Saengerfests keep music alive - Fredericksburg Standard

Saengerfest participants in front of Klaerner’s Opera House and Saloon sometime before 1920. — Photo courtesy the Gillespie County Historical Society

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Hindsights Michael Barr, on December 3, 2025

Saengerfests keep music alive

Singing is natural to humans, although some humans sing better than others. I like to sing, but I’m not very good at it. When I sing, I sound like someone scraping rust off a car hood or a cat in a blender.

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