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Annelies Caprez |
Annelies Caprez was born in Bilten, Canton Glarus, Switzerland. She acquired a love of singing from her mother and an ear for music from her father who was a hobby musician. In 1959 she immigrated to Washington State and later sang with the Seattle "Alpenroesli". She participated in two "Jodlerfests" in Switzerland; 1992 in Glarus and 1995 in Dietikon, ZH. When Starbucks opened in Zuerich, Annelies was asked to represent Switzerland with a yodel at their corporate headquarters in Seattle. Annelies loves to sing "Natur" yodels in the traditional style. For the past 20 years she has been a charter member of the Enzian Swiss Ladies Choir. Also Annelies and an Enzian member, Lisa Pozzi, formed a duet to sing at different occasions.
Annelies has been asked numerous times to yodel at funerals for departed members of various Swiss Clubs in the Tacoma area. Last July she participated at the twenty-sixth Pacific Coast Swiss yodeling and singing Festival in Portland, OR with solo yodels and in the mass choir as well as in duets. For the last 10 years she helped out at the "Kids Swiss Kamp" in the Tacoma,WA area teaching kids Swiss songs in the hope to instill some of the musical traditions.
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Scherenschnitte Artist, Erika Hager, made her first appearance at the Berne Swissfest last year. She specializes in the typical traditional Swiss style of scissor cutting showing farmers, animals and country objects. Her cuttings include little birds, flowers, rabbits or squirrels everywhere being produced on a folded sheet of paper. |
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