Gala Event to Celebrate the 50^th Anniversary
of the Founding of the
Austrian Society Ottawa (ASO)
(Sheraton Ottawa Hotel)

Whit Sunday (Pentecost) Mass at St. Albertus Church in Ottawa with the
Männerquintett Klagenfurt-Ponfeld (Klagenfurt-Ponfeld Male Quintet)
L-R: Dietmar Moser, Thomas Mühleisen, Gerold Krassnig, Gottfried Scharf, Erich Krassnitzer, Karl Hlavacek; in background: Father Ernst Schönhammer

L-R in foreground: Frank Meixner, President, Canadian Austrian Society Calgary; Edna Reisch; Manfred Reisch, President, Continental Austrian Club Burlington;
L-R in background: Rong Lu; Cecilia Birke; Karl-Franz & Traudie Hafner; Karl & Trudl Richter

Alfred Meister; Alois Platzer; Pepi Frühwirth (seated)

L-R in foreground: Frank Meixner, President, Canadian Austrian Society Calgary; Edna Reisch; Manfred Reisch, President, Continental Austrian Club Burlington;
L-R in background: Father Ernst Schonhammer; Dieter Kiesewalter; Joe Brintnell; Cecilia Birke; Karl-Franz & Traudie Hafner; Karl & Trudl Richter

Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO, welcoming the guests

Hans Wyslouzil, Vice-President and Cultural Director, ASO

Father Ernst Schönhammer, St.-Albertus Church, Ottawa; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC and ASO

Father Ernst Schönhammer, St.-Albertus Church, Ottawa

Mrs. Loretta Riedel; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada

Presentation of the Anniversary Book celebrating the 20^th anniversary of the ACC and the 50^th anniversary of the ASO by Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to Minister Counsellor Mag. Ulrike Butschek, Deputy Head of Mission & Director, Austrian Cultural Forum, at the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Mag. Ulrike Butschek; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Traude Schieber-Acker, President, Austro-American Association of Boston, presents Roland and Walburga (“Burgie”) Pirker with a plaque granting them lifetime membership in the Austro-American Association of Boston for their “...tireless efforts...to nurture and foster the common goals of our ‘sister’ organizations....”
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC and ASO; R. Traude Schieber-Acker, President, Austro-American Association of Boston

Frank Meixner, President, Canadian Austrian Society, Calgary, addresses the assembled guests

Roland Pirker receives an award plaque from Frank Meixner, President, Canadian Austrian Society Calgary, congratulating the ASO on its 50^th anniversary
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC and ASO; Frank Meixner

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to Franz (Frank) Gutschi, Vice-President, Austrian Club of Windsor
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Franz Gutschi; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to
Manfred Reisch, President, Continental Austrian Club, Burlington;
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Manfred Reisch; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Silver being awarded to Karl-Franz Hafner, a founding member of the ASO
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Karl-Franz Hafner; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to Peter Hill, President, Montreal Austrian Society
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Peter Hill; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to Linda Kiesewalter, President, Frohe Runde Ottawa
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Linda Kiesewalter; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Gold being awarded to Hans Kroisenbrunner Sr., Past President the Alpine Club of Kitchener-Waterloo
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Hans Kroisenbrunner Sr.; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Silver being awarded to Heidi Schaettgen, Treasurer, Frohe Runde
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Heidi Schaettgen; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Silver being awarded to Josef Seidl, a Founding Member of the ASO
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Josef Seidl; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Austrian Canadian Council Merit Medal in Silver being awarded to Silvia Tobien, Director, ASO
L-R: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO; Silvia Tobien; H.E. Mag. Arno Riedel, Ambassador of Austria to Canada; Heidemarie Kelly, Legal Counsel, ASO

Velko Nenadic, Manager, Overbrook Bingo Palace; Rada Nenadic; Birgie Pirker; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC and ASO

Velko Nenadic, Manager, Overbrook Bingo Palace; Rada Nenadic; Birgi Pirker; Roland K. Pirker, President, ACC and ASO

The Männerquintett Klagenfurt-Ponfeld (Klagenfurt-Ponfeld Male Quintet)
L-R: Dietmar Moser, Thomas Mühleisen, Gerold Krassnig, Gottfried Scharf, Erich Krassnitzer, Karl Hlavacek;

Schuhplattler
Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Inge Henn, Richard Nairn

Schuhplattler
Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Mark Jerabek, Heidi Rausch, Liam Russell, Sonja Abraham, Inge Henn, Stephen Volkmer, Richard Nairn

Schuhplattler
Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Scarlett Russell, Ryan Volkmer

Schuhplattler
Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Steve Volkmer, Sonja Abraham

Schuhplattler
Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Sonja Abraham, Steve Volkmer, Inge Henn, Richard Nairne

Women’s Cow Bell Group, with Erech Morrison on accordion, from the Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Heidi Rausch, Inge Henn, Lyn Volkmer, Sonja Abraham, Ereck Morisson

The Männerquintett Klagenfurt-Ponfeld (Klagenfurt-Ponfeld Male Quintet)
L-R: Dietmar Moser, Thomas Mühleisen, Gerold Krassnig, Gottfried Scharf, Erich Krassnitzer, Karl Hlavacek; in background: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO

Women’s Cow Bell Group, with Erech Morrison on accordion, from the Maple Leaf Almrausch Club, Ottawa
L-R: Scarlett Russell, Inge Henn, Lyn Volkmer, Sonja Abraham, Heidi Rausch, Ereck Morisson

The Wiener Frauen Schrammeln (Viennese Women’s Schrammel Quartet)
L-R: Chrisoula Kombotis, Karin Steiner, Sabine Huber, Waltraud Rabl

The Wiener Frauen Schrammeln (Viennese Women’s Schrammel Quartet)
L-R: Chrisoula Kombotis, Karin Steiner, Sabine Huber, Waltraud Rabl

The Wiener Frauen Schrammeln (Viennese Women’s Schrammel Quartet)
L-R: Chrisoula Kombotis, Karin Steiner, Sabine Huber, Waltraud Rabl

The Wiener Frauen Schrammeln (Viennese Women’s Schrammel Quartet)
L-R: Chrisoula Kombotis, Karin Steiner, Sabine Huber, Waltraud Rabl; in background: Roland K. Pirker, President, ASO

The Männerquintett Klagenfurt-Ponfeld (Klagenfurt-Ponfeld Male Quintet)
L-R: Dietmar Moser, Thomas Mühleisen, Gerold Krassnig, Gottfried Scharf, Erich Krassnitzer, Karl Hlavacek