New Website for Maria Olliges

Those of you that are past listeners of the Stimmung Stunde remember that Maria Olliges was our Talent Coordinator in Germany who arranged all those fabulous interviews with German singing stars. For the past few years she has organized several music concerts and now she has her own webpage, Schlagertreff.

Although they all take place in Germany, you may be interested in the photos she has posted of the stars such as Vincent & Fernando, Marc Pircher and Armin Stoeckl, who was here in Milwaukee in 2008 for a Christmas tour.

Also, if you plan to go to Germany next year in September, check out where her next concert will be playing. You will not be disappointed.

We received the following e-mail from Armin Stockl. Armin was here in Milwaukee (and Chicago) in November 2008 along with Birgit Pless and Max Lechner. They did a fabulous Christmas show and if you are wondering what he is up to, here is an update. In March, he is planning to release a new CD and will be touring with his own Band. Robert Deglau of Continental Showcase has been playing Armin's music and was responsible for bringing this talented young man to Milwaukee. If you are planning to go to Germany, checkout Armin Stockl's website to see his tour dates.

Viel Gefühl und jede Menge Sehnsucht -
das neue Album von ARMIN STÖCKL

"Ich möchte bei dir sein" - so wird sie heißen - die NEUE von Armin Stöckl. Und damit möchte Armin ganz nah seinem Publikum sein mit einer einzigartigen unverwechselbaren und echten Stimme und einer Ausstrahlung mit viel Persönlichkeit, Authentizität und Lebensfreude. Der Schlagerromantiker ist etwas reifer geworden, hat aber nichts von seinem jugendlichen Eifer und Charme verloren. Im Gegenteil! Neben ergreifenden Balladen und Texten mit Sinn und Gefühl, wie "Haus am See", "Überall denk ich an dich" oder "My love can change", lassen sich auch absolut tanzbare Diskoschlager mit den Namen "Du hast Klasse" oder auch die hitverdächtige Albumtitelnummer "Ich möchte bei dir sein" finden. Doch jeder der 14 Titel birgt eine kleine Überraschung in sich...

Und so soll es auch bleiben! Zumindest bis 23.Mai 2009. Ein Termin, den sich alle Fans von Armin Stöckl dick im Kalender anstreichen sollten. Im Kursaal von Bad Griesbach, im berühmten Bäderdreieck, wird Armin Stöckl mit seiner CD "Ich möchte bei dir sein" Premiere feiern. Da ist es sicher ein gutes Omen, dass gerade ZDF-Hitparadenmoderator UWE HÜBNER durch den stimmungsvollen Abend führen wird! Außerdem werden viele musikalische Freunde von Armin Stöckl mit zum Gelingen des musikalischen Feuerwerks beitragen. Live wird Armin mit eigener Band begleitet werden!

"Ich möchte bei dir sein" wird übrigens die neue Single des charismatischen Sängers werden, die Mitte März erscheint. Quasi ein kleiner Vorgeschmack mit großem Hitpotenzial!
Das neue Album versprüht eine herrliche Leichtigkeit und wurde mit sehr viel Fingerspitzengefühl vom neuen Produzententeam produziert. Die Texte, die Musik und der Gesang ergeben ein besonders harmonisches Klangbild.

http://www.armin-stoeckl.de/-> nur noch ein paar Tage bis sich die Homepage im neuen Design präsentiert.....!

Rheinischer Verein - Weiberfastnacht

Date & Time
February 19, 2009 - Time: 5:11 pm

Ticket Info
Ticket Cost: (details forthcoming)
Call: Mark Semrow 262-549-6557 or Larry Domine 414-527-0962 for tickets or any other information you would like about the Rheinischer Verein.

Description
The Weiberfastnacht presented by the Rheinischer Verein annually is a favorite in Milwaukee. This is a Ladies only event, but that is, if you are DRESSED like a woman. It is a lot of fun and you may not recognize some of your best friends at this event.

Music: Johnny Hoffman and His Herzbuben Band

For more info, go to the Karnevals Gesellschaft Rheinischer Verein Gruen-Weiss website. http://www.mardigrasmilwaukee.com/

Location
Bavarian Inn (Map)
700 W. Lexington Blvd., Glendale, WI

German Fest News

I just got an e-mail from Manfred Schuster of the Widderstein Buaba. They were at the 2007 German Fest in Milwaukee and teamed up with the OBERALLGÄU MUSIKANTEN, who sent a nice Christmas greeting this year. Those of you who saw this band remember that they were quite lively and had a lot of fun on stage. If you go to either one of their websites (links provided above), you will see a large collection of pictures of their 2007 performance in Milwaukee at German Fest. Maybe you are even in one of those pictures. I am sure they will have a lot of new music for all of you to enjoy. If you check the website, http://www.germanfest.com/, you will see that the Entertainment page has the same info as I have listed below.


