PA German Dialect Community Events - 2019
Sponsored by Pennsylvaanisch Deitsch Fersommling vun Baerricks Kounty & The Heritage Center
For additional copies, send long, self-addressed stamped envelope to:
PA German Cultural Heritage Center
22 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, PA 19530
OR
Marianne H. Kline, 717.866.3443
271 StoneRidge, Myerstown, PA 17067
To list your dialect event or make additions or corrections to the 2020 calendar, contact the names above on or before November 1st, 2019.
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JANUARY
04 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
06 New Year Wishing – Mike & Linda Hertzog Cedar Lutheran Church, Allentown - 9:00 a.m.
13 New Year Wishing – Mike & Linda Hertzog Huff’s Union Church - 10:30 a.m.
16 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
18 Grundsau Lodge No. 17; Fersommling No. 38 Mt Aetna Fire Co. - 6:43 p.m.
20 New Year Wishing – Mike & Linda Hertzog St. Peter’s UCC Church, Molltown - 10:15 a.m.
24 Grundsau Lodge No. 4, Fersommling No. 71 Benner Hall, Richland 6:30 p.m.
27 New Year Wishing – Mike & Linda Hertzog Longswamp UCC Church, Mertztown - 10:15 a.m.
28 Grundsau Lodge No. 9, Fersommling No. 65 Dublin Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
30 Grundsau Lodge No. 15, Fersommling No. 54 Kutztown Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
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FEBRUARY
01 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
01 Grundsau Lodge No. l, Fersommling No. 83 Schnecksville Fire Company - 6:30 p.m.
02 Will “Uni” see his shadow? Union Canal, Myerstown - 8:00 a.m.
02 Groundhog Day Celebration, Lodge #16 Wehr’s Dam, Orefield - 7:00 a.m.
03 New Year Wishing – Mike & Linda Hertzog First Reformed Church, Hamburg - 10:15 a.m.
03 Grundsau Lodsch fer Yunge 1:30 p.m. - 3:30p.m. Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg (215) 679-3103
08 Grundsau Lodge No. 11, Fersommling No.62 East Penn Community Center, Ashfield - 6:30 p.m
20 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
22 Grundsau Lodge No. 6, Fersommling No. 69 Polk Twp Fire Co, Kresgeville - 6:00 p.m
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MARCH
01 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
01 Grundsau Lodge No. 16, Fersommling No. 48 Schnecksville Fire Co - 6:30 p.m.
8 Grundsau Lodge No. 18, Fersommling No. 35 Emerald Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
16 PA German Zammelaaf - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Trainer’s Midway Diner, Bethel, PA
20 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
21 Grundsau Lodge No. 14, Fersommling No. 57 East Greenville Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
29 Grundsau Lodge No. 13, Fersommling No. 61 East Greenville Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
30 Children’s Fraktur Workshop, Matthews Public Library, Fredericksburg - Call 717-933-5511.
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APRIL
05 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
05 Grundsau Lodge No. 10, Fersommling No. 64 Polk Twp Fire Co, Kresgeville - 6:00 p.m.
13 Easter on the Farm - PA German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
14 Dialect Service, Zoar Lutheran Church 560 Freeport Rd., Lebanon - 2:30 p.m.
17 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
22 Baerricks Kounty Fersommling, No. 80 Leesport Auction Hall - 5:30 p.m.
23 Upper Perkiomen Ladies #7 Banquet, No. 34 East Greenville Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
25 Grundsau Lodge No. 7, Fersommling No. 68 East Greenville Fire Co. - 6:30 p.m.
26 Unner Mahanoy un Nochberschaft, 75th Fersommling, Wiconisco Fire Co. - 5:00 p.m.
26 Grundsau Lodge No. 8, Fersommling No. 66 East Penn Community Center, Ashfield - 6:30 p.m
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MAY
03 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
10 Grundsau Lodge No. 12, Fersommling No. 60 Mount Aetna Rescue Fire Company - 6:47 p.m.
11 Nicholas Stoltzfus Home Benefit Auction 1700 Tulp. Rd., Wyomissing - 9:00 a.m.
15 PG Dialect and Kultur Society – CountryFare Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
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JUNE
07 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
08 PA German Society Annual Conference Lititz Moravian Church - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
19 PG Dialect and Kultur Society Picnic Williamson Lodge, Womelsdorf - 10:00a.m.
22 Cherry Fair & Early American Craft Show, Farm Historic Schaefferstown - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
29 Kutztown Folk Festival - runs through July 7 Kutztown Fairgrounds - Weekends 10:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m. Weekdays 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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JULY
05 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
14 Hessian Day - History, Genealogy at Valley View Park, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Contact Dan Schwalm (570)648-4095
22-26 Children’s Cultural Camp, PA German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown University
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AUGUST
02 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
09-10 53rd Goschenhoppen Folk Festival Antes Plantation, Frederick
24 Farm Festival - Historic Dreibelbis Farm, Virginville - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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SEPTEMBER
