Der Rundbrief des Saskatchewan German Councils.
Der Rundbrief des Saskatchewan German Councils.
Der Rundbrief des Saskatchewan German Councils.
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News from SGC Member Groups<br />
CFCR Community Radio Society - Saskatoon<br />
Report for the Council<br />
Neil Bergen/Sigrid Kirmse<br />
Here is a quick update on the happenings<br />
at the Community Radio<br />
over the past three months. CFCR’s<br />
annual fundraising drive, FM-Phasis,<br />
which runs the last two weeks<br />
of September saw us raise just under<br />
$65,000.00 in our two week air<br />
campaign. We had over 100 hundred<br />
volunteer broadcasters involved in<br />
raising money for the radio station.<br />
We also had over 1000 listeners donate<br />
money to the station as well as<br />
over 100 sponsors donate gift certificates<br />
and merchandise. Everyone<br />
involved was critical to the success<br />
of the campaign. Our next big fundraiser<br />
is our Art Auction which<br />
takes place at the Saskatoon Gold<br />
and Country Club on November 23.<br />
This our second biggest fundraiser<br />
of the year and we hope to raise<br />
$10,000.00 for the station.<br />
One of CFCR’s programs is Treffpunkt<br />
Deutschland, a two-hour<br />
broadcast, is aired every Sunday<br />
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Our listeners<br />
are thankful for the music information<br />
we provide. Those are from<br />
the Deutsche Welle and our own<br />
collection. I receive Ein Gruss aus<br />
Wien from Erich Zib in Austria, a<br />
half-hour program in the Viennese<br />
dialect which I broadcast every last<br />
Sunday at 2 p.m. This program will<br />
be discontinued at the end of this<br />
year.<br />
Thanks to our listeners and the <strong>Saskatchewan</strong><br />
<strong>German</strong> Council’s donations<br />
we have now a website and all<br />
programs can be heard over the internet.<br />
Just go to www.cfcr.ca, click<br />
at programs and the program guide<br />
and you will find us. Speaking<br />
about us, Andrea MacLeod hosts<br />
every second Sunday of the month<br />
program for younger listeners. Helge<br />
Struthers still helps out when we<br />
need her.<br />
For our listeners to the Classical<br />
Connection programs - Monday,<br />
Wednesday and Friday - are now<br />
broadcast from 1 p.m to 2 p.m.<br />
We would like to thank the <strong>German</strong><br />
Council for all of their support over<br />
the year in contributing to the success<br />
of Community Radio and look<br />
forward to continuing our ongoing<br />
relationship.<br />
News from the Schuhplattlers<br />
Amanda Marien<br />
The adult <strong>German</strong> dancers returned<br />
to regular dance practices on Tuesday,<br />
September 10 after a short<br />
break following Folkfest. The highlight<br />
of our summer was, of course,<br />
spending three days at the <strong>German</strong><br />
pavilion performing and taking in<br />
the festivities. We were happy to<br />
perform the Maypole dance each<br />
day with some help from the <strong>German</strong><br />
Junior Folk Dancers. It was<br />
also nice to have some young men<br />
from that group join the ‘old guys’<br />
on stage to perform the Miners<br />
dance. As always, our Anton Aus Ti-<br />
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rol line dance got many people out<br />
of their seats and up on stage dancing<br />
along with us. In the evening we<br />
passed around the Bierstiefel, which<br />
was good fun for us and everyone<br />
watching! Our Build-A-Bear raffle<br />
was also very successful, and we<br />
hope to do it again next year.<br />
Some of our upcoming events include<br />
Oktoberfest at the <strong>German</strong><br />
Cultural Centre on Saturday, October<br />
19, as well as the Christkindl<br />
Market on Sunday, November 17.<br />
We hope to see you there!
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