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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-08-06, Page 2•a- • 41121. C) UN FOR A DAY — Wit Kim Ho man, second runner up, left and Tammy Rau, first runner up, right in attendance, last year's Queen Kim Crawford congratulates 1986 Queen Connie Desjardine of RR 1 Grand Bend, sponsored by The Sun Shop, Grand Bend. • - --- -- • •, ; • Aright mix of ingr�dl.nN Pard the fun of attending an event ear after year is the comfort of towing what to expect, of the familiar traditions and the repetition o(enjoyable pastimes. The 1986 Ger- man type festival, Friedsburg Days in Dashwood provided just the right mix of these Ingredients for the crowds of visitors and participants on the weekend. The Friday night balloon lift-off just at sunset, deliOted parents and children alike as fumthe& of different coloured helium filled balloons sailed and soared high in the sky on the gen- tle summer breeze. It could be two or three weeks before some lucky boy or girl learns how far the balloon travell- ed: last year one was found as far away as Port Stanley. All the world loves a parade and what would the Friedsburg Day parade be without the Erich Freiter family and friends providing the brass and accordion oom-pa-pa music. Clad in authentic lederhosen and dirndls these Dashwood residents (Edelweiss Acres Farms) have been in every Friedsburg Day parade since the beginning 15 years ago. This year there were two other bands in the parade - the Dashwood/Seaforth Brass Band and the smartly kilted Forest City Irish Pipe Band from London. This year's theme was "The Games People Play", which proved to be a topic with which everyone could iden- tify. The Dashwood Seniors float, featurin: tables of euchre and bingo 00 tr s prize; ' 0 man s r r se- cond and the Mad Mud Mania group, first prize winners kept everyone entertained. The Schade, Weigand, Rader, Wragg and Reid families put on an anthentic and slippery mud wrestling bout during the parade. Upholding their five year record of first place wins the group even pro- duced some clever poetry; At the Schade homestead Maybe several times a year Weigands, Raders, Wraggs, Reids and Rick Come out for games of cheer Sometimes they play at the dartboard Sometimes they wrestle steers But their favorite is mudwrestling And you thought they just drank beers! The Crediton Summerfest and Merner's Meats floats received honourable mention from judges Jo- Anne Haney, Winston Davies and Ray and Carol Anne Bonenberg of Grand Bend. A beautifully groomed, tawny pair of Belgians driven by Lorne Ross of St. Marys for Cook's Elevators drew the first place award for horse drawn vehicles, with T.J. Ornamental Rail- ings running second. Individual horse and rider first place winner was Carolyn Grenier; second place went to Jennifer McNutt. The KHVA Corners summer camp kids displayed the sports activities at their camp and it captured a first for the small vehicle category, while Mike Rader on his ATV took second. The Service Club award went to the corn stock decorated float of the Zurich Agriculture Assoc. Imaginatively decorated bicycles added colouf and humour to the parade with Danny Gielnick, Ami Gibson and Robbie Marriage winning first, second and third prizes respectively. Six enterprising youngsters cap- SCHADE GAMES — The theme was Games People Play and these Mad Mud Maniacs - the Schades, Weigands, Raders, Wraggs, Reids and Rick (Denomme) were winners again for the fifth year in a row with their theme float in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade. In the mud -wrestling ring were Dolly Hogan (alias Dave Rader), Tar Baby (Bill Ried), Hot Lips (Doris Wragg), and Angelina Humperdink (Nancy Rader), with sportscaster Bill Schade calling the holds. pr rY,lr. NOVELTY AWARD Showing players are Chad Arnold (left), lots Paul Can't believe I won t of imagination, these kids took The prize as a monopoly game. The Rau, Craig Zimmer, Mark Keller, Chris Keller, and Terry Genttner. GB girl is Friedsburg Queen Queen of Friedsburg Days is an honour not lightly nor frivolously bestowed by the judges. Considerable time is spent by both judges and con- testants alike to look for qualities of substance, not just a pretty face. The plans begin in earnest