October 5, 2009 — The title of this blog article is the title of Oma and the Oompahs latest CD. As I briefly mentioned in an earlier blog, this German band played at the Oktoberfest held in Fredericksburg, TX this past weekend. They have played there for the past 28-years and are booked to play again next year. The band consists of Oma (meaning Grandma in German) who is Pearly Sowell playing an accordion, a drummer, and a tuba player. The tuba player was always Oma's husband, but unfortunately he passed away this past February, so she now uses a young band teacher from Seguine, TX. The drummer was a man that has been with Oma for sometime and is a drug/alcohol counselor in Fredericksburg by profession. The banter between the two helps to make Oma and the Oompahs a great band. By the way Pearly Sowell is 83-years young!
The band plays authentic German music from waltzes, to love songs, to polkas, to bier drinking songs...the words and music are wonderful. Oma takes the time to introduce each song and give a bit of history behind each. She sings almost everyone and does so in German and adds English as appropriate. The audience naturally joins in on almost every song...you just cannot help but do so.
Wanda, my niece, and I thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon at the Fredericksburg Oktoberfest and especially the hour and a half Oma and the Oompahs show. I had not been to this festival in 20-yrs and Wanda and my niece had never been. They were greatly impressed and had a great time. There was plenty of good food, bier, arts and crafts, and good people.
Oma autographed the CD that Wanda and my niece bought for me. She wrote "Viel Spass, Oma" which means "Have Fun, Oma"...it's what really matters!
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