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Rehearsal, Concert & Event Schedule 2005-2006 Historical Record

Saturday, September 3, 2005 - Freundschaft Liederkranz of California visited the Washington Saengerbund for a social evening in the Rathskeller of the Old Europe. Photo report: The Washington Saengerbund hosts Freundschaft Liederkranz.

Monday, September 5, 2005, 7 pm - Fall rehearsals begin.

September 15, 2005 - February 28, 2006 - Exhibition : Adolf Cluss, from Germany to America: Shaping a Capital City Worthy of a Republic. Charles Sumner School Museum. Includes listening stations for the CD " Spaces, Sounds, and Cluss / Raeume, Klaenge, Cluss: Spaces, 11 Audioscapes of 19th-Century Music and Sounds in Washington, DC and Heilbronn", that includes portions of the Washington Saengerbund at Calvary Baptist Church, designed by German-American architect (and Washington Saengerbund member) Adolf Cluss (1825-1905).
For additional info, please see http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/arc/acp/en875642.htm

Friday, September 16 and 30, 2005 - 7 pm - Extra rehearsals for fall concerts.

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - Lovettsville Oktoberfest. Held in downtown Lovettsville, VA. Delicious home-made German food served by the Washington Saengerbund. Performers include the Blaskapelle 'Alte Kameraden' and the Alpine Dancers. Vendors, children's activities, fun for the whole family.
Directions from DC and Virginia: From the Washington Beltway, take the Dulles Toll Road and then the Dulles Greenway (toll) past Dulles Airport. Go all the way to the end of the Greenway (you will be in Leesburg). (Alternatively, you can take Route 7 all the way to Leesburg and avoid the tolls, but you'll have lots of lights.) Bear right unto Route 15 North. You will go through the town of Lucketts. Approximately 4 miles past Lucketts you will pass an Amoco fast mart on the left. One mile past that you will turn left on Lovettsville Road (Route 672). Go 5 miles and you will be in Lovettsville. Directions, starting in Virginia: From the southern part of the Virginia beltway take 236 or Rt.50 west toward Fairfax about 8 miles to Rt.28/Sully Rd right or north toward Dulles Airport. At the airport keep left and merge onto Rt.267 W/Dulles Greenway via the ramp on the left toward Leesburg. Directions from the Virginia suburbs closer to Maryland take Rt.7 (slower) or the Rt.267 W/Dulles Toll Road to the Dulles Greenway ($1.80) toward Leesburg. From the Greenway about 13 miles from Dulles, merge onto Rt.7W. Take exit 1A on the left toward Leesburg/Warrenton. After about 5 miles take the Rt.9 exit toward Hillsboro/Charles Town W.VA. then turn right onto Charles Town Pike/Rt.9. After about 5 miles turn right onto Berlin Turnpike/Rt.287. Continue about 6.5 miles to the town of Lovettsville, VA.
All are welcome. Additional information is available via email to caroltraxler@yahoo.com, or by calling 202-310-4691.

Saturday, October 8, 2005 - Mid Atlantic Brewers' Association Oktoberfest at Capitol City Brewing Company, 2700 S. Quincy St., Shirlington. Directions.(The exit from Shirley Highway (395 S) if you are driving northwards is #6, between King Street exit (#5) to the south and Glebe Road (#7) to the north. If you are driving south, take Exit #7 for the "Shirlington" exit, and follow sign to Shirlington. The Village at Shirlington is WEST of Shirley Highway.)

Singers' one-page schedule to print

Sunday, October 9, 11 am - Festgottesdienst at United Church to celebrate German-American Day, 20th & G Streets, NW, Washington, DC. The Washington Saengerbund will sing for the church service. Dress: Men wear WSB blazers and gray slacks; Women wear knee-length black skirts and long-sleeved white blouses.
Order of music by WSB:
Introit to Mass in F - Franz Schubert (with brass)
HYMN Lobet den Herren - 1st verse
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott - M. Luther, Satz: J.S. Bach
Nun ruhen alle Waelder (Verses 1, 8) - Heinrich Isaac, Satz: J.S.Bach
HYMN Nun danket alle Gott - 1st verse
Agnus Dei of Mass in F - Franz Schubert (with brass)

Sunday, October 30, 2005, 3 pm (warm-up at 2 pm) - The Washington Saengerbund participated in the Totensonntag service at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC. Directions. Dress: Men -- WSB blazers and gray slacks; Women -- black slacks or knee-length black skirts and long-sleeved white blouses.
Music:
Introit, Sanctus, Agnus Dei to Mass in F - Franz Schubert
Nun ruhen alle Waelder (Verses 1,3) - Heinrich Isaac, Satz: J.S.Bach

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 - "Bunt sind schon die Waelder" Fall Concert at the Embassy of Austria. Flyer to download (PDF). Concert dress: Men: tux or dark suit with black bow tie; Women: long black skirt, long-sleeved white blouse, silk flower (provided).
Program order for WSB:
Saengergruss
Bunt sind schon die Waelder
Ein Jaeger aus Kurpfalz
Jaeger-Quodlibet
[duets]
Lippen schweigen (get at rehearsal)
Cekolina
Heut soll das grosse Flachsernten sein (Volkslieder-Quodlibet)
Zigeunerleben (Schumann)
[solos, duet]
Zigeunerbaron (Festbuch)
Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 6 (encore, omitted)

