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THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 187-S (Special Edition)
June 6, 2009, (c) 2009 by The Burgenland Bunch
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Our 13th Year, Editor: Johannes Graf and Copy Editor Maureen Tighe-Brown

The Burgenland Bunch Newsletter, founded by Gerry Berghold, (who retired in Summer, 2008, and died in August, 2008), is issued monthly as email and is available online at http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org

Current Status Of The BB:
* Members: 1721 * Surname Entries: 5566 * Query Board Entries: 4130
* Newsletters Archived: 187 * Number of Staff Members: 14


This "special" 1-section newsletter concerns:

1. CORRECTION CONCERNING ATTENDANCE AT THE 92ND COPLAY SÄNGERBUND STIFTUNGFEST

THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER (by Tom Steichen)

This short "Special" BB Newsletter has a single goal: to apologize for and correct false information concerning attendance at the 92nd Stiftungfest of the Coplay Sängerbund (at 5th Street and Schreiber Avenue in Coplay) on Sunday, June 28th.

In "special" Newsletter 186-S, I noted that a majority of the staff members of the Burgenland Bunch would be attending the 92nd Stiftungfest at the Coplay Sängerbund and invited you to join us. I then supplied incorrect information about admission of non-members on the Sängerbund premises and, given the way I spoke about admission, I placed the club in an awkward position. For that I apologize. In fact, the Sängerbund is a private club and guests must be sponsored by a member for the day.

David Scheffy, President of the Sängerbund, asked that I pass along the following message to you. In it, he states the correct way to attend and, indeed, welcomes you to do so. We look forward to seeing you there!

From David Scheffy:

As President of the Sängerbund I would like to thank the Burgenland Bunch, and in particular Burgenland Bunch member Bob Strauch, for making individuals aware of our annual Stiftungfest to be held on June 28, 2009. However, I must make you aware that the Sängerbund does not have the ability to relax the membership rule for this event. We are bound legally to require members to sponsor a guest for a day. Let me state that we look forward to Burgenland Bunch members attending our annual Stiftungsfest and are sure that they can legally attend this event. When arriving they should state that they are a nonmember and that a member has volunteered to sponsor them for this event. The Sängerbund will then take necessary action to provide for these guests to legally attend this event. Again, thank you and your members on behalf of the Coplay Sängerbund for helping to promote our Burgenland Heritage.

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