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Dues

Annual dues are:

$25 for associations (organizations that represent several groups of dancers),

$15 for groups (bodies representing several dancers) and

$10 for individual memberships.

The fiscal year is aligned with the calendar year.

Dues are due in January and results in valid membership until the following December.

Mail your check to:

American Federation of German Folk Dance Groups

John Himmelheber, Treasurer

308 Magnolia Dr.

Plainfield, IN 46168

 

Click On Membership Application Page in Left Column

 

 

Benefits of Membership

With your membership you will receive the Federation's newsletter.

This will include information about workshops , upcoming dances and dancing & styling. 

 

Club Membership Lists

Some of the member clubs are listed below:

First sorted by name, and then sorted by state.

 

          This list is a union of the list from 1994 and a partial list from 1997.  Some clubs may be missing, and some clubs may have dropped their membership.  If your club or organization is not listed or the link is broken, please notify our webmaster.

  tcthornton1@sbcglobal.net.

 

NOTE: Updated Membership List is being compiled below, bottom of page.

 

Club Name, City, State

Sorted by State

Club Name, City

Alpentänzer Schuhplattler, Sacramento, CA

 

Alpine Dancers & Singers (New Carollton, Maryland)

 

American Aid Society of German Descendents, Barrington IL

 

Carpathia Club Detroit, Sterling Heights MI

 

Cincinnati Donauschwaben Dancers, Cincinnati, OH

 

Dayton Liederkranz Volkstaenzer, Dayton OH

 

Deutscher Familiernverein Akron, Uniontown OH

 

Deutscher Volkstanz Verband, New Braunfels TX (Regional Assoc)

 

Der Deutsche Volkstanzverein von San Antonio, San Antonio TX

 

Edelweiss Volkstanzgruppe, Westchester, NY

 

Enzian Jugentanz Timmens, Timmens, ONT

 

Die Erste Gottscheer Tanzgruppe, Ridgewood NY

 

"Die Fledermäuschen" Tanzgruppe, Greenwood IN

 

G.T.V. Immergrun, Baltimore, MD

 

German-American Society of Tulsa, Tulsa OK

 

Hartford Saengerbund Dancers, Hartford CT

 

Harugari German Folk Dancers, New Haven CT

 

Indiana German Heritage Society, Inc., Morgantown IN (Regional Assoc)

 

Karavan Dancers, Anchorage AK

 

Milwaukee Donauschwaben, Sussex WI

 

New Braunfels German Folkdancers, New Braunfels TX

 

Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt, Germantown WI

Quest Folk Dancers , McClusky ND

 

Die Rathkamp Deutsche Volkstanzgruppe, Houston, TX

 

Society of the Danube Swabians, Lake Zurich IL

Staunton Edelweiss Club, Staunton VA

 

T.E.V. Edelweiss-Volkstanzgruppe, Denver, CO

 

Troy German Hall Association, Troy NY

 

Verein Deutscher Trachten Tanzkreis MD

 

Verein der Donauschwaben Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

 

Vereinigung der Donauschwaben Cleveland, Olmsted Twp, OH

 

Vereinigung der Donauschwaben Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA

Alaska

Karavan Dancers, Anchorage AK

 

California

Alpentänzer Schuhplattler, Sacramento, CA

Vereinigung der Donauschwaben Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA

 

Colorado

T.E.V. Edelweiss-Volkstanzgruppe, Denver, CO

 

Connecticut

Hartford Saengerbund Dancers, Hartford CT

Harugari German Folk Dancers, New Haven CT

 

Illinois

American Aid Society of German Descendents, Barrington IL

Society of the Danube Swabians, Lake Zurich IL

 

Indiana

"Die Fledermäuschen" Tanzgruppe, Greenwood IN

Indiana German Heritage Society, Inc., Morgantown IN (Regional Assoc.)

 

Maryland

Alpine Dancers & Singers (New Carollton, Maryland)

G.T.V. Immergrun, Baltimore, MD

Verein Deutscher Trachten Tanzkreis MD

 

Michigan

Carpathia Club Detroit, Detroit MI

 

New York

Edelweiss Volkstanzgruppe, Westchester, NY

Die Erste Gottscheer Tanzgruppe, Ridgewood NY

Troy German Hall Association, Troy NY

 

North Dakota

Quest Folk Dancers , McClusky ND

 

Ohio

Verein der Donauschwaben Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Dayton Liederkranz Volkstaenzer, Dayton OH

Vereinigung der Donauschwaben Cleveland, Olmsted Twp, OH

Deutscher Familiernverein Akron, Uniontown OH

 

Oklahoma

German-American Society of Tulsa, Tulsa OK

 

Texas

Der Deutscher Volkstanzverein von San Antonio, San Antonio TX

Deutscher Volkstanz Verband, New Braunfels TX (Regional Assoc)

Die Rathkamp Deutsche Volkstanzgruppe, Houston, TX

 

Virginia

Staunton Edelweiss Club, Staunton VA

 

Wisconsin

Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt, Germantown WI

Milwaukee Donauschwaben, Milwaukee WI

 

          Counting individuals, groups, and associations we have 17 states represented from New York to California.  There are six members in Colorado, Indiana , and Washington.  Wisconsin has 5.  New York, Pennsylvania and Texas are represented by 4 and Connecticut, Oklahoma, and Virginia have 3 each.  The others have one or two at this time.

# Members per State

Names of States

# of States

six members Colorado, Indiana, and Washington 3
five members Wisconsin 1
four members New York, Pennsylvania and Texas 3
three members Connecticut, Oklahoma, and Virginia 3
two members California and Ohio 2
one member Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Idaho, and Oregon 5

 

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION AS OF: JULY 2011
TYPE NAME
Associations

Indiana German Heritage Society

Northwest Folkdancers, Inc.

T.E.V. Edelweiss Verein

Groups

Alleweil Jung German Folk Dancers

Alpentanzer Schuhplatter of Sacramento

Blue Mountain Deutsche Tanzer

Dayton Liederkranz Volkstanzer

Die Fledermauschen Tanzgruppe

Föhrer & Amrumer Tanzgruppe

German American Society of Tulsa

Hartford Sängerbund Dancers

Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt

Individuals

Donald Albright

Anthony Biconish

Doris Blouin

Les Blouin

Norman Boehlke

Georgie Boyce

Richard Brown

Vonnie Brown

Klaus Brunnengraeber

Kathy Bruni

Ginni Bullard

Pete Bullard

Elizabeth Burbach

Maria Class

Kate Ehlke

Ron & Roseanne Gehauf

Doug Hall

Allen Hedeman

Debbie Hedeman

Hedy Herrick

Lorraine Hessler

John & Darleen Himmelheber

Traudie, Holman

Mary Leister

Raymond Libby

Lois Lynch

Lillian Moore

Roger Mowery

Ursula Mueller

Lucille Nelson

Lori Prugel-Decker

Naomi Rogers

Irene Sarnelle

Virginia Scheller

Karin Schwalbe

John Seibold

Odette Sinclair

Elisa Barney Smith

Diana Starrett

Carol Wall

Marlys Waller

Frances Walters

Ivan & Thelma Weisbrod

Walter Wieand

Brooks Wilson

Reuel Zielke

The current list of member clubs above is being updated.

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