40 Years of GAC... What's Been Happening / What's Coming

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Many German-American Club members enjoyed our 40th Anniversary at Converse College with a wonderful concert and reception with well known German concert pianist Andreas Boyde performing with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Sarah Ioannides. Read more about the "Power & Force" program here: 

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View the full gallery here: Andreas Boyde in Spartanburg / 40 Years of GAC

Our next big upcoming event is the Spartanburg International Festival, which will take place on October 3 from 11 AM to 7 PM at Barnet Park in Downtown Spartanburg. More information about the festival is available here:

City of Spartanburg, South Carolina | Spartanburg International Festival

We always have a great turnout at the International Festival and hope to see many of you there this year!

Best, 

Dirk


40th Anniversary of the German-American Club and Andreas Boyde in Spartanburg

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Dear Members of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

Happy 40th Anniversary!

The club was founded in May 1975. We are celebrating the club’s 40th anniversary with special events taking place this year and early next year.  The kick-off event will be Andreas Boyde’s classical piano concert and artist’s reception, Power & Force, performed with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, September 12th at 7:00 PM in the Twitchell Auditorium of Converse College, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302.  The artist’s reception will immediately follow the concert at Lawson Academy Recital Hall, which is accessible through Twitchell Auditorium.  Andreas Boyde is a well-known German concert pianist, who has performed around the world and who is currently on U.S. tour.  It should be a very fine event.

The club will sponsor 40 free tickets for the 40th that will be distributed among interested club members.  If you are a single member, you can request one ticket.  If you have a family membership, you can request two tickets.  If you are interested in attending, please contact Marlies Welsch at marlies.welsch@gmail.com or (864) 590-9230 by Friday, August 28th.  If there are more requests than tickets available, we will have a drawing.  The winners of the drawing will be announced early September.  Please submit your name only if you are sure that you will attend the concert.  We do not want tickets to go to waste.  Here you will find more information about Andreas Boyde and the concert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Boyde

http://www.spartanburgphilharmonic.org/orchestra-schedule/71/%22From+Italy%2C+Germany%2C+Russia+-+Power+and+Force%22+with+guest+pianist%2C+Andreas+Boyde

Thank you for your support and participation.

Best regards,

Dirk

First-Quarter 2015 Editions of The News and Updated Picture Galleries

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

Attached, please find our Club Newsletter for January, February, and March of this year. In our Galleries section, you can find a few new pictures from both the monthly Stammtisch and the International Soccer Tournament, hosted at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

Best regards,

Dirk Schlingmann, President

SPECIAL EVENT: Talk by Dr. Josef Joffe - 'Obama & Merkel: Last Man (and Woman) Standing in the West.'

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UPDATE: Due to weather conditions, the talk detailed below has been cancelled. More details to follow. Thank you for your interest!

Dear Members and Friends of the German American Club,

You all are invited. Please bring family members and friends, and help spread the word:

 

“Obama & Merkel: Last Man (and Woman) Standing in the West.” 

  • Talk by Dr. Josef Joffe 

  • Wednesday, February 25, 2015 

  • 6:00 pm 

  • USC Upstate’s College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 117 

Dr. Josef Joffe is the main publisher-editor of Die Zeit, a very well-known German weekly newspaper.  You can find more information on Dr. Joffe at the following link. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Joffe

USC Upstate is located at 800 University Way, Spartanburg, SC 29303. The College of Arts and Sciences Building (CASB) is marked with an “I" on the attached map. You can park in lot 26 or 28.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Dirk Schlingmann, President

German American Club of the Carolinas

http://www.gaccarolinas.com/

December 2014 News and Happy New Year!

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

Happy New Year! The Club had a great year in 2014 and thanks all of its members for taking part in our numerous exciting and fun events. More pictures from the Business Dinner, the Nikolaus Party, and our monthly Stammtisch are up now in the Galleries.

Attached, please find the Newsletter from December 2014 and note that the next Stammtisch will be held on Friday, January 9 at 6:00 PM at Compadre's Restaurant in Spartanburg.

Wishing you all the best for 2015-

Dirk 

Dirk Schlingmann, President 

GAC Hosts and Participates in Multiple Exciting Events!

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

It has been a busy few weeks for the GAC, with our members and Club participating in and hosting multiple events, including our monthly Stammtisch at Compadre's, the International Festival in Spartanburg, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a wine tasting at a member family's home, and the TEASE (Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast) at USC Upstate's GEORGE in downtown Spartanburg.

The Spartanburg Herald-Journal even provided coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall event and reception at Menzel USA...

"The German-American Club of the Carolinas, based in the Upstate, hosted a reception at Menzel Tuesday afternoon, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall being torn down on Nov. 9. Those attending enjoyed two traditional German foods - bratwurst and beer."
via German club celebrates anniversary of Berlin Wall coming down at GoUpstate.com

 

Our members have done a wonderful job of capturing pictures at each of these events and we invite you to view them and get an inside glimpse of what our Club has been up to if you weren't able to make it to the events. They are displayed at the end of this post but also reside at their gallery pages linked to above.

If you have any pictures of your own you would like added to these galleries, please email them to Dirk Schlingmann at schlingmanndirk@gmail.com.

Have a great month! More news soon. :-)

Pictures below: 

  • Top: Fall of the Berlin Wall Event at USC Upstate / Menzel
  • First Row Left: Spartanburg International Festival at Barnet Park
  • First Row Right: Wine Tasting
  • Second Row Left: TEASE Art Show
  • Second Row Right: Stammtisch