Trenton Donauschwaben Association
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Club Events & Business Meeting Schedule for Trenton Donauschwaben Assoc. 2010
Spiessbratenessen
Grüss Gott liebe Mitglieder und Freunde! Die Vereinigung der Donauschwaben, mit ihrem Präsident, Josef Brandecker, Jr., ladet Sie zu den folgenden Veranstaltungen ein.
Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Kinder und Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Erwachsene
January 8, 2010 Friday nights at 6:30pm for children & Wednesday nights 7:00pm for adults.
Please enroll your school age children in our Children's German School and you in our Adult classes.
We will start the Adult class on 31 March 2010 at 7pm. Contact the Club for more information.
Winteressen
January 10, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Please reserve early for our Club's annual Winteressen featuring a Sauerbraten dinner with soup, vegetables, dessert and coffee. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation.
Jahreshauptversammlung
Big Annual Meeting
January 24, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Our annual meeting will not only feature a roundup of the events from the year before, but will look ahead to see what the New Year will bring for YOUR Club. This will also be an election meeting. Please contact us if you have any interest in joining the governing committee. We strongly urge all members to attend this event. We'll start promptly at 1pm. Complimentary food and beverages will be served. The February monthly meeting will follow immediately. Please attend!!
Donauschwaben Family Fun
Weekend in the Catskills
January 29 - 31 2010 Crystal Brook Resort, NY
Lots to do for all, skiing, snow boarding, fun , food, dance. Join the winter lovers weekend.
Schlachtfest
February 21, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm and 3pm
We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts and coffee. Seatings at 12:30 and 3pm. Members can stop by Saturday morning if you want to help make the wurst and sarma for Sundays meal.
Fruehlingsessen
March 21, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Spring is here, German entree or roasted chicken.
Donauschwabenessen
April 11 2010Sunday at 1pm
"Etwas Gutes, etwas "Schwowisch"! We will serve our ethnic beef goulash dinner with vegetables, dessert and coffee.
Roast chicken is available with prior reservations.
Muttertagessen
May 2, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve a Schnitzel dinner with soup, vegetables, dessert and coffee as we honor unsere Mütter. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. There is only one seating at 1pm, and this is a very busy day, so reservations are strongly recommended.
Donauschwaben Ausflug - Canoe Trip
May 23, 2010 - tentativeSunday at 8am
We will go to the New Jersey Pine Barrens to enjoy a full day of canoeing. The event begins in the morning at the clubhouse. Items to bring along include insect repellant, sun screen, lunch, beverages, and a dry change of clothing just in case! People have been known to fall in "accidentally"! We will caravan from the club house, so we will try to take the least number of vehicles possible. We will be done canoeing and leave on the return trip home sometime in the mid-afternoon.
Everyone is welcome. The trip/canoe coordinator is Stefan Brandecker.
Please contact him at (609) 265-7779 or events@trentondonauschwaben.com to let us know you're coming, how many people will be in your party, and to get canoe rental details.
The caravan leaves the clubhouse at 8:30 am sharp.
Donauschwaben Wallfahrt
June 6, 2010 Sunday at 8am
We will travel to St. Peters Church in Philadelphia for the annual pilgrimage and remembrance mass in honor of those Donauschwaben/Germans who lost their lives between 1944-48. Caravan leaves the club at 8 am.
We'll have several choirs, as well as a German brass band providing additional music. This event commemorates the tragedy that befell the Donauschwaben and other Germans in the aftermath of World War Two.
We encourage all of our members and friends to make an effort to be a part of this event. It begins at 10:15am in Philadelphia.
Vatertagspiessbratenessen
June 13, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve spit-roasted pork for this, our annual June picnic, along with our potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and dessert. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. The meal is first come, first served. This is a popular dinner, so we request that you call and let us know how many are coming so we can be sure to have enough food prepared for everyone. We will begin serving at 1 pm. In the unlikely event of rain, we will hold this picnic indoors.
Donauschwaben Kanufahrt / Zelteln
July 4th weekend Friday-Sunday
This year's "Big Canoe Trip" will be at the Upper Delaware River Valley near Hankins, New York, in the Catskills.
We will arrive at the campground anytime on or after Friday, July 2, and depart on Sunday July 5. The cost to stay at the campground will be on a per-night basis, about $7 for adults and $2 for kids. Canoes are available to rent for about $23 per person per day, or you can bring your own.
Items you may want to bring: tent, sleeping bag, food, clothes, quarters for showers, towels, sunscreen, insect repellant, chairs, lanterns, canopies, etc.
A map and directions are available on the campground's website and you may contact Steve Brandecker for more information as well.
