Schwaben Club Folkdancers @ So You Think You Can Tanz Oktoberfest Kitchener-Berlin 2018-10-9

Schwaben Club Folkdancers performing at So You Think You Can Tanz during Oktoberfest at the Alpine Club in Kitchener, formerly Berlin, Ontario. Tuesday, Oktober 9, 2018 9:45pm.

Kitchener Schwaben Club
https://kitchenerschwabenclub.com/
Schwaben Club - Official YouTube
   / @schwabenclub9489  

At So You Think You Can Tanz, hosted at the Alpine Club, 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.

Alpine Club
464 Maple Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario
https://alpineclub.ca/
https://gottschee.org/

They also had Erdinger Weissbier available this year which is a traditional style beer from southern Germany, which is made from wheat and retains the flavour and nutrition from the yeast. Weißbier, bratwurst and baked pretzels are typical Oktoberfest fare.

In 2018 it was the 50th Year Celebrating Oktoberfest in Kitchener/Berlin. This is the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany.
Oktoberfest official site
https://www.oktoberfest.ca/

Oktoberfest Celebrations Worldwide - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktober...

Oktoberfest website from Germany
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

Oktoberfest Official Site - Kitchener (formerly Berlin)
This is the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany
https://www.oktoberfest.ca/

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. There is still an interest to restore its original name, since Herbert Kitchener was responsible for some very serious human rights abuses during the Anglo-Boer war against the civilian population. Berlin, Germany having been divided during the Cold War and then re-united has become a symbol of reconciliation and perseverance through difficult times.

Interesting History and Information About the Donauschwabische Volk - Danube Schwabian People

Donauschwaben Landesverband USA and related organizations
http://donauschwaben-usa.org/donausch...

Danube Schwabian History
http://www.dvhh.org/history/

Bund der Verteibenen - Federation of Expellees
https://www.bdv-ni.de/

Expulsion of Germans - academic youtube channel from the US    / expulsionofgermans  

Deutsch-Kanadische Gedachtnis Stiftung - German-Canadian Remembrance Society
https://germanremembrancesociety.word...

Prof. Alfred de Zayas - zur Vertreibung Deutschen (1983)
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