in Washington, D.C.

Judges Training was held in November..The dance officers have issued their report about the weekend training event that was hosted by the Alpenrose Schuhplattler Gruppe in Lancaster, PA.  It includes an overview of the meeting as well as key points discussed with the judges.  Click on THIS LINK to read the report on line or download it.  You can also access the report from the About Us/Report-Minutes

As of March 19, 2020:  The Passion Plays have been cancelled for 2020 and will not be performed until 2022.  Refunding of ticket money will occur.

Date is firm:  Thursday, June 18, 2020!!

Is your Verein having a big event? Tell your fellow Gauverband members about it by posting it on this website. To make it easier to do, go to the EVENTS tab and fill in a simple form with details about your event.  It will get posted on the website in a day or two. If you have a flyer, you'll have to send that separately.  The Events tab is more informative than ever! Events are listed by dates and you can click on many of them for more details and a flyer.

Here's what the form looks like!

Leo Mayer, a long-time Gaubeisitzer, passed away October 26, 2018. Leo was a Gauverband judge for more than two decades beginning in 1981. He was elected as a Director, or Gaubeisitzer, at the Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo in 1986 and served in that role until the meeting in Omaha in 2000, a total of 14 years. For his dedicated service to the Gauverband, Leo was named an Ehrenbeisitzer at the Executive Board Meeting in Buffalo in 2003. Leo was amongst only the second class of officers ever to be named to an Ehren position in our Gauverband.