The Parade Committee welcomed 15 Groups from Germany and 2 from Austria along with Continental groups from Illinois, Texas and Oregon. The day before the Parade they all gathered for a welcome ceremony.
2019 Steuben Parade
2019 celebrated the 62nd Annual German-American Steuben Parade on 5th Avenue in NYC. The Grand Marshal was Ambassador from Germany to the US Emily Haber along with Special Guests Brigadier General Frank Graefe, Peter Beyer and Guest Performer Takeo Ischi. The Parade consisted of 9 Divisions, 19 Floats and 6 American Local Marching Bands. The […]
MaiFest: Presenting Miss German-America and Court 2019
62nd Miss German-America Steuben Parade Queen Sophia Huber and Princesses Emily Beiser and Melissa Gescedi
Photo Credit: Russell Miskiewicz
Miss German-America and Court 2019
The German-American Steuben Parade Committee of Greater NY is proud to announce the selection of Miss German-America 2019 & Her Court! Sophia Huber, a 23-year-old resident of Great Neck, NY, was crowned Miss German-America 2019. Miss Huber graduated from Adelphi University with a BBA in Accounting in 2017 and an MBA in 2018. On September […]
Karin Gloistein Tsokanos: Miss German-America 1999
Karin (Gloistein) Tsokanos is celebrating her 20th anniversary of being Miss German-America this year! She still lives in the NY Tri-state area and is Unilever’s Vice President of Finance. Most recently Karin gave birth to a beautiful girl, Kyra Anne. Congratulations to the whole family! Karin’s childhood and upbringing certainly led to Karin being a […]
Christina Ostner: Princess 2009
Christina Ostner is celebrating 10 years since she was Princess, and though now in Florida, she still keeps in touch with people she met through the Parade. She loved meeting the different groups from Germany during the Parade events! A close second would be the weekly potato pancakes at the events she attended all summer. […]
Stefani Kraker: Miss German-America 2014
Stefani Kraker is celebrating her 5-year anniversary as Miss German-America! Currently a Speech-Language Pathologist in the New York area (with two published research papers) as well as an active dancer in S.V.V. Original Enzian of Franklin Square, NY, Stefani continues to support the Steuben Parade. She became interested in applying for the Steuben Parade court […]
Linda Schlittenhardt Gramer – Miss German-America 1979
Forty years ago at the Liederkranz Linda Schlittenhardt Gramer was crowned Queen Kornblumenkonigen und Miss Deutsch Amerika 1979. Lothar Spaethe the Ministerpraesident von Baden Wurttemberg was Grand Marshal that year. Being Queen was a huge thrill to Linda. She loved riding on the float up 5th Avenue. That year the Queen’s Float was sponsored by […]
Reflections, Miss German-America
Every year since the very first German-American Steuben Parade in 1957, a Miss German-America has been chosen to represent the German-American Community. As we prepare to crown the 2019 Miss German-America and her Court on May 19th, we wanted to take time to highlight and revisit a few Miss German-America’s and Princesses celebrating milestone anniversary years […]
The Search is on for Miss German-America 2019!
Who will be Miss German-America 2019, Queen of the 62nd German-American Steuben Parade of New York? Every year we crown a Miss German-America, Steuben Parade Queen along with two Parade Princesses, Junior Princesses and a Junior General. As spokeswoman for the New York Steuben Parade, the Queen and her court will promote the New York […]