Laughter and joie de vivre at OÖ Nachrichten Mother’s Day

Lean back and enjoy: Hundreds of visitors got their money’s worth on the second OÖN Mother’s Day yesterday in the Promenaden Galerien Linz.

In a relaxed atmosphere, the guests first chatted over coffee and cake before letting themselves be enchanted by the columns of the OÖN editors in the large hall. Because the rush was so great, the event was also broadcast in one of the seminar rooms.

• OÖN TV: Columns, cake and music for OÖN Mother’s Day

Funny with charm and wit

The journalists were sure to laugh. Barbara Rohrhofer, head of the life department, whose column “Unmake-up” has been appearing in the Upper Austrian News for 25 years, took it upon herself to be teased: with charm and wit, she told, among other things, about the oh-so-good, motherly advice to her children, which she herself can’t put it into practice very well.

In her column “Native Language”, life editor Julia Evers has been giving humorous insight into her colorful family life for eleven years. Yesterday she and her three children had a lot to tell – for example about a spontaneous toy flea market in front of the house, where she ended up with more bags of things from the neighbors than she had cleared out in the children’s rooms before.

Columnist and moderator Christine Haiden has proven to be a keen observer of society and politics for 15 years with her column “Haiden am Thursday”. The former editor-in-chief of “Women’s World” likes to put her finger where it hurts. One of her contributions was a bow to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Their legendary career was characterized by clever negotiation instead of activism. The story was hung on the neatly trimmed fingernails of the most powerful woman in the world at the time – for Haiden a sign that power does not automatically have to be paired with vanity.

Just don’t lose your composure

With her column “Living with Style”, the head of the OÖN Academy of Journalism, Anneliese Edlinger, shows how to master turbulent or difficult everyday situations with confidence – without losing your composure.

Her plea for more politeness in all walks of life met with a benevolent response from the audience. Like the three colleagues, the experienced editor showed how to score with heart and common sense – without arrogance and arrogance. Editors “to attack” just. Songs by singer Jessie Ann de Angelo complemented the reading beautifully. In her fiery red ruffled dress, the artist performed “songs that tell about women, have been composed by women or revolve around women”. The South American lovingly embedded her songs in personal stories and clearly showed what happens when temperament meets talent and warmth.

Sing for a good mood

As with the last OÖN Mother’s Day, the crowning glory was a song sung together. The guests found the text for it on the chairs: Jessie Ann de Angelo intoned the famous song “Que sera, sera” by the American actress Doris Day, and the cheerful mothers and daughters in the hall in the Promenade Galleries as well as the four columnists on stage loudly joined in the familiar melody.

As a farewell, the guests were able to take one of the colorful Bellaflora flowers home with them. “It was nice! Please come again next year!”, summed up a visitor.

Questioned: What was your best Mother’s Day?

“I particularly remember one Mother’s Day when my eldest son was just a little boy. He picked flowers for me and recited a poem for me. He was not even three years old then. That was just beautiful.”
Silvia Huber, from Enns

“I always wanted something with sport and exercise for Mother’s Day. I don’t have a specific one in mind. Last year, for example, we were out and about in the Donau-Auen together with my grandchildren.”
Brigitte Steinmair, from Bad Hall

“The best Mother’s Day was my first – I still remember it well. My husband prepared a nice breakfast for me, and we spent the afternoon in the garden with our five-month-old child. That was the best luck for me!”
Heidi Liedl, from Linz

“I wished for a bike ride with the whole family for every Mother’s Day. When my daughter got older, she no longer wanted to ride with me during the year – but on Mother’s Day, she was always there too.”
Hilde Liedl, from Leonding

“The best mother’s days were when the children were still in kindergarten. Those were always very special experiences. The homemade gifts and Mother’s Day poems were simply priceless.”
Monika Schaubmair, from Rohrbach

“I’m here with my son in the Promenaden Galerien Linz because a friend recommended it to me. She said that women perform here – that’s important to me and interests me.”
Aminat Guseynova, from Schärding

“We traditionally celebrate Mother’s Day with four of us, at home with our two daughters. Then we sit together for a long time over a hearty breakfast and talk. The next day we go to my mother’s.”
Brigitte Parsaei, from Linz

“I like to think back to the last Mother’s Day with my mum. She was 80 at the time and had just recovered from an illness. We celebrated in the garden when the weather was nice – with Sachertorte, the grandchildren’s favorite cake.”
Maria Zeller, Leonding

“I remember with joy those mother’s days when the children were still in kindergarten. There was coffee and cake and the girls and boys put on plays. Once my son was a ladybug.”
Monika Hoscher, from Linz

“For me, one of the highlights of Mother’s Day was when my son, as a teenager, recited the really long poem from the film ‘Mother’s Day’ with Roland Düringer and Alfred Dorfer. That was a really fun experience for me.”
Ines Leckeneder, from Walding

The columns for Mother’s Day to read