2008 Schedule of Events
12 - Harlem Globetrotters Outing: The Allstate Arena
2 - Karneval (Carnival) with die Kapelle Hirsch:
Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest, Illinois
2 - General Membership Meeting
and September, 2008 New Harmony, Indiana 2-night motorcoach trip presentation:
Tumbleweed Room of Bertrand Lanes in Waukegan, Illinois
19 - Dinner-Dance and Silent Auction:
Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois with die Kapelle Phenix
1, 2, 3 and return 4 - Dutch-Deutsch motorcoach trip to Pella and Amana, Iowa
14 - Day trip by motorcoach to Starved Rock State Park and Lodge, plus Hegeler Carus Mansion tour in LaSalle, Illinois
29 - Participation in Waukegan, Illinois' 4th of July Parade
July
13 - Annual Picnic:
Shelter A - van Patten Woods in Wadsworth, Illinois
25 - Start of 28th 3-day German Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: fyi - no
bus transportation
16 - Start of 131st 2-day Cannstatter Volksfest at Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
19 - Depart for 2-night motorcoach trip to New Harmony, Indiana
4 - Oktoberfest hosted by German American Club of Antioch, Illinois (road trip for chapter)
5 - German American Commemoration at Saint Benedict's Church in Chicago, Illinois
6 - German-American Day (fyi)
11 - Oktoberfest at Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest, Illinois with die Kapelle Walter Flechsig
26 - General Election Meeting and March, 2009 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (Osthoff Hotel) 2-night
motorcoach trip presentation: Tumbleweed Room of Bertrand Lanes in Waukegan, Illinois
November
1 - 25th Anniversary Celebration hosted by DANK Chapter Milwaukee's Chor (road trip for chapter)
16 - Volkstrauertag (German Day of
Mourning) Ceremony: Fort Sheridan Cemetery, Illinois
30 - Christmas Luncheon and Party:
Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest, Illinois
December
14 - Illinois Brass Band Concert at Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois (road trip for chapter)