As I receive more entertainment news, I will post it on my EVENTS page. I will keep a running list and links to the 2009 German Fest entertainment. But keep an eye on their website, they might be posting it too.

Their motto says it all: „Good music and much fun.“

It’s a combination that has made Widderstein-Buaba an audience
favorite at Oktoberfests in Canada, Philadelphia, Munich and Florida
as well as events throughout their homeland of Austria.

Now the band brings a unique brand of traditional folk, - dance and
Oktoberfest music to Milwaukee during their second appearance .

6 fun loving musicians look forward to your visit and a super party!!

Freddy Breck dies of cancer at 66

My friend, Maria Olliges, just sent me an e-mail with a link to this story on Smago. If you cannot read German, it reports the death of singer, Freddy Breck, at the age of 66. He died of cancer on December 17.

http://www.smago.de/freddy-breck-der-saenger-und-entertainer-freddy-breck-ist-tot,,,,41837.html

Freddy Breck had an appearance in Milwaukee at the Red Carpet Inn in 1986 (see picture on right) and was most famous for his hit Rote Rosen. I remember the show he put on and he was a fabulous entertainer. He was not only a great singer, but quite a talented comedian and had all the people laughing with his dialect impersonnations. He will be missed in the Volksmusik world.

I received an e-mail also from Ted Hierl, who has been the top German Radio host broadcasting from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for many years. Ted knew Freddy Breck personally and received a call from Freddy's wife, Astrid. Freddy Breck starred at the Heritagefest in New Jersey many times and Ted with his wife, Hilde, have many fond memories of their time with him.

If you would like to see a clip of Freddy Breck performing his biggest hit, Rote Rosen, click on the link below on YouTube.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMkd-uCaKqg

Alpentrio Tirol appear in California on New Year's Eve

I just received the following newletter from the Alpentrio Tirol. Please note that they will be appearing in the states for New Year's Eve at the Alpine Village in Torrance, California

Alpentrio Tirol News Dezember 2008

"Weihnacht in den Bergen" und "Das Abendgebet der Berge" in AUSVERKAUFTE KIRCHEN!

Die gewaltige Rückmeldung der Fans und der Presse über diese außergewöhnlichen und besinnlichen Kirchenkonzerte bestätigen das Alpentrio erneut.
Besonders sind die Konzerte in Korbach und Osterode zu erwähnen!

Vielen Dank an alle Fans, die diese Kirchenkonzerte besuchen.
Ohne euch wären solche Erfolge nicht möglich!



TV-SENDUNGEN

Das Alpentrio wird zu Weihnachten 3mal im Fernsehen zu sehen sein:

21.12.2008 20:00 MDR "Herbert Roth Gala" aus Suhl

23.12.2008 19:00 BR "Melodien der Berge" Zillertaler Weihnacht

26.12.2008 09:00 MDR Morgenstund mit Alpentrio Tirol

Silvester in L.A.

Das Alpentrio Tirol wird Silvester in Los Angeles auftreten!

Bei der New Year´s Eve Performance im Alpine Village werden bekannte Klänge zum Jahreswechsel gespielt.
Natürlich würde sich das Alpentrio freuen einen Fan aus Europa in Amerika zu treffen.


Frohe besinnliche Weihnachten

Frohe besinnliche Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr wünscht das Alpentrio allen Fans und Geschäftspartnern.

Vielen Dank für die großartige Unterstützung das ganze Jahr über!



Kontakt

Alpentrio Tirol – Büro Martina Astenwald
Management Alpentrio Tirol
Fürstenweg 191 · A-6020 Innsbruck
Telefon +43-512-294737 · Fax DW 4
Mobil Büroleitung +43-664-2004141

www.alpentrio.com
info@alpentrio.com

Back from Hawaii

Although I have been back from Ted Hierl's cruise to Hawaii aboard the Golden Princess for a few weeks, I finally got my pictures organized. At the bottom of this posting, I have a short slideshow with a sampling of what we saw & did on the cruise. But to see all the pictures and you will go to the Hawaii Cruise page. There are 3 slideshows and instructions of how to download pictures to your computer for free.

