GALLASCH FAMILY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2019

The publication of the Gallasch Reunion Association, Inc.

Editor: Jason Wandel

The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of the Committee or of the Association

TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial .............................................................................. 1

News ................................................................................... 3

OUR GALLASCH 2018 WINTER EVENT ............................ 3

Our next reunion ................................................................ 6

EDITORIAL Greetings everyone, you have my ramblings to grace you this edition while our president is overseas. And this edition brings to an end my editorship of our newsletter; I am hanging up my keyboard (at least in this endeavour). I have decided to move on from the committee and serving the wider Gallasch family through the newsletter and the website. But you will all always be in my heart… and I forever in the Gallasch family tree along with the other beautiful members of my little family (Debbie and Annie). I will remain around to help Luke as we slowly transition the website management into his capable hands. It is a very big job with a lot of different (and frequently moving!) bits and pieces. There are still plenty of things to fix on it, for which I’ll be providing guidance to him.

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As for my future, I have plenty of things to fill in my time. Part of the reason my leaving has occurred now is that earlier this year I was offered the starring role as Prince Hilarion in the SA Light Opera Society’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse, and as I finish off these thoughts, we are less than 2 weeks away from going on-stage – exciting and nerve-wracking times! I’d started to get into musical theatre and acting after moving from Brisbane and before meeting Debbie (once my voice recovered from growing up with very severe asthma and me barely being able to blow out a single candle in one breath). I’m extremely passionate about music, and that’s something I know I share with many of you! And in one last shameless act of self-promotion in this newsletter, I’ve included a copy of the promo flyer for the show as … filler (because I can).

There has also been on-and-off talk of my work team being relocated from Adelaide to Canberra, and the on-going uncertainty around that at this stage makes longer-term commitments rather difficult. But I am also very saddened by moving on. It marks the end of a period of my life which I thought would be happy… but instead has left me grieving daily and incredibly heartbroken. Those who are close to us know what I mean. For everyone else, I would simply urge you to hold tightly to your dear ones and cherish them, be kind to them (which can sometimes be hard work!) – and most of all, allow them to be the person that they are and the person they are growing into. Peace be with you until we meet again, even if that ends up being on the blissful streets of gold in Paradise!

Jason Wandel

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NEWS OUR GALLASCH 2018 WINTER EVENT What did it offer? WARMTH inside our St Pauls Hahndorf Hall on a chilly August evening. Warm friendship with family and friends. It was heartening to see children present, along with their parents and grandparents. A TOP CLASS 3 COURSE DINNER prepared by our super chefs Ron and Kirsty Hall, at a very affordable price. FUN! A silent auction kept us all guessing, with some unique items going silently under the hammer, and what a coincidence! – my daughter took home my wok full of veggies! AMUSEMENT! We were enthralled to hear our guest speaker Dr Mark Worthing deliver his account of trials and tribulations of his uncle’s horse farming in the USA. He really nailed it! We were all in stitches laughing! A CULTURAL DELIGHT. The Gallasch family are known for their music! Justin Gallasch, a pre-teenager surprised us with his masterful technique on the trumpet, while Jason Wandel took us on a magnificent Star Wars journey on the keyboard. Terry and I mastered a most appropriate duet (or was it a dual?). GREY MATTER CHALLENGE: Guessing how many lollies in the jar – is it luck or mathematical skill that wins out in the end? The locals thought they had an advantage over visitors in the Hahndorf Signs game organised by Sonia Gallasch, but did they? How familiarity can leave one in the lurch! Finally, APPRECIATION of our many God given blessings shared among the 50 plus family and friends that evening. Special thanks were given the committee and especially our wonderful president and compere Greg Francis. Let’s make our coming event a great success again!

Rosalind Gallasch

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Brenton and Kylie Gallasch with Kylie’s

mother (photo by Ros Gallasch)

MC Greg Francis and a scene of the photo slideshow of many previous reunions (photo by Jason Wandel)

Sonya Evans and children, including our young entertaining trumpeter

(photo by Jason Wandel)

Wendy McInnes with Wayne and Tina

Gallasch (photo by Jason Wandel)

Secret snapshot of the cooks! (photo

by Jason Wandel)

Andrea and Simon Gallasch, Luke

Beauchamp and partner Jane Jiang on the “offspring of Terry and Ros” table

(photo by Wayne Gallasch)

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Terry and Ros Gallasch bringing us the fun of “Anything you can do…” (photo

by Wayne Gallasch)

More than 50 people attended the

dinner in Hahndorf (photo by Wayne Gallasch)

The show must go on: Jason Wandel playing “Rey’s Theme”! If your music collapses during performance, grab a couple of lovely assistants from the audience! Also, note to self: insert

music into folder so it doesn’t collapse and require being held by said lovely

assistants! (photo by Wayne Gallasch)

Guest speaker Rev Dr Mark Worthing

(photo by Jason Wandel)

Spruiking the local wares for the

raffle! (photo by Wayne Gallasch)

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OUR NEXT REUNION Lock this date and time away in your calendars!

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Do you have news items of interest to the wider family? Or family-related articles, artwork, stories, etc. that you’d like to share? If so, we may be able to include it in

our newsletter! E-mail to newsletter@gallasch.net.au or post to our secretary!

Deadline for articles: 30 April 2020 Next edition due July 2020

Gallasch Family Photo Albums The Gallasch Committee is compiling a family photo album.

Each year we hope to add another chapter of photos. Chapter 1 shows the homes of J. J. Gallasch’s children and grandchildren in past and

present states, and costs $24 (includes the binder). Chapter 2 covers weddings through the generations, and chapter 3 has photos of most of the first 25 years of

reunions; these two chapters are $7 each.

Gallasch Books The books Gallasch Family Tree Update 2012, From Shuttle to Plough and Gallasch of Grunthal are available at a cost of $30, $35 or $20 each. There is a special deal of $50

for From Shuttle to Plough and Gallasch of Grunthal together.

If you would like any of these albums or books, please contact the secretary and this can be arranged. Alternately, they may be purchased through the on-line store of the

Gallasch committee website, https://www.gallasch.net.au/store.php.

Please note that postage is additional to the charges mentioned, and cheques for payment are to be made to “Gallasch Reunion Committee”

Family Updates To keep our family records up to date, we

always appreciate any details of births, marriages, divorces and deaths in your

family branch. Please send in full names and dates with your information. We also like to hear about any happenings in your

family branch.

Committee Members Needed!

If anyone thinks they may be interested in being on our committee please feel very welcome to contact the secretary to find out more of what we do. Anyone would

be most welcome to join.

Mailing List If you know of any family member who

would like to be on the mailing list, please notify the secretary with their details.

Correspondence can be sent out by e-mail or postal mail. To keep our mailing list up to date, please notify the secretary if you

have any changes in your details, including whether you’d like correspondence by e-

mail.

Secretary Contact Details Terry Gallasch

23 Central Ave Hallett Cove SA 5158 Phone: (08, Int’l +61 8) 8381 6929 E-mail: secretary@gallasch.net.au