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DANK National President celebrates Unity Day & German-American Day

by October 10, 2010 » Add the second comment.
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What an eventful past month it’s been!  When we returned from the Oktoberfest tour it was time to celebrate German Unity day and German-American day.  We actually returned from Germany on German Unity day, October 3 and in Germany the celebrations and retro-views were all over TV.  The next day Read more »

President Bill’s Oktoberfest Adventure continues

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We made it back from Germany safe and sound just in time for German Unity day celebrations by the Chicago German Consul General and German-American day several days later. After our short breather along the Mosel, we continued to Munich to meet up with Fred Schumacher, President of Hofbräu of Read more »

President Bill’s NYC Steuben Parade/Oktoberfest Adventure

by September 28, 2010 » Add the first comment.
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Greetings Everyone, I now have the pictures to go along with the story! I would like to give a quick update on the NYC Steuben parade travels.  Darlene, Hans & Kathy Wolf and I traveled to NYC on Thursday to participate in the event and to represent DANK.  On Friday morning Read more »

German Tall Ship in Chicago

by August 25, 2010 » Add more comments.
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Yesterday afternoon, Darlene, my wife, and I had the pleasure to attend the opening ceremony of the Pepsi Tall Ships Chicago on beautiful Navy Pier, downtown Chicago.  The weather could not have been better.  Sunny, warm and a nice breeze to fill the sails.  The ships will be in Chicago Read more »

And then there was Germanfest in Milwaukee

by July 27, 2010 » Add more comments.
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Captain Bill travels to Milwaukee’s German Fest, the original Haus Party! 2010 German Fest in Milwaukee is now over but the memories will be everlasting!  As we did last year, DANK had a Public Relations Booth on the midway, next to the main entrance.  It proved to be a popular Read more »

DANK opens new chapter in Uniontown, PA

by June 8, 2010 » Add the second comment.
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On June 5, 2010 DANK opened up its newest chapter in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.  National President Bill Fuchs (me) and VP Erich Wittmann represented the National Board at this special occasion.  The chapter grew of the DANK Sub-chapter concept that Pittsburgh chapter president and National VP Erich Wittmann conceived and worked Read more »

Moon Shining over Wanne Eickel

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This just made me feel good good! As I was flying back to Amsterdam from Bombay, India on May 28,  I captured this shot of the Moon as it sat over my home town area of Gelsenkirchen, Germany.  There is a song about the “Mond von Wanne Eickel”  a town Read more »

Iceland Volcano Disrupts Air Travel

by April 28, 2010 » Add the second comment.
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Over the last 3 weeks the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano created havoc and virtually shut down all of European airspace for over a week.  I had my flight schedule cancelled and changed, finally able to fly on April 21. Just got back from that trip which took me to Read more »

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