The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"Gemutlichkeit! Over 350,000 visitors to Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo will receive this warm welcome as they participate in the Twin Cities‘ ninth Oktoberâ€" fest celebrations, the secâ€" ond largest celebration of its kind in the world. ihe opening ceremonies will be held at 12 noon on Friday, Oct. 7. at Speakâ€" ers Corner in downtown Kitchener. The Twin Cities® mayors, special guests and Oktoberfest personnel will gather around the Mayâ€" pole and officially tap the first keg of beer. The nine day festival has something for everyone. There are more than 40 family and sporting events ranging from the Thanksâ€" giving Day parade to art shows to a Musikfest. The â€" Festhalls located throughout ° the cities will be the busiest places by far. No one is a stranger for long as they join hands and raise their beer steins singâ€" ing *"Ein Prosit." Sauerâ€" kraut _ and _ Oktoberfest sausage is sure to satisly every appetite. Boisterous oomâ€"pahâ€"pah music, the aroma of sausage and a splash of beer, will officially hail the opening of Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterioo Oktoberfest ©77. The cereâ€" mony will take place at Speakers Cornâ€" er in Kitchener, on the stroke of noon, Friday, Oct. 7. An ancient vehicle will pick up Waterâ€" loo Mayor Marjorie Carroll and Diane Easton, Oktoberfest‘s ‘"Aunt Frieda®", at Wateriloo City Hall at 11 a.m. Preâ€" ceeded by the clattering Carisberg beerâ€" wagon, the entourage will proceed down King St. to Kitchener City Hall picking up Kitchener Mayor Morley Rosenberg, and Mr. Oktoberfest, Julius Rauchf{fuss at approximately 11 : 45 a.m. Leaving Kitchener City Hall to join the crowd of thousands waiting at Speakâ€" ers Comer, the cavalcade will be led by an oomâ€"pah band, and followed by eight The Maypole is a tradiâ€" Oktoberfest: activities for the whole family Official opening Oktoberfest i’s'gwu‘fidérbar! ooo o /) _ â€"â€"Seafe Featured will be some of the top North American Bavarian dance groups, a wide variety of bands, rangâ€" ing in style from oompah to rock and roll. Project People, the internationallyâ€" known singing and dancing group, and many other enâ€" tertainment activities. Not far from the Mayâ€" ple is the Oktoberfest glockenspiel, a â€" musical carillon which was unveilâ€" ed last year. The animated characters of Snow White and the seven dwarfs tell their story and their music can be heard in many areas downtown. A huge candyâ€"striped tent, located at the corner of Charles and Benton Streets, will entertain visitors with over 50 hours of music and entertainment. Originally the idea of Okâ€" toberfest‘s Ron Carr. a Muâ€" tual â€" Life â€" representative tional â€" Oktoberfest â€" landâ€" mark. Erected in 1975 the 65 foot pole is decorated in the European tradition with the crests of the local Gerâ€" manâ€"Canadian clubs and the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. butchers in white coats and chef hats carrying a 40â€"footâ€"long sausageâ€"onâ€"aâ€" bun, cooked and ready to eat. It is hoped that the sausage, made by J. M. Schneidâ€" er Inc., will make the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest cooked sausageâ€"onâ€"aâ€"bun. * The two mayors, Mr. Oktoberfest and Frieda will join the awaiting dignitaries on stage at noon. Following introducâ€" tions, the giant sausage will be sampled by Jonas Bingeman in a ceremonial gesâ€" ture to insure its palatability for festival goers. Mayor Morley Rosenberg will read a proclamation to declare Oktoberfest ‘77 officially open, and the official beer keg will be tapped to finalize the openâ€" ing ceremonies at 12 :30 p.m. About 350,000 people are éxpected to take part in Kâ€"W Oktoberfest‘77 from October 7â€"15. from Waterloo, the tent is designed to provide fun for the whole family. It will be unlicensed «.and there will be no charge for the acts. The Downtown Kitchener board _ of _ management agreed to provideée $4,000 towards the cost of the acts and another $600 towards the cost of locating the tent, as part of its onâ€"going promotion program for the downtown core, which beâ€" gan in May. Activities kick off on Friday, October 7 with the Gemutlichkeit Express band, the music of country folk artist Doug Biggs and entertainment â€" from _ the Forest Heights Collegiate School Band. The contest will feature four top Bavarian dance groups: Shuhplattier Verain Saturday, _ October _ 8 highlights Project People, the square dancing of Swing and Whirl, featuring the Ruth Groff> Square Dancâ€" ers. cordovox music by Marg Lewis of Toronto and the Shubhplattler dance contest. Alpenros! (St. Catharines), TP.E.V. Alpenland (Hamâ€" ilton), Almenrausch (Syraâ€" cuse, U.S.A.) and ‘"‘The Boys from the Austrian Alps‘‘ (Kingston). Enterâ€" tainment from the 110â€"memâ€" ber North Star Drum Corps will conclude the day‘s events. Magic by Gerard, the Great, country and westâ€" ern from The Bradley Famâ€" COME OUT AND ENJOY the Oktoberfest Equestrian Exhibition and Musical Ride on Saturday, Oct. 8 on Pioneer Tower Road. This year‘s program is designed to be short and entertaining. _ Watertoo Chronicle, Wadnesday, October 5, 1977 â€" Page 15 ily of Clinton, and dancing by the Transylvania Club Dancers and the local Kesâ€" sler‘s School of Dance will be featured on Sunday, Ocâ€" tober 9. Other highlights of the week include the music of Velvet Brass, a 9â€"piece brass band of the Waterloo regional police on Monâ€" day, October 10, and a salâ€" ute to Brantford on Wedâ€" nesday, October 12. Brantâ€" ford is celebrating its cenâ€" tennial this year. On Saturday, October 15, five rock bands will enterâ€" tain throughout the day. Those who are still young in mind and body by the end of Oktoberfest can enâ€" jioy the sounds of Helix, Direct Drive, Star Child, Flying Machine and Shaâ€" mus. ‘