BRAUCHTUM, TRADITIONEN UND FEIERN….2008
CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS....2008
(Events, times, and
dates should be verified by calling the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
toll free 1-888-997-3600 or local 830-997-6523. Or log onto the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce or
Friedrichsburg Deutsche Website
)
DAILY:
Stammtisch at the Old German Bakery & Restaurant, German &
English, 8 am to 10 am.
WEEKLY:
1. Fredericksburg German Club’s Thursday Noon Lunch and German
Language Lessons, Golden
Hub Senior
Center, $5 per person.
2. German Choral
Singing Practice: 6:30 p.m. Ladies/Damen Chorus; 7:15
p.m. Hermann Sons Mixed Chorus; 8:00 p.m. Arion Men’s Chorus; all at St. Joseph
Halle. Visiting singers always welcome!
MONTHLY:
1. Fredericksburg/Montabaur
Sister City Verein, 6:30 p.m. supper followed by meeting at various restaurants. Telephone: 1-830-990-0902 for current information.
2.
Fifth Sunday German Language Church Service, 8:30 a.m., Zion Lutheran Church,
Fredericksburg. Telephone for information: 1-830-997-2195
FREDERICKSBURG
January…
26: Indian Artifact
& Collectibles Show
27: Flavors of Fredericksburg, Hill
Country Cuisines, Scholarships-Benefit Dinner
February…
2: Fredericksburg
Chorale Mid-Winter Concert, St. Jospeph Halle
8-10: Wine Lovers Trail, Hill Country Wineries
24: Admiral Nimitz 123rd Birthday Celebration, Nimitz Center
27: Texas
Wine Maker Vintner Dinner
March…
1-4/12: Faces & Places of Gillespie County
Art Gallery
Show
1-6/30: Hill Country Wildflower Trail
2: St. Francis Xavier
Catholic Church, Stonewall, Festival (Kirmes)
14: Frank V. van der Stucken’s 150th Birthday
Concert Celebration
22:
Sauer-Beckmmann Farm Freilichtsmuseum Osterfeier, Stonewall
April...
5: Historic Country Schools Open House & Tour
6: Barbeque Benefit for Historic Country Schools, American
Legion Hall
12: Antique Tractor & Engine Bluebonnet Tractor Ride
18-20: Herb
Festival at Fredericksburg Herb Farm, Gewuertzfest
19: Freiwilige
Feuerwehr 125th Geburtstagfest und Essen, Fairgrounds
20-26: Texas Woodcarvers Guild Spring Festival
27: Schuetzenfest, Sharp Shooting Tournament
27: Konzert im Park,
Concert in the Park, Marktplatz Adelsvereinhalle
May...
3: Buecher Verkauf... Pioneer
Memorial Library Annual Book Sale,
Marktplatz
4: Deutsche Choere Maifest, St. Joseph
Halle, 7 p.m.,
Free German Singing Festival
9-11 Inter-Tribal Indian Pow Wow, Ft.Martin Scott, Hwy. 290 East
10:
Friedrichsburg Founder’s Day, Pioneer Freilichtsmuseum Gelaende
15-16: Fredericksburg Chorale Spring Concert, St. Joseph Halle
24: Soap Making at the Sauer-Beckmann Farm, Stonewall
June…
1: Park Konzert… Concert in the Park, Adelsvereinhalle, Marktplatz,
6 p.m., Free
13-14: Anqtique Tractor Engine
Show, Fairgrounds
14:
Internationale Volkssportverein (IVV) 10K Wanderung/Walk & Swim
20-21: Annual Peach JAMboree &
Rodeo, Stonewall
21-22: Fredericksburg
Art Guild Show & Reception
29: Park
Konzert…Concert in the Park, Adelsvereinhalle, Marktplatz, 6 pm Free
July...
4... Fourth Of July Parade &
Celebration; Children’s Parade
4-5… Pferdrennen; Pari-mutel Horse Racing, Fairgrounds
18-19… Night in Old Fredericksburg
German Heritage Celebration & Dance, Marktplatz
20… Vorfest… Qualification Shooting, Schuetzenbund Sharp
Shooting Festival
27… Park Konzert…
Concert in the Park, Adelsvereinhalle, Marktplatz, 6 p.m. free
August...
