Dance and traditional costume group Harxheim
The dance and traditional costume group of the SG03 Harxheim has been very active and well known far beyond the local borders since 1963. It is an integral part of the opening event of the Harxheimer Weinhöfefest and the coronation ceremony of the Harxheimer Wine Princess. With two different groupings – traditional regional and national folklore and modern line dancing – it offers a wide spectrum for all ages.
Dance and costume group
On 30 Nobember / 01 December 1963 the folk dance group was founded on the occasion of a course of the sports youth of the district Mainz country in the sports school Seibersbach. While the first rehearsals began after Shrovetide 1964, a first training course of the freshly founded folk dance group already took place in Seibersbach in the same year. By the end of that year, the repertoire already consisted of German and international folk dances as well as square dances.
In 1975 Friedrun Roßbach took over the leadership of the folk dance group and shaped it significantly in the following years.
Greeting by Friedrun Roßbach on the occasion of 25 years of folk dance and costume group 1988
Image source: Brochure 1988*
Brochure 25 years of folk dance group 1988
Image source: Brochure 1988*
A detailed brochure from 1988 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary documents very clearly the emergence and work of the dance and costume group in the years 1963 to 1988.
Also in the time after 1988 the dance and costume group was and is nationally and internationally on the way, so for example in the recent past on the international Folkorefestval in San Remo, Monaco and Cannes in April 2019.
The dance and costume group congratulates Friedrun Roßbach on the occasion of her 80’th birthday (2023)
Image source: Joachim Geiberger
Line Dance
The line dance groups have been performing for many years on various occasions in the town and have a very wide repertoire of dances. A highlight for more than 10 years: the 4-time line dance world champion Enrico Adler regularly visits the Harxheim line dancers in a two-day intensive workshop and brings new dances and impulses.
2022 could celebrate the tenth workshop anniversary. (Due to the pandemic, the planned workshops in 2020 and 2021 could not take place).
Linedance workshop with 4-time world champion Enrico Adler (kneeling center) under the direction of Nicole Muth (6th from left standing) November 2022
Image source: Marc Schneider
The HVV Harxheim thanks the leader of the dance and traditional costume group Harxheim, Nicole Muth, for the permission to digitalize and publish the documents and photos as well as the brochure 25 years folk dance group 1963 – 1988.
References:
* Brochure 25 years folk dance group of the sports youth Rheinhessen and the sports community 03 Harxheim 1962 – 1988, published in Harxheim, 1988
