06/23/2026
The Kiwanis Motto: Serving the children of the world.
This Wednesday we'll be assisting the La Crosse Concert Band with their weekly Children's March. Kids are invited to parade the aisles with American flags.
Get ready to CLAP YOUR HANDS to this familiar symphonic march! Children are invited forward to parade the aisles with American flags. At the end of the march, kids receive coupons for free ice cream from Ranison Ice Cream & Candy and root beer floats from Rudy's Drive In.
About the song: Vienna was central to the revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire and appointed prime ministers were reserved about the future course of action. In May 1848 the minister of war Count Baillet von Latour endorsed military action without consulting Franz Joseph I of Austria. Joseph Radetzky von Radetz engaged and defeated Charles Albert of Sardinia in June and July 1848. These victories of the Imperial Austrian army were celebrated in Vienna to the tune of the Radetzky March. Along with "The Blue Danube" waltz by Johann Strauss Jr., the piece became an unofficial Austrian national anthem.
When it was first played in front of Austrian officers, they spontaneously clapped and stamped their feet when they heard the chorus. This tradition, with quiet rhythmic clapping on the first iteration of the melody, followed by thunderous clapping on the second, is often observed when the march is played in classical music venues. (Wikipedia)
