So? How was it?

So? How was it, at the evening of

GERMAN SONGS AND MORE AT VE?

The short answer is: “Enjoyable and refreshing!” Most participants were familiar with the more than 40 songs for which we had texts available to each one of us. We selected and sang about 20 of these songs and then added a few others we knew and liked.

Sitting around a very large table in the center of the room, we did get to know each participant. We talked right through a scheduled mid-evening break and then continued singing and concluded the program on time as promised. An hour after the close of the program, the last four participants left feeling good about their singing and the discussions of the evening.

What kind of songs did we sing? Each participant could select one or more songs from a list which - among others - included these: Am Brunnen vor dem Tore. Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz, Der Lindenbaum, Die Gedanken sind frei, Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten, Du du liegst mir im Herze, Du kannst nicht treu sein, Ein Heller und ein Batzen, Hoch auf dem gelben Wagen, Horch was kommt von draussen rein, Ich hatt' einen Kameraden, Im schoensten Wiesengrunde, Im Wald und auf der Haide, Nun leb wohl du kleine Gasse, In einem kühlen Grunde, In Muenchen steht ein Hofbraeuhaus, Kein schoener Land, Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben, Morgen muss ich fort von hier, Muss I denn, Nach der Heimat möcht ich wieder, Sah ein Knab ein Roeslein stehn. So lang der alte Peter, Wohlauf die Luft geht frisch und rein.

What may be needed now is a set of song texts for 40 or more additional songs for15 to 25 participants and a new date and time for the next “Nette Runden German Songs Evening”. If this is done it will be the ninth such evening since 2011 when these evenings were started and supported by interested  members of the Vereinigung Erzgebirge (VE), the Franklinville-Schwarzwald Männerchor (FSMC), the Waldesrauschen Damenchor and Schlaraffia Filadelfia.