weeks before the event when each girl who must be 14 or over and each sponsor must make the basic decision to get involved, and extend the effort re- quired. Sometimes a shop, store or business will seek out the young lady they hope will represent them on the big day. Other times the girl will wish to run and must then seek a sponsor. As intimidating as that may sound, the whole village of Dashwood and the surrounding area are so involved in the day's events, a sponsor is soon found. - 1986 celebrated the 15th anniver- sary of Friedsburg Days and it drew an exceptional roster of nine con- testants from the area. Kathy Hayter of Dashwood began the procedure with a Monday night meeting in her home where the girls met informally to be briefed on all the details and time commitments they would have to make. At this time the two local newspapers came to take pictures so that everyone would be aware that these girls would .be a point of interest in the parade, not to be missed. Kathy then explained the judging routine so there would be no surprises. The judges Bill and Reta Chandler and Alice Dietrich were told they must narrow the field of contestants to three or four entrants before the Friedsburg Day noontime presenta- tion. Each girl was interviewed in- dividually by each judge who was looking for such qualities as ap- SEEING RED — One of the longest pulls lasting almost a minute' and a half (that's a tough struggle) finally brought victory to the Red Power Team against Mt. Carmel. Red Power wearing the bright red T-shirts from Becker Farm Equipment and McBride Bros. caps finally brought the trophy homelto their sponsors after five years of being runners- up in the men's TuQ-O-War competition. The team are (back left) Den- nis 'McBride, Rob Hoffman, Mike Jones, Todd Becker and Dan Turkheim. Front row: Rob Watson, Brod McBride, Scott Pincombe and coach Joe Becker. Judge John Becker presents the award that will be inscriber with a plaque announcing this year's winners. i FLOORING • If you're looking for carpet or vinyl for a small area or an entire house • Save TIM° • Save Money • See us First Do it yourself or hove our in. taller Ed Allen do it for ou Hopper - Hockey Floorin 355 Main St., S., Pieter 235.1990 pearance, speaking ability, poise, personality, and overall impression. Thursday evening everyone put their best foot forward at a turkey din- ner and meeting at the Horseshoe Diner. A pink carnation and wishes of good luck from the proprietor helped ease any tension there may have been. Conversations and interviews here consisted of talking about themselves, their hobbies, their work and their future endeavors. At the end of the meal each contestant was re- quired to give a small talk to the assembly of judges and friends giv- ing their opinions on one of five topics; marriage, career, education, fashion, and travel. Friday night, all contestants were introduced at the dance. Finally on the day of the parade every princess participated in the line up of floats. Almost stealing the show were the classy assortment of vehicles to show the girls to best advantage as they added a note of colour and beauty to the event. A quick change into stylish dresses and they were ready at 1:30 p.m. for the last part of their adventure. As each contestant climbed the stairs to the platform high on the flat back rig (usurping the stage from the Dashwood/Seaforth Band after they had finished entertaining the crowd) she was introduced by organizer Kathy Hayter and then was required to say a few words to the gathered onlookers. Within a few minutes the judges must make their final decision based on this one last performance. Talking quietly to a single judge is one thing but the queen must be able to keep her poise and dignity in front of a curious crowd whose eyes are all turned upon her. The moment of truth arrives and the judges hand their written decision to the commentator. Kathy. The se- cond runner-up... the first runner- up... (hen the Queen is announced! Dozens of cameras appear from everywhere and the crowd surges for- ward to congratulate not just the Queen but all who worked so hard and with such acclaim. Each contestant receives a gift from the Friedsburg committee as a thank -you, a corsage and the queen, an armful