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March 2014 - Issue #87 Published by : Gerald Taron E-mail taronger@windstream.net - Phone : 355-2370

Webpage: tulsa-celle-partnership.com

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Membership Updates: We welcome the following new and returning members:

Tom and Karla Campbell, Mieke Epps, Melissa Fell, Doris Gallagher, Eric Marshall, Mary Jane Mueller.

We thank the following members for renewing their memberships:Peter and Sonia Ahrenkiel, Gabriele Blankenship, Markham Collins, Stanley and Barbara Conrad, Richard Ekdahl, Jess and Jan Heffner, Franklin and Kay Miller, Joel and Linda Nichols, Dale and Christl Parsons, Malcolm Smith, Fred and Jessica Stowell, Harold and Doris Wicks, Bill and Theresa Wilber, Don and Carol Wright

Please send an E-mail to taronger@windstream.net if you would like to have your name removed from our newsletter mailing list, or if you know someone who wants be added to the list. Thank you.

Upcoming Membership EventsKarl May Presentation - Sunday March 16th, 2014 (3PM - GAST Center Weinkeller - corner of 15th street and Terrace drive)

Tom Thorisch, an OSU librarian who has studied Karl May for many years has been invited by the Tulsa-Celle-Partnership to talk about this famous German author on Sunday 3/16/14.

Tom will highlight his very interesting presentation with a few video clips from some of the movies based on Karl May’s books.

Tom introduces Karl May as follows: “Karl May, sometimes called the German Zane Grey, left a huge legacy that touched generations of German readers. Boys roamed the woods as kids, and played out the friendship between Old Shatterhand and the noble Apache chief Winnetou. I will take you on a journey to visit Karl May’s “multi-cultural” characters, villains, real and imagined, his influence on people, his novels, places, adventures and the movies that are always fascinating but never as good as the books.”

Karl May, was a German author   (1842/1912) who lived in Germany, and only visited the USA once in the later part of his life. He wrote many books about Cowboys, Indians, prairies , and

canyons. He also wrote about the Orient, the Middle East, China and South America. In his younger years he was jailed several times for theft and fraud. Later he became a best selling author in Germany, and his books were translated in 40 different languages. Many German came to love the "wild west" because of his books about Winnetou, a brave Indian chief, and Old Shatterhand, a German born frontiersman.

Refreshments will be offered by the Tulsa-Celle-Partnership after the meeting.

Please show your support of our activities by attending this interesting free event.

TCC GlobalFest 2/25/14(submitted By Arnold Bieber)

For several years in a row now the Partnership has participated in this cultural event, highlighting our Sister City in Germany with displays of Celle pictures, books, videos and interesting items collected during multiple exchanges. Thanks to Gabriele Blankenship, Mark Clemons and Arnold Bieber students and visitors are now much better informed about our activities and future plans.

Recent Membership Events

Platt College Dinner 2/27/13

Eleven intrepid gourmets had a great time at this event. The restaurant moved four tables to form one square table, and we were able to all seat at the same table. This arrangement enabled us to converse with each other in a very congenial and informal way. The food presentation was very appetizing, and we all agreed that each dish was cooked and seasoned just right, and was very tasty. 

! ! ! ! ! ExchangesRiverfield School and Celle KAV Gymnasium(submitted by Suzie Bogle)

Suzie Bogle, the parent of a Riverside student, has advised us that “Our Celle visitors (18 students and 2 teachers) will arrive on Sunday, March 9th . We will be taking them to City Hall, the mall, Woolaroc, the Tall Grass Prairie, Utica Square, Andy B's and the Aquarium. They will return to Germany on Sunday, March 16.”

CultureCarnival In Germany (Fashing)(Submitted by Barbara Taron - pictures downloaded from internet)

Karneval is a religious holiday that peaks on RosenMontag (third of March this year) with parades, the most famous of which take place in Köln, Mainz, and Düsseldorf. These festivities occur before lent, a period which traditionally requires Catholics to refrain from indulging in rich food or drink or having parties. Carnival celebrations occur throughout the world in anticipation

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of this religious period. But, there are certain customs associated with the Karnevals in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In western Germany, the Rhenish Karneval begins in November and is famous for its costume balls and parades, with the Cologne Karneval being the largest. The Swabian-Alemannic Karneval in Southerwestern Germany usually starts in January, with its Fastnacht festival usually occurring on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday.

This year, Düsseldorf hosted more than 300 costume balls, parties and Karneval sessions. There was an "Old Ladies' Carnival" on February 27, during which women flocked to the city hall to cut off mens' ties with a scissor. On March 2, there was a "Barrel Race," and on Rose Monday, an estimated one-million people watched a lively Karneval parade in downtown Düsseldorf.

In German towns, preparations by a Karneval committee officially starts on the 11th minute, of the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, and go on for several months, with the peak of festivities typically occurring in late February, and early March.

If you would like to know more about “Fashing”, please go to the links below:

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__W__t__G/01/02__Carnival/__Carnival.html

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/K__Wash/2014/02/28-GAHM-Schuermann.html