The 6th Annual Euro-American
Auto Show Rain date is Sunday the 11th
July 10, 2009 Saturday
The Trenton Donauschwaben and the German-American Society of Trenton present this joint club sponsored car show. The show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the German-American Picnic Grove, 215 Uncle Pete's Road, Yardville, NJ (down the road from our clubhouse). Great German-American food and drink, D.J. and most of all great looking cars! All registrations $20 day of the show. Admission free to the public. Trophies to the top 50 cars, Best of Show (Euro & American), Peoples Choice. Judging by our AutoKlub members. Contact either club for an application. Raindate is Sunday. For directions visit www.gakclub.org or go to Autoklub
Sommerspiessbratenessen
July 18, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve our renowned and delicious spit-roasted pork for this, our annual July picnic, along with our potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and dessert. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. The meal will begin at approximately 1 pm. In the unlikely event of rain, we will hold this event indoors.
The picnic is first come, first served. This is a popular dinner, so we request that you call and let us know how many are coming so we can be sure to have enough food prepared for everyone.
AutoKlub at the Philly Cannstatter
Cruisin Classics Car Show
August 14, 2010 Saturday
Join our Club's AutoKlub members at the Philadelphia Cannstatter off I-95 on Academy Road and Frankfurt Ave. The show starts at 11p.m. Great food, drink and most of all cars! Rain date is Sunday. Support our club entries!
Donauschwabentreffen
in Oakford, Bucks County, PA
Tag der Donauschwaben '10 at the United German-Hungarian Club (UGH)
August 6, 7 & 8, 2010 Friday-Sunday
All Donauschwaben and friends are invited to the annual North American Donauschwaben convention held this year locally at the United German-Hungarian Club. This is the first time the event will be held on the East Coast!! There is a lot to do in our area, so please join us, the UGH and the Philly Donauschwaben for the fun. This plans to be a very large event with thousands of Donauschwaben present. For more information about this wonderful cultural event talk to one of our officers. Go to Treffen
Erntedankfestessen
September 12, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Join us for the Harvest celebtration, a German entree dinner with soup, cake and coffee. Seating is at 1 pm.
Philadelphia Steuben Parade or Auto Weekend
September 25, 2010 Saturday at 1pm
The parade will start at Frankford Ave. & Welsh Road, Philadelphia, PA. Call Joe Brandecker for details at (609) 585-9001. Join us also the night before (Friday 9/24/10) at the United German-Hungarian Club in Oakford, PA for the Bavarian Oktoberfest and rock-on at the "Rocktoberfest" concert.
Also, join the AutoKlub members in Wildwood, NJ over the September 25th weekend for the Annual Boardwalk Auto Show. Over 500 custom cars on the "boards" and cruisin the streets of Wildwood or the Dover NASCAR Race in Delaware.
Deutsche Sprachschule
German Language Schools
September 22, 2010 Wednesdays 7:00pm
Please join us for registration and the first class of the Adult German Language School for the Fall. The Children's School will start Friday night September 24, 2010. Call the Club or email us for details.
54rd Stiftungsfest
October 17, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm
We celebrate our club's 54rd Anniversary with a pork or chicken schnitzel dinner, celebration and all that goes with live music! Starts at 1 pm. A cultural corner with the Club's history will be setup for viewing. We hope all members and guest attend this special occasion.
31st Totengedenkfeier
Rememberance Ceremony
October 31, 2010Sunday at 1pm
We commemorate the Donauschwaben/German tragedy of 1944-1948 at Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in Trenton. A short memorial service is held. Please join us. We will return to the Club afterwards for refreshments.
Schlachtfest
November 21, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm and 3pm
We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts and coffee. Seatings at 12:30 and 3pm. Members can stop by on Saturday morning in order to help make the wurst and sarma.
St. Nickolausfeier
December 5, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm
Our traditional beginning of the Christmas holiday season will feature a dinner of roast pork, roast chicken, stuffed cabbage, bratwurst, selbst-gemachte Christmas cookies, and beverages. St. Nickolaus and Krampus will also be there with small presents for all children in attendance. All club members are invited to attend this fun, family afternoon together.
Silvesterfeier
December 31, 2010 Friday at 8pm
This is the big one! Everyone is welcome to celebrate New Years' Eve with us. Bring your family and friends for a fun (and inexpensive) time at the Donauschwaben. There will be a dinner of bratwurst, ham, fresh salads, cookies, and lots of cold champagne :-)
For reservations or to offer to help with the meals call:
Eva Martini at (609) 586-6109
Kim Walter at (609) 585-8752
Or email us at dsatrenton@aol.com
Click on the below download file to print a copy of the events and club business meeting schedule...
Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Kinder und Deutsche Sprachschule fuer Erwachsene
January 8, 2010 Friday nights at 6:30pm for children & Wednesday nights 7:00pm for adults.
Please enroll your school age children in our Children's German School and you in our Adult classes.
We will start the Adult class on 31 March 2010 at 7pm. Contact the Club for more information.
