Elk Toss Reminders

It is a little over a month before the Elk Toss (February 21). Here are a few reminders for people planning to attend:

1. Gather items to donate to the auction.
2. Begin collecting donations of food for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank.
3. If you plan to spend the night in Danville, reserve a room at a local hotel. We recommend the Pine Barn Inn since it is within walking distance of downtown Danville, but there are other hotels available in the area.

Driveway Update - January 13

We received the following video from the Wagner Farm. It is a few days old, but it still provides the driveway conditions update everyone is requesting.

Elk Toss Weather Forecast

The geniuses at Accuweather provide 45 day weather forecasts, and the Elk Toss is only 45 days away. So, here's the super-accurate forecast for February 21 in Danville...

Driveway Update - December 23

Let the video speak for itself...

Driveway Conditions Update - December 10

We cannot provide a complete driveway conditions update at this time, although we can provide some recent photos of the driveway and surrounding area. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

Elk Toss Entertainment - Breaking News

The Danville German Society is hard at work organizing the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival. We're in the process of lining up some excellent entertainment. Tentatively, the musical lineup will include Van Wagner followed by an All-Star Band led by Mike (Mickel) McMonagle. More information to follow.

Elk Toss Date Set, and Subsequently Cancelled (Tentatively)

The 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival has been scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2015. Then we saw this:




With the forecast of snow this week, we are tentatively cancelling the Elk Toss until we have more information. Check back soon for the latest Elk Toss news, including driveway conditions updates.

Van and Mike in Lancaster - August 12

We recently sent out the following email to DGS members, and wanted to post it on our blog for anyone who does not receive our emails. If you do want to receive our emails, contact us.

On Tuesday, August 12 at 7:00 pm, Van Wagner and Mike McMonagle will be performing acoustic music at Tellus 360 in Lancaster. We wanted to pass this on to Danville German Society members for several reasons:

1. The show is just about 6 months before the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival (ETCAWF). It will serve as an official meeting of the DGS Lancaster Chapter, and a reminder that the Elk Toss is only 6 months away. More details about the Elk Toss will come later this fall.

2. Van and Mike have been DGS members since birth.

3. The show is free, although cash donations benefiting CWS-Lancaster will be accepted.

More information about the show can be found here: 

And more information about CWS-Lancaster can be found here.

 Thanks,

Karl

DGS Co-President

Franz the Artist

When I was very young, we went to the Scranton Museum of Art. There, I saw a woman standing in front of a painting, and she was actually crying. I don’t recall it being a sad painting. My mother leaned down to me and whispered, “See, the painting is so beautiful, it breaks her heart and makes her cry.”

This made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.

But then, I had not yet seen Franz Klingermann toss an elk.

Bears and Elk

The 75th elk toss is currently postponed due to bear sighting. We CAN NOT afford another "black bear at the beer keg" situation like we had in 1996: