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THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY AGAIN THIS YEAR IS ATTRIBUTED TO VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND WITH FANTASTIC ATTITUDES HELPING US SELL GERMAN ITEMS FROM OUR BOOTH AT THE 10-DAY 2022 WURSTFEST CELEBRATION. THE SOCIETY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF SALES IN2022. THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS SOLD WERE PURCHASED AT HIGHER COSTS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HOWEVER, THE PROCEEDS FROM THE WURSTFEST SALES WERE OUTSTANDING. THE SOCIETY ALSO HAD GERMAN THEME FLOATS IN THE COMAL COUNTY FAIR PARADE AND THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SPONSOR A 10-WEEK ADULT GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCE STUDENTS AND PROMOTE THE GERMAN CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PARTICIPATING AT THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND HOSTING A GERMAN MASKENBALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY LOST SEVERAL OF ITS LONG-TIME MEMBERS, HOWEVER, IT GAINED QUITE A FEW NEW, YOUNGER MEMBERS AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 250 MEMBERS WHICH IS 15-20 MORE MEMBERS THAN IN 2021. THE SOCIETY'S ROSTER IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS DUES ARE PAID SINCE SOME MEMBERS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR HAVE NEW CONTACT INFORMATION AND NEW MEMBERS ARE ADDED. THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY ARE ALSO WORKING TO REVISE THE SOCIETY'S BY-LAWS IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE YEARS DUE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. OUR MEMBERS BENEFITTED FROM THE MEETINGS AND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE THEY WERE ENTERTAINED BY GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE. THE EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE KINDERTANZEN GROUP, AND THE FROEHLICHE TANZGRUPPE. THE SOCIETY MADE DONATIONS TO CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE CENTER FOR GERMANIC STUDIES - UT AUSTIN, GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE, THE BEETHOVEN DAMENCHOR, THE NEW BRAUNFELS HERITAGE SOCIETY, THE NEW BRAUNFELS MARCH UND WANDERGRUPPE AND THE STUEBEN SOCIETY.