Mrs. Emily Margarethe Haber, German Ambassador to the United States, Named Grand Marshal of the 62nd Annual German-American Steuben Parade

This year the German-American Steuben Parade will be marching for its 62nd year! Every September the German-American culture is celebrated in the New York Metropolitan Area, join in on the fun for the whole month! GERMAN BEER PAIRING DINNER Tuesday, September 10, 6:30 PM Prost, 652 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY 11530 Join us for […]

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 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 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 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 […]

Elke Marks (Miss German-America 1994) is celebrating her 25th anniversary as Queen of the German-American Steuben Parade this year! Klaus Wedemeier (Lord Mayor of Bremen, President of Bundesrat) and Ute Lally, (NY Supreme Court Justice) were the Grand Marshalls of the 1994 parade season. She originally applied for a court position because of her father’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

Written by: Pavlina Schriel, Miss German-America 2019 This past March I had the life changing opportunity to travel to Köln for Karneval. Although my time in Germany was short, it was full of activity. On my first full day, I was invited to join the Mayor’s float in a parade in Hürth. It was with […]