Dick reports...

Spring Show 2011


A huge number of guests had arrived...

Every so often the Danube Swabian Club in Scarborough manages to book a traveling show of artists for a performance at the club. This one, managed by Gisela Lewis, was another one of the many successful endeavors by the club.

A huge number of guests had arrived early enough for the Buffet Dinner, before the performances. When I say huge, I mean “Huge”. I haven’t seen the club that crowded in a long time – they even had to set up extra tables on half of the dance floor to accommodate all the guests – it was marvelous indeed. But since dancing was not on the menu, this did not matter and the general mood remained festive throughout.

The "Pfälzer Buam"

Promptly at 8 pm., after the welcoming address by Tony Baumann, the club’s president, the very talented “Pfälzer Buam”, Manuel (accordion)and Marcel (guitar) Lenhart –took the stage to set the mood for the evening with a rich palette of wonderful songs that reminded the audience of the time ‘way back when’.

The Duo Mosaique

Gaby and her husband Ralf Kleisinger, “The Duo Mosaique” who spent most of the time entertaining the audience off stage and at floor level, followed them with an especially rich repertoire of ‘Evergreens’.

Romy Dadlhuber

Speaking of audience participation – Wow – this was a real revelation to me, and when young Romy Dadlhuber appeared next, the audience really played along. What a grateful crowd! Especially when Romy stepped on a table to sing and to flirt with the older gents in the audience the guests nearly went ballistic. (Getting off the table did present a small problem though) She is a coming star, and one that the world of entertainment should keep an eye on!

Axel Becker

This mood kept going when Axel Becker, a gifted tenor, took over the room – and I mean ‘took over’, the applause seemed to rise to almost a crescendo – also when he joined the Pfälzer Buam back on the stage for the balance of his outstanding performance. Some of his background: 1997 – Volkstümliche Hitparade:’1^st Prize’, plus 6 record albums & 18 Maxis and much more. (Schlaf in meinen Träumen ein; Ich kann nicht leben ohne Dich; etc.)


Together on stage

For many of the guests the first 2 hours seemed to go by much faster as did the balance of the performances after the intermission. It is amazing how only six people can keep such a large audience in stitches all evening!

As always

Dick Altermann

Dick reports about community, historical, cultural, ethnic events within the distribution area of Echo Germanica from a German-Canadian perspective.