Krampus Abend mit Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler - 2019
http://www.dgemuetlichen.com/
Krampus Abend Bauern Theater
Presented by Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler Folk Dance Group
Setting: The setting of our play is a Wirtshaus (a tavern or inn), in Mittenwald - a town amid the Alpine peaks of Bavaria. It is late November of 1896. During this era, Schuhplattler groups and Trachtenvereine began to form in Bavarian and Austrian towns and villages with the purpose of preserving their unique local clothing, customs, dances, and music.
Learn German! Glossary of terms from our show:
Bauerntheater or “Farmer’s Theater” is a style of dramatic performance presenting popular folk characters or themes in German speaking areas. The artistic form shares similarities to Melodrama, although Farmer’s Theater productions are often comedies. The setting of the play is usually located in geographical proximity to the place the play is being performed, and the persons involved in the action are taken from the local rural population. The performers are mostly amateurs, but professional productions are not uncommon.
A Special Note On Our Krampus Masks:
The carved wooden masks that we are featuring for the first time in this year’s production were a special gift from members Hans and Hanna Habereder. The Habereders commissioned the masks to be created by master sculptor Walter Reiser, of Mittenwald, Germany. Reiser carved the “rather friendly” Krampus masks from Swiss Cone Pine and it took him a total of 40 hours of carving and painting to complete the masks. The masks feature natural horns and hair from Billy-goats. The Habereders met with Reiser on their annual trip to Mittenwald, Germany to pick up the masks and shipped them back to the USA for our presentation.
Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler group, in conjunction with The Phoenix Club, are presenting this evening’s play at our own expense in order to share and educate about the Christmastime traditions and stories of our culture. We are pleased to invite the general public to our event free of charge again this year. Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplattler has recently become a 501c3 non-profit organization. Donations to help make sure we can continue this wonderful tradition in the future are greatly appreciated. Die Gemuetlichen Schuhplatter would like to thank The Phoenix Club for graciously providing their facility for our use, and we would like to thank the individual members who provided their time and labor, or purchased and donated items.
Websites:
Die Gemütlichen Schuhplattler
http://www.dgemuetlichen.com/
The Phoenix Club in Anaheim, California
http://www.thephoenixclub.com/