Schuhplattler

We entertained each other with exhibitions of schuhplattlers and big apples!

In the evenings the younger guides gave exhibitions of schuhplattler, slapping their hairy thighs and chamois-leather shorts with fearful cries.

And, an added feature will be a schuhplattler group from Utica doing the famous schuhplattle.

The people of Tirol are also noted for their cheerful good humour, and their songs, their yodelling and their schuhplattler dances are world-famed.

On an extended visit to Brazil, Wolfgang Netzer, the leader of the band, came across a sound that sounded strangely familiar to him and touched childhood memories of when he used to be a member of a schuhplattler dance group slapping thighs and lederhosen.

A new long-playing selection (Nixa WLPY6709), including the Archduke Johann Yodel, old Vienna favourites and a bit of Bavarian schuhplattlering should be attractive, too; […]

Today’s windup gets underway at 11 a.m. and festivities will continue until 12 midnight with oompah pah and polka bands, yodeling, bellringing, schuhplattlering, alpine horn blowing and, of course, plenty of the sudsy stuff.

Teenagers will have a chance to disco dance — Pennsylvania Dutch style! Instead of “boogying” in the ‘70s style, teens will be “schuhplattlering.”