| Show It Uk to est bert comes to Snowbird There is something for everyone at Wry f r. r f j r o e f By Kyle Yost f T f Staff writer 0 I think the highlight of for me is kicking f- f back with my friends and enjoying enjoying enjoy enjoy- i ing g a beer in the clean mountain mountainair air aIr says Amy Pearce an tr f Administrative Retail Assistant n. n at Snowbird Ski Summer Resort I have to work every weekend during the festival and get to see it all but for me the kicking back is definitely the best part has become a premier premier premier pre pre- pre pre- mier celebration of German food music dance and fun for over visitors to Snowbird every autumn It began twenty- twenty eight years ago when two men costumed in their leather lederhosen lederhosen lederhosen leder- leder hosen came to Snowbird Ski and Summer Slimmer Resort and were awestruck by the towering mountain peaks These peaks reminded them of their home home- land The two Germans accustomed to an October harvest and beer tasting festival back in Munich returned to Snowbird in the fall to continue the tradition of playing playing playing play play- ing their accordions singing in their native tongue and enjoying authentic German beer Not being from Utah and not quite into the whole scene here has been something I look forward to said Mark a student at Salt Lake Community College I like going into the mountains They have all kinds of crafts getting away from the city listening lis- lis they can do and clowns games to the bands and getting a you name it taste of something different The festival has shopping for forthe includes a variety the holidays in the bustling marketplace marof marof mar- mar of Bavarian flair offering from local entertainment enter- enter such items as and Dont Don't forget hand crafted dolls national German and cuckoo bands to talented clocks clocks- Its Ils not yodelers The cui- cui th the UlC e h heart ea rt 0 of f all German crafts sine is authentic though you'll and varied giving autumn is IS dur- dur find all kinds of ofa a visitor to the stuff there even festival a wonder wonder- wonderful some Native ful sampling Dig mg g S September ep t em b ere American things What I like is too said Haile the shopping The drive up to said Kathy Haile mother of Snowbird nestled high up ilp in three and a gifted shopper I get geta Little Cottonwood Canyon is a aa aa a chance to snatch up some wonderful won- won short breathtaking drive of about trinkets that remind me of 30 minutes from the Valley my visit to Germany The kids surrounded by love going up to the festival too beautiful autumn scenery runs every weekend through the heart of the season Dont Don't forget the heart of autumn is during September Its true we have more than our fair share of people coming up here to Snowbird in October looking for the festival said Pearce They have to hold the festival in hi September because it gets so cold in October The slopes of the mountains during September become decorated decorated decorated deco deco- rated with all of the fall colors one could imagine The atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere is filled with laughter song and scents of the wonderful 1 German cuisine Thanks to gets a taste of the best of Bavaria for a few weekends weekends' every fall C |