Winteressen
January 10, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Please reserve early for our Club's annual Winteressen featuring a Sauerbraten dinner with soup, vegetables, dessert and coffee. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation.
Jahreshauptversammlung
Big Annual Meeting
January 24, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Our annual meeting will not only feature a roundup of the events from the year before, but will look ahead to see what the New Year will bring for YOUR Club. This will also be an election meeting. Please contact us if you have any interest in joining the governing committee. We strongly urge all members to attend this event. We'll start promptly at 1pm. Complimentary food and beverages will be served. The February monthly meeting will follow immediately. Please attend!!
Donauschwaben Family Fun
Weekend in the Catskills
January 29 - 31 2010 Crystal Brook Resort, NY
Lots to do for all, skiing, snow boarding, fun , food, dance. Join the winter lovers weekend.
Schlachtfest
February 21, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm and 3pm
We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts and coffee. Seatings at 12:30 and 3pm. Members can stop by Saturday morning if you want to help make the wurst and sarma for Sundays meal.
Fruehlingsessen
March 21, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Spring is here, German entree or roasted chicken.
Donauschwabenessen
April 11 2010Sunday at 1pm
"Etwas Gutes, etwas "Schwowisch"! We will serve our ethnic beef goulash dinner with vegetables, dessert and coffee.
Roast chicken is available with prior reservations.
Muttertagessen
May 2, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve a Schnitzel dinner with soup, vegetables, dessert and coffee as we honor unsere Mütter. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. There is only one seating at 1pm, and this is a very busy day, so reservations are strongly recommended.
Donauschwaben Ausflug - Canoe Trip
May 23, 2010 - tentativeSunday at 8am
We will go to the New Jersey Pine Barrens to enjoy a full day of canoeing. The event begins in the morning at the clubhouse. Items to bring along include insect repellant, sun screen, lunch, beverages, and a dry change of clothing just in case! People have been known to fall in "accidentally"! We will caravan from the club house, so we will try to take the least number of vehicles possible. We will be done canoeing and leave on the return trip home sometime in the mid-afternoon.
Everyone is welcome. The trip/canoe coordinator is Stefan Brandecker.
Please contact him at (609) 265-7779 or events@trentondonauschwaben.com to let us know you're coming, how many people will be in your party, and to get canoe rental details.
The caravan leaves the clubhouse at 8:30 am sharp.
Donauschwaben Wallfahrt
June 6, 2010 Sunday at 8am
We will travel to St. Peters Church in Philadelphia for the annual pilgrimage and remembrance mass in honor of those Donauschwaben/Germans who lost their lives between 1944-48. Caravan leaves the club at 8 am.
We'll have several choirs, as well as a German brass band providing additional music. This event commemorates the tragedy that befell the Donauschwaben and other Germans in the aftermath of World War Two.
We encourage all of our members and friends to make an effort to be a part of this event. It begins at 10:15am in Philadelphia.
Vatertagspiessbratenessen
June 13, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve spit-roasted pork for this, our annual June picnic, along with our potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and dessert. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. The meal is first come, first served. This is a popular dinner, so we request that you call and let us know how many are coming so we can be sure to have enough food prepared for everyone. We will begin serving at 1 pm. In the unlikely event of rain, we will hold this picnic indoors.
Donauschwaben Kanufahrt / Zelteln
July 4th weekend Friday-Sunday
This year's "Big Canoe Trip" will be at the Upper Delaware River Valley near Hankins, New York, in the Catskills.
We will arrive at the campground anytime on or after Friday, July 2, and depart on Sunday July 5. The cost to stay at the campground will be on a per-night basis, about $7 for adults and $2 for kids. Canoes are available to rent for about $23 per person per day, or you can bring your own.
Items you may want to bring: tent, sleeping bag, food, clothes, quarters for showers, towels, sunscreen, insect repellant, chairs, lanterns, canopies, etc.
A map and directions are available on the campground's website and you may contact Steve Brandecker for more information as well.
The 6th Annual Euro-American
Auto Show Rain date is Sunday the 11th
July 10, 2009 Saturday
The Trenton Donauschwaben and the German-American Society of Trenton present this joint club sponsored car show. The show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the German-American Picnic Grove, 215 Uncle Pete's Road, Yardville, NJ (down the road from our clubhouse). Great German-American food and drink, D.J. and most of all great looking cars! All registrations $20 day of the show. Admission free to the public. Trophies to the top 50 cars, Best of Show (Euro & American), Peoples Choice. Judging by our AutoKlub members. Contact either club for an application. Raindate is Sunday. For directions visit www.gakclub.org or go to Autoklub
Sommerspiessbratenessen
July 18, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
We will serve our renowned and delicious spit-roasted pork for this, our annual July picnic, along with our potato salad and other fresh vegetable salads, and dessert. Roast chicken is available with prior reservation. The meal will begin at approximately 1 pm. In the unlikely event of rain, we will hold this event indoors.
