Gauverband Nordamerika

Calling all named Josef, Joseph, Sepp, Seppi, Seppl, Jupp, Jodl, Bepp, Beppi, Bepperl, Peppal, Peppi, Joschi, Joschka, Joe, Joey, Josefa, Josefine, or Finni!  Today is your name day -- March 19, the Feast day of St. Joseph. If you were to go to Kloster Andechs today, you would get a free Mass of beer.  What else is there to know about this Feast Day?  Read about it in Rick Michels' article in the February issue of the Gauzeitung.  It's on pages 10-11 at THIS LINK.

At the Gauausschussversammlung held March 6, the Scholarship Committee announced the winners of the Paul Ulrich Sr. Scholarships. Congratulations to:

• Jarrett Kulis, GTEV Hudsontaler, Washingtonville, NY
• Tanner Beck, Alpenrose Schuhplattlers, Lancaster, PA
• Bianca Nairne, GTEV Maple Leaf-Almrausch, Ottawa, ON
• Sabine Doedee, GTEV Hudsontaler, Washingtonville, NY

More in the May issue of the Gauzeitung.

So many Vereine are still not meeting and subscribers can't get their printed copies of the Gauzeitung.  Read your Gauzeitung by clicking on THIS LINK. Enjoy all the news and great articles about "things Bavarian." 

What have you been doing to keep the bonds of friendship and camaraderie strong in your Verein?  What special occasions are worthy of a little blurb in the Gauzeitung -- weddings, births, major anniversaries and birthdays, retirements?  How about a picture or two from a past event that would be fun for others to see?  Even with no recent events to write about, there's still plenty of ways we can share our love of dance and heritage. Send your articles and pictures to me at Gauzeitung@yahoo.com.

Just before Christmas, Christine Ott came into contact with Julian Ruediger who serves as the vice president of the Middle Itajai Valley Germanic Folkloric Group Association (AFG) (Translated name: Associação dos Grupos Folclóricos Germânicos do Médio Vale do Itajaí). This organization is located in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Founded in 1993 with groups in the region, they currently have 18 Vereine under their umbrella, covering 5 cities. In Southern Brazil alone they estimate over 200 Vereine.

The minutes of the 2020 Special Delegates Meeting held on November 15, 2020, are now available online at THIS LINK.  They are also posted under About Us/Reports-Meetings.