page_title: Delaware Sängerbund
section_title: Annual events
hierarchical_section_title: Delaware Sängerbund / Annual events
caption_attribution_description: English: Scene during the 2008 Oktoberfest of the Delaware Saengerbund, Delaware, USA Deutsch: Szene waehrend des 2008 Oktoberfests des Delaware Saengerbunds, Delaware, USA
context_page_description: The Delaware Sängerbund is a German-American club located near Newark, Delaware.
  The club has close to 1000 members who meet at the club house in Ogletown, Delaware. Besides an active chorus, the club sponsors a Bavarian folk dancing group, a Ladies' Auxiliary in charge of food preparation, youth soccer teams, a teenage group, a genealogy group, and German language classes for both adults and children.
context_section_description: The Delaware Sängerbund shares its German heritage and traditions with the public at two annual events: The "Oktoberfest" held on the third weekend in September and the "Christkindlmarkt" (Christmas Festival and Bazaar) held on the second Saturday in November.
  The Delaware Sängerbund Oktoberfest is named after the widely known festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria. There, the first Oktoberfest was celebrated as a wedding festival of the Bavarian crown prince Ludwig on October 12, 1810. In later years, the festival commemorating the wedding grew larger and longer, first in the city, then countrywide. To ensure milder weather for all the outdoor activities, the beginning of the sixteen-day-long celebrations was moved into September, only the last weekend falling into October. The name "Oktoberfest" remained with the fair.
  Each year on the third weekend in September, the Delaware Sängerbund recreates the atmosphere of the Oktoberfest for the people of Delaware and the surrounding states. More than 15,000 visitors come to the large tent erected on the club grounds to enjoy dancing to German brass bands, sample homemade potato salad and sauerkraut, and watch performances of "Schuhplattler" dances by the Enzian Volkstanzgruppe. Unlimited amusement rides for children are included in the entrance fee.
  The custom of bringing whole villages and towns together for a festival is much older than the Oktoberfest associated with Munich. Throughout Germany, people celebrate a "Volksfest" (literally: people festival) to commemorate the founding of a town, a church dedication or an historic event.
caption: Under the big tent at the 2008 Oktoberfest
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