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The Spitzbuam FALL DOWN TOUR! - September Update Greetings all - Herby, Paul, Pete, Frank and Ceasar (and me) are all set for the busy season and looking forward to seeing many of you again.
First some very sad news, Walter Ziemann one of our founding members passed away on August 31, taken too soon.
When we first started the band in 1979 it was Walter on guitar, Herby on drums and me on accordion.
Around 1984, Walter got a job fixing Titan missles (the ones carrying nuclear warheads) which took him out of town (not too many missle silos on Long Island).
He returned to the area about a year later - in the meantime Paul had joined as our guitar player, so Walter rejoined us as our bass player until about 1996, when he moved to
Arizona to work at a Satellite company. He retired about 3 years ago and shortly after was diagnosed with cancer which he fought until succombing last week.
Walter did make a final appearance with the band at last year's Bavarian Festival - joining us for 2 days on guitar along side Paul and Ceasar.
Walter was a kind soul and good friend.
We will miss him and send our condolences to his wife Fran, his 2 children and 2 brothers and their families.
We kicked off the season over the Labor Day weekend at Kolping on Hudson, in Montrose, NY. Its a beautiful location, the weather was perfect and a lot of people
turned out to enjoy the day. We were glad to be back for the event after a hiatus of a couple of years!
Coming up on September 6th and 7th we'll be in Putnam Valley playing the German Clubs Octoberfest for the first time - looking forward a good couple of days
under the big tent!
Herby, Paul and I are in the hood (Ridgewood) Friday 9/12 - at Gottscheer Hall
- followed by the full band heading out east on Sunday 9/13 to Peconic for an afternoon at the Greenport Brewery. The brew all the beer right there, food is good
and nice open field to kick back and relax.
The Steuben Parade kicks off at noon on Saturday 9/20 - Come into the city and support the German American Community - lots of groups from Germany will be participating as well.
The next day on Sunday 9/21 we'll be at our usual spot in the tent at Ompahfest at Plattduetsche Park the following day Sunday 9/21
- a 50 piece brass band from Ramsau, Germany - plus The Foehrer Musik Freunde, The Austrian Boys, Bavarski and Johnny Koenig.
The following weekend 9/27 and 28 we head west to Chester, NJ for their Octoberfest and car show. There's an apple picking farm across the street -
head over there, pick a bushel and then come over to the Octoberfest for a brat and beer.
Event is sponsored by the Lions and proceeds support their charitable activities.
We'll be back in the Hood for our usual performances in October as the NY Spitzbuam Xpress Stammtisch and Manor Octoberfest.
Check out our shedule for full details ..
Hope to see you on the road! Ferdinand
The Spitzbuam FALL DOWN TOUR! - October 8th Update Greetings all - 1st update on the goings on for this season (amazingly I actually had the schedule updated before the season began)
- and Sophia has been pushing out the weekly updates via Facebook and Instagram - which I still haven't really figured out ..
This year we kicked off the season at Gottscheer Hall - where Herby, Paul and I started it all about 45 years ago (its really scary to type that) ...
We're about half way through with great gigs at the Steuben Parade Octoberfest on Summer Stage in Central Park (we're grateful to be back there 2 years in a row)
and Ompahfest at Plattduetsche Park (we've been there for years now).
We were back at Chester again this year - another event we've been at for a long time,
and then this past weekend where we were doing Holy Octoberfests in Glen Cover and Yonkers;
a great Saturday Night at Plattduetsche Parkb, capped off with our 2nd year at the Masonic Park in Tappan.
The "Lite" version of the band is in the middle of our "Residency in the the Hood" at Stammtisch and Manor Octoberfest.
On Saturday October 12th we're back at Plattduetsche Park for our 2nd Octoberfest weekend gig - last Saturday had great weather, great crowd
and to top it off the Mets won against the Phillies - they lost on Sunday - but 1 out of 2 in Philly is not bad - back to Queens!
Check out our schedule for the rest of our performances for the year - we're also back at Harvest Moon Farms in North Salem, NY for 2 days this year 10/26 and 10/27.
Happy Oktoberfesting! Ferdinand
The Spitzbuam FALL DOWN TOUR! - September 19th Update We're coming off a great weekend - last Saturday we were on Summer Stage in Central Park, NYC - at the Octoberfest following the annual Steuben Parade.
Great facility - lots of happy people drinking lots of beer - and the nation Masskrugstemmen competition sponsored by HofBrau Beer.
Melina did her classic "I Love German Boys" plus a brand new song - "I Love Octoberfest". Many thanks to the Parade Octoberfest committee for having us
and to the stage crew who did a tremendous job making us sound very good! That video board with our logo on it was pretty cool too (see facebook!)
The following day, on Sunday - we were at Plattduetsche Park in Franklin SQ, LI for OmpahFest - lots of people, lots of bands (including a bunch from Germany),
lots of brats (and other goodies) and GREAT GREAT weather made for a tremendous event.
