Black feet

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Black feet at the 2002 forest carnival

The Schwärzefuß are a group of four pelvic singers from Eberswalde . They have existed since November 11, 1987 and have produced three CDs, all of which are sold out. They appear at folk festivals, but especially on the Eberswalder Carnival days in Haus Schwärzetal . Since the mid-1990s, they are a year at the biggest carnivals Brandenburg ( Today the eagle stitched , everywhere carnival ) represented, which are alternately transferred from ARD, ZDF, NDR and RBB.

A small selection of songs:

They also published a songbook in 1995:

  • From the Russians to the Morning Sun , 1st song book of the black feet, self-published by Volkmar Gutsche and Volker Voigt, (1995)

“They were already notorious in GDR times and have not lost any of their popularity since then: the Eberswalder 'Black Feet'. Everyone knows them, politicians fear their sharp puns, but everyone loves them. Long known nationwide, the penniless singers are an Eberswalder export hit. While preparing for today's date, a line of text from the 'Black Feet' came to mind, which sounds every year in the carnival season and fits perfectly with today's event: 'Eberswalder nights are long. First start very slowly, but then, but then ... '"

- Excerpt from the speech of Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck on the 750th anniversary of the city of Eberswalde, presented at the parade on June 5, 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the State Chancellery