Vereine Form West Bezirk

About a year ago, four Vereine in Califorina decided to explore the idea of forming a West Bezirk.  Since that time two more Vereine joined.  The decision was made to include Gauverband member Vereine as well as any organized Trachtenverein west of the Rocky Mountains.  As of today, the West Bezirk member Vereine are (from north to south) Enzian Schuhlattler, Seattle, WA; Alpentaenzer Schuhplattler, Sacramento, CA; BHTV Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA; Tiroler u. Bayern Zither Club, North Hollywood, CA; GTEV D'Oberlandler, Los Angeles, CA, and Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler, Anaheim, CA.

The inaugural Bezirksfest was held March 14-15 at the historic Elks Lodge #3 in San Francisco, hosted by BHTV Golden Gate. The weekend began Friday night with a Welcome Party/Heimatabend. Einzelpreisplatteln was held Saturday morning, "make your own Stoffbeutl" workshop and dance workshops took place Saturday afternoon. Preisplatteln awards, entrance of the flags, national anthems and Ehrentänze completed the weekend with a wonderful Festabend. West Bezirksfest will be hosted by Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler in Anaheim in 2015. Read the full story with photos in the next Gauzeitung.