Friday, December 2, 2005, 7:30 pm - CD Release of "Eine kleine Weihnachtsmusik" by Washington Saengerbund and Alte Kameraden Blaskapelle, at Heurich House. The CD will be available for purchase ($15). Each group will perform at the party. Light refreshments. Free, reservations required. For reservations or additional information send email to caroltraxler@yahoo.com (until Thanksgiving), or call Mary Stradley at 703-591-1640 (until December 1), with name and phone number for each guest. Reservations are not needed for singers. Singers, for sequence of music, see December 18.
Singers' dress code: Ladies: white blouses, long black skirts; Men: Saengerbund outfit with red Saengerbund tie. Christmas wreath pin.

Thursday, December 8, 2005 - The Washington Saengerbund performs with the Alte Kameraden at the Mormon Temple's "Festival of Lights." Two 30-minute performances, at 7 and 8 pm.

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - The Washington Saengerbund performs for private fundraiser and Christmas Candlelight Tours of "The Brewmaster's Castle," the Heurich House Museum. Tickets $65/person, $125 /couple. Details at . Black tie (tux or dark suit with bow tie; long black skirts with long-sleeved white blouses). Christmas wreaths.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 7 pm - The Washington Saengerbund performed at Sunrise, 5111 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008, located near the corner of Connecticut and Nebraska. Performing for WSB member Alfred Lorenz and other residents. We sang portions of our program and led a singalong. Herb conducted. We dressed cheerfully and colorfully in red and green.

Sunday, December 18, 2005, 3 pm - Christmas Concert at the United Church. Sequence of music:

Herbei, o ihr Glaeubigen (Deutsches Weihnachtslied, Satz: Fred Schecher)
Machet die Tore weit (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1612-1675)
Freu dich, Erd' und Sternenzelt (aus Boehmen, Satz: Fritz Rothschuh)
Quem pastores laudavere (Carl Loewe)
Millionen Sterne
Brich an, o schoenes Morgenlicht! (Choralsatz aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium. Weise: Johan Schop, 1641; Satz: J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
Suesser die Glocken nie klingen (Wilb. Kritzinger; Volksweise. Tonsatz von F.H.)
Hymne an die Nacht (L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Stille Nacht (Worte: Joseph Mohr (1791-1848); Weise: Franz Gruber (1878-1868); Satz: Hanns Miessner)

Saturday, January 21, 2006, 2 pm - Annual Membership Meeting including elections of Washington Saengerbund Board members.

Sunday, April 2, 2006, 2-5 pm
Kaffeeklatsch with the theme "Down Memory Lane", for Saengerbund members at the Concord Clubhouse. We celebrated the unveiling of the original artwork of the July 17, 2005 Sunday Comics Flashbacks by Patrick M. Reynolds, donated by Elsie Messina, with the framing donated by Steve Caldwell.

155th Anniversary of the Washington Saengerbund!
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 7 pm - "Brahms Liebeslieder" Spring Concert of the Washington Saengerbund. The concert featured music by Brahms, Johann Strauss, Jr. and other composers presented by the Washington Saengerbund, under the baton of Maestro Mariano Vales. It was followed by an elegant reception catered by our own Austrian chef Siegfried. Held in the beautiful Auditorium of the Scottish Rite Center, 2800 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Free, gated, secure above and underground parking.
Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door. To order tickets, make your check payable to The Washington Saengerbund and mail it to Mary Stradley, 10134 Mosby Woods Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030, Tel. 703-591-1640. Tickets are held at the door. Doors open at 6:30.

Sunday, May 21, 2006, 3:00 pm
Regional Saengerfest Rehearsal at St. John's United Church of Christ near Catonsville, MD. This rehearsal was explicitly for Arion Gesangverein and Washington Sängerbund, with Dorothea Parish, lead conductor for the Sängerfest. The church is located just off of I-95; same exit as BWI Airport. Instead of heading south on I-195 to BWI, head north on MD 166 toward Catonsville. At the first traffic light, turn left into the grounds of the Church.
Map and directions.

June 2, 3, & 4, 2006 - The 49th National Saengerfest of the NOSB will be held at the Lancaster Host Resort & Conference Center, Lancaster, PA, with the Lancaster Liederkranz as host chorus.
The Washington Sängerbund will give a choral presentation on Friday evening at approx. 9:40pm with selections from Brahms Liebeslieder:
Nr. 1 - Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
Nr. 4 - Wie des Abends schöne Röte
Nr. 8 - Wenn so lind dein Auge mir
Nr. 9 - Am Donaustrande
Nr. 11 - Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
Nr. 15 - Nachtigall, sie singt so schön

Board meetings scheduled for 2005-06: September 9, 2005; October 14, 2005; November 18, 2005; Thursday, January 12 (changed from January 13), 2006, Friday, February 17, 2006, Friday, March 17, 2006, Friday, April 28, 2006. Board meetings are scheduled for 6:45 pm (street parking opens at 6:30), at Concord Clubhouse.

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