This weekend we're off to Chester, NJ at their Annual Oktoberfest and Car Show - we're there both days, Saturday and Sunday, joined by the Edelweiss Passaic
Schuhplatter Dancers. A couple of big tents, a good selection of beer, the Chester Lions cooking the food, Jamie the Pretzel Girl wandering the grounds with massive
pretzels for sale and lots of nifty classic cars - a great way to spend the weekend ... Alstede Farms is right across the street -
so you can start there and do your fall farm stuff - then head over to the Oktoberfest.
Hope to see you there!
The Spitzbuam FALL DOWN TOUR! - Its Here! September 5th Update Here we are are - The kick off of our 2023 FALL Down Tour! Herby, Paul, Pete, Frank and Ceaser are all rested up and ready to rock and Polka. This Year we're keeping things
relatively local - as far West as Reading, PA -- North up to Poughkeepsie, NY -- South down to Clark,NJ -- and as far east as Peconic, NY.
This weekend is one of our longer circuits - starting with the Germania Octoberfest in Poughkeepsie Friday, 9/8,
Going down to Clark, NJ for Bayern Verein Newark's Octoberfest at the Deutsche Club on Saturday 9/9. Both of these events feature covered pavillions and
Schuhplattler Dancing - so you can get your inner Bavarian out. Sunday 9/10 we head out to Peconic,NY to visit our friends at Greenport Brewery.
A tent, Great Beer (brewed in Peconic) and Food, and the Spitzbuam - what more can you want!
Check out our schedule for links and the full list of our appearances. Hope to see you there - Till next update, Prost!! Ferdinand
The Spitzbuam FALL DOWN TOUR! - August Update Well folks we've got a busy Octoberfest season coming - probably the busiest we've ever had ... check out our 2023 schedule (finally updated) ..
Before that we're performing at the German Alps Festival
which is starting up again this year August 19 & 20. Formerly at Hunter Mountain,
its now being held at the Irish Cultural & Sport Centre in East Durham NY just a little north of Hunter. Facility looks great -
they have a couple of large pavilions - and the band lineup is great - mainstay Jimmy Sturr is of course there,
joined by Die Bayrischen Hiatamadln
direct from Bavaria. The Spitzbuam will be sharing the Stage with the ladies on Sunday August 20th - come out and see how the boys do versus the girls!
Rounding out the bands for the weekend are our friends The Adlers
and Mountain Express. Lots more information at link above!
Kicking off the Month of September - starting Friday the 8th in Poughkeepsie NY, then Saturday in Clark NJ, and finally
ending up out east on Long Island at Greenport Harbor Brewery in Peconic NY.
Then on to the Steuben Day Parade weekend - we're on the Oktoberfest Stage in Central Park NYC after the Parade on Saturday the 16th.
On Sunday we move on to OmPahFest in Plattduetsche Park in Franklin Sq NY. OmPahfest features lots of bands including some
of the marching bands from the Parade. Come early as we start at 12Noon in the big tent.
.... more to come - check schedule for full list ...
PREVIOUS POSTINGS Live on German Hit Parade - March 2022 Back in March we had the pleasure of appearing live on the German Hit Parade radio show with Uwe Riggers,
broadcasting on 90.3FM WHPC, Nassau Community College.
Part of the broadcast was preserved in glorious
technicolor!!
For those of you with 2 hours to kill - here's the complete show (audio only)
The Spitzbuam 2022 FALL DOWN TOUR! We've got a busy schedule this fall - starting with 3 days over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia at the Cannstatter Volksfest.
This is our first appearance at the Cannstatter Volksfest, also appearing are the MountainXpress with our friend (and our go to drummer when Herby can't make it) Bill Yob.
Providing the dancing entertainment are our friends from the Almrausch Schuhplattlers.
Be sure to check out the Altweibermuhle (Old Ladies Mill) - the German equivalent of the fountain of youth.
Then we'll be off for a couple of weeks, while trying to drum up some business in Munich ...
At the end of September we continue with a weekend in Chester,NJ for the Octoberfest sponsored by the Lions Club - where we've been performing since 2015.
Edelweiss Passaic, just off of hosting the North American Gaufest weekend in July, will be providing the Schuhplattling entertainment there.
Mostly staying on Long Island in October - including numerous performances at Plattduetsche Park with the Original Enzian Schuhplattlers,
a week of playing under the Moose at Stammtisch, a day up north at Bear Mountain, a day out east at Greenport Brewery, plus assorted other events.
We finish off October with a Friday night at Gottscheer Hall where the band started playing over 40 years ago.
As is traditional, the Fall Down Tour ends with Original Enzians Bauernball - this year its a little more special as it the 100th Bauernball.
Check out our schedule for complete details!
Updates!
Appearing at Manor Octoberfest in Forest Hills for a couple of dates - check our schedule!
