German heritage will be on display at Trachtenball

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Saxon Culture Group will host its 42nd annual Trachtenball on Nov. 5 at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown.

Performing will be the Deutsche Musik Verein (DMV) and Saxon Dance Group of Cleveland; Alpen Schuhplattler Dance Group, Pittsburgh; The Youngstown Concordia Chorus; and the Youngstown Saxon Culture Group Brass Band and Dance Group. Performers will wear traditional “tracht,” or clothing, that represents their ancestry. The event also will feature a schnitzel dinner, prepared by the Saxon Culture Group of Youngstown. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30.

Tickets are $14 ($7 for children 12 and under). For reservations, call Sara Deutschlander at 330-792-2634 or Erna Weber at 330-856-3842.

Deutscher Musik Verein was founded in 1967 as the Deutsche Musikschule with Stefan Bell as president and Herbert Kusper as director. Hundreds of music students of all ages have received private lessons and played with the organization’s various performing groups over the years, including the 30-piece German brass band that has been known since 1992 as the Deutscher Musik Verein.

The Alpen Schuhplattler began in 1964 when a group of dancers was formed to represent the Bavarian culture at the Pittsburgh Folk Festival. The present roster of dancers consists of several second and even third generation members.