Susan Jurgelski Jul 24, 2006 Jul 24, 2006 Updated Sep 11, 2013 At long last, he and his fellow keepers of German culture in the Lancaster Liederkranz folk-dance group Alpenrose Schuhplattler ...

and the traditional schuhplattler dance—the one in which leather-shorted performers stomp, clap, and slap their feet, thighs, and knees. Later on, when he went off to study and perform at the ...