Lyndonville Lions will celebrate Oktoberfest with German band on Saturday
Provided photos: The Bergholz German Band will be performing Saturday in Lyndonville at the White Birch Golf Course.
Press Release, Lyndonville Lions Club
LYNDONVILLE – At their first September meeting the Lyndonville Lions hosted Janice Infantino the lions District Governor. She was on hand to inform the lions of the present programs and services available to regional clubs through Lions Club International.
She reviewed agendas and plans from the local club for future events and offered several resources that might be able to assist the Lyndonville Lions in upcoming events.
As District Governor she will visit all the regional district clubs in the next few months to continue to gain information on regional clubs and offer resources to assist local clubs to better serve their residents. As the Regional Governor she recognized several Lyndonville Lions for milestones in service as she presented Chevron awards to Nicole Spohr with a 15-year service pin, Dr. Tom Wenhold with a 30-year service pin and Roger Wolfe with a 45-year service pin.
District Governor Janice Infantino presents Nicole Spohr with an award recognizing her 15 years of service to the Lyndonville Lions.
The Lions were happy to announce that they will be participating in the Village of Lyndonville “Trunk and Treat” to be held on October 31 at 5 p.m. in the Village of Lyndonville. I
n further activities the club finalized the details of their upcoming 3rd annual Oktoberfest on October 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the White Birch Golf Resort. The Bergholz German Band is a traditional German Oompah and Brass Band based out of Tonawanda. They are scheduled to perform their traditional German polkas, waltzes and various Bavarian songs during their performance.
The club is excited to welcome the Bergholz Band to Lyndonville and want to congratulate them on their recent induction into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. For presale tickets and reservations please call 585-733-6423. Individual seats are available for $50 or tables of 8 for $360. All tickets include hot German pretzels with mustard, a German buffet of sauerkraut, bratwurst and various sausages with German potato salad and schnitzel just to mention some of the item included.
Of course apple strudel will be served at the end of the evening. German beer will be available along with a cash bar for “Besucher’s,” German for visitors to the Oktoberfest event. The evening will feature a large basket raffle, steinholding or “Masskrugstemmen” contest and the coronation of the royal court of the 2026 Oktoberfest. The Masskrugstemmen is a traditional contest in Germany where participants hold a full one-liter beer stein straight out in front of them with one arm. You lose if you bend your elbow, lean backwards, switch hands or spill any beer from your stein. The traditional and very popular “shot ski” will make its second appearance this year. The Lyndonville Lions would like to invite all to attend this cultural Autumn event.
In preparation for their free eye exam and glasses clinic this spring the Lyndonville Lions donated over 1,000 pairs of glasses to the regional Lions collection effort. Glasses that are deemed unusable are collected and transported to a recycling center. Some donated glasses can be refitted and used at the Eye Exam Clinic. Those that are deemed unusable are sent to a recycling center where they are broken down to metal, glass and plastic for recycling.
The Lions would like to express their appreciation to the Hilton-Spencerport Express trucking company for their assistance in transporting these glasses. Glasses from all the regional Lions Clubs are collected at their facility and then transported free of charge to area recycling complexes. The Lyndonville Lions want to thank the Medina Lions in their assistance with this collection process.
Medina Lions Club member and First Vice District Governor Peter Kaiser assists the Lyndonville Lions with collect and transportation of donated glasses.
The Lions would like to thank all those who have supported the Lions over the years and wish all a safe and happy fall season. May God continue to bless all and keep a special watch over the men and women of our United States military during this turbulent period.
Please see the Lyndonville Lions web page for details Lyndonvillelionsclub.org or contact us via email at lyndonvillelionsclub@aol.com for information on upcoming events. Prost to all!
