High storm risk

Storm cancellation: much regret, but understanding

Until the definitive cancellation on Friday morning, hard-working employees braved the rain and tirelessly set up in the Landhaushof

(Bild: Franz Paier)

Instead of the smell of cheese noodles and grilled food and the sounds of the harmonica, there is collective sadness in the air: no colorful folk festival of joie de vivre this year! But with such a storm risk, safety comes first!

There was trepidation until the very end, until Friday morning when the Aufsteirern was definitively canceled this weekend - this also affected the Oberlandler Kirtag, which was planned for Saturday in the Landhaushof. It's no use: with the weather forecast, you don't even chase the proverbial dog out the door. But that wouldn't have been it - the storm warning is drastic and to be taken very seriously.

The cancellation due to the storm is regretted - but supported for safety reasons. "If you go through with it and then something happens," Robert Ederer sums it up. The music school director from Ilz would have performed with TuVioNika at the Governor's reception. Christopher Drexler, on the other hand, is sorry for the folk culture festival, as is the mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr. But safety comes first and Kahr sees no alternative to canceling the event.

Despite all our regrets, safety is of course our top priority. I appeal to all Styrians to be particularly careful in the coming days in view of the weather forecast.

 Christopher Drexler

Bild: Christian Jauschowetz

Regret runs throughout. "Of course, we already had everything, the goods had been delivered and the staff were on duty," says Horst Schafler, who would have spoiled the guests at the beautiful Krone Alm with his ingenious "Genusshandwerk" (gourmet craft) with tasty fried chicken and apple pancakes.

Horst Schafler would have spoiled the guests of the "Krone" Alm with his gourmet craftsmanship

(Bild: Michaela Begsteiger)

Jörg Pfeifer would also have seen the Aufsteirern as an opportunity to introduce many more people to the delicious taste of vegan dishes in keeping with the zeitgeist: The wonderful "Chili con Kürbis" on Karmeliterplatz would certainly have convinced many.

Up to 15,000 euros minus
A deep hole is torn in Franz Paier's wallet: "We had already set up everything in the Landhaushof with six people, pre-produced a lot of delicacies, there would have been wonderful mushroom soup and venison ragout." What happens to it now: "We'll eat a lot ourselves," the humor is not quite gone. "Nothing will be thrown away." But: "All in all, we had costs of up to 15,000 euros." To illustrate the dimension: "To cover such an immense sum, we would have to sell many thousands of glasses of Sturm!"

Nevertheless, he supports the cancellation for safety reasons "without ifs and buts. What's more, the loss is even smaller this way than at an Aufsteirern with lots of staff, which nobody comes to because of the bad weather"