Performance History
Over the last forty years, we have participated in many festivals and concerts and have hosted our own special event each year. At our yearly fondue dance, everyone gathers around their fondue pots for delicious Swiss cheese fondue followed by a dance performance from the group and a DJ’d modern dance.
We thoroughly enjoy travelling throughout Canada and to Switzerland to join others in the celebration of Swiss culture. Below is a list of just some of the events and performances we have taken part in over the years.
Club members Maria, Käthi, and Irmi (with Daniela Raduner in the background) pose at the club’s annual Fondue Dance, 2019.
Alpine Folk-Dance Festival Kimberly, British Columbia (intermittently throughout the 1980s and 1990s)
Canada Day and Heritage Day celebrations, Calgary and Banff, Alberta (intermittently throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s)
Cowboy Yodel Festival, Airdrie, Alberta (2012–2015)
Edmonton Swiss Men’s Choir Winzerfest, Alberta (2018)
Eidgenössische Trachtenfest, Schwyz, Switzerland (2010)
Federation of Swiss Societies of Eastern Canada Swiss National Day Celebration, The Eastern Townships, Sutton (2007)
Interior Swiss Society Spring Dinner and Dance, Vernon, British Columbia (2012)
Landsgemeinde Swiss Cultural Society camping weekends, Alberta (yearly since our inception)
North American Swiss Singing Alliance (NASSA) Swiss Fest, Banff, Alberta (2009)
Club members perform in their Swiss Tracht under large Swiss and Canadian flags at a Swiss National Day Celebration in Sutton, 2007.
Spruce Meadows’ Place of Nations, Calgary, Alberta (intermittently throughout the 1980s and 1990s)
Swiss Club Ottawa Valley Swiss National Day Celebration, Ontario (2007)
Swiss Cultural Society of Calgary Swiss National Day Celebrations, Alberta (yearly since our inception)
Unspunnen Fest, Interlaken, Switzerland (2006, 2017)
Various retirement communities across Calgary including Chartwell Harbours and Prince of Peace, Alberta (yearly)
Wildrose Yodel Club’s Jodel Fest, Innisfail, Alberta (2018)
Wildrose Yodel Club’s Spring Fest, Rimbey, Alberta (2017)
Yodel Club Heimattreu concerts, Calgary, Alberta (yearly since our inception)
Club members perform in their Swiss Tracht as part of a much larger circle of dancers at Unspunnen Fest in Switzerland, 2006.