Excerpts from Hans Kopp’s July 14, 2009 report on the concert:

A respectable crowd of native Germans, neighboring cultural garden members, and people touring the garden on foot or on bike. who took time out to enjoy this concert presented by Cleveland’s: “Deutscher Musikverein”.

The concert, under the direction of Rosie Wittine, was well received. It featured music from Vienna to the Rhineland and the North Sea. The selection ended with the rousing Radetsky March of Johan Strauss, Sr.

Christine Rappel, the president of the Musikverein, was thrilled that the band was given the opportunity to perform in the German Cultural Garden. She wants Musikverein to perform again in 2010 with an even larger band by augmenting Musikverein with additional musicians instrumentation from other local German bands.

To increase the attendance of those who would enjoy it, it will be publicized to a broader audience by using, for examples, flyers distributed at Judson sites and the German Altenheim.

A walking tour of the Czech and Slovak Gardens, sponsored by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, will take place on Sunday, August 9 at 4 PM.  All are invited.  Learn about the Gardens’ history and prominent features and figures represented in the gardens. Meet on East Boulevard at the Italian Garden. The tour will conclude at 6 PM with the Italian Garden opera performance by Opera per Tutti. For further information, email slovakgarden@tccgf.org or call (216) 916-7755 to leave a message for the Slovak Garden contacts.

Join in the Slovak Garden monthly work parties.  Remaining dates this year are August 1, August 29, September 19 and October 10.  The group meets at 9:30 AM.  Bring your garden gloves and come ready to dig in!  For further information, email  slovakgarden@tccgf.org or call (216) 916-7755 to leave a message for the Slovak Garden delegates.