1-3... Hill Country Harvest Wine Trail
2-3... Bundes Schuetzenfest…Long Rifle Shooters Tournament,
Barbeque, Dance
3… Musikfest, Music Festival
9-10… Pferdrennen, Pari-mutuel
Horse Racing, Fairgrounds
21-24… 120th Annual Gillespie
County Fair, Fairgrounds
22… Country Fair Parade, 10 am, Fredericksburg Main Street
23-24… Pferdrennen, Pari-mutuel
Horse Racing, Fairgrounds
24… Park Konzert,
Concert in the Park, Adelsvereinhalle, Marktplatz
27... Lyndon B. Johnson’s 100th Birthday Party, LBJ Ranch,
Stonewall
29-31… Steppdecke Schau,
Quilting Guild Annual Show
30… Doss, Texas,
Annual VFD Fish Fry
7… Bed & Breakfast and Cuisine Tour
20… Lutheran Annual Fall Festival, Marktplatz
26-28… Annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Exposition,
Marktplatz
27… Area Saengerfest, Luncheon, Concert at Farm Bureau Hall
28… St. John
Lutheran Annual Homecoming & Barbecue, Crabapple Community
October
4… Crafts Show, St.
Joseph’s Hall
4…
Volkssportverein IVV Wanderung, International Walk Festival
9... Annual United
Methodist Women’s Bazaar
10-12... Mesquite
Art Festival & Exhibition, Adelsvereinhalle, Marktplatz
18-19… Monarch Butterfly Celebration, Wildseed Farm
26, 31… Annual Jaycee Turkey Shoot
November
2… Erntefest
Konzert… Harvestfest
German Chorales Concert, St. Joseph Halle, 7 pm
7-9…Die Kuenster von
Friedrichsburg, Artists Special Show, St. Joseph Halle
21-12/13…Christmas
Miniatures Art Show
28… Jaeger Tanz, Hunter’s Dance, Stonewall
28-30… Christmas in the Vineyards
28-30… Peddler’s Christmas Show, Fairgrounds
28-30… Christmas at Fredericksburg
Trade Days, Hwy 290 East, Old Turkey
Farm
28-1/1…Hill Country Regional Christmas Trail of Lights
28-1/4…Eisbahn,
Outdoor Ice Skating, Kinderhalle, Marktplatz
29... German Holiday Traditions, Sauer-Beckmann Farm, LBJ Park,
Stonewall
December
5… Fredericksburg
Lighted Christmas Parade, 6:30 p.m., Hauptstrasse (Main Street)
5-7 …Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail at the Vineyards
6… Fredericksburg
Chorale Christmas Concert
6… Kinderfest, Historical Society Halle, St.Nicolaus
Day Stockings Party for Children
7… Weihnachten 5K
Fun Run/Walk
12…Tannenbaum Ball, Historical Society Christmas Dance &
Dinner
12-13…Freilicht Austellung, Open Air Live Exhibition: The Christmas
Journey, Bethany
Lutheran Church
Grounds (Car drive through)
12-14…Hill Country Holiday Wine Trail, area vineyards
13… Historical Society Annual Tour of
Homes and Buildings, 2-7 p.m.
13… Arts & Crafts Christmas Show, St.
Joseph Halle,
10 am to 5 pm
19-21…Christmas at Fredericksburg
Trade Days, Hwy 290 East at Old Turkey
Farm
21… Christmas Lights Tour at the LBJ Ranch and Historic
Park, Stonewall
24… Midnight Mass, St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, 11:30 Pageant, German Carols
26… Zweite Weihnachten Party, Historic Society Halle, 1-5 p.m. All
Welcome!
31… IVV Memorial Volksmarsch,
Texas Volkssport Association, St.
Joseph Halle,
10
am to Midnight.
31… Silvesterfeier Tanz, New
Year’s Eve Dances at: Turnverein Halle
(Turner Club);
Stonewall
Fire Dept. Halle; Fredericksburg Event
Center, Tivydale Road;
Luckenbach
Halle. Most begin at 8 p.m. to 1 am.
(Reservations advised)
