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From: Yogi Reppmann <Info at moin-moin.com>
Subject: Conference Event - Press Release

Dear Friends,

Please support, through your publications, the
upcoming Turner Conference schedule for this
November - Workshops in:German-American Contributions to Physical
Education 1852-2002, US-Low German
"Platt" language, Genealogy, Alternative Energies, Baltic Sea
Cooperation,Expanding the Turner Project in the 21st
Century. The kick-off meeting some weeks ago was promising.

Attached, and at the end of this mail, you will find a formatted copy of
our official press release to give you some more
information.  If you are interested in receiving more photos or an
article about Theodor Guelich, co-founder of the first
Turnverein, please contact me.

Thank you for your support,
Yogi Reppmann, President - American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Soc.

150 Years of 'Turnverein' in Davenport, Iowa

Nov. 1-3, 2002 Conference with Workshops in:
German-American Contributions to Physical Education 1852-2002, US-Low
German
"Platt" language, Genealogy, Alternative Energies, Baltic Sea
Cooperation,
Expanding the Turner Project in the 21st Century

The Institute for Low German in America will host a conference
celebrating the German-American contributions to
physical education in the United States for the years 1852-2002 at a
meeting at the Radisson Hotel in Davenport, Iowa,
on Nov. 1-3, 2002.

The main focus of the conference will be the Turner Societies, who were
leaders in the effort to make  physical
education a standard part of public school curricula in the United
States in the late nineteenth century. Besides their
athletic interests the Turners promoted the development of public parks
and playgrounds and supported legislation to
improve conditions for working people. At the height of the Turner
movement in the 1890s there were more than 300
gymnastic societies in 150 cities around the US with over 40,000
members. Turner halls had served as community
centers, providing assembly space for neighborhood groups, music and
theater societies, unions and political groups,
and for new German immigrants to learn American ways but also to speak
German and teach it to their children.

This conference will be of special interest to American and German
historians, genealogists, Platt speakers, and those
who would like to learn more about the fascinating but forgotten
heritage of their German-American forefathers. During
this weekend, German genealogists will be available to US family
researchers to read old German script and find new
resources.

A program of workshops, slide shows, lessons, traditional German cooking
instruction, folk dancing, theatre and music
performances, and singing will provide an enjoyable and educational
experience. Similar gatherings have forged great
bonds linking the Old World with the New, and had their beginning with
the Low German ("Platt") conference of the
American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society in Iowa in 1995.

City Mayor of Davenport, Charles Brooke, expects over 400 participants
from around the country and Germany:
"Besides informative slide show presentations, workshops with visiting
German specialists, Low German/English choir
music, theatre performances, and classes on granny's favorite recipes,
the gathering will also have an Oktoberfest
atmosphere."

In cooperation with: American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society; the
Schuetzen Park Gilde, Davenport; German
American Heritage Center; Society for German American Studies; German
American National Congress; Hausbarn
Project, Manning, IA; German Consul General, Chicago; City of Davenport.

For further information, contact:
Institute for Low German in America, Dr. Joachim Reppmann, Professor of
German
  715 Orchard Pl.   Northfield, MN 55057
  fax: 011-49-461-582458   yogi at moin-moin.com
http://www.moin-moin.com        or

Mayor Charles W. Brooke, City Hall,
  226 West Fourth Street   Davenport, IA 52801
  (563) 326-7711   fax: (563) 328-6726   cwb at ci.davenport.ia.us

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Moin-Moin!
Greetings!

Yogi Reppmann, President
American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Soc.

Flensburg
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Joachim Reppmann
Moltkestraße 6
24937 Flensburg
Germany

Tel.: [01149] (0) 461 - 5700078
      [01149] (0) 173 - 4402194
Fax: [01149] (0) 461 - 5002779

info at moin-moin.com
YogiReppmann at yahoo.com
www.moin-moin.com

Northfield:
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Joachim Reppmann
715 Orchard Place
Northfield, Mn 55057
USA

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