DCM Delawie and CG Alford (2nd, 4th from left) with musicians, organizers and other guest speakers | enlarge

Stuttgart Fall Concert Celebrates German-American Day featuring the “Best of Both Worlds”
October 28, 2009. On October 28th, Deputy Chief of Mission Greg Delawie and Consul General Edward M. Alford openend the Stuttgart Fall Concert,  jointly organized by the Federation of German-American Clubs and the James-F.-Byrnes-Institute/ Deutsch-Amerikanische Zentrum (DAZ) on the occasion of German-American Day at the Neues Schloss.  Other speakers included Ms. Susanne Laugwitz-Aulbach, the head of Stuttgart’s Culture Department as well as Major General Paul Schafer, Acting Chief of Staff of EUCOM.  The concert, called the “Best of Both Worlds,” featured works by Donizetti, von Weber and Mozart to represent the Old World while the songs of Gershwin, Loewe and Cole Porter represented the new. The musicians Mirella Hagen, Caio Monteiro and Robin Engelen received raving applause for their heartening performance.  The concert concluded in a reception, jointly hosted by the state ministry of Baden-Württemberg, the city of Stuttgart, the Federation of German-American Clubs and the Deutsch-Amerikanische Zentrum.