Friday, September 09, 2005

Oktoberfest

Grab your steins! Don your dirndls! The annual September tradition of Oktoberfest is back in town.

This Saturday, Frisco Main Street will be brimming with beer, bratwurst and Bavarian culture for the fourth annual Frisco Oktoberfest.

Aromas of Landjager summer sausage and herbed spatzle will fill the air, as the Edelweiss Schulplatters grace the streets with traditional Bavarian dancing. And Sunday, the festivities continue at Copper Mountain's Burning Stones Plaza and Keystone's River Run Plaza.

"Traditionally, an Oktoberfest is a celebration of a Bavarian wedding," Suzanne Burke, special events coordinator for the town of Frisco, said of this weekend's movable feast. "Obviously we have no connection to that. Here it's a mountain-town tradition of celebrating our mountain lifestyle. Ours is centered around beers and brats. We drink, and we do the chicken dance. That's what we do."

Breckenridge's Oktoberfest will be held later this month.

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