A Prosit! The first big German Oktoberfest 2012 at the Apo View Hotel celebrated!

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The past weekend (October 27 and 28) has been a very special one to the Davao-based Germans and their neighbor friends from Austria, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark and as well as to Filipinos. The first big German Oktoberfest was organized by the Apo View Hotel, by the General Manager Mr. Wolfgang Pfuner, with the support of German Club Makati and several chosen local sponsors, held for two days in the Ballroom halls of the hotel.

The band Bavarian Sound Express performed live in Davao City.

The highlight of the Oktoberfest was the "imported" live band from Munich, the Bavarian Sound Express, lead by musician Klaus Weih. The band enchanted the some two hundred guests with lots of German songs like "das Fliegerlied", Nena's "99 Luftballoons", Udo Jürgen's "Mit 66 Jahren" or other English country, jazz, blues and pop songs for everyone's taste during those six hours per night.

The food was a gourmet: Bretzeln, white and red sausages with mustard, Sauerkraut, pork knuckels, cheese, potatoe salad, cold cuts and bread how the European love it. There was no limit, the buffet had been open the whole evening, The drinks flew with open faucets... the program organizers of the Apo View Hotel Davao did not fail to refill and re-refill each mug (a free token for all guests) with San Miguel beer or wine.

The atmosphere was filled with high-spirit, laughter, clapping, dancing on the dance floor and on tables and "Prosits der Gemütlichkeit", in where all guests are asked to stand up, rise their mug and sing the German 'inofficial' anthem of giving cheers.

Ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit Songtext :

"Ein Prosit, ein Prosit

Der Gemütlichkeit

Ein Prosit, ein Prosit

Der Gemütlichkeit."

The band surprised the viewers with their impressive musical repertoire and even rendering the Happy Birthday song in Tagalog or adopting the song "Manila Girl" to many Filipinos' delight.

It was an event one of its kind; a unique showcase of a talented band bringing the white-blue Münchner Oktoberfest-feeling and fun to the warm tropical heat of Davao City. Davao City will be very happy to welcome the Bavarian Sound Express in the following years, establishing a German delectation for not just Germans and European friends but for all Filipinos and music lovers! Till next year when we say once more prosits on "Da simma dabai!... Tagay! Prost!"