Monday, September 14, 2009

2009 Gonbach Kerwe

They made me a banner for the parade!! Gosh it made me feel special. What great girls...thanks Maria...(Maria is in the back on the left) she is one of my leaders...and speaks the most english
Everyone meets at the "Mona Lisa" restuarant in town to hang up the traditional Kerwe pole and to announce the embarrasing stories of the town for the year, I don't understand who is being embarassed so Alex translates the funny stories for me--it's read by the "kerwe King" in funny rhymes and after each one a cheer is done and he drinks white wine--did I mention he's balanced on a tall ladder near where the pole hangs on the building
That's Kevin the Kerwe King with the pole ready to be hoisted into the air--many tractors and trucks are decorated for the parade



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