Wow, what a day it has been. The weather was nice but the festival was even nicer. German Fest outdid themselves. While the Milwaukee Air & Water show was going on at the lake front, our visitors to German Fest reaped all the benefits of the Air Force Thunderbirds formation flying demonstration, the F18 a performance demonstration, various other air show features and then the [...] Read more »
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German Fest Update for Friday
by Bill Fuchs - National President July 25, 2009 » No Comments.
Well today the crowds came in at 3 PM and it got a little lively at the festival. The opening ceremony at 5 PM was a nice intro to the festival board, the sponsors and dignitaries including Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee. Our DANK PR tent did have quite a few visitors today. Foline Koch, from the Quad Cities chapter came by with several chapter [...] Read more »
German Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
by Bill Fuchs - National President July 24, 2009 » No Comments.
Hi Everybody, Greetings from German Fest in Milwaukee. DANK is represent this year a sponsor and has a PR tent where we can tell folks about our organization and sign up folks for our DANK credit card. Darlene and I did a lot of PR yesterday and will continue to do so all weekend.
We are finding that many of the visitors don’t know much [...] Read more »
It’s about time for an Update
by Bill Fuchs - National President July 18, 2009 » No Comments.
Wow, does time ever fly. I have had some trouble adding things to the blog on my trips due to slow internet access and time constraints. I am on vacation now, but not getting any rest. My wife and I were supposed to be in Germany visiting relative right now but that got cancelled due to her father suddenly needing gall bladder surgery. He is [...] Read more »
Mai Fest Adventure
by Bill Fuchs - National President May 24, 2009 » Add Comment.
I finally had time to update the blog again. Since my last time to Frankfurt I have been extremely busy attending the Maitanz and 50th anniversary celebration of the chapter DANK Chicago-West. After that I went back on a trip to Frankfurt and lo and behold it’s Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension) which is a Catholic and official holiday in Germany with no stores open. If you [...] Read more »
News from Frankfurt
by Bill Fuchs - National President May 8, 2009 » Add Comment.
Just got back from a short Frankfurt trip and enjoyed the beautiful spring weather in Germany. Everything was in full bloom. On Saturday, May 2, at the Zeil Plaza in front of the Hauptwache folks were celebrating spring “Frühling für Frankfurt 2009” by having all kinds of food and drink booths along with a stage for entertainment. The people were out in full force. One [...] Read more »
Where in the World is Captain Bill
by Bill Fuchs - National President April 27, 2009 » Add Comment.
Hi folks, I’m on another long adventure right now and thought to put some pictures on the blog to see if you can guess where this trip took me to. See if you can guess.
If you guessed Rome, you guessed right.
After 1 ½ years I finally returned to Rome and there were some changes. I am now flying there in [...] Read more »
Frankfurt in Spring!
by Bill Fuchs - National President April 3, 2009 » Add Comment.
Just finished a great layover in Frankfurt on April 1. The weather was great. A wonderful spring day in the mid 60’s F. Besides having to do all my usual chores such as shopping for Easter candy, I also had a tailor attach “Stoßbänder” (special bias tape) at the bottom of my new uniform pants. Pant legs in Germany customarily have those which make them [...] Read more »