Community Oktoberfest

The Lutheran Church of the Ascension members, friends, family and community are invited to join us for food, fun, and music as we join together for Oktoberfest events. We will be serving beer, brats, and all the traditional sides. The event will feature The Rhinelanders German Band.

The Rhinelanders German Band, a four piece group has been together and pleasing crowds for over ten years. If you like The Chicken Dance and Beer Barrel Polka, than this is the band for you. The band is out of Savannah, Georgia. They play many traditional German Waltzs and Polkas. The band wears traditional German attire.  he band consists of Robert Taylor (Accordion – Keyboard) who has been playing the accordion for over fifty years. He has been playing at the Hofbrauhaus Restaurant in Hilton Head, SC where he has entertained thousands for the past thirteen years. Butch Chan and Billy Hoffman are the drummers with the group. As Robert, Butch started with the band at it’s inception. Other members are Robin Beauchamp on trumpet and John Bell on Sax, and Clarinet. The band has played the Oktoberfest for the town of Port Royal, SC for the past two years.