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I ful Stein and Dine culinary event on \x {if , \ ~ 11,8 official keg-tappingwill take place as m0“. 1 59f“ 23 and the T01" ‘19 ”ans CYClmg ' "33‘ v . - . sands of chicken-dancing spectators celebrate the l race and Oktoberfest Rocks the Tent \ .‘ a - “1' . return ofthe nine«day festival. ‘3“ weekend. if? “fining "“0 a whole \. ‘ " .A ‘. . Entertainment will begin at l1:l5 a.m.. with mom“ of [osm'mes- . y H J a ' \ exciting preâ€"show entertainment and continue all lwe'"? trims ‘0 RICK In 0" some 0f ‘ v’ ‘ ’ \ A weekend on King Street with The Oktoberfest ' the trends." said Mark “Pugh "‘9 new d ‘1 ~ Downtown Experience. presented by the City of 1 executive director of the festival replac- - 1' ' -‘ Kitchener and the Downtown Kitchener 3m. ing the "3in WW Blundell. "The CU'l' '9 r l l. > ‘ I 'lhe official opening ceremony starts at [2:15 nary WEN “'35 a completely diffe't'm ‘31 ...~ ‘. p.m. when Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr will be thing that wedid and we sold it out. ‘ . _ . .. --'. :‘ihi‘. . i’ joined by Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran. Carn- “You have to catch on to the trends .. 3“” 1 ‘4‘» bridge Mayor Doug Craig, Regional Chair Ken Seil~ ”‘3‘ are going 0“ and "‘3‘ S 0"? 0f ‘. ing, festival president Vic Degutis. vari0us digni~ 4 them. Food Is really big with that 30 to V 7 ~ \ .. ‘ taries. Miss Oktoberfest 20ii and outer Hans. ' . 55 age group.” 7“ K- g g ‘ _. _ _ _ ‘ 0 E And those added attractions are _ I" 1 ’ ' . drawing more people to the 43rd edi- / f ' . / Annual 9h0bene3t ~ rion of Oktoberfest." he said. . . y w. (I, Thanksglwng Parade set Ticket sales for the festhallen. which \ 4 it; includes two new ones at Chicopee Ski "(3 4‘ for Oct. 10 and Summer Resort and the New- _, ’ _ â€"~ foundland Club Cambridge, are track- It has often been said that everyone loves a ing up over last year. A successful mar- Kevin Schmitt (left) and Art Primosch took part in last week's keg tapping during parade and those in attendance at the annual keiing campaign to draw more Ontari- Oktoberfest media night at Chicopee Hans. the newest location for Oktoberfest Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day ans (0 this backyard attraction has celebrations. Oktoberfest officially gets underway Oct. 7 at Kitchener City Hall. Parade are no exception. more than made up for a decline in the Both Schmitt and Prime-sch are former Oktoberfest volunteers of the year. . Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Oktoberfest features one of number of [1.3. tourists visiting in ”M'm the most spectacular‘lhanksgiving Day Paradesin recent years. through Bearskin Airlines at the Water- A new Miss Oktoberfest has also Canada starting Oct. 10 at 8:30 a.m.. in uptown “Tickets are up slightly ahead of last loo Regional Airport. been crowned with Milverton’s Brittany Waterloo. year," said Kreller. "At the end of the day The festivities in Waterloo kick off Graul now wearing the sash. She will be loin over 150.000 fest‘goers as they line King we'll be happy if we end up even with a free lunch at the Mayor's Okto- joined by two new family friendly mas- Street on Thanksgiving moming, eagerly awaiting matching last year's numbers, but it has berfest luncheon Thursday. ”:30 am. cots called Ziggy and Zaggy. the colourful floats. clowns and award-winning been lrt‘ndinglhat way" to 1:30 p.m.. at the Waterloo public “They‘re a lot of fun, and as soon as marching bands from Canada and the United People are also reconnecting with square. the kids see them they run to them.” States. the festival and bring their friends and On Saturday. the 30m annual KW Graul said witha laugh. Bring a non»perishable food item to the parade relatives along, Krellcr said that more Oktoberfest Family Breakfast will bt‘ “I'VE got some competition." and donate to the Onkel Hans Food Drive. spon- 7. than 52 per cent of all tickets sold still held in the uptown from 7:30 pm. to [)egutis agreed the festival is no soredbySobeys and Napa Auto Parts. in support of . go to local residents and they make up I If“) pm. The 33rd UpTown Waterloo longer contained over nine days in the Waterloo Region Food Bank the biggest wgmt-nt of ft‘slivalrgtwrs Great Oktoberfest Barrel Race also October Peoplecan also select their favourite floats. Text “We had a hll of monu'ntuiti (wt-r takes place in the core starting at 9:30 “We're spreading it over 16 days," your vote for the People's Choice Float at the Kitch- the lihl few years where people have a m said Degutis ener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day i gotten bat It into the Oktoberfest spirit (In Monday, uptown Waterlrm is the "A big challenge we've had is to get Parade. and hrouglii some of llli'll lillnllV and sm- of (ht' ()nkcl ”ans 5 km l‘llll Run people to understand that there are Spectators can simply text the code on the sides friends in,” he said starting an 8:31)" in multiple dimensions to the festival. and of each of the floats to cast their vote for the inter [he festival is also marking mth the It's followed by the annual ()kiobi-r» we've wrapped any new event in ()kto- active award. and they can vote as many times as Waterloo Region Ioiirisni (‘Ufptlrilllttn fest Ihanksgiving Day Parade llt‘gutis herfest. they want. 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