Saturday September 19th,  2009   Time                            Event                                                  Location          9:30-11:30 am                Polka music - Joe Dolezal                                           Gold building                                        Food, beverage and craft booths open                                  Festival grounds 10:00 am                            Opening ceremonies/German welcome                                Gold building                                         National Anthem/Opening prayer                                      Gold building                                                          German singers/Tapping of the keg                                    Gold building                                                         11:00 am-9:00 pm               Polka dancing and polka music                                         Gold building                                     Through out the day            Crafts, homemade items, vendor booths                             Commercial building                                  German gift items/Historical Museum booth                         Schenk building                                  Various displays of local German memorabilia                        Schenk building                                                                   Antique car, tractor & machinery displays                            Festival grounds                                   Displays & demonstrations of stationary motors                Festival grounds Dancing lessons                                                             Gold building                                                                              Volga German books & genealogy books                            Schenk building 11:30 am                            German dinner served by St. Catherine Parish Schenk building 11:30 am-1 pm               PolkaMusic – Hot Shots                                                  Gold building 12 noon – 5 pm               Miniature horse cart rides                                                 South of Gold building 1:00-2:30 pm                    Polka music - Wes Windholz Polka Band                           Gold building                                          Anvil shoot                                                                    Festival grounds                                        Wheat threshing demonstration                                          Festival grounds                                        B-29 Bomber engine on display & start up demonstration     Festival grounds                                    2:00 pm                              Crowning of the 2009 Prince & Princess                             Gold building                                        Traditional wedding march                                               Gold building 2:30-4 pm                          Polka music – Hot Shots Polka Band                                 Gold building 3:30 pm                             Cooking lessons by Jacinta Faber – making Spitzbuben    Schenk building                                       Dance lessons for polka dancing, walz, schottische and other polka dances 4:00-5:30 pm                    Polka music - Wes Windholz Band                                    Gold building 5:30-7:00 pm                     Polka music – John Fritzler                                                Gold building                                                         6:30 pm                          Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament                                            Schenk building 7:00-8:30 pm                   Polka music - Country Dutchman                                      Gold building                                                         8:30-10 pm                      Polka music - John Fritzler                                               Gold building 10-11 pm                         Polka music - Country Dutchman                                      Gold building 11:00 pm                        Closing                                                                          Gold building                                                                                                                              Sunday September 20th, 2009   Time               Event                                Location                                             10:00 am                            Polka Mass                                                                  Gold building                                    Music by Country Dutchman and the Catherine choir. Celebrant – Father Peter Meis                                                              11:00 am-6:00 pm            Food, beverage and craft booths open                                  Festival grounds Through out the day            Crafts, homemade items, vendor booths                             Commercial building                                        German gift items/Historical Museum booth                         Schenk building                                        Various displays of local German memorabilia                     Schenk building                                                                        Antique car, tractor & machinery displays                            Festival grounds                                      Displays & demonstrations of stationary motors                Festival grounds Dancing lessons                                                              Gold building                                                                           Volga German books & genealogy books                             Schenk building 11:30 am                         German dinner served by St. Catherine Parish Schenk building 11:30 am-1:00 pm           Polka music – Hot Shots Polka Band                                  Gold building                 12 noon – 5 pm              Miniature horse cart rides                                                 South of Gold building 1:00-3:00 pm                    Polka music – John Fritzler                                               Gold building                                        Anvil shoot                                                Festival grounds                                        Mud Run at the RPM race track                                         Festival grounds                                        KMRO Sanctioned Race with Modified, Super Modifed & Stock Trucks                                         B-29 Bomber engine on display                                         Festival grounds 2 pm                               Polka dance contest                                                          Gold building                                                       Selection of Prince and Princess candidates for 2010          Gold building 3:00-4:30 pm                  Polka music - Wes Windholz Band                                     Gold building 4:30 pm-5:30 pm               Polka music - Country Dutchman                                       Gold building 5:30-6:00 pm                    Jam session with the Country Dutchman                              Gold building                                       (anyone is welcome and encouraged to join in and play along with the band) 6:00 pm                          Closing                                             WILLKOMMEN We invite you to celebrate the German Heritage of our area and experience the customs, language and music of our German ancestors. Join in the fun with polka music, games, activities, presentations, entertainment and wonderful German food.  Crafts, old-time demonstrations, rides and games for the kids make this a great family weekend.   Antique Tractor/Machinery Show Antique engines, cars, tractors, antique machinery, farm equipment and hit and miss stationary engines will be on display. Demonstrations will be held throughout the weekend.  For more information about the tractor pull, antique machinery show or wheat threshing call Larry Dreiling – 785-650-1111 or John Dreiling – 785-650-3046   Dance lessons/dance contest   Learn the basic polka dance steps and watch local experts explain the various dances like the flying Dutchman, hochzeit, waltz, schottische and the traditional wedding dance. All beginners are welcome and encouraged to join in the fun. Food and Craft booths Approximately 40-50 booths will be providing crafts, food, refreshments and homemade German products. Food booths will include kettle corn, galuushkies, baked bread and sweet treats, funnel cakes, brats, BBQ beef sandwiches, green bean and dumpling soup, BBQ ribs and the traditional favorite – bierocks. Local clubs and organizations will have German sausage, homemade jellies and jams, kuchen, spitzbuben, sauerkraut, noodles and beans, cinnamon rolls, smoked meats, and dumplings. Polka Mass A traditional Catholic polka mass celebration with all the songs and hymns performed in the familiar polka style of music. All are welcome to attend – come early – seating fills up quickly.   Prince and Princess competition Luke Garrison and Raisa Windholz were selected as the prince and princess and were crowned at the Oktoberfest. Sheldon Weber of Hays and Amy Herman from Kansas City, MO were crowned at the 2007 Oktoberfest. Two new candidate were selected and one of their duties as the prince and princess will be to bring five new contestants to the dance contest.  Three judges, who are picked out of the crowd, select the best dancers and nominate the prince and princess candidates for next year.  All youth from high school age and younger are encouraged to participate.  Contact Leo Dorzweiler to enter 785-623-6847.   Texas Hold Em Tournament The Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest Texas Hold Em tournaments will provide a great night of cards and conversation. Donation to play, prizes will be awarded.   Tractor pull On site registration will be held from 10 – 11:30 am with the event to begin at 12 noon. All vintage tractors from 1959 and older will be allowed to pull with division I with 18”maximum hitch height rules applying. Classes will be from 2000-10,000 pounds in 500 increments.  The entry fee is $5 per hook and all money will be paid to the 1st and 2nd place in each respective class.   Volga German books, genealogy and German memorabilia The Ellis County Historical Society Museum will have a booth with German products, genealogy books, cookbooks (Sei Unser Gast, Das Essen Unser Leute, Sharing Our Best 125 years), wooden spoons and stacking dolls made in Russia, German hats, Volga German doll and dress patterns, "German Capital of KS" tee-shirts; hand built wooden thresher and steam tractor, stuffed horses, teddy bears and stuffed buffaloes.    Wheat Threshing A 1940’s vintage John Deere 22 x 36 thresher powered by a 1951 LA Case, owned by Lawrence J. Dreiling, will be in full operation on Saturday.  The wheat bundles comes from a local Ellis County farm.