8 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | OCTOBER 2019
Time is running out! SHOWTIME
X is just around the corner. Tickets
are on sale now across from the
front desk at the Lodge. Evening
show is Friday, October 11 at 6:30
pm and on Saturday, October 12, a
matinée is at 1 pm and the
evening show is at 6:30 pm.
Check out some pictures from
past shows. Once again, the stars will be
out and shining bright. All tickets are $10.
SHOWTIME X
By Clare Mendez, Resident
The first Oktoberfest was celebrated in Munich Germany in
1810 in honor of Prince Ludwig's marriage to Princess Therese
von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities began October 12,
1810, and lasted for almost a week, until October 17. After such a
spectacular party, the happy couple decided that the same type of
festival should be continued annually. In the following years, the
galas were repeated every October, prolonged and, eventually moved
forward into September primarily because of the weather.
Today the remnants of the gates still stand and the fields, known
by locals as the Wies'n, now host the largest beer festival in the
world: Oktoberfest! What was a simple wedding celebration has
transformed into a 17 or 18-day festival in which 7 million people
from around the world participate in, consuming more than 6 million
liters of Bavarian beer. That's 1 million gallons of beer!
Oktoberfest officially begins on the second to last Saturday in
September at noon and concludes the first Sunday of October. On
October 4, Solera Diamond Valley will celebrate Oktoberfest. Like the
festivities in Munich, there will be fun games, a live German band
and plenty of German food and BEER! Lederhosen and Fraulein
Bavarian costumes are optional.
Oktoberfest in Munich and at Home