The picnic is first come, first served. This is a popular dinner, so we request that you call and let us know how many are coming so we can be sure to have enough food prepared for everyone.
AutoKlub at the Philly Cannstatter
Cruisin Classics Car Show
August 14, 2010 Saturday
Join our Club's AutoKlub members at the Philadelphia Cannstatter off I-95 on Academy Road and Frankfurt Ave. The show starts at 11p.m. Great food, drink and most of all cars! Rain date is Sunday. Support our club entries!
Donauschwabentreffen
in Oakford, Bucks County, PA
Tag der Donauschwaben '10 at the United German-Hungarian Club (UGH)
August 6, 7 & 8, 2010 Friday-Sunday
All Donauschwaben and friends are invited to the annual North American Donauschwaben convention held this year locally at the United German-Hungarian Club. This is the first time the event will be held on the East Coast!! There is a lot to do in our area, so please join us, the UGH and the Philly Donauschwaben for the fun. This plans to be a very large event with thousands of Donauschwaben present. For more information about this wonderful cultural event talk to one of our officers. Go to Treffen
Erntedankfestessen
September 12, 2010 Sunday at 1pm
Join us for the Harvest celebtration, a German entree dinner with soup, cake and coffee. Seating is at 1 pm.
Philadelphia Steuben Parade or Auto Weekend
September 25, 2010 Saturday at 1pm
The parade will start at Frankford Ave. & Welsh Road, Philadelphia, PA. Call Joe Brandecker for details at (609) 585-9001. Join us also the night before (Friday 9/24/10) at the United German-Hungarian Club in Oakford, PA for the Bavarian Oktoberfest and rock-on at the "Rocktoberfest" concert.
Also, join the AutoKlub members in Wildwood, NJ over the September 25th weekend for the Annual Boardwalk Auto Show. Over 500 custom cars on the "boards" and cruisin the streets of Wildwood or the Dover NASCAR Race in Delaware.
Deutsche Sprachschule
German Language Schools
September 22, 2010 Wednesdays 7:00pm
Please join us for registration and the first class of the Adult German Language School for the Fall. The Children's School will start Friday night September 24, 2010. Call the Club or email us for details.
54rd Stiftungsfest
October 17, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm
We celebrate our club's 54rd Anniversary with a pork or chicken schnitzel dinner, celebration and all that goes with live music! Starts at 1 pm. A cultural corner with the Club's history will be setup for viewing. We hope all members and guest attend this special occasion.
31st Totengedenkfeier
Rememberance Ceremony
October 31, 2010Sunday at 1pm
We commemorate the Donauschwaben/German tragedy of 1944-1948 at Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery in Trenton. A short memorial service is held. Please join us. We will return to the Club afterwards for refreshments.
Schlachtfest
November 21, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm and 3pm
We will serve Homemade Bratwurst, Leberwurst, Sarma (stuffed cabbage), and roast pork - family style - along with homemade donuts and coffee. Seatings at 12:30 and 3pm. Members can stop by on Saturday morning in order to help make the wurst and sarma.
St. Nickolausfeier
December 5, 2010 Sunday at 12:30pm
Our traditional beginning of the Christmas holiday season will feature a dinner of roast pork, roast chicken, stuffed cabbage, bratwurst, selbst-gemachte Christmas cookies, and beverages. St. Nickolaus and Krampus will also be there with small presents for all children in attendance. All club members are invited to attend this fun, family afternoon together.
Silvesterfeier
December 31, 2010 Friday at 8pm
This is the big one! Everyone is welcome to celebrate New Years' Eve with us. Bring your family and friends for a fun (and inexpensive) time at the Donauschwaben. There will be a dinner of bratwurst, ham, fresh salads, cookies, and lots of cold champagne :-)
For reservations or to offer to help with the meals call:
Eva Martini at (609) 586-6109
Kim Walter at (609) 585-8752
Or email us at dsatrenton@aol.com
Click on the below download file to print a copy of the events and club business meeting schedule...
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Club Business Meeting Schedule
Greetings dear club members and friends! The Danube Swabian Association, along with President Joseph Brandecker, cordially invite you to the following events. Our monthly business meeting is held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm at the Club House for members only.
2010 Schedule
January 6th, 2010
January 26th, 2010
March 3rd, 2010
April 7th, 2010
May 5th, 2010
June 2nd, 2010
January 26th, 2010
March 3rd, 2010
April 7th, 2010
May 5th, 2010
June 2nd, 2010
July 7th, 2010
August 4th, 2010
September 1st, 2010
October 6th, 2010
November 3rd, 2010
December 1st, 2010
August 4th, 2010
September 1st, 2010
October 6th, 2010
November 3rd, 2010
December 1st, 2010