Dick reports...

FIESTA WEEK – Last Day!

Winding down the week-long, Caravan-like “Fiesta Week” in Oshawa’s Loreley Club, the last Saturday was amazing. We watched a sample of the many performances that were scheduled all that week, the amount of food and drink that was consumed by the daily visitors.

As rumor had it, it was one of the best ‘Fiesta’ locations in Oshawa, and I believed it when I saw even Ernst Stader, the president of the club, emptying plates into the garbage and flatware into a bin for the dishwasher. Everyone at the club was pitching in to make sure the visitors were satisfied, well entertained and serviced. Of course the club also won a trophy for these extra efforts this year.

Tom Henninger was the Master of Ceremonies and introduced the various dance groups to the visitors and guests.

Senior Show Dance "Let's get Loud"
Junior Funkengarde
Kinder Show Dance: "Rhythm is a dancer"
Senior Duett
Kindertot "Polka"
Junior Show Dance "Man, I feel like a woman"

It all started with the Senior’s Show dance “Let’s get loud” followed by the Junior Funkengarde, the Kinder show dance “Rhythm is a dancer”, a Senior Duett by Elisabeth & Megan, a Kindertot ‘Polka’, and a Junior show dance titled ‘Man I feel like a woman’.

Weiss-Blau Bayern Juniors
Ringing the cow bells
...another plattler
The trouble between boy and girls

Next came the Weiss Blau Bayern Junior – from the Hansa Haus in Brampton – performances that put a definite slant on things “German” – or what the world thinks is typically German with the Lederhosen and the Dirndl dresses.

Senior Funkengarde Dance
Kindertot Show Dance "Zero to Hero"
Junior Dancers "Ice, Ice, Baby"
Kinder Funkengarde

Next in line were the club’s own dancers again, starting with the Senior Funkengarde, followed by a ‘Kindertot’ show dance “Zero to Hero”, the Juniors with a fun dance “Ice Ice Baby”, followed by the Kinder Funkengarde.

Senior Funkengarde "Can Can"

The ‘piece de resistance’ – that everyone had been waiting for - concluded the entertainment of this show; it was the fabled “Can Can” by the Senior Funkengarde, resplendent in their wonderful uniforms, which stole the show. It triggered memories of past glories on the Carnival scene in many of the old-timers present.

Children animated by the performances

The food service worked like an assembly line – of course Oshawa was famous for another recent assembly line – so the wait in the kitchen was quite short. It didn’t matter if you just wanted a sausage or schnitzel on a bun, or a larger meal, the service was fast and fabulous – and the schnitzels were great also!

As always

Dick Altermann