Concordia Club, 429 Ottawa St. S., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2M 3P6 / Tel. (519) 745-5617, Fax 745-5141Internet: www.concordiaclub.ca or for e-mail: mail@concordiaclub.ca

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Frühlingskonzert

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Concordia in April 2nd Schenke DJ Novak2nd Weinstube Spring Trachten Sale9th Schenke Edelweiss Duo9th Main Hall Bockbierfest 6:30p.m.16th Schenke DJ Novak23rd Schenke TC Alpine Echos23rd Farm Home on the Range Clean up24th Farm General Farm Clean up30th Schenke DJ Novak

Concordia in May1st Main Hall Choir Spring Concert 7:00p.rn.3rd Office Members Oktoberfest Ticket Sale

7:00p.m.7th Club Spring Clean Up 8:00a.m.7th Schenke Black Forest Band8th Main Hall Mother's Day Buffet

12:00-2:00p.m. and 5:00-7:00p.m.14th Schenke DJ Novak14th Main Hall Fruehlingsfest 8:00p.rn.21st Schenke Edelweiss Duo23rd Victoria Day - CLUB CLOSED28th Schenke DJ Novak

SUNDAYHalle 1.00–5.00 Ballroom DancingMONDAYHalle 7.00–8.30 Gemischter Chor 8.30–10.00 MännerchorJaegerstube 6.00–7.00 Kinderchor 7.00–8.00 JugendchorTUESDAYHalle 6.00–8.00 Kinder & Junior GardeJaegerstube 8.00–10.00 NarrenzunftSchenke 7.30–10.00 Skat-GruppeWEDNESDAYHalle 6.00–10.00 Enzian GroupJaegerstube 3.00–5.30 Senioren Gruppe (1st Wed. of month)Jaegerstube 7.00 pm Ladies Group (1. Wednesday of month)Jaegerstube 7.30–10.00 Horticultural Group (2nd Wed. of month)Weinstube 19.00 Tennisgruppe (Jeden 2. Mittwoch im Monat)Weinstube 7.00 pm Tennisgruppe (2nd Wed. of month) THURSDAYHalle 6.00–8.00 Senioren Garde 8.00–10.00 Table Tennis GroupJaegerstube 7.00–1.00 Schach/ChessEisstock 7.00–10.00 Eisstock-GruppeSchenke 9.00 Fussball/SoccerFRIDAYVictoria Bowl 6.30 BowlersJaegerstube 8.00 “Treffpunkt” (2nd Friday of month)

CONCORDIA IM APRIL / MAI 2016

Office TelephoneExtensions & Info LineFront Office 101Membership 101Banquet Inquiries 101Manager 102Payroll 103Accounting 104

Reservations 105

General Inquiries 105

Ticket Sales 105

Portier/Doorman 106

You can call the extensions orannouncements by using anytouch tone telephone.

Klub Vorschau/Club Events Group Events

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Bericht des Präsidenten dem Vorstand, gute Arbeit zum Wohle desKlub geleistet habe. Ich versuche, dass auch inZukunft in jeder Beziehung alles zum Wohledes Klubs und der Mit glieder getan wird.Willkommen, Andrew Saur in den Vorstand,so auch Martin Patzold. Gra tu lation zu MikeBrasch, Alex Thoene, Rolf Malthaner, HelmutKruschat und Michelle Zimmer, die wieder inden Vorstand ge wählt wurden. Danke anMarcus Kallweit und Ronny Horvath, die für 2Jahre im Vor stand tätig waren. Es ist wichtig,eine gute Zusammenarbeit des Vorstandes mitdem Personal des Klubs zu haben. Danke anEuch!

50 Jahre Oktoberfest, sowie 150 JahreBestehen des Concordia Klubs, sind die näch -sten Planungen woran wir zu arbeiten haben.

