Dearborn Highlands Arts Council hosting Schnappsband
Sep. 22—LAWRENCEBURG — The Dearborn Highlands Arts Council invites you to spend an afternoon with Schnappsband, providing a fresh approach to traditional German Music, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Lawrenceburg Public Library, 150 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg.
Free admission to this program is made possible by funding from the Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources Foundation, Inc.
The Schnapps Band can trace its humble beginnings to 1978. With its members ranging in age from mature 9 to the ripe old age of 14, the band was originally called Cincinnati Sonnenschein Band. It was comprised of members (actually children of members) of Cincinnati's Germania Club and was formed to play German music only.
As time went by, membership changes were inevitable and today we're left with only one of the original members, John Gulasy.
Although he is now affectionately referred to as Founding Father John, back then, at the age of 13, he was the band's original accordionist. Over the past years, he's the one that bore witness to the evolution of the band from a group of childhood friends playing polkas and waltzes down at Dad's Club to the diverse group that the Schnapps Band is today.
Over the past 27 years, as members changed, each would add their experiences and abilities. Some moved on to other groups. Others married and moved away. But, little pieces of them were left behind not only in the music, but in the thoughts and personalities of the rest of the group.
Now, in addition to the traditional German music for which the band is known, they play a wide variety of musical styles including Big Band, jazz, classic rock, pop and most recently, even a little country music.
The Lawrenceburg Public Library Classics Series is made possible through the generosity of the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization comprised of supporters of the arts, with support from the Columbus Area Arts Council, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and with support from the Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources Foundation.
