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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988. PAGE 13.’
Zurich's Bean
Festival revisited
BY RAYMOND CANON
There are two festivals in this
part of Ontario that I try to visit
eaeh year. One is that held in the
village of Zurich and the other is
held on some farm in the Perth-
Huron county area to celebrate the
Swiss National Holiday. The Zur
ich one takes place on the third
Sunday in August while the Swiss
one is generally on the last Sunday
in July in order to celebrate the
Swiss National Holidav on August
1.
Under normal conditions 1 am in
Switzerland about the end of July
so 1 have been celebrating the
August 1 date in that country. As a
matter of fact a couple of years ago 1
ended up going to see the famous
play on William Tell by the German
dramatist Friedrich Schiller. This
is something that I had been
wanting to do for many years so
another of my dreams got fulfilled.
Generally 1 am back in Canada by
the time that the Zurich bash takes
place so I slip up there to see what
this year's crop of beans taste like.
However, conditions are not
normal this year. I attended the
celebrations of the Thames Valley
Swissclub on July 31 which was
held on a farm between Monkton
and Brussels. The very next day I
got in a plane and flew to
Switzerland which means that I will
miss the bean feed at Zurich.
May be some day I will be able to
get to both of them in Canada but
at least I try.
Since Zurich, Ontario, is named
after the Swiss city, perhaps.it
might be nice if we could have a
Swiss theme at the bean festival.
This is not to suggest that the
Swiss, at least those in Switzer
land, are great bean eaters al
though beans certainly do find a
place on their diet. It would be just
something to call attention to the
fact that Zurich is, after all, a Swiss
word.
Well, what could we do in
Zurich, Ontario. Well, for openers
we could have an apple-shooting
contest ala William Tell with prizes
being f$ven for the person who hits
the apple first with a bow and
arrow. I doubt that you’re going to
get anybody to volunteer to have an
apple put on their head (I’m
certainly not) so we could have
plastic models made up or some
thing like that would hold an apple
on the head.
When we got tired of that, we
could wander over to the Alphorn
blowing contest. You all know the
Alphorn. It is that huge musical
instrument about 15 ft. long which
produces music by being blown on
but I warn you, it is not as easy as it
looks. The crowd could judge
which person was able toobtain the
most melodic notes. Remember
that it is by listening to the Alphorn
th at the Swiss cows are the most
contented bovines to be found
anywhere.
When that was done, there
would be the yodelling contests.
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better with ideas than I was with
carrying them out.
With or without the Swiss
colour, if you have never been to
the bean festival, please go. You
will enjoy yourself. While you are, I
will be getting ready to catch a
plane in the Swiss Zurich to bring
me back to Canada. I will then put
my passport away for another year.
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