Red wine tastings are not allowed at the Mansion,
so our alternate venue was the Rockville Senior Center. Here,
--- acts as sommelier
(and de facto aquarium
guard!) |
RSCC member Joan Savage helps at the wine table |
Guests enjoy the buffet |
Our favorite caterer, Liz von Kaenel |
Sep 2004 - RSCC volunteers run the beer & soda
concessions at Rockville's "Chili Fest" (L-R) Joe Batz, Rotraut
Bockstahler, Steve Fisher |
"Taking home our cut" - Verna Murphy, Steve Fisher
(RSCC Treasurer at the time), and Joe Batz |
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A full and interesting schedule awaited our visitors |
The Glee Club performs at Glenview Mansion |
Awaiting the scenic bus tour to Front Royal, the Shenandoah
Mountains, and a wine tasting in Virginia |
Our dinner was a Western B-B-Q theme night, held at the Rockville
Senior Center |
In April, forty people
from Rockville visit Pinneberg to celebrate 40 years of partnership.
Mayor Rose Krasnow leads the delegation, which includes City Manager
Rick Kuckkahn, Councilmen Bob Dorsey, Jim Marrinan and Bob Wright,
representatives of the City, and of the RSCC, led by President David
L’Heureux. Activities include a formal welcoming at the
Rathaus, a Ball in the Drostei and tours of the local
area, including visits to Hamburg and Berlin.
Seventeen members of the Pinneberg city government, led by
Bürgermeister Horst-Werner Nitt, his wife and two sons, visit
Rockville in May. Among the activities are night baseball at
Camden Yards, participation in Memorial Day activities,
Rockville Hometown Holidays, and Country-Western Dancing. The
trip is extensively covered by the Pinneberger Tageblatt
newspaper by reporter Astrid Sievert, who uses “hi-tech” methods to
file immediate reports for “next day” coverage in Pinneberg.
A second delegation of
20 people arrives from Pinneberg in Rockville. Seventeen new
and old friends from Pinneberg and the surrounding area, led by
Deputy Mayor Herbert Hoffmann, visited Rockville from October 8-14.
A full schedule of events was planned during their visit, beginning
with a welcome reception hosted by Mayor Krasnow and the City
Council Members at City Hall. Highlights of the visit included
a trip to the Maritime Museum at St Michaels, MD, brunch at the
Naval Officers' Club in Bethesda, a special afternoon concert by the
Rockville Concert Band at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Center, and a
Country-Western Night at the Senior Center. Hosts and their
guests planned individual excursions during allotted free time and
those experiences were as varied and interesting as can be imagined
in the DC area. |