Bitte besuchen Sie folgende Veran stal tun gen:

9. April: Bockbierfest der Frauengruppe mit Vorstellung der Miss Concordia 2016

Ich hoffe, jeder hat teein frohes Oster festmit Familie undFreunden.Ein herzliches Dan -keschön an alle Mit -glieder, für die Un -terstützung bei derWahl als Präsident.Auch ein Danke analle, die bei der Jah -resversammlungsich an der Dis kus -sion beteiligten undeine Entschei dung

betreff der Farm getroffen haben.Das Resultat der Präsidentenwahl hat mirgezeigt, dass ich in der Vergangenheit, mit

23. April: Reinigung Home on the Range24. April: Reinigung des Farmgeländes1. Mai: Frühlingskonzert der Concordia

Chöre3. Mai: Verkauf - Oktoberfest

Eintrittskarten7. Mai: Klubgelände Reinigung8. Mai: Muttertag - Büfett14. Mai: Frühlingstanz - TreffpunktIch hoffe, Sie alle zu sehen und wünscheeinen schönen Frühling!Ihr Klubpräsident, Rob. Kerr

I hope that everyone has enjoyed a safe andhappy Easter holiday and spent some welldeserved time with their loved ones. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all the mem-bership for electing me to a third term to serve

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as your president. The love and support thatyou show to Janice and I reinforces our pas-sion to represent such a great group of people.I must also thank you for enduring such a longannual general meeting, we needed to getitems settled and the discussions that sur-rounded them were necessary so that all themembers in attendance could make the best,most educated decision on such an importantmatter (the farm). In looking at the results of the vote for thepresidency the membership has given me asign that the work that the board and myselfhave done over the past year and the plansthat we have for the next year are going in thedirection that is favourable to them. I promisethat we will make all decisions with the bestinterest of the club in mind and that every-thing will be done in a transparent nature sothat the members can see our progression atany stage of the year.

President’s Report

YOUR COMFORT

IN RETIREMENT

483 and 507 OTTAWA STREET SOUTH, KITCHENER, ONTARIO

Mailing Address: 483 Ottawa Street S., Kitchener, Ontario N2M 5H1Tel. (519) 745-1200 • email: senioren@bellnet.ca

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Call the office forinformation

I would like to welcome Andrew Sauer to theboard. Your bubbly personality and strongwork ethic will be a welcomed by our board. Iwould also like to welcome Martin Patzoldback to the board after a one year absence. Mycongratulations also goes out to MichaelBrasch, Alex Thoene, Rolf Malthaner, HelmutKruschat and Michelle Zimmer who will joinme again to lead this club for another year.

Thank you to Marcus Kallweit and RonnyHorvath for your years of service on the boardof directors and we wish you well in yourfuture endeavours. Your voices of reasonalways helped us make the right decisions.

Thank you to Ruth, Martina and Andreas fortheir continued focus on the day to day opera-tions of the Concordia club. The continuedgrowth of our business would also not be pos-sible without the support of all the staff(whether they are in the foreground or back-

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ground). Thank you for helping us exceed ourcustomers expectations and keep them return-ing to our facility.

We will be looking at the 50th anniversary ofOktoberfest here at the club as well as prepar-ing for our 150th anniversary as a club. Theseare only a few of the endeavours that we willbe starting this year and would solicit anyhelp from the membership to plan theseevents.

Some of the upcoming events that I hope tosee you at are:

- Bockbierfest and the crowning of MissConcordia on April 9th

- Home on the range clean-up at the farm onApril 23rd

- Farm clean-up on April 24th

- The choir spring concert on May 1 in themain hall

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STARTING AT 7:00 P.M. WE WILL BEHANDING OUT WAITING NUMBERSAT 6:00 P.M. so that everyone can comein and enjoy a nice meal and drink whilewaiting for their number to be called.

Members Sale

• a maximum of 10 tickets per Fridayand/or Saturday per membership (fam-ily membership = 1 membership)

• no maximum ticket restriction on otherOktoberfest event days

• only adults of legal drinking age (19years of age) or older are admitted toOktoberfest (except for Saturday mati-nee and Family Days - Sunday &Monday)

• acceptable payment methods: cash,visa, mastercard, debit or cheque

• online “e ticket” sale only, commenc-ing Wednesday, May 11th at 10:00 a.m.Access through our website www.con-cordiaclub.ca or via www.oktoberfest -tickets.ca

• a maximum of 6 tickets per Friday and6 tickets per Saturday per purchaser,no refunds on ticket orders

• no maximum ticket restriction on otherOktoberfest event days

• only adults of legal drinking age (19years of age) or older are admitted toOktober fest (except Saturday matineeand Family Days - Sunday & Monday)

• there will be an additional processingfee charged on each ticket

• tickets will be emailed immediately asPDF attachments and will be scannedat the door the day of the event forvalidity

From the Manager’s DeskBockbierfest

Bockbierfest is a suresign that Spring is justaround the comer. Thedate is Sa turday, April9th. Tickets are nowavailable in the cluboffice for $30.00 each.We will be sure to have

the traditional bockbier on tap as well asa great dinner and dancing to follow. Thisis the evening that we will also be crown-ing our new Miss Concordia 2016 soplease come out and show your support!

