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Elk Toss Entertainment

Following the Elk Toss, we have arranged for another year of music at the Old Forge Brewing Company on Mill Street. The schedule currently includes Wales and the Brothers McMonagle, and more could be added. More details will come in the future.

2018 Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction Information

The 75th Annual Danville German Society Elk Toss, Winter Festival, and Charity Auction will be held at the Wagner Farm in Danville on February 17th, 2018.

The general schedule of events can be found here. We will try to stick to a 4pm start time for the Elk Toss, although other event times could vary depending on weather, attendance, driveway conditions, etc.

This year's events will benefit the following local organizations:

The Gate House, Danville

Community Cafe at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, State College

Hayden's House of Healing

We request again that you to bring cans and other non-perishable food items to donate to the
Danville-Riverside Food Bank. We also request that you bring laundry detergent to donate to the Good Samaritan Mission in Danville.
 

Please bring items to donate to this year's auction, and make sure you bring money to buy stuff in the auction. Please bring auction items that you think that someone would actually want.  Please do not use our auction as a way to take out your trash.

Feel free to dress up in your best German or Pennsylvania Dutch outfit. This is not a requirement, but be prepared to be ridiculed if you don't look German. 

The Danville German Society recommends anyone who has enjoyed fermented and/or distilled beverages to book a room at the Pine Barn Inn (800-627-2276 or 570-275-2071). Information about other hotels (not within walking distance of downtown Danville) can be found here.

For more about Elk Tossing, click here.

Kannst Du Deitsch Schwetza?

The DGS Officers are closely watching this developing story that we first heard about in an article from the Daily Item (October 24, 2017):

Germanic-speaking residents force Montour to adopt language plan

• Karen Blackledge
• Oct 24, 2017

DANVILLE — Montour County has more than 5 percent, or 1,000, residents who are considered to "speak English less than well," requiring it to adopt a language access plan, according to SEDA-COG.
The plan is required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development because the county receives federal block grant funds, Glenda Ruch, of SEDA-COG, told the commissioners Tuesday.
According to the latest U.S. Census, 1,000 county residents — 5.4 percent of the population — speak the Germanic language in Anthony Township, she said.
If the county proposed a project that would directly impact them, it would have to take measures to make sure there were resources available to them, Ruch said, such as the possibility of needing an interpreter. "The county would decide what measures to put in place," she said.
She said SEDA-COG expects to have the language access plan completed by the end of this week.
Ruch said she knows the Germanic speaking people in Anthony Township do speak English well, but the statistics came from the American Community Survey, or the census, which triggered the language access plan.

Breaking News

News Alert from the Wagner Farm:

"Elk toss is cancelled for Feb 17 due to power outage in Danville area last night. High winds. Check back for possible change."

2018 Elk Toss Date

The 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the Wagner Farm in Danville. Now is the time to get your Lederhosen oiled and ready.

Outhouse Roof Repairs Part 3

Outhouse Roof Repairs

Outhouse Roof Update

The roof of the Franz Klingermann Memorial Outhouse blew off recently. The attached video shows the damage and includes a plea for help.



After watching the heart-wrenching video, we hope that you are moved to donate to the reconstruction efforts. Please visit our GoFundMe page for more information.

New Event?

Will the 2018 Elk Toss also feature Goat Yoga? The craze has already come to Luzerne County, and it is forecast to infiltrate Montour County later this year.