The street car station, the park s only surviving building, has been restored by the Gilde. Schuetzen Park was one of the concert sites of the 1898 Saengerfest. Davenport s lost Playland published by the Gilde. The picnic featured musical performances, an electric light illumination show and much camarderie. Now, the Gilde is bringing back a taste of the Saengerfest to the very site where revelers enjoyed the fun more than a century ago.
Admission is free, and donations are accepted.
She also is the festival s master of ceremonies. Her numbers will include Gruesse an die Heimat, by C. Kromer. The piece was performed at the 1931 Saengerfest Grand Concert, held June 6 at the Grand Theater of Turner Hall. The hall stood at 3rd and Scott Streets in downtown Davenport. While attending the event, check out the restored Schuetzen Park bench at Good Samaritan Center s Heritage Court at Schuetzen Park.