Spring Clean Up

The first Saturday in May is our annualclub clean up - Saturday, May 7th at8:00a.m.

It is always wonderful to see how manymembers come out and help us get thegrounds looking great after a long winter.We look forward to seeing everyone withrakes and shovels in hand! Chef Andreaswill be preparing a hearty lunch for all thehard workers so come out and join us.

Oktoberfest Tickets

Our annual members sale of Oktoberfesttickets will be on TUESDAY, MAY 3rd

- Members Oktoberfest ticket sale on May3rd

- Annual club clean-up on May 7th- Mother’s day buffet May 8th - Fruehlingsfest on May 14thHoping that some beautiful spring weatherwill grace us soon, Your president, Rob Kerr

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• acceptable on line payment methods:visa & mastercard

Concordia Club reserves the right to fulfillor decline orders on line, should the pur-chaser have already obtained tickets viathe membership sale. Online purchasedepends also on the capacity of the onlineserver.Bavarian Strongman ChallengeWe will be hosting the BavarianStrongman Challenge in the tent for thefirst time this year! In the past this eventhad been held outside at Kitchener CityHall but due to King Street constructionand challenges with the weather, theorganizers ap proached us with the hopeof moving the event indoors. I believe thisis a great opportunity for us to open thetent for an afternoon of Oktoberfest cele-brations! The tent will be open onSaturday, October 8th from 11:00 a.m. to4:00p.m. with all the great food, beer andentertainment that we have every otherday of the festival but will include theadded bonus of the StrongmanCompetition. Tickets will be sold at $5.00per person with free admission for chil-dren under the age of 12. These ticketswill be available for purchase in the cluboffice as well as on our online ticket sys-tem. Ticket pricing for 2016:1st Friday, October 7th 6pm-1am $28.001st Saturday, October 8th 11am-4pm$ 5.00 (children under the age of 12 areadmitted free)1st Saturday, October 8th 6pm-1am$24.00Sunday, October 9th noon-6pm$11. 00 (members & children 16 & underare admitted free)

Monday, October 10th 11am-6pm$11.00 (members & children 16 & underare admitted free)

Tuesday, October 11th 6pm-11 pmFree admission with donation to the foodbank (Schenke Restaurant only)

Wednesday, October 12th, 7pm-1am$15.00

Thursday, October 13th, 6pm-12am$20.00

Friday, October 14th, 6pm-1am $24.00

Saturday, October 15th, 6pm-1am $28.00

ticket price includes all applicable tax(13% HST)

Corporate Tickets

Corporate requests will be handled on acase to case basis if tickets are available.

Fruehlingsfest

Mark Saturday, May 141h on your calen-dar for Fruehlingsfest 2016! Treffpunkt isbusy planning for another great evening offun for everyone so please get your ticketsearly and come out and have some fun!

Mother’s Day

It may seem that Mother’s Day is far awaybut this is the time to make your plans toensure your reservation is made! Wealways fill up so quickly. Mother’s Day ison Sun day, May 8th and we will have twoseatings again - noon to 2:00p.m. and5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. Chef Andreas andhis team do a fantastic job of creating afabulous buffet for all to enjoy. Give us acall soon.

With best regards, RuthRajna, Manager

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Hello Campers!

Let me begin with thanking all campers inattendance at our clubs Annual Meeting.Concordia’s largest group helping toachieve a majority vote, in result keepingthe farm. Well done… We cannot forgethowever the commitment and dedicationnecessary to proceed.

A new outlook in every category of campinghas been achieved from activities, to food,to the overall appearance of the farm. Let’s

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all make a difference one leaf at a time atFARM CLEAN UP April 24. A day of partic-ipation from all campers is appreciated.Lunch will be provided to all volunteers.Efforts from your campers group and thehelping hands of all campers will make thisseason gratifying for all. Get your teamsigned up for our Coed Soccer tournamentand opening picnic June 4th or dust offthose cleats and show us what you got!Individual players are welcome.

