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Deutsche Partei im Park!
(German Party in the Park)
Historic Cedarburg’s German Festival
July 18 & 19, 2009
Historic Cedarburg will be bursting with gemuetlichkeit
as Festivals of Cedarburg, Inc. presents the 2nd
Annual German Festival, Saturday, July 18, 10 am–9
pm & Sunday, July 19, 11:30 am–6 pm in
beautiful Cedar Creek Park, N52 W5882 Portland Road.
Free admission and parking.
This authentic German festival will offer delightful German
foods and beers from Alpine Village Inn’s
Bier Garten and the Cedarburg Lion’s
Club food booth. Guests will also find specialty
beers such as Spaten Pilsner, Spaten Munich Lager, Dinkil
Acker Dark and Franzinkaner & Dunkel Weiss, plus a variety
of Cedar Creek Wines, including their four-time Gold Medal
winner, Cedar Creek Riesling.
Ach, der music! More German music then you can shake a stick
at, plus a wooden dance floor for polka fans. Featured bands
include Pommersche Spaldeel Performance Group &
Band, Tuba Dan, the Alte Kameraden Band, Spielmannszug,
Blaskapelle Milwaukee, Familienmusi Mueller Hacker Trio
and the Cedarburg Civic Band. And if you’ve
never seen a live Glockenspiel Show (Cuckoo
Clock), this delightful, goofy event, sponsored by Port
Washington State Bank, will make you laugh as it reappears
every two hours. The Local Motion Shop
will provide rental bikes, canoes and kayaks
to explore Cedarburg and Cedar Creek. Kids will enjoy the
brand new playground equipment and fire truck slide.
Silly contests with prize awards include Frau Tragen-Lauf
(Wife Carrying), Bier Eimer-Lauf (Beer Bucket Races), a
Sauerkraut Eating Contest, Nagelen Contest (nail to the
log) 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”.
Kids will enjoy the brand new playground equipment and fire
truck slide
.
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, imports and food products
and a Farmer’s Market with locally grown produce.
On Sunday morning there will be an ecumenical church service.
While in Cedarburg, tour the Cedarburg Cultural Center exhibit,
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. Founded in the 1840’s, Cedarburg was
declared a National Historic District listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. The city is home to more than
100 restored and intact buildings of historic significance.
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 888-894-4001 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.
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