Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt

PTF’s 2024 Oktoberfest lineup! 🍁🍂⤵️

Join our dancers (adult and youth this year!) for fall fun at our three upcoming Oktoberfest performances:

1️⃣ Germantown Hunsrucker Oktoberfest
🗓️ September 28th & 29th
📍 Dheinsville Historic Park

2️⃣ Cedarburg Oktoberfest
🗓️ October 5th
📍 Downtown Cedarburg

3️⃣ Foxtoberfest
🗓️ October 12th
📍 The Annex at Foxtown

Admission for all three festivals is free!

Gearing up for an exciting weekend of dance for all of our groups!

PTF returns to West Bend GERMANfest this Saturday!

Join us at Regner Park as we open the festival with a performance from 10-11 AM.

NEW THIS YEAR — our youth dancers from both Lütten and Backfische will be leading off our show, with Späldeel and Jugend/Erwachsenen to follow!

NO PRACTICE TONIGHT❗️

From Freistadt 4th of July to Milwaukee German Fest, it’s been a busy month for all of us at PTF.

We’d like to thank everyone who has volunteered their time over the past month to make these events a success! Your support of our organization and Milwaukee’s German-American community as a whole do not go unnoticed.

There will be NO practice for any of our groups tonight. Please rest up and enjoy this short break! We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday, August 6th for our next quarterly membership meeting.

It’s the last day of German Fest!

Join us for a youth dance showcase at 12:15 on the Briggs & Stratton Stage that will feature both our Lütten and Backfische groups, and end your day in the Musikgarten with a final performance from Späldeel at 4:00!

Three of our newest dancers had their first show yesterday, while another had her second, and still another had her first show earlier this month!

Congratulations to Sarah, Karina, Elicia, Jesse, and Eva!

You can see PTF perform at German Fest again today:
Späldeel plays at noon in the Musikgarten, four PTF members will model in the Trachtenschau at 2:00 on the Generac Power Stage, all members will walk in the parade across the festival grounds at 4:00, and Jugend/Erwachsenen will end our day with a dance performance at 7:00 on the Miller Lite Oasis Stage.

Our Jugend/Erwachsenen dancers kick off PTF’s German Fest performances today at 6:15 on the Briggs & Stratton Stage, while Späldeel rounds out the night in the Musikgarten at 8:00!

Join us at German Fest - A Milwaukee Tradition this weekend! 🇩🇪🥨🎉

All of our groups have performances throughout the event. Here’s where to find us —

Jugend/Erwachsenen:
6:15 FRI @ Briggs & Stratton Stage
7:00 SAT @ Miller Lite Oasis Stage

Lütten/Backfische:
12:15 SUN @ Briggs & Stratton Stage

Späldeel:
8:00 FRI @ Musikgarten
12:00 SAT @ Musikgarten
4:00 SUN @ Musikgarten

Parade:
4:00 SAT

Trachtenschau:
2:00 SAT @ Generac Power Stage

We would love to see you there!

Everything you need to know about joining PTF! ⤵️

We always welcome inquiries for new membership and invite you to send us a message if you are interested in joining our group!

We will find a date for you to attend one of our practices at no cost, where you can meet our directors and get an idea for what being a member looks like before you commit to joining.

These are some of the membership roles at PTF ⤵️

Dancer 💃🏼🕺🏻
Practice and perform traditional Pomeranian folk dances! We have three dance groups that accommodate a variety of ages: Lütten is for dancers ages 5-8, Backfische is for dancers ages 9-13, and Jugend/Erwachsenen is for dancers 14+. All groups practice once per week on Tuesday evenings.

Musician 🪗
Practice and perform traditional Pomeranian folk songs alongside our dancers! Our musicians, known as the Pommersche Späldeel Freistadt, provide live accompaniment for our dancers and attend all dance practices. Our musicians have included accordionists, guitarists, bassists, violinists, flutists, clarinetists, and more, but let us know what instrument you play and we can see if we have music for you!

🧵 Sewist
Create, oversee, and repair traditional Pomeranian tracht (clothing)! Our team of sewists creates the majority of our group’s tracht in-house, which is worn by all dancers and musicians. New members will need custom-fitted tracht made before they can perform, while existing members may need alterations or repairs.

🎙️ Sound Technician & Stage Crew
These lower-commitment roles are needed to assist at shows only. Sound technicians help with the setup, takedown, and live monitoring of our acoustics at performances, while stage crew members arrive before and after events to help setup and takedown our stage.

Send us a message or leave a comment below with questions about membership at PTF — and, if you haven’t already, stop by one of our upcoming performances to see what we’re all about!

It’s Christmas in July! 🎄✨

Join us for tree decorating and a dance performance (of which the former is a part of) tomorrow at Trinity-Freistadt's 4th of July celebration!

➡️ Lütten and Backfische dance around 11:15

➡️ All performers march in the parade at 1:00

➡️ Jugend/Erwachsenen dance around 2:30

Parking will be limited, so arrive early for a better chance at finding a closer spot. There is a small cash fee for those parking in the Trinity lot.

Thanks to Megan Hinck for capturing these photos of Frühlingstanz at Pommerntag on Sunday!

Join us for "Pomeranian Day" this Sunday in Mequon!

Watch performances from our dancers and musicians, taste-test traditional food and drinks, research your genealogy, hear the Pomeranian national anthem, and see informative cultural exhibits.

Admission is free!

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to support the Freistadt community at Old Germantown!

This one’s for our friends in the Twin Cities!

Join us at Deutsche Tage in Saint Paul this weekend! We have five shows that start at 3:00, 4:15, and 5:45 on Saturday and 2:15 and 3:45 on Sunday.

Admission is free, and food and drinks are available for purchase.