Wishing everyone a safe and memorableseason!! LETS GET CAMPING!

President Andrew Saur

Campers

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Hallo Freunde

Fruehling ist fast hier und wir werden am12ten und 19ten April um unseren TonyDissler Pokal spielen.

Unsere Gruppe wird sich am 10ten April zuihrem traditionellen Oster Brunch treffen.

Im Namen der Skatgruppe moechte ichunseren neuen Vorstand begruessen undwuensche viel Glueck und Erfolg in diesemJahr.

Die Skat Gruppe trifft sich jeden Dienstagum 7:15 Uhr in der Schenke. Kommt docheinfach mal vorbei oder kontaktiert michwenn ihr Interesse habt unserer lustigenRunde beizutreten.

Gut Blatt

Marcus Kallweit

Schriftfuehrer

SKAT GROUPDear Friends

Spring is almost here and we will play ourTony Dissler Pokal on April 12th &19th.

Our group will enjoy their traditional EasterBrunch on April 10th.

On behalf of the Skat group we welcome ournew board of directors and wish you all thebest for the coming year.

The Skat Group plays every Tuesday start-ing 7:15 in the Schenke. Stop by or contactme if you are interested to join our fungroup

Gut Blatt

Marcus Kallweit

Secretary

Winter should be over by now I hope.Spring is here and soon our flowers willstart to sprout. The rain will come and thegrass will grow green. I hope my predictionscome true!

Our April meeting will be once again thefirst Wednesday of the month, April 6 in theWeinstube at 7 pm.

Saturday, April 9 we will once again haveour Bockbierfest combined with the intro-duction to our new Miss Concordia 2016.Come and enjoy a good German meal alongwith a smooth Bockbier to compliment yourmeal. The Enzian Schuhplatter, will per-form for us and don’t forget to dance withthe music of the Twin City Alpine Echo.Just go to the office or call in to get yourtickets as you won’t want to miss this greatevening of entertainment.

At our picnic on June 22, we will discusswhat kind of outing or trips we will havethis year, so make sure ladies that you allattend. It is always a great picnic.

Until next month be safe, but have fun.

Elisabeth Rowsell

Skat-GruppeLadies Group

May 1

Choirs SpringConcert

Hall, 7 pm

On January 24, 2016 we had our Year EndLunch at the Schenke and afterwards wehad the election which voted the old boardmembers back:

President: Wolfgang MeindlVP: Milutin ZaricTreasurer: Kata Zaric

3 Members from the Concordia Club, Kataand Milutin Zaric and Ronny Horvath par-ticipated at the Icestock World Cham pi on -ship in Ritten / Italy from the 23rd to the28th of March.

Our National Ladies and Mens Team partic-ipated in the B-division (B=Amateur Divi -sion, A= Pro Division) and it is with greatpleasure to announce that our ladies Team

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with Jenn, Steffi, Kim (Barrie Club), Natasha(Kingston Club) and our Kata (ConcordiaClub) won the Bronze Medal in the TeamCompetition. Congratulations for this bigsuccess!!!

The Men need more training, they madesecond last Place at their Group.

We would like to thank the Concordia Clubfor their financial support of our members.

On April 16. – 17. we will have the Cana -dian Championship in Gananoque, wherethe Concordia Club Team will participateand has to defend their championship fromlast year.

We thank all our supporters and sponsorsand remain with a loud

STOCK HEIL

Wolfgang

Eis Stock-Group

Greetings from the Home on the Range!

Thanks to everyone who attended our annu-al Winter Karneval held on March 6th.Although the weather gods felt a “SpringFling” was more in order, a good time washad by all!

Next up on our calendar of events is thespring cleanup of the Home on the Range,which is scheduled for 9am on Saturday

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April 23rd. Lunch and refreshments will be

provided to everyone in attendance, we

hope to see everyone there!!Outdoor Group

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Join us at our annual

SpringTrachten Saleat the Concordia Club

Weinstube.

