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Schedule of
Events
(Schedule is
subject to Change, check back for registration
forms to be added to the website.)
Lil'
Miss GermanFest Competition
registration form
Saturday, July 9
7:00- 10:00
Lion’s Pancake Breakfast -
5th St & Midland St
8:00
Jaycee’s Youth Fun Mile &
5K Run In -
South
Park
- Contact 402.269.2859
for Information
Registration Form
9:00-
11:00 Bingo - Post
Home
527 5th St -
Sponsored by VFW Auxiliary
9:00 Market @ GermanFest
- Thorne
St
- Merchants Specials, Produce, Bake Sales,
Vendors
Contact
402.269.5532 for Information
Registration Form
9:00- 12:00 AVA-VolksWalk -
5th Street
Centre -
Sponsored by
Lincoln Volksport Club, Inc
AVA Credit is available. Walker must be off
the course by 3:00 P.M.
9:30 Home Brew Contest -
Green
Room, 5th St Centre -
Information – 402.499.3306
10:30 Kinder Parade -
5th St &
Plum St
- Sponsored by Baylor Evnen
Curtiss Grimit & Witt LLP Attorneys
An Adult
needs to be present at Registration.
Registration Entry Form
11:00
Grand Parade -
Contact 402.269.7489 for
registration
Information
Noon 2 Block Beer Garden Opens -
5th St between Thorne St
& Mohawk
St
Wristband Required
Noon
Lunch -
Local eateries
and Food Booths
12:00- 4:00 Otoe
County Museum of Memories - 366 Poplar
1:00 3rd
Annual ‘Viener’ Dog Races
(Registration – 9:00 – 12:30) -
5th St between
Midland & Thorne
Sponsored by Professional Property Valuations
- Contact 402.269.2035 for Information
Race Registration Form
Information
Doggie Day Kare information
1:00
Fire Department Water
Fights
(Registration – 11:30 – 12:30)
-
Railroad
Ave between Midland & Mohawk
-
Sponsored by Syracuse Volunteer
Fire Dept
Competition Information
1:00 – 5:00 KinderFun -
First
National Bank Drive-Thru
"Bouncer" Sponsored by
Community Memorial Hospital
Games Sponsored by
Syracuse PTO
1:00 – 5:00 Wine & Microbrew Tasting
D&M Country
Antiques 6th &Thorne - Schilling Bridge
Winery &
Microbrewery – Pawnee City
TC’s Place
5th & Mohawk - James Arthur
Winery - Raymond
2:00 Helmat Tanzer dancers & Die Singender Wandered
Singers
Dancers & Singers from the German-American
Society, Omaha
Green Room,
5th Street Centre
Sponsored by Potash Corp, - PCS Phosphate,
Weeping Water
2:00 Free Watermelon Feed -
5th & Midland St -
Sponsored by
Syracuse Area Chamber of Commerce
3:00 Greg Blecha Trio -
Main Stage Area -5th
St & Midland St
3:30 Fest Keg Tapped -
Main Stage – 5th St &
Midland St - Sponsored by Wallman & Sons
4:00 “Viener” Vogue -
Dog Fashion Show -
Green Room, 5th
Street Centre
Information
4:00 Southeast
Nebraska Community Band -First
National Bank Wahoo - Syracuse Basement
Sponsored by First National
Bank Wahoo – Syracuse Branch
5:00 Little Tugger’s Pedal Tractor Pull
(Register -
4:30 – 5-00)
First National Bank
Drive-Thru
Sponsored by Area
Implement Dealers - Stutheit Impl; Stubbendick
Impl; Keim Farm Equip & Syracuse FFA
5:00
Ribfest -
5th & Midland St
-
Sponsored by Countryside Bank &
area businesses
Competition
Information
5:30 Polka Lesson & (6:00) Contest
- 5th St &
Midland St
6:30 Music of the
Germanic Lands by David Marsh -
In Front of
Main Stage
Folk
Song and Demonstrations of the Traditional
Music on Various Instruments
Provided in part by a grant
from Nebraska Humanities Council
9:00 – 12:00 Street
Dance – “Cactus Hill” -
Main Stage –
5th St & Midland
-
Wristband Required
Dusk Fireworks -
South
Park, 3rd St & Midland St
Sponsored by
Granneman Agency Inc. & Syracuse Volunteer
Fire Department.
Additional seating at South Park
Sunday, July 10
10:00 Community Church Service
- 'Under the Tent', 6th St & Plum St
Sponsored by
Syracuse Ministerial Committee
Bring
your Lawn Chair
10:00
GermanFest Open Golf Tourney -
Syracuse Country Club
-
3-person Staggered Scramble
Entry: $100/3 Person Team Includes: 18 holes
of golf, 1 Free 6-Pak beer/Team, Lunch German
Style, Prizes & Fun
Call SCC: (402)-269-2924 to
enter
Information
11:00 - 1:00
Ice
Cream Social and Meal -
St. John’s UCC
Church, 7th St & Plum St.
1:00 A Nation
Divided – ‘Under the Tent’, 6th
St & Plum St
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Civil War
presentation sponsored by Otoe County Museum
of Memories
1:30 – 4:00 Otoe
County Museum of Memories -
366 Poplar
St
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Events During the Day ~ ~
Main Stage Wackiness 5th St & Midland -
Various Contest
Senior Citizen & Handicap Parking – First
National Bank Parking Lot
Golf Cart Taxis
Historical Walking Tours of Syracuse
-Headquarters
Cash Drawing - Headquarters |
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GermanFest Merchandise available at the
Booth on 5th Street |
Lodging
Available - Funded in part by
Otoe County Visitors Committee
Special Thanks to the
Syracuse Area Economic Development
Corporation for providing funds to keep
GermanFest litter free.
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