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Green County Cheese Days Celebration in Downtown Monroe, WI
9/17, 9/18 and 9/19
Come Celebrate Green County Cheese Days Sept 17-19,2010 in Downtown Monroe Wisconsin!
Experience Old World tradition at an out-of-this world celebration. Green County Cheese Days is the oldest and largest food fest in the Midwest (Started in 1914)– honoring Swiss heritage, cheesemaking and dairy farming traditions in Green County Wisconsin. Back when "buy local" was really the only option if you wanted to eat
(and not a marketing mantra), and long before "foodie tourism" was a buzzword term, the people of Green County created a festival based on local cheese. More than 3,000 visitors traveled by train, and horse
and carriage to attend the first festival. Today's attendance at this every-other-year event is estimated at more than 150,000 - including regional, national, and international visitors.
GREEN COUNTY CHEESE DAYS September 17 – 19, 2010
www.cheesedays.com
Experience Old World tradition at an out-of-this world celebration! Green County Cheese Days is the oldest food festival in the Midwest – honoring Swiss heritage, and the cheesemaking and dairy farming
traditions that are deep-rooted in this area. Since 1914, Monroe’s Historic Courthouse Square has served as a scenic backdrop to the festival grounds, and the celebration attracts crowds of revelers ready to yodel, polka, and consume cheese by the truckload.
Highlights include:
Three entertainment stages - Main Stage
(yodeling, alphorns, polka bands, accordions, polka lessons),
Hospitality Tent Stage ("So You Think You Can Polka" Polka Contest,
Yodeling Lessons,
Cheese and Beer Pairing and Tasting, Product
Sampling with The Swiss Colony, Cheese and Beer Bread Recipe Contest
Judging), and the Huber Bock Stage at Minhas Craft Brewery (Huber Bock
and Blues Festival), also "Taste of Green County" food booths,
Beer Garden featuring local brews,
Arts & Crafts Fair,
Carnival,
Vintage Tractor Show,
Old-time Cheesemaking Demonstration,
Cow Milking Contest,
Family Farm Adventure,
Children’s Parade led by the Cheese Days Prince and Princess,
Kid's Arts and Imagination Station,
Dairy Farm and Barn Quilt bus tours, and The
Swiss Colony Cheese Days Parade on Sunday!
(Can't Wait Til Cheese Days - click here!
Hope to See You in Monroe for the 2010 Green County Cheese Days Celebration!
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Courthouse Square Downtown Monroe
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1016 16th Avenue
Monroe, WI 53566 |
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Future Forward! Green County Monthly Meeting
9/22
Future Forward! Green County Meeting Tentatively Scheduled: Wednesday, 9/22/10 11:30 – 1 pm Basement Courthouse Conference Room. Get involved! Then volunteer for a project today!
The Future Forward Green County Initiative reactivated community members with a kickoff meeting on January 8, hosted by Minhas Brewery. Over 50 members shared ideas and set goals on ways to attract, retain and engage young professionals in our community. The ultimate goal is to attract future leaders to live and work in our area, to help grow the future of Green County.
The group spent part of the evening brainstorming and coming up with a list of assets and gaps in our county under seven indexes:
vitality,
earning,
learning,
social capital,
cost of lifestyle,
after hours and
around town. This high level initiative is being led by Nicole Matley, R.R. Donnelley, Inc; and Kent Anderson, Green County Leaders instructor. Four groups have formed within this initiative: Leadership Group (led by Nikki and Ken), Boomerang Group (led by Ryan Kubly), Web Portal Group (led by Richard Grahn) and Liaison Group (led by Jane Monahan).
For more information and to get involved, you can contact Nikki Matley and other group leaders by phone or email via our
contact page.