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		Performance Dates: September 2, 2007 (Sunday of Labor Day Weekend): Scandinavia Fest Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Rd. Budd Lake, New Jersey 07842. Roger appears with singer Marcia Boyesen performing Roger's "Story Songs of Hans Christian Andersen." Tickets: www.scanfest.org or 610-868-7525. September 22: Northern Lehigh Future Focus Festival, Slatington PA. 2:30 to 4:00 PM (rain date Sept. 23). Festival is in historic downtown Slatington. The stage is adjacent to the American Legion Home, just downhill from the Fireman Statue. Admission is free. October 12: Dancing In The Streets Octoberfest. Downtown Allentown Roger kicks off the fun! For information www.lehighvalleychamber.org October 21: Walnutport Canal Festival Main Stage 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Festival is along the restored Lehigh Canal along the scenic Lehigh River in Walnutport, PA. Free parking and free admission. November 2: Bountiful Bowl Fundraiser and Silent Auction for Meals On Wheels of Lehigh Valley. Symphony Hall, Allentown PA. Listen to Roger on the Steinway. Call 610-398-2536 for ticket information. November 15 - Private Event November 24 - Private Event
Roger (left) with the band Muzika Europa at Musikfest 2006. Alex Meixner on accordion, his father, Al Meixner at the drum set, and Ilka Henits on violin. By the visible intensity, it looks like they're playing a czardas

Roger Laztgo in the spotlight at Volksplatz, Musikfest in Bethlehem PA, August 2006. Roger is cooking up some ethnofunkology on the guitar, with his bouzouki ready to his right. If you can smell the garlic, this must be Volksplatz

In the News Dr. Latzgo's Bohemian Style Beer Recipe(tm) Was recently featured in The Morning Call. We have posted a printable copy of the recipe here as a pdf file, so you can sample Roger's time tested brew for yourself. BIOGRAPHY OF A BREWER I began my career as a homebrewer in college--with equipment inherited from my prohibition-busting grandfather. It was 1969, New Brunswick, New Jersey. As I reread my brewing log, I note that, "...the attention given to aging, temperature, yeast strain and sterile procedure is not always the most conscientious due to the transient quality of [student] existence... the main concern is quantity and alcohol content (usually 8 to 9%)." By the early 1970s my techniques were considerably more refined. One year as a chemistry major had taught me the basics lab procedures which I adapted to homebrewing. More importantly, I traveled to the lands of great beers-- Central European countries like Germany and my ancestral Czechoslovakia. I set out to emulate the depth and subtlety of the greatest beers in the world at home in my kitchen. Dr. Latzgo's Bohemian Style Beer Recipe is a culmination of those years of experience in an easy to follow method using inexpensive and easily obtainable equipment and standard kitchen utensils... Read full article