of silk'Foses. Showing a little giddy excitement now that the hard part was over, Queen Connie Desjardine exclaimed, "1 still can't believe i won" with ge- nuine amazement. Daughter of Eleanor and Cecil Desjardine, Connie Francis (na ed after her mom's favorites er) is a grade 12 student at South n and plans to to go to law after graduation. Working at the Sun Shop in Grand Bend for the sum- mer, her sponsor Nick Carter agrees, this young woman displays a great combination of beauty and brains. A worthy Queen of Friedsburg Days. PRIZES GALORE - Holding his pet turtle named Pee-wee,Craig Zim- mer displays the awardtribbons: first in Most Colourful, first in Tin iest, and third in Most Unique. Best of- all Pee -Wee didn't run away. tured the Novelty Award, each depic- ting a part of that age-old game Monopoly. Paul Rau and Terry Gent- tner were the dice, Chad Arnold was a 000 bill, Craig Zimmer the hat, Mark Keller the board and Chris Keller was chance. Fourteen -month-old Brandon, on the float of Skinner Enterprises, RR 1 Dashwood, looked as cute and cudd- ly as his teddy bear friends who were all in balloon tied baskets represen- ting "Ballooning - Man's Playgrotnd in the sky" as their theme. Even younger was Jenna Becker on the Becker family float who at 11 months was the youngest participant in the parade. Of course a festival or fair like this would not be complete without the crowning of a queen for a day. The judges, Alice Dietrich and Reta and Bill Chandler had a most difficult decision to make this year as nine at- tractive and charming young women contested the title. Seventeen year old Connie Desjar- dine, daughter of Eleanor and Cecil Desjardine, was crowned queen of Friedsburg Days 1986. Connie lives near Grand Bend and is working this summer at the Sun Shop in the Bend. Herproud sponsor was Nick Carter, owner of the Sun Shop. First runner-up was Tammy Rau and Kim Hoffman was second. Unfor- tunately all of these girls could not be winners, but they certainly added much to the event. Last year's queen, ra t : en' resi- dent was on hand to transfer the crown and the title to Connie. As black clouds rolled in and thunder rolled by threatening to blow up a storm, the crowds gathered to cheer the finalists in the arm wrestl- ing and Tug -O -War competitions in the late afternoon. Having been runners-up for the last five . years, the Red Power team, coached to victory by Joe Becker took the trophy in the men's tug -o -war bat- tle against the strong team from Mt. Carmel. Representing the Red Power team this year were Dennis McBride, Rob Hoffman, Mike Jones, Tod Becker, Dan Turkheim, Rob Watson, Brad McBride and Scott Pincombe. In the ladies°competition, tug -o -war champions were the Dashwood Throw-togethers, Julie Ritchie, Eleanor Weigand, Deanne McKnight, Judy Crown, Glenda DesJardine, Cheryl Dowson, Susanne Smith and Tracy ord. Coach Ray Webb his team to victory so ea - against the B52's that he lost his voice but won a trophy. Quick and decisive victories were won in the arm wrestling by Bud Ford over Robert Masse in the 121-140 lb. class, by Ron Coolman over Lawrence Becker in the 181-200 lb., by Dan Dittmer over Rick Brintnell in the 201 and over. Barb Reschke took Rose Erb easily in the women's division. For those patrons whose athletic in- terests ran to less strenuous involve- ment, there was dancing both Friday and Saturday nights and a Bavarian garden beer tent provided a cool place to relax. Add to all this a craft show, pet show, sausages and sauerkraut, and a few carnival rides and you have the perfect mix of fun food and frolic at Friedsburg Days. REWARDS FOR AWARDS — After putting Heidi through her paces the reward was popcorn treats for the dog and another first prize ribbon for owner Chad Arnold in the Best Trained Pet cat- egory. Heidi also brought Chad a first prize ribbon in theBest Groo- med category. UNBEATABLE — Once again the Dashwood Throw -together team showed superior strength against the B52's in the women's Tug -O - War finals. The winning team were, Back left: Julie Ritchie, Eleanor Weigand, Deanne McKnight, and Judy Crown with coach Ray Webb. In the front are Glenda DesJardine, Cheryl Dowson, Susanne Smith and Tracy Ford. 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