a little brief history

some interessted people like to dance some special folkdances to country -and westernmusic. In a small twon North of Freiburg in Emmendingen a new square dance club offered with an "open house" a beginner-course. So in September 1979 a class will be started and ended in June 1980 with the "graduation"

After some days of dancing in Emmendingen some the new dancers like to dance at her home-town in Freiburg. Most problem was some special things like a cheap dance-hall, a caller and a club.

We found a good dance-hall and in January 1985 the first regular clubdance started in Freiburg at Tuesday from 7.30PM to 10.00PM

Some exehibitions of this new square dancing group help us to became popular. On a meeting we like to found a new club on 30th July 1985. The name of the new club: BREISGAU TWIRLERS FREIBURG

Founder: Angelika und Wolfgang Kunz, Wolfgang und Margarete Strauß, Josef Idworjean, Elvira und Michael Strauß, Rita Zipfel, Bernhard Strauß, Maria Kaufhold, Barbara Strauß.

First elected president: Michael Strauß; Vice-President: Wolfgang Kunz, Treasurer: Josef Idworjean and Secretary Barbara Strauß.

September 1985 the first class with  8 Students. The graduation was on  7th Juni 1986. All Students became members. And 3 of the Students were Americans which live in Freiburg and learned their folkdance in Freiburg.

In September we loosed our dancing-hall but we got a new one but must change the dance-night to Monday

The first big event of this young club was in September 1986 on a big event in Freiburg: the Landesgartenschau

A lot square dancers from our area come to dance the whole day on this fair and the guest-caller Rudi Pohl and Jochen Görke help us to perform a good dance for the dancers

After this special event we found a new dance event and named it "Yellow-Feet" (GAELFIESLER DANZ) dance. This dance is only every second year and still open for student dancers.

  1. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 9. April 1988 in the St. Sebastian-Kolleg in Stegen.
    Caller: Klaus Herrmann and Roland Federle.
     
  2. Gäfiesler Danz on Saturday, 7. April 1990 first time at the Bürgerhaus Seepark in Freiburg-Mooswald.
    Caller: Rusty Russell and Gene Norris aus Florence, Oregon.
     
  3. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 11. April 1992.
    Caller: Joachim Rühenbeck.
     
  4. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 9. April 1994
    Caller: Gerry Kuhn and Andreas Hennicke.
     
  5. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 13. April 1996.
    Caller: Mike Liston and Susanne Obst.
     
  6. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 18. April 1998.
    Caller: Gerry Kuhn and Martin Kull.
     
  7. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 8. April 2000.
    Caller: Arnold Tonhäuser and Rainer.
     
  8. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 13. April 2002
    Caller: Jürgen Hemm and Matthias Knabner.
     
  9. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 3. April 2004
    Caller: Dave Preskitt
     
  10. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 8. April 2006
    Gastcaller: Thorsten Dudziak and Thomas Hoffmann
     
  11. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 5. April 2008
    Gastcaller: Joe Kromer and Jerry Jestin
     
  12. Gälfiesler Danz on Saturday, 10. April 2010 and 25th Anniversary
    Gastcaller: Paddy Boehnke

In 1996 we were the host of the EAASDC / ECTA Winter Jamboree. 26 Caller, Cuers and Instructors share the program for this 3-day-event. Over 800 dancers were in the three halls of the Staudinger-School and dancing from Mainstream thru Advanced; Phase 2 to 6 from Easy to Intermediate.

Dancers were coming from Swiss, Netherlands, Belgique, England and Germany. The longest trail had dancers from Stralsund, Eastern Germany at the Baltic Sea.

honorary members

Phyllis Francis in 1996; first honorary membership

Margarete and Wolfgang Strauss in 2003; founder

 

 

 

 

 

 

erstellt von michael strauß