“Greece sings and sounds”: Under this motto, the Hohenems Choral Society started this year’s “Ems Singers’ Ball” in the Löwensaal last Saturday for the first time in its long history.
A varied, colorful program awaited the festively dressed crowd of guests, following welcome drinks and a donation from the ladies in the foyer created a good atmosphere.
In the beautifully decorated ballroom, chairman Alfons Mathis welcomed the visitors, the guests of honor from the singers and politicians. He thanked the sponsors, traders, patrons and friends for their great support. Afterwards, the varied ball night started with the dancers from the “Dance Art Company”, who converted Greek sounds into beautiful dance movements. The singers of the choral society, appearing as “Hellenes”, sang their way into the hearts of the guests with well-known Greek hits and with Udo Jürgens’ “Greek Wine” the whole hall sang and rocked itself into a Mediterranean mood, led by the soloist Alexander Holzschuster. Conférencier Markus Schnetzer led, as always skilfully and humorously, through the program and in his handmade speech brought some delicacies from the long history of the singing club. Ball boss Markus Schnetzer II thanked Gabi Mathis, the outgoing “Habsburg landlady”, for entertaining the singers for many years following the rehearsals with a bouquet of flowers.
The band “Musik Regenbogen” not only put everyone in a good mood with their melodies, but also many a “non-dancer” on the stage, which was always fully booked until the last piece of music.
The “Gents” (a group of the choral society) caused a sensation with their costumes and their interpretation of the song “Expresso & Tschianti” by “Josh” and received “huge applause”.
Exhilaration and pure fun were announced at the end, because the entire hall danced the Sirtaki with more or less success under the guidance and help of the ladies of the “Dance Art Company”. The raffle won over 200 prizes, some of which were great (every ticket won) among the winners. It was not until early Sunday morning that the last guests said goodbye at the end of a brisk, once more fine and cozy singer’s ball.