Saturday, April 2from 10 – 4

Check out the latest Dirndls, Lederhosen, Trachtenshirts, blouses, jewellery, and jackets. Stock up on socks. Try on a new Trachten vest orjacket!Great selection of clearance items at great prices!For more information, contact Neil Hoffman @ 519-578-9348 or see our online store:www.trachten-quelle.com

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Our winter getaway to Collingwood includ-ed plans for some outdoor fun but unfortu-nately the rain put a damper on those activ-ities. We did however have a fantastic timeand some of our activities included a win-ery tour and hike of the vineyards atGeorgian Hills Winery, a brewery tour, play-ing games, relaxation at the Scandinave Spaand an all around wonderful time with greatfriends! Thank you Sandra for organizingthis great trip and to all who went for yourcontributions of food and good company!

We are running full steam ahead for ourupcoming Fruhlingsfest on May 14th in the

main hall. Please save the date and comeout for a fun evening of music, food, danc-ing, a silent auction, and more!

Some of our group members came out forMaskenball and shared photos of their fan-tastic costumes! Looks like it was a lot offun!

Plans for a mystery tour in April are beingorganized by Diane and Andrew Hatchwell.We look forward to whatever they have instore for us!

Finally, if you can, please support theCanadian Blood Services. Our Partners forLife number is CONC010846.

Till next time,

Andrea Schilha

Treffpunkt

Am 27. April treffen wir uns um 18:30 Uhrnicht in der Jaegerstube, sondern in derWeindstube.

Bis dahin gruesst Euch Heidi.

BOCCE GROUPOn April 27. At 6:30 pm we will meet in theWeinstube, not in the Jagerstube.

Till thenHeidi

It’s been a while since I needed to put anarticle into the bulletin. It’s early March andthe temperatures are well above normal. AsI look out my front window I can see moregrass than snow. This can only mean onething. Spring is in the air and the Concordiasoccer team are wiping the dust off theiroutdoor soccer shoes in anticipation of theupcoming season.

As a coach I really love this time of the year.The players are excited. You get to see theguys again and best of all we are stillunbeaten.

I will be in touch in the next bulletin with acopy of the schedule for our 2016 season.

Gerard

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Wegen dem Schneesturm am 1. März fieldas Treffen unserer Gruppe am 2. März aus.Wir treffen uns am 6. April um 14:30 Uhrwieder in der Jägerstube.

Geburtstage im April:

Heinz Kreitzer 8. AprilUshi Missfeldt 25. AprilMarianne Weyer 26. April

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu eurem Ge -burts tag wünschen euch - die Senioren.

Geburtstagsspruch

Lustige AbendgesellschaftenMachen traurige Morgen.

Zitat von Martin Luther

Bis bald, tschüs Rotrud Schaar

Bocce Gruppe

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Welcome to. . .

The SchenkeOpen 6 days a week

CONCORDIA DAILY FEATURES

Reservations are recommended

TUESDAY through FRIDAY

WEEKLY LUNCHEONSPECIALS

or SOUP & SANDWICHCOMBO

TUESDAYS:

BUY ONE, GET ONEFOR 1/2 PRICE

purchase one entree and get the secondof equal or lesser value at half price!!

WEDNESDAY:

BAVARIAN BUFFETLunch: $12.95Dinner: $15.95

All prices plus applicable taxes as of November 2015Gratuity not included

THURSDAY EVENING:

CHEF’S NIGHTSPECIAL

2 Wiener Schnitzel Dinners withPotatoes and Vegetables

only $18.99

FRIDAY EVENING:

IT’S THE FRIDAYEVENING BUFFET

all your favorites, Salads, Schnitzel,Desserts and so much more

only $17.95

SATURDAY EVENING:

DINE & DANCELive EntertainmentRegular Menu & reasonable prices

SUNDAY:

BRUNCH $19.99

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Wichtige VeranstaltungenImportant Events

APRIL / MAY 2016April 9 Bockbierfest and

Miss Concordia 6:30 pm

April 23 Home on the Range Clean-up Farm

April 24 General Farm Clean-up Farm

May 1 Choirs Spring Concert Hall, 7 pm

May 3 Oktoberfest Ticket SaleDoors open 6:00 - Ticket Sales 7:00 pm

May 7 Spring Clean-up Concordia Club, 8 am

May 8 Mothers Day Buffet12:00-2:00 and 5:00-7:00 pm

May 14 Fruehlingsfest Hall, 8 pm

May 23 Victoria Day - Club closed

Bitte reservieren Sie ihren Tisch und besorgen Sie die Eintrittskarten zu den Veranstaltungen rechtzeitig.

