Alex Meixner

My very good friend Johannes Arlt from Hamburg Germany recently published his book of amazing pictures from one of the greatest festivals in the USA- Wurstfest! His pictures were used for an art exhibit in Bremerhaven, Germany and are truly a wonderful representation of the festival, the people, the culture surrounding Germans in Texas. (There’s also some great pics of The Alex Meixner Band in there… some of which were part of the graphics for the “Three Ring Circus” cd) Check him out at www.johannesarlt.com

It seems like I was just writing about the end of 2010 and here we are staring at the end of 2011 already. Of course, we’ll need to be ready to party like it’s 2012… Hopefully the mayans aren’t right– specifically because we have a wonderful couple in Eastern PA that will be tying the marital knot with the Alex Meixner Band accompanying on 12/21/12! That all being said, hope everyone had a nice holiday season and is looking forward to great stuff for the new year… I’ve enjoyed time with the kids and am working hard on some new arrangements for the band, as well as booking our 2012 tours. A few dates have been listed on the website, with more to come– if you want to bring our Three Ring Circus to your town, get in touch with me as soon as possible to fit in your special dates! In the meantime, Happy times for all!!!

Wurstfest 2011 rocked harder than ever before– the people of New Braunfels, as well as all the tourists that come in for the greatest German festival in the nation are beyond awesome!!!! We sold out of most of the t-shirt sizes we brought along– so if you want a Three Ring Circus t-shirt, e-mail us and we’ll get on the case– the re-orders should be arriving any day now here at home in FLorida! I got a week or so at home with the family (including Thanksgiving Day) before I jumped on a plane for a few days in Cleveland, OH for the Thanksgiving Polka weekend with the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame. A great weekend of jamming, renewing old frienships and meeting some new polka fans including John and Jeanne from www.polkas.nl (This week I have the song of the week– Hoedown– so check out this very informative website of polka information!) Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is enjoying a temperate holiday season!