G'day Guest,Q,

I gather there was a strong German presence in Texas - reflected in the accordion / polka preferences in Tex-Mex music. (That said, there was probably a higher percentage of German migration to the Us than Australia - or ours changed their names more readily, as Germanic names are less common here, despite quite a lot of Germanic groups coming out here as political / economic / religious / ethnic refugees, as Bismarck conquered their separate duchies, city states &c.)

Anyway, I am currently chasing festival information from the organisers of the Gulgong New Year Revels (my Monday Night Music Workshop will be running a program there) ... and the contact I need to make is with Bob Campbell - the Festival organiser ... and a high school German teacher. Once I get hold of him - I might see what he cam make of the German language sites. Bob visits Germany and performs Australian and Irish/Celtic music there regularly, so his colloquial German should be pretty good.

Regards,

Bob Bolton