-
0:00/1:08
-
Die Bergvagabunden 1:090:00/1:09
Prost Y'all!
Photo Gallery
2007 till present
![Fun Wurstfest crowd! Ross and Valina pictured with the late, great drummer, Jeff Ryder at the Stelzenplatz in November 2019. Photo by Mark Hiebert](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/25561cb36cd4109b7598f473cf162d6ffd1360ce/original/49064947393-d1d5c452b4-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Fun Wurstfest crowd! Ross and Valina pictured with the late, great drummer, Jeff Ryder at the Stelzenplatz in November 2019. Photo by Mark Hiebert
![Ross receiving applause for his Alphorn solo at 2019 Wurstfest in New Braunfels. Photo by Mark Hiebert.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/b65be678c886c4b0db31255d9493b2e9e7fbb84b/original/49064892128-00e6909545-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Ross receiving applause for his Alphorn solo at 2019 Wurstfest in New Braunfels. Photo by Mark Hiebert.
![Three ladies who have been following the band for 10+ years join in playing cowbells at Wurstfest 2018 Photo by Janice](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/1b22bea4e5a03a2d2927f2cdebcc8ca4db16e39f/original/45435785-10218641718975509-2864164113171349504-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Three ladies who have been following the band for 10+ years join in playing cowbells at Wurstfest 2018 Photo by Janice
![The kids got to party before the grownups took over. Thanks to the NOLA Times Picayune for the photo!](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/55bdae6e4de427213f4e416a338523a95ab675bb/original/db8-14oktoberfest16.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The kids got to party before the grownups took over. Thanks to the NOLA Times Picayune for the photo!
![It was a rambunctious and gemutlich crowd that night in August at Rudi Lechner's Photo by Valina 2018](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/6d012e86ee2dcdfdcda04350057732514f88e5aa/original/20180818-191859.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
It was a rambunctious and gemutlich crowd that night in August at Rudi Lechner's Photo by Valina 2018
![Kiddos in the audience helping lead the Schunkeling at Brenham's Maifest. Photo by Major Henderson 2018](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/ccaf637839bd4521c5b5018fc3e6bd225a211bdd/original/31959458-10160225884685702-971095889491787776-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Kiddos in the audience helping lead the Schunkeling at Brenham's Maifest. Photo by Major Henderson 2018
![Waltzing across borders! Lustig Tours Holiday in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Photo by Patty W 2018](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/2b31d7f37a5e954bb6e33175165e178069d1a05f/original/30624164-10213389394983507-243288255289489091-n.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Waltzing across borders! Lustig Tours Holiday in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Photo by Patty W 2018
![10 years after our first show at Wurstfest, Ross rockin' Amazing Grace on the Alphorn and accordion at the same time!](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/f11c00059c5781d0af2ecba2e7726e615b1e8f08/original/23213159-10210548498177597-5368897486603111415-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
10 years after our first show at Wurstfest, Ross rockin' Amazing Grace on the Alphorn and accordion at the same time!
![Some of my students, former students, my former students' students make up this photo representing 7 Houston area high school German Club folk dance groups.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/ac34569d87ac10d81da2db3e6bcc02220f8c1210/original/p4010037.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Some of my students, former students, my former students' students make up this photo representing 7 Houston area high school German Club folk dance groups.
![Sometimes the three piece band sounds a little more like a four or five piece band... photo by Sheryl 2016](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/54b47959642202dd63d041e193b1b3b0f672a92e/original/15027455-10211006988671387-3043285085679257136-n.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Sometimes the three piece band sounds a little more like a four or five piece band... photo by Sheryl 2016
![Sabine from Innsbruck and a couple of cute youngsters playing in the bell choir at Rudi Lechner's. Photo by Angeli June 2016](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/a733f8ced733583bd9716bbb40fad4079a4eece9/original/13495589-1126704174060798-8351000864610227888-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Sabine from Innsbruck and a couple of cute youngsters playing in the bell choir at Rudi Lechner's. Photo by Angeli June 2016
![A rollicking good time with a Japanese Chiropractor's convention at King's Biergarten. Photo by Major Henderson 2017](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/b792ca15f5b19a672245a5dd2f394a683f822f30/original/18055649-10158500771630702-4178102676827884138-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
A rollicking good time with a Japanese Chiropractor's convention at King's Biergarten. Photo by Major Henderson 2017
![Ross plays Amazing Grace for St John's Lutheran church Germanfest service 2014. Photo by Herman Huck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/fbaca1e29c3c42ff224337d2ddd5e4813099c365/original/10353372-669229356479926-2227720787752770303-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Ross plays Amazing Grace for St John's Lutheran church Germanfest service 2014. Photo by Herman Huck.
![Last song of the day; When the Saints Go Marching In; Faith Lutheran Church Oktoberfest in Huntsville, 2013](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/a8f98a3a92da9efc0f5ea0f8137d854dd1255fe3/original/img-4769.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Last song of the day; When the Saints Go Marching In; Faith Lutheran Church Oktoberfest in Huntsville, 2013
![Playing the Holzern G'lachter (Bavarian Xylophone) at Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest in Kenner, Louisiana. Photo by Brett Duke from the New Orleans Times Picayune.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/1649976511c60568ffe69618a8e389b9395b8c43/original/19e2498f16d9121e.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Playing the Holzern G'lachter (Bavarian Xylophone) at Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest in Kenner, Louisiana. Photo by Brett Duke from the New Orleans Times Picayune.
![high school students, teachers and a few audience members learn a folk dance with Das Ist Lustig in Tomball 2011](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/50801/f980cb28a8f12f0ddc55220452b33be7f8412147/original/4021408-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
high school students, teachers and a few audience members learn a folk dance with Das Ist Lustig in Tomball 2011