Wie bereits im letzten Mitteilungsblatt zulesen war, fuehren wir auch dieses Jahr keinTournament durch. Daher laufen dieTrainingsabende etwas ruhiger ab und fuermich gibt es nicht viel zu berichten.

Am 28. April werden wir eine Gruppen ver -sammlung zur Klaerung offener Fragen be -zueg lich des kommenden Oktoberfestes undeiner Bustour anstelle des Picknicks durch-fuehren. Bitte merkt euch diesen Termin vor.

Als weitere Programmvorschau bleibt mirnur der Hinweis auf das Bockbierfest derFrauengruppe am 09. April. Beginn ist18:30 Uhr. Das Bockbierfest ist ein klaresAnzeichen, dass der Winter wohl hinter unsliegt. Den Termin fuer die Reinigung desKlubgebaeudes Anfang Mai werde ich imnaechsten Bericht noch bekanntgeben.

Die Jahreshauptversammlung mit den Vor -standswahlen liegt hinter uns. Das Ergebnisist uns allen bekannt. Wir wuenschen demHauptvorstand fuer das Jahr 2016/17 allesGute und ein sicheres Gespuer fuer dierichtigen Entscheidungen.

Zum Abschluss hoffe ich, dass ihr alle einschoenes Osterfest verlebt habt.

TABLE TENNIS GROUPAs already mentioned in our last bulletinthere is no table tennis tournament thisyear. Therefore there is hardly anything toreport.

On April 28, 2016 we will have our „SpecialMeeting“ to discuss important questionsregarding changes to the Oktoberfest „gun-game“ and the bus tour instead of our annu-al picnic at the Farm.

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Those of you that read the bulletin fromcover to cover will find a listing a number ofupcoming Club events in the April Preview.The Bockbierfest is clear indication that thewinter months will soon be behind us.Please note that the annual clean-up of theClub grounds will take place at the begin-ning of May.

Our Annual General Meeting is now behindus and the results are by now commonknowledge. We wish the newly elected ClubExecutive all the best for the 2016/17 sea-son.

...And lastly, I hope every one of you had anice Easter holiday.

Until next time,

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Well it is hard to believe that another bowl-ing season is coming to an end this month.Time sure flies by when you are having fun.We had a “Valentine Fun Night” with prizeson February 12th. We bowled with ouropposite hand, tried granny bowling andthen bowled with a partner. Music was pro-vided by Peter Uebel. Thank you so verymuch for putting a great collection of songstogether for us, Peter. It is always greatlyappreciated. As I write this report, our play-offs have yet to take place. I will share theresults next time.

Our bowlers’ year end trip is taking place onSunday, July 31st. We will be visiting TheCheese Boutique followed by brunch at TheHot House and finishing the day with theCirque du Soleilperformance, Luzia.It should be a greatday in Toronto.

At this point, thebowlers would liketo extend our con-dolences to AnneSchmidt who losther beloved hus-band, Rudi, onFebruary 22nd. Ourthoughts andprayers are withyou and the familyat this most difficulttime.

Upcoming Events:

Last Day ofBowling – April29th

Closing Banquet – May 6th (Main Hall – 5:30p.m.)

*Please Note: This is a Friday!

Finally, best wishes go out to our bowlerswho are celebrating a birthday this month:

April

9. Heidi Nowak

13. Nicole Bergen

19. Nick Zeis

21. Linda Klein

21. Günther Stoye

25. Karola Leuschner

25. Uschi Missfeldt

27. Ursula Uebel

30. Stefan Domiczi

Until next time,Monica Kauck

Concordia Kegler

April Birthday Babies

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#5100 - "May the force be with us."

#5107

#5109 - "You gotta be kidding."

#5111 - "Hello pins!"

#5125 - "How is this going to work? ...Notsure."

#5126 - "OK. Let's try this."

May the force be with us."

OK. Let's try this.

You gotta be kidding.

Hello pins!

How is this going to work? ...Not sure.