We’d love to see you there!

Join us, The Freistadt Alte Kameraden, and the Pommerscher Verein Freistadt for a fundraising event at Old Germantown on June 13th! Food, beverages, and raffle tickets will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Funds raised will support the Trinity-Freistadt Historical Site’s rebuilding efforts after a fire damaged one of their structures last year.

♫🍺𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙩 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚 𝙆𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙙 ♫ ♥
♫🍺𝙋𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥ä𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙩 ♫ ♥

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐭, 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧!!!

Also, home of the Trinity-Freistadt Historical Site. Their site boasts that it contains 11 buildings open for tours. It used to say 12 buildings. You see, last year they lost a building to a fire, and they could use some help with restorations. There will be a benefit event at Old Germantown (link to event in comments below). Enjoy freshly brewed beer, homemade sausage, and pizza while supporting the restoration of the Historic Site after the August 2023 fire. Old Germantown will donate 10% of all sales toward the restoration efforts.

Our fans know about our “Gloria Dollars” The dollars you place in our socks that go to so many good things. We used those dollars to help restore the electrical power that was needed after the fire. Gloria dollars collected on this night will also go to the barn-raising fund.

Pommersche Späldeel Freistadt and the Freistadt Alte Kameranden will be providing entertainment in a casual setting.

We’ll see you at Mai Fest Germantown this afternoon!

You won't want to miss our amazing Sunday line-up. Edelweiss Band MKE performing Noon-4 pm, Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt Dancers at 4:30 pm, and Kenny Brandt closing out our 2024 MaiFest celebration! www.maifestgermantown.org

We are so excited to return to Deutsche Tage next month!

This fun festival in St. Paul, Minnesota is a great opportunity for us to share Pomeranian dance and music beyond our local area.

If you are based in the Twin Cities, we'd love to see you there! And if you know someone in that area who might like to attend, we'd be grateful if you would send them this post so they can add it to their calendar. Admission to the festival is free!

The G*I is excited to welcome the Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt to the grounds for Deutsche Tage this year! Hailing from Western Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, the site of the oldest German settlement in the state, Pomeranian immigrants continued their customs, traditions, songs and dances, as well as the use of their native language, Plattdeutsch (Low German), in their new home well into the middle of the 20th century.

Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt was organized in 1977 to preserve the folk culture of their forefathers by performing songs and dances from the Pomeranian regions, and will perform Saturday and Sunday! To learn more about Deutsche Tage and see all our performers and vendors, visit gaimn.org/deutschetage-2024

Our Jugend/Erwachsenen dancers performed at Foxtown Brewing's Maifest yesterday!

We started off our first show with the Freistadter Tanzeri, an original song that combines traditional Pomeranian dance steps and melodies.

You can watch the full video below!

Freistadter Tanzerai | Foxtown Maifest 2024 | Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt Freistadter Tanzeraiperformed by the Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadtwith music by the Pommersche Späldeel Freistadtand original choreography by the Pommersche ...

We’ve officially been announced as part of the lineup for Christkindlmarket Des Moines’s Yuletide Hall performances!

Performance times can be found at the link below. This will be our first time attending this event and we are so excited to share Pomeranian dance and music traditions with the festivalgoers in Iowa!

#CDM2024 Yuletide Hall Performers Announced - Thursday, December 5, 2024 5:30pm – 9pm: The Jolly Germans Band, a German band playing a variety of old time dance favorites! Friday, December 6, 2024 11

We will be returning to Mai Fest Germantown in just a few weeks!

You can catch our adult group’s performance on Sunday evening. Admission is free!

We are very excited about our entertainment line-up for Maifest 2024! The Wunder-Bars, Bella Cain, Ed Wagner's Brass Band, River City Blaskapelle, Smart Mouth, Edelweiss, Kenny Brandt DANK German American National Congress Chapter Milwaukee Dancers, Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt Dancers
For additional information: www.maifestgermantown.org

If you haven’t already, make sure to purchase your tickets for this Friday’s fundraiser at tonight’s dress rehearsal!

While entertainment-only tickets are available for purchase at the door, dinner tickets MUST be purchased by tonight.

Celebrating 414 Day in our Milwaukee home!

PTF has called metro Milwaukee home since 1977, while Pomeranians have lived in the area since 1839. Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of performing at some of the city’s most iconic events and venues, including German Fest, Milwaukee Oktoberfest, Holiday Folk Fair International, and more.

A variety of ethnic dance groups, representing other cultural communities who’ve also called this city home over the years, perform alongside us at the city’s many multicultural festivals, including some who represent other Germanic peoples. We are honored to be a part of such a vibrant cultural community!

A group of PTF members spent Monday watching the solar eclipse from the path of totality in Illinois!

This unofficial road trip was the first of three out-of-state trips PTF will take this year! You can add the other two — Deutsche Tage in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 8-9 and Christkindlmarket Des Moines in Iowa on December 7-8 — to your calendar, as we have public performances scheduled at both events!

You’re invited to the Freistadt Heritage Foundation’s annual fundraising event!

Join us, the Pommerscher Verein, the Alte Kameraden Band, and the Lindenwood 4-H Club at Circle B Recreation in Cedarburg on Friday, April 19th as we fundraise in support of the Lindenwood School Community Center we call home 🏠💛

This fun annual event includes —
➡️ Dinner catered from Prime Minister
➡️ An extensive silent auction
➡️ Performances from PTF and AK
…plus an opportunity to meet and socialize with members of the Freistadt community!

Tickets for dinner and entertainment cost $25 for adults ($10 for children 4-12) and can be purchased via cash or check in advance. Entertainment-only tickets cost $5 and can be purchased upon arrival.

Leave a comment or send us a message with any questions!