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By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Here's your invitation to be part of what could be the oldest continued New Year's tradition in Ohio: Singing traditional German carols composed by David Rothen, a Swiss pioneer in rural Bluffton. The event is sponsored by the Swiss Community Historical Society. New Year's Caroling, in German and English, takes place at 3 p.m. Sunday,
On a Friday afternoon in February 1853, David Rothen fell ill while teaching school in the Swiss Settlement area between Bluffton and Pandora, dismissed hi
Covid-19 curtailed this year's New Year's Eve group sing of the David Rothen carols. So, we invite you to sing them by yourself and we hope to bring back the group choir singing next year. Here's the story about the oldest tradition in Bluffton. To best understand our community, it's helpful to appreciate the musical gene of those who carry a Bluffton or Pandora birthmark. Growing up in a household bursting of Swiss traditions, this truth became obvious early on in the shaping of my own attitude toward events swirling around me. A case in point is the David Rothen New Year's caroling folklo...