GRÜSSE AN DIE HEIMATFrühlingskonzert der Concordia Chöre

SONNTAG, 1. MAI 2016, 19:00 UHRConcordia Club, Main Hall, 429 Ottawa St. S. Kitchener, Tel. 519-745-5617

Concordia Männerchor / Male Choir • Gemischter Chor / Mixed Choir• Director: Martin Anderle • Accompanist: Marisa Strban

Kinderchor / Children’s Choir • Director: Angelika Werner • Accompanist: Ulrike Ryzebol

Hello to GermanyConcordia Choirs Spring Concert

SUNDAY, MAY 1st 2016, 7:00 PMConcordia Club, Main Hall, 429 Ottawa St. S. Kitchener, Tel. 519-745-5617

Freiwillige Spenden zur Unterstützung der Chöre. Donations for the support of the Choirs are accepted.

THIS YEAR’S CORPORATE SPONSORS:

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We have danced and sung at the President'sBall, so now its time to celebrate spring.

Over the land is AprilOver my heart a roseOver the high green mountainThe sound of music goesSay love do you hear me?Hear my sonnets ring?Over the high green mountainLove do you hear me sing?

Robert Louis Stevenson

Yes it has arrived in all it's beauty andsplendour. What could signal the beginningof spring more than a wonderful concert.To all member's of the Concordia Club, theirfamilies and friend's please accept this asour personal invitation to attend our annualSPRING CONCERT Sunday May 1st at 7pm.We have been working hard all winter andlook forward to performing for you.

Our MALE CHOIR has received an invita-tion from Harfentone to participate in theirMaifest which will be held May 14th inToronto.

When someone we knew becomes a memo-ry, that memory becomes a treasure. It is

with sadness wereport the passing of aformer member of theConcordia Choir, Mr.Alfred Chopka, onFebruary 22, 2016.Alfred joined the choirin l993 and sang inboth the Male andMixed Choirs until2011. He was 94 years

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of age at his passing. We extend to his fami-ly and friends our deepest sympathy.Our thoughts and prayers remain with JoeHarde as he continues to recover from a fall.We miss you Joe and hope that you will bewell enough to join us in the near future.Herbert Weisner is also away for medicalreasons. Please know Herb we are all think-ing of you and hope that you too will soonreturn. That tenor section is missing youboth.DATES TO REMEMBERSaturday April 9th, Bockbierfest and thecrowning of Miss ConcordiaSunday May 1st Spring Concert, Mixed,Male, Youth and Children's Choir's partici-patingUntil next time, keep a song in your heart.Beverley

Concordia Chöre

President’s Report

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President: Rob Kerr1st Vice President: Michael Brasch 2nd Vice President: Alex Thoene

1st Secretary: Sarah Fretz2nd Secretary: Elaine Keller

1st Treasurer: Ali Nowak2nd Treasurer: Mike Matich

Directors: Peter Bergen Helmut Kruschat Michelle Zimmer Rolf Malthaner Andrew Saur Martin Patzold

Manager Ruth Rajna

Committee MembersArbeitsgemeinschaft Rob Kerr Mike Brasch

Archives Alexandria Thoene Martin Patzold

Bulletin Elaine Keller Martin Patzold

Christkindlmarket Peter Bergen Elaine Keller Mike Matich Michelle Zimmer

Club Buildings Mike Brasch Andrew Saur (Helmut Kruschat)

Club Historian Leo Tukums

Club Ombudsman Harald Schwegel

Club Rental Properties Helmut Kruschat Andrew Saur (Mike Brasch)

Concordia Seniorenhaus Rob Kerr Mike Brasch Mike Matich

Economic Affairs Ali Novak Rob Kerr Mike Matich

Employee Liaison Ali Nowak

Entertainment Sarah Fretz Michelle Zimmer Alexandria Thoene

Farm Committee Mike Matich Peter Bergen Andrew Saur

Finance Committee Ali Nowak Mike Matich Rob Kerr Peter Bergen

Float Committee Mike Brasch

German Culture Sarah Fretz

Honorary Member Martin Patzold Sarah Fretz Rob Kerr

Long Range Planning Ali Nowak Mike Matich Andrew Saur Rob Kerr

Membership Michelle Zimmer

Miss Concordia Alexandria Thoene

Nominations and Karl BraunBylaws Rob Kerr Mike Brasch Alexandria Thoene

Oktoberfest Chair Rolf Malthaner

Oktoberfest Inc. Ali Nowak Rolf Malthaner Andrew Saur

Sales and Marketing Mike Matich Rolf Malthaner Andrew Saur

Security Rob Kerr Alexandria Thoene

Concordia Club Board of Directors 2015/2016