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Deutsche Party im Park!
(German Party in the Park)
Historic Cedarburg’s German Festival
July 17 & 18,
2010
 Historic
Cedarburg will be bursting with gemuetlichkeit as Festivals
of Cedarburg; Inc. presents the 3rd Annual German Festival,
Saturday, July 17, 10 am–9 pm & Sunday, July 18,
11:30 am–5 pm in beautiful Cedar Creek Park, N52 W5882
Portland Road. Free admission and parking.
This authentic German festival will offer German foods and
beers from the Alpine Village Inn’s Bier Garten, the
Cedarburg Lion’s Club food booth, Grill on the Go,
a dessert booth and the Quilt  Museum
Ice Cream Booth. Guests will also find German specialty
beers such as Spaten Pilsner, Spaten Munich Lager, Dinkil
Acker Dark and Franzinkaner & Dunkel Weiss, plus a variety
of Cedar Creek Wines.
Ach, der music! Authentic German music plus a wooden dance
floor for polka fans. Featured bands include Pommersche
Spaldeel Performance Group & Band, Tuba Dan, the Alte
Kameraden Band, Blaskapelle Milwaukee and the Cedarburg
Civic Band. And, if you’ve never seen a live Glockenspiel
Show (Cuckoo Clock), this delightful, goofy event will make
you laugh as it reappears several times each day. Kids will
enjoy games like Milk the Cow, Clothes Pin Drop, Ring the
Bell & Potato Sack Races.
New this year is the German Strong Man & Strong Woman
Competition sponsored by REAL Health & Fitness for those
16 and older, Saturday 10:00-12:00. The Truck Pull features
a one ton city truck and 3 person team. There is a timed
Sled Pull with weighted plates and a Keg Lift with filled
kegs.
Silly contests with prize awards include Frau Tragen-Lauf
(Wife Carrying), Bier Eimer-Lauf (Beer Bucket Races), a
Sauerkraut Eating Contest and a German Spelling Bee from
Ault to Zither (A-Z). There’s also a Best Lederhosen
& Tracht attire (male & female) competition and
a World-Class Outhouse Racing Contest (Toiletten-Lauf) with
four “pushers” and one “sitter”.
You’ll find German-focused culture, like Spinning
and Schnitzelbank demos and paper-cutting and a Sheepshead
(Schafskopf) Tournament, Sunday, 1:00-4:00. Entry is $5.00
and prizes will be awarded. There will also be a marketplace
of German handicrafts and imports with European Trading,
Alpine Haus of Gifts, Xango, Bald Eagle Foods, Names &
Frames and Gary’s Farmer’s Market. On Sunday
morning there will be an ecumenical church service. While
in Cedarburg, tour the Cedarburg Cultural Center exhibits,
Cedarburg Visitor Center’s General Store exhibit,
the historic Kuehfuss House (1849), Paul J. Yank, Cedarburg
Brewery (1843) and Cedar Creek Winery in the Wittenberg
Woolen Mill (1864) daily.
German Festival attendees will enjoy strolling Washington
Avenue, absorbing the charm and historic ambiance of thriving
downtown Cedarburg, chock-full of unique retail shops and
restaurants.
Come help us celebrate the flavor of Germany! Cedarburg
is 20 minutes north of Milwaukee, off I-43. For information,
call the Visitor’s Center at 262-377-9620 or 800-237-2874
or www.cedarburgfestivals.org.
Or www.ci.cedarburg.wi.us
(City Departments; Parks & Recreation; German Festival).
***Please note, pets are not allowed in Cedar Creek Park
and festival attendees are asked to support our German Festival
by not bringing carry-ins. Bring a lawn chair or blanket
for comfort.
PREMIER SPONSOR: HARRIS BANK
Other Sponsors: Port Washington State Bank, Columbia St.
Mary’s
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