Reiner Kirsten put on some great shows. This Schwarzwald native warmed up the audience with some old favorites and introduced them to his new hits. Reiner mingled with the people on the cruise even when he was not performing and soon when you heard him say "Hallo Freunde" there was someone else saying "Hallo Reiner".

The Elstertaler, led by Wolfgang Semmler, again provided 2 show nights of dance music. However one of the highlights was when Semmi sang to his lovely wife, Ilona. He changed the words to the song to address their 12 years together and this year they were married. The Elstertaler really had the place jumping and you can see why Ted Hierl invites them back each year. Andre is a very talented singer and knows what the crowd wants to hear. They also brought with them some of the new hits in Germany and had everyone up on their feet. One morning, Tomas, on the keyboard, joined us for breakfast with this family. Tomas also plays in the new band that accompanies Stefan Mross and it was very interesting getting some inside stories from him.

We were lucky to have a great table of 6 other people to sit with at dinner time. Our table was very mixed with each couple coming from a different state: California, Minnesota, Rhode Island and, of course, Wisconsin. It was fun to hear what everyone had done throughout the day and some of them had some interesting adventures mixing with the locals. There was a table of people from Milwaukee and it was nice to see familiar faces on the cruise as well.

Ted Hierl and his lovely wife, Hilde, deserve a great big thank you for spending countless hours putting together this cruise. There were over 360 people in our group and 88 of them came from Germany. Hilde did all the coordinating and translating that was needed to make things go smoothly. Ted announced that next year's cruise will be going to the Southern Caribbean with the Original Naabtal Duo as the star guests. I have created a new Cruise page with all the details and you can get there by pressing this button . If you want to see the Naabtal Duo in action there are a bunch of links to YouTube so you can get familiar with their music. I will be putting a direct link along the left sidebar of the webpage soon, so if you are thinking of going next year call & reserve your cabin before they are filled up. Please note that if you click on Ted & Hilde's picture you will go to Ted's Webpage where you can listen to his 2 hours Sunday Radio show all week.

Semino Rossi receives 12 Gold Records

Yesterday, September 20, we were watching the Musikanten Stadl. It took place in Munich at the Olympiastadium. Also, it was taking place opposite the opening day of Oktoberfest in Munich.

It was a great show, but one of the highlights was when Andy Borg presented 12 Gold records to Semino Rossi. He also premiered his new CD pictured on the right. Take a look at the video cut I have below of the surprise presentation of 12 gold records and then Semino Rossi sings "Rot sind die Rosen" that is on his new CD.

Semino Rossi was one of the interviews we had on the Stimmung Stunde back on June 11, 2005. If you would like to hear that interview, just click here or look along the left sidebar and you can click a player button directly.

Saturday at German Fest

Saturday at German Fest is always party night and everywhere you looked the party was going strong. In the morning, Edith Prock, was on our local TV and you can see some of those pictures along with others taken if you click HERE. The link will take you to webshots into the Saturday German Fest album. This year there was a live Tarzen in the culture tent representing the famous German-American, Johnny Weissmueller, and there are pictures that you can see if you click HERE.

It was also parade day. There were many, many local German groups participating in the parade and even some of the German stars were invited to be in the parade. The weather was absolutely perfect and we alll had a great "party" yesterday.

German Fests of the past

If you have never gone to German Fest in Milwaukee, here's a little sample of what you can find there. Come on down!

Alpentrio Tirol - "Das Abendgebet der Berge"

Just got this e-mail from the Alpentrio Tirol.

Neues Album und Tournee:

„Das Abendgebet der Berge“ -
SAKRALE UND WEIHNACHTSLIEDER

Im September 2008 werden die neue CD "Das Abendgebet der Berge" - eine Mischung aus sakral-besinnlichen und weihnachtlichen Liedern - sowie die gleichnamige DVD erscheinen.

Sie wollen bereits jetzt in die neue CD reinhören? Dann klicken Sie HIER !

Zeitgleich startet das Alpentrio Tirol die Tournee "Das Abendgebet der Berge", eine neue Konzertreihe in Kirchen mit besinnlichen Liedern aus den Bergen und sakraler Musik.

Die erfolgreiche Kirchentournee "Weihnacht in den Bergen“ wird auch heuer fortgesetzt und beginnt Ende November 2008!

