Breo clique 1896

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The Breo clique 1896 is 122 years after it was founded, the second oldest still existing carnival clique in Basel .
The carnival clique consists of drums , drum major , whistlers and a prelude , which together take part in the Basel carnival . The clique plays traditional carnival marches on these three days, disguised in imaginative costumes and larvae ( masks ) on their drums and piccolos . On the one hand, the vault provides enough space on the route and presents the artistically painted lanterns.

Whistler of the Breo during Carnival 2006

history

founding

The exact founding date of the Breo clique is not known. It is known that the Breo Clique was founded in 1896 by Hans Fischer and Fritz Kleis, two gymnasts who were friends with the Amicitia gymnastics club under the name “Breo”. Amicitia, in turn, was the gymnastics club of the Zofinger student association founded in 1894 . In the year it was founded, Breo only had a few members; it was called a “Buebezygli”. Just two years later there were 46 carnival enthusiasts in the Breo. According to oral tradition , the majority of the new members came from the disbanded "Löwenfels Clique".

The name

Hans Fischer and Fritz Kleis met regularly with their gymnast friends in Mrs. Brändlin's pub. She was the landlady of the restaurant "zum Löwenfels" in the Steinenvorstadt in Grossbasel . The Capitol cinema is located here today. When it was founded, it was popular to abbreviate terms and names and reduce them to the final syllable "-eo". Ms. Brändlin's name changed from "Br-ändlin" to "Br-eo". In the current years the name varied slightly: "Breo-Central-Clique" (1900), "Breo-Clique TVA" (1901, TVA: Abbreviation for Turnverein Amicitia), then "Breo-Clique" and at the latest from 1986 "Breo" Clique 1896 ”.

Exodus

Due to internal discrepancies, around half of the drums and whistles left Breo in 1964 and founded a new clique under the name "Harlequin".

Subgroups

In 1948 the “Young Guard” of Breo was founded, at that time still under the name “Breo-Setzlig”. This group initially consists of 6 young tambours. It was not until 1956 that the name “Young Guard” was used. On November 11, 1960, with the adoption of regulations by the Pfeiferinnen group, the foundation stone was laid for the Breo-Jüntli, which were able to take part in the 1961 Carnival with their own procession. In 1974 the “Breo-Ableeger” were founded for the youngest carnivores (up to about twelve years of age) of the clique. As the last group so far, the "Old Guard" was founded in 1987, which grants members of the carnival club and the Jüntli from the age of forty. In 1997, one year after the 100th anniversary , the previously all-male club allows women to become members for the first time. Many of the former Jüntli immediately switched to the parent club, but part of the Jüntli survived and celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2010. The opening arose on the one hand due to the internal pressure of the younger members of both sexes who had been doing carnival together in the Young Guard for years, on the other hand due to the increasing problems to gain enough new members.

Breo cellar

On November 15, 1975, the Breo-Keller can be inaugurated at Bäumleingasse 13. The cliques Local originated in an old coal cellar and is used to this day in various occasions. During Carnival, the cellar is open to the public and serves as a Carnival pub (pub).

Breo today

Breo drums during Carnival 2005

The purpose of the carnival clique as an association is to make music together with drums and piccolo during the Basel carnival , as well as regular practice for the carnival and other events related to the carnival. With 15 tambours, 15 pipes and 15 lecturers each, it is one of the so-called parent clubs. Smaller groups are called "Tamboure & Pfeiffer groups". The status of the “Stammverein” is awarded by the organizer of the Basler Fasnacht, the Fasnachts-Comitée.

There are also the junior research groups Breo-Ableeger for the youngest carnivores from 8 to 11 years of age and the Young Guard (12 to 17 years of age). In addition, the Jüntli exist as a pure Pfeifferinnen group and the Old Guard for members aged 40 and over.

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  • Breo-Jubileumsbuech - by Claudia Camenzind, Fränzi Schmid, Thomas Gutekunst, Patrick Schärz, Peter Dürr, Niggi Bücheler
  • www.breo.ch

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