Concordia Club Enzian Schuhplattler Verein @ So You Think You Can Tanz, Kitchener-Berlin 2022-10-12

Concordia Enzian Schuhplattler Verein German-Canadian Dance Group performing at So You Think You Can Tanz at the Alpine Club in Kitchener, formerly Berlin, Ontario. In 2016 they won the folk dance competition, which is one of the great events of the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Kitchener/Berlin, Ontario.
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Concordia Club - established/seit 1873
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Gauverband Nordamerika Inc.
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At So You Think You Can Tanz, a number of mostly local German clubs present their folk dance groups, which have a variety of costumes and styles from various regions of Europe. This is the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany.
Alpine Club
464 Maple Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario
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Oktoberfest Kitchener official site www.oktoberfes...
Oktoberfest website from Germany www.oktoberfes...
The settlement around Kitchener was founded by German Mennonite pioneers from Pennsylvania in 1803. The city was called Berlin up to WW1, when it was renamed due to prejudices at the time. Because Herbert Kitchener was responsible for the human rights abuses against civilians during the Anglo-Boer War, it is politically correct to re-name the city back to Berlin, which has become a symbol of peace and reconciliation, after having been divided during the Cold War between east and west.
There was a time when Toronto and the province of Ontario had German-speaking majorities. In the USA people who consider themselves to have German ancestry are the largest ethnic group.
Deutsch-Kanadische Gedachtnis Stiftung - German-Canadian Remembrance Society
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