Debbie, I messed up the date; this was in the paper Monday. The events commemorate the 1710 Palatine arrival. I'm not local so I don't know what other info is available as yet. Sounds a bit sketchy. ----- Original Message ---- From: Debra Winchell <DLDove22@verizon.net> To: nycolumb@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 12:21:22 AM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown I take it this took place last year? Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:06 AM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Palatine Events in Germantown > Kingston Freeman, Feb 25: > > GERMANTOWN — The town will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the arrival > of settlers from the Palatine region of southwest Germany over the first > two weekends of October. > > The 300th Anniversary Committee is co-chaired by Nadine Rumke, a Palatine > descendant, and Jeremy Smith, a Germantown Town Board member. The > committee is enlisting the talents, skills and enthusiasm of Germantown > residents to create what is expected to be the largest event the town has > ever held. Noted historians and world-class genealogists have been invited > to town to participate. > > Events will include Palatine history seminars, discussion groups, an > ecumenical church service, and the debut of a new concert work by composer > and conductor Harold Farberman, who makes his home in Germantown. Many > other professional and amateur musicians from the town will also perform, > including the Germantown Choir, led by Donna Diehl, singing early 18th > century music. > > A sculpture, the Germantown Analemma, an astrological sundial, is being > created by local artists and Palatine descendants Dea Archbold and Kurt > Holsapple. > > The first weekend of the event will focus on town history and genealogy. > Germantown’s senior citizens are sharing their memories and the stories > they heard from their parents, to create an oral history of the town. > History and genealogy experts are coming from around the country to > discuss their Palatine findings. Doris Wheeler, a local Palatine > descendant who specializes in tracing family roots through DNA testing, > will also participate. > > Germantown Central School District students will present an original play > about the Palatines and an ecumenical service will be held at the historic > Christ Lutheran Church, home of a 1755 Nuremberg Bible used by the > Palatines. > > The second weekend of the celebration will bring back the Germantown > Oktoberfest, renamed the Palatine Oktoberfest. It will start with a wagon > parade through town, followed by food, fun and festivities at Palatine > Park. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message