Gauverband Announcement

Don LaCourse, a member of SG Edelweiss St. Paul, presented a great workshop at the 2013 Gaufest on hairstyles appropriate to wear with Tracht and Dirndl. Don is a hairstylist and salon owner, as well as a dedicated Trachtler. The workshop was well attended and well received. Below are links to his presentation – both can be downloaded (click on “File”, then download) or viewed on line. The presentation also includes links to sources for products and more information.

Congratulations to the 14 girls and 7 boys ages 13-15 who took part in the first official Jugendeinzelpreisplatteln!  For full results, click on the link. 

Results of Jugendeinzelpreisplatteln

Congratulations to all those dancers who participated in the Einzel- and Gruppenpreisplattln at the 24.Gaufest. The results of each category are at the links below.

Einzelpreisplatteln 16-34 Age Group

Einzelpreisplatteln 35-49 Age Group

Einzelpreisplatteln 50-59 Age Group

Your hosts of the 24. Gaufest would like to announce that the offertory charity for the Bauernmesse is the Noah Nairne Benefit Fund.  Below are a few words shared by Noah’s family (parents Brenda & Richy). The Nairnes are members of GTEV Maple Leaf-Almrausch of Ottawa:

The judges for this year's Preisplatteln met in Newark, Delaware, at the Vereinsheim of Enzian Volkstanzgruppe May 10-12 to prepare themselves for the job of judging the groups and couples registered to dance at the Gaufest. It was a packed weekend for the three dance officers, 11 judges, and dancers and musicians from 9 Vereine. The minutes of the meeting are available at the link below and also under "About Us/Reports & Minutes" on the website.

2013 Judges Preparation Weekend Minutes

The scoresheets for Einzel- and Gruppenpreisplatteln have undergone slight revision to include wording that was agreed to at the 2012 Delegates Meeting.  Also, Article III, Paragraph A, Line 6 has been corrected to include the last four words missing from the previous edition. The line now reads: The group’s high and low normalized scores will be removed and the remaining normalized scores added together."  To print the corrected pages (16, 26, 27), go to About Us/Bylaws and click on the link to the "2012 Operating Rules, Preisplatteln Rules, and Guidelines."