06 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
08 Pennsylvania German Dialect Service Wenger Meetinghouse, Jonestown - 2:30 p.m.
14-15 Fall Harvest Fair - Farm Historic Schaefferstown - Sat 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sun 11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
18 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
28 Heemet Fescht - PA German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown University 10:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
25 Die Grossdaadi Grundsow Lodge, no. 34 Kutztown Grange Hall - 6:30 p.m.
28 Belleman’s Church Dialect Service, Mohrsville, 2:30 p.m. Turkey & Waffle Supper - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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OCTOBER
04 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
05 West Berks County Fersommling #37 St. Paul’s UCC, Robesonia - 5:00 p.m.
06 GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY
16 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
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NOVEMBER
01 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
03 Dialect Service - Weisenberg Lutheran Church New Tripoli - 2:30 p.m.
10 Oley Valley Fersommling Oley Fair Centre, Oley - 12:30 p.m.
20 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
30 Kerzenlicht Nacht with PA German Singing Meier Haus, Myerstown - 7:00 p.m.
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DECEMBER
01 PA German Christmas, Monroe Valley Chapel 449 Monroe Valley Dr, Jonestown - 2:00 p.m.
01 German Candlelight Christmas Service Huffs Union Church - 7:00 p.m.
06 Pennsylvania German Hour – BCTV Comcast Channel 2 - 10:00 a.m.
07 Christmas on the Farm - PA German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
08 A Pennsylvania German Christmas Wenger Meetinghouse, Jonestown - 2:30 p.m.
18 PG Dialect and Kultur Society - CountryFare, Myerstown - Breakfast 6:30 a.m. - Meeting 8:00 a.m.
Dialect Classes & Conversation Groups
BERKS & LEHIGH
- Community Dialect Classes, PA German, (610) 683-1589 • heritage@kutztown.edu
- Longswamp Dialect Class, Contact Fred Fritsch (610) 682-6729
- Belleman’s Church Dialect Class, Contact John Rausch (610) 488-1400
- Oley Valley Pennsylvania German Club – Friedens UCC, 337 Main St., Oley, PA. Meets bi-monthly (1st & 3rd Mon.) 7:00 p.m. For more details call Jeff Shearer at (610) 921-2896
- PA Dutch Conversation Class, Jordan Lutheran Church, 5103 Snowdrift Road, Orefield, PA 18069, Runs Tues Jan 15 through April 9, Contact Jean & Dave Adam 610-395-4282
- Pennsilfaanish Deitsch Friends Group - St. Peter’s Lutheran, 1933 Hanover Avenue, Allentown (610) 264-2979. Meets monthly (Sept. - May, 3rd Thursday). Picnic in June.
LANCASTER, LEBANON & BEYOND
- Dialect Class - Lancaster Mennonite HS, (717) 393-9745 • www.lmhs.org
- Schaefferstown Dialect Class, Contact Alice Oskam 717-866-5242
- PA German Dialect Conversation Group Matthews Library, Fredericksburg 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Meets monthly (2nd Tuesday, except July). Contact Alice Spayd at (717) 933-5511
- PA German Dialect Conversation Group, Muddy Creek Library, Fairmont Nursing Home, Ephrata, PA. Meets monthly (1st or 2nd Friday) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Contact Keith (Butch) Reigart (717) 318-6420
- Shamokin Dialect Class, Contact N. Daniel Schwalm, (570) 648-4095
Pennsylvania Dutch 101:
Online with Doug Madenford
Co-author of the new dialect textbook Schwetz Mol Deitsch, Doug Madenford offers a series of online lessons in the dialect. Watch them at: www.youtube.com/user/dmadenford/video
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Dialect Newspapers, Columns, & Newsletters
- “Es Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch” – Ephrata Shopping News – weekly by C. Richard Beam
- “Es Neinuhr Schtick” – Schuylkill Haven Call - weekly by Earl Haag
- “Es Neinuhr Schtick” – Pine Grove Herald Press - weekly by Earl Haag
- “Die Schnitzelbunk” – Town & County, Pennsburg – weekly by Carl Arner
- “En Brief vun Da Bauerei” – Citizen’s Standard monthly by Aent Polly
- Historic Schaefferstown Record, Historic Schaefferstown, Inc.
- Goshenhoppen Historical Newsletter Goshenhoppen Historical Society
- Die Botschaft vun die Dolpehock (Trianual)
- Deitsch Dialect un Kultur Society – Marianne Kline, Editor
- En Brief – Pa. Dutch Heritage Group Monthly – Rachael Gromling, Editor
- Journal of the Center for PA German Studies – quarterly, Millersville University
Der Pennsylfaanisch Deitsch Schtunn, featuring the Nei Dolpehock Sanger Chor
Berks Community Television, Channel 2
1st Friday of each month – 10:00 a.m.
Replays – Sat. 9 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.; Tue. 2:00 p.m.
or online: www.bctv.org