Alle Termine und Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Homepage www.alpentrio.com!
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Neue Single:

"Auch noch mit 100 Jahren"
Die nächste Single-Auskoppelung aus dem aktuellen Album "Tränen sind Perlen" erscheint im August 08!
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TV-SENDUNGEN
Die nächsten Fernsehauftritte:

22.07. 17:40, ORF 2, „Sommerzeit“ Ein Plausch mit Georg Astenwald.
27.07. 10:00, ARD, "Immer wieder Sonntag"

29.08. 20:15, SWR, „Fröhlicher Alltag“
29.08. 20:15, MDR, „Der Kahn der guten Laune“

Sail with Reiner Kirsten to Hawaii

Those of you who just cannot decide whether or not you want to go on the Ted Hierl Hawaii cruise that will be featuring Reiner Kirsten as the entertainment, better get going. Click HERE to get all the info about this fabulous cruise in October.

If you want to see a clip of this Schwarzwald boy, click on the video below.

Oliver Thomas News

I just got this e-mail from famous German Singer, Oliver Thomas. He has a new hit and wants everyone to know how they can get it. This e-mail has a lot of great links and info, however, it is all in German.


Aktuelles von Oliver Thomas .15.05.2008

DIE AKTUELLE SINGLE

....geht ab wie eine Rakete!

VÖ: 10.03.2008 (Promo-Single) Genre: Schlager Koch Universal Music
SI-CD - Art.-Nr.: P00455 M: Jean Frankfurter, T: Bernd Meinunger, V: montana, LC 11936

Der Countdown läuft, die Rakete ist gezündet…
„Du gehst ab wie eine Rakete“ - vorm Radio, auf der Tanzfläche, beim Konzert, bei der Party, vorm Fernseher, im Auto, ja sogar im Büro…!
Die neue Single hat es in sich, der Titel „Du gehst ab wie eine Rakete“ macht vor nichts halt und verbreitet überall schlagartig Raketenstimmung und gute Laune! Bei den Live-Auftritten in Konzerthallen und sogar in Tanzpalästen ist der Titel jetzt schon die Nummer 1 beim Publikum und beweist Hitqualität.
Oliver Thomas hat den Zünder für jede Party…

Jetzt die neue Single bestellen bei: http://www.musicload.de/

Hol dir jetzt den neuen TanzMix für deine Party! Raketenstimmung garantiert!


Der neue OT-Promotionbereich

Unser neuer Service, nur für DJs sowie Radio- und TV-Redakteure! Hörbeispiele, Cover und exklusive Titel-Downloads: http://www.promo.oliver-thomas.de/

Bitte Passwort anfordern unter promotion@oliver-thomas.de (Name, Sender usw. angeben)

TV-Termine
22.06.2008 NDR 17:00 Uhr Bingo
06.07.2008 ZDF 11:00 Uhr ZDF Fernsehgarten
03.08.2008 ARD 10:00 Uhr Immer wieder Sonntags
06.08.2008 SF1 20:05 Uhr Open Air Flumserberg
In Vorbereitung: Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

(weitere TV-Termine in Planung! Änderungen vorbehalten. Alle Angaben ohne Gewähr)

Short-News

- “Rakete” auf Platz 32 in den nationalen DJ-Charts www.bvd-ev.de (BVD bemustert)
- Oliver Thomas und seine “Rakete” bei Smago.de www.smago.de
- Schlager der Woche bei Hithaus hithaus.dcrs-online.com
- Die “Rakete” gehört inzwischen zu den www.mallorca-megahits.de (auf Platz 9)
- Seit Wochen Platz 1 der Charts auf www.mallorcakoenig.de
- Die Fangemeinde wächst stetig, z.B. auf www.myspace.com/oliverthomasmusik
- Immer aktuell informiert mit dem Oliver Thomas Newsletter www.oliver-thomas.de

Weitere Infos auf der offiziellen Homepage:

http://www.oliver-thomas.de/

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Oliver in Blankenberge Belgium

Thanks to Chantal for this great picture of Oliver Thomas. She printed out the picture I had with Oliver when we saw him in 2005 on the Bodensee. She had Oliver autograph this picture (if you zoom in you can see the signature) and took this picture of him. If you would like to see the video she took of Oliver when Chantal was at his concert in Blankenberge, just click HERE.

Wow, talk about the world is always getting smaller. This is sure a great example of it.

If you would like to hear the interview Oliver Thomas did on the Stimmung Stunde back in 2004, click on these links: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.