Kathy Ellig and Pat Lahr are checking the computer registration

Rachel White and Lottie Bailey present Preservation Fundamentals

Wanda Hopkins presents Crimea photographs and RIG workshop

Greg Wysk talks about the resouces available at the ND Heritage Center

Val Ingram and David Kilwien present the Beresan Regional Interest Group Workshop and Annual Meeting

Milt and Marian Kinzler carry the Deutsche Kinder chapter banner

Rose Meuchel represents the Dickinson chapter

Vi and Ervin Schielke display the Beulah banner

Activity in the library before opening ceremony

People searching for information and visiting

Ervin and Lillian Gebhardt carry Die Deutsche Freiheit chapter banner

Paul Oberlander has the banner for the North Star of Minnesota

Paul Oberlander and Ervin Gebhardt visit

Vincent Humann displays the New Mexico chapter banner

Gayla Gray and Rich Aspenleiter display the Inland Northwest chapter banner

Ed Everson, Wendell Wentz, Art Olson, and Ray Nagel are ready to present the flags

Valentyna and Milton Kramer carry the Rapid City chapter banner

The Jamestown chapter banner is carried by Betty Brosz and Erna Schwind

Mabel and Myron Kusler carry the banner for the Pierre chapter

Gary Jerke has the South Dakota Stamm chapter

Alice Summers & Arlene Maston carry the banner for the GROW chapter

John Gengler is keynote speaker for the opening ceremony

President Val Wangler welcomes all and officially opens the convention

The honor guards present the flags

Ray Nagel and Art Olson salute the flag

John Gengler leads the singing of the national anthems

Co-chair, Al Feist has announcements

Rev. Ted Bader does the invocation

Bismarck Mayor John Warford extends a welcome

John F. Gengler is the keynote speaker

Candidates for the board: Duane Stabler, Kermit Schauer, George Hoff, Vera Hoff and Edna Boardman

More candidates are Carolyn Schott, Merv Weiss, and Dale Wahl

Registration is busy after opening ceremonies

The resumes of candidates for Board of Directors are posted

Gayla Gray presents the Grossliebental Regional Interest Group workshop and annual meeting

Dale Wahl presents the Hoffnungstal Odessa Parish Regional Interest Group workshop and meeting

Tom Stangl presents the Germans to Prussia - Poland to Russia RIG workshop

Sharon (Grenz) Chmielarz talks about writing about our past

Kevin, Elke and Klaus Nitschke from Germany had an open conversation

Margaret Rehwalt and Dennis Roth present the Kutschurgan Regional Interest Group workshop and meeting

Vera, Cindy, Leah, Marie, and Tove talk about their unforgettable tour of the Ukraine

Homer Rudolf and Margaret Freeman covered the Glueckstal colonies

David and Valerie presented a workshop on reading cyrillic

Elaine Lennick accompanied the sing-a-long

Secretary Edna Boardman is listening and taking notes at the BOD meeting

President Val Wangler sets the agenda for the BOD meeting

Co-chair Al Feist has a birthday surprise

The Thursday evening buffet is almost ready

A look at some of the banners

Two more banners

Leonard and Leona Hoff and Leona Staiger are happy to attend the buffet

Rev. Ted Bader leads the prayer

A look at some of the attendees at the Thursday evening buffet

The crowd is huge

Ahh! The food is ready

Around the room everyone is visiting

President Val Wangler is the emcee

Co-chair, Al Feist introduces the entertainment

Leona Staiger reads the German and English story about the patient cat

Leonna Hoff, the cat found a nest

The cat is waiting for the baby birds to grow

The cat finds the nest empty

The cat is very angry and meows loudly

Leona Hoff and Leona Staiger pose after the performance

Bob and Delores Schuh celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary

Ken Vogele presented Glueckstal Today - a Photo Essay on Thursday evening

A look at the village coordinators in the library

Another look at more village coordinators

Harvey and Dianne Schilling entertain in the courtyard

The maistube crowd

Another look at the social

John Gengler sings a few songs

Richard and Mary Lorenz did a short song

Art Flegal sings a song too