1st of August Celebration at the Swiss Farm 2013
More than 30 members gathered at the Swiss Farm to enjoy a wonderful evening celebrating the 1st of August in Swiss style, complete with a traditional bonfire! We enjoyed being among friends and meeting new Swiss in Auckland.
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- Click on photo to see the bonfire in action!
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- 1st of August at the Swiss Farm
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- 1st of August at the Swiss Farm
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- 1st of August at the Swiss Farm
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- 1st of August at the Swiss Farm
Swiss National Day Celebration 27 July 2013
The Auckland Swiss Club put on a wonderful evening to celebrate our National Day at the Danish Club in Penrose. Everything from the food, entertainment, decorations and even the alphorn lessons were a hit.
A huge thank you to the food committee who cooked and prepared an absolutely delicious meal. Thank you to our wonderful president and committee for putting on such a memorable evening!
The evening was full of laughter, singing, dancing, and lots of Swiss pride!
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- Greg and Martin enjoying some mulled wine.
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- Cedric keeping watch over the wine.
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- The raffle prizes.
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- Thank you to Edith for making the beautiful decorations.
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- Thank you to Edith for making the beautiful decorations.
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- Very “Swiss” placemats
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- The program
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- The program
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- Albert starting the night off with the accordion.
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- Thank you to Carmen for all your help.
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- Wow, look at all the salads.
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- The wonderful food committee: Erika, Pia, Melissa, Ernst, Alexandra, Ursula, Fiona.
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Dinner time
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- Nelly & Ursula playing a unique piece.
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Swiss National Day Celebration
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- Our wonderful president Adrian! Thank you for all the hard work, the evening was a great success!
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- Albert and Kurt playing the Clarinet and accordion.
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- Thank you to the great barman.
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- Swiss National Day Celebration.
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- Nelly and Tessa playing the flute and harp.
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- Silly Swiss folks.
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- Ladies choir.
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- Can you name all the canton flags?
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- Can you name all the canton flags?
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- Alphorns
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- Swiss Kiwi Yodelers
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- Swiss National Day Celebration.
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- Congratulations on your win.
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- Congrats to Lukas on your win.
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- Handing out the awards
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- Congrats to Martin on your win.
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- Raffle winner
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- A huge thank you to the wonderful food committee.
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- Thank you to Cedric, our youngest helper of the evening.
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- Emil playing the accordion.
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- Heidi learning to play the alphorn.
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- Heidi learning to play the alphorn.
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- Swiss kiwi.
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- Daniel learning to play the alphorn.
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- Sabine learning to play the alphorn.
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- Alex learning to play the alphorn.
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- Martin learning to play the alphorn.
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- Greg learning to play the alphorn.
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- Christian learning to play the alphorn.
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- Claudia learning to play the alphorn.
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- Erika learning to play the alphorn.
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- Martin learning to read alphorn music.
Fondue Night 6 July 2013
The Annual Fondue Night was a delicious success! About 60 members gathered around caquelons to enjoy a delicious fondue prepared by our new chef group; a big thank you to Lukas and Ernst. After the fondue was a Switzerland & New Zealand trivia challenge. Some of us learned new facts about Switzerland and New Zealand. Do you know who the original “Swiss Miss” was? The trivia challenge was concluded with an exciting paper airplane competition; kids and adults had great fun in creating the planes! Thank you to Martin for being the quiz master. Congratulations to team Thurgau for winning the trivia challenge; they were rewarded with some fabulous Swiss chocolates. Dessert consisted of a delicious fruit salad, crème fraîche and chocolate mousse. Overall the night was a wonderful success full of great food and wonderful Swiss friends.
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- thank you to the bread cutters
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- caquelons are ready
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- Fondue Chefs
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- Annual Fondue Night
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- Martin the quiz master
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- paper airplane competition
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- paper airplane competition
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- Dessert
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- Team Thurgau – the winning team
