Gesangverein Virginia

The "Gesangverein Virginia" (German for "Singing Association of Virginia") is one of the oldest German clubs in the United States, having been founded as a men’s singing society by German immigrants in Richmond, Virginia, on July 2, 1852. Today it is a men’s social organization, which promotes good German and American relations and knowledge of Germany and other German language countries, German culture and language. Some of its members form the "Männerchor", a men’s chorus, which rehearses weekly and sings primarily German songs at local functions. Today its membership consists of German immigrants, American born men of German descent and men without a drop of German blood, all of whom enjoy the "Gemütlichkeit" of club functions and the singing traditional favorites such as "Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann", "Lilli Marleen", "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen" and many others to live piano and accordion music.

Together with the Deutscher Sportsclub, the Gesangverein works through the Oktoberfest of Richmond, Inc. to put on the annual Richmond Oktoberfest, which draws approximately 5000 party goers each October. In 2006 the Gesangverein began the "Oktoberfest 5 K", a five kilometer walk/run on a circuit of participating pubs in downtown Richmond, which is intended to be an annual warm-up for the Richmond Oktoberfest.

For further information, call Russell Boraas, our President, at (804)-883-6790 or russell.boraas@vadoc.va.gov.


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	Latest News 400 Years of Germans in Jamestown Jun 11, 2008 Our Website is up and runnig Nov 22, 2006 Upcoming Events Deutscher Sport Club Hans Stienen Phone: (804)-862-3236 Hans Stienen email: hans.stienen@web.de Helga Pearson, Press Secretary: (804) 427-5860 Gesangverein Virginia Russell Boraas Phone: (804)-883-6790 Russell Boraas email: russell.boraas@vadoc.virginia.gov	Gesangverein Virginia The "Gesangverein Virginia" (German for "Singing Association of Virginia") is one of the oldest German clubs in the United States, having been founded as a men’s singing society by German immigrants in Richmond, Virginia, on July 2, 1852. Today it is a men’s social organization, which promotes good German and American relations and knowledge of Germany and other German language countries, German culture and language. Some of its members form the "Männerchor", a men’s chorus, which rehearses weekly and sings primarily German songs at local functions. Today its membership consists of German immigrants, American born men of German descent and men without a drop of German blood, all of whom enjoy the "Gemütlichkeit" of club functions and the singing traditional favorites such as "Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann", "Lilli Marleen", "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen" and many others to live piano and accordion music. Together with the Deutscher Sportsclub, the Gesangverein works through the Oktoberfest of Richmond, Inc. to put on the annual Richmond Oktoberfest, which draws approximately 5000 party goers each October. In 2006 the Gesangverein began the "Oktoberfest 5 K", a five kilometer walk/run on a circuit of participating pubs in downtown Richmond, which is intended to be an annual warm-up for the Richmond Oktoberfest. For further information, call Russell Boraas, our President, at (804)-883-6790 or russell.boraas@vadoc.va.gov.
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