To all of you that are planning trips for genealogical research in the
summer of 2002, be sure to check and see what the state and county(s) you
are visiting has to offer. My good friend (see below) reminded me about
our tradition of Wisconsin Dairyfest, when I had to refer a query to her
about it... She was quick to point out that indeed, I have been gone from
Wisconsin too long, when I don't remember such a marvelous event as that.
So, I did a quick search at
http://www.yahoo.com for dairyfest and wanted
to share the results. There were almost 200 hits, so am only citing
WoodCoWI events. (So be sure to check it out for other events, such as
the Chocolate Fest May 17, 2002 - May 19, 2002 Burlington, WI, USA)
Marshfield hosted Dairyfest last year over Memorial Day Weekend and has an
event calandar you should check prior to traveling, (not yet posted
there):
http://www.marshfieldskatepark.com/Events.htm - however, there are
pictures of last year - with quilts and old cars, too...
http://ci.marshfield.wi.us/album/dairyfest.htm
Another wonderful site with a ton of Wisconsin Events is at:
http://www.festivals.com/~finder/mapquery.cfm?country=USA&state=WI
It includes the Marshfield Dairyfest, events/ craft sale, details at:
http://www.festivals.com/~finder/display_eventdetails.cfm?EID=USWIM51220
And, a few weeks before is the Art Fair May 12, 2002 Marshfield, WI, USA -
More than 100 selected artists from throughout the Midwest exhibit and
sell their creations. Local talent entertainment throughout the day.
Location: Marshfield Senior High Fieldhouse 1401 Becker Road
Marshfield also is hosting Dance the Weekend Away in Marshfield!
February 08, 2002 - February 10, 2002 Marshfield, WI, USA - Dance your
feet off to 12 Bands as they play 42 hours of great polka, blues, variety,
bluegrass and rock 'n roll music at four great venues throughout the city.
Location: Marshfield 700 S. Central Ave - Admission and Parking: $10 per
day on Friday and Saturday, $8.00 on Sunday includes all locations. Free
parking.
How about the Northern Aire Jazz Festival - June 29, 2002 Nekoosa, WI,
USA - produces one of the finest collections of live jazz entertainment
that you will ever hear in one place. It's a spectacular Midwest jazz
festival held outdoors at beautiful Lake Arrowhead Championship Golf
Course, near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Its location is conveniently
central to Minneapolis - St. Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, the Fox
Valley, MI UP and IA. URL is:
http://www.northernairejazzfestival.com/
I am excited to have found this site, as I normally go home in May and
stay through Memorial Day... Now, I might have to stay through summer
(grin) - Almost makes me wonder why I left until snow starts to fall.
Hey, I even found a
THINK-WISCONSIN.com site and if you click on Central
Wisconsin,
http://www.thinkwisconsin.com/ will find:
Marshfield:
http://www.thinkwisconsin.com/cvbs/marshfield.php
Wisconsin Rapids:
http://www.thinkwisconsin.com/cvbs/wrapids.php
Stevens Point:
http://www.thinkwisconsin.com/cvbs/spoint.php
and Wausau:
http://www.thinkwisconsin.com/cvbs/wcentral.php
Here is yet another central Wisconsin Calendar with a ton of events:
http://www.centralwisconsin.org/calendar.html
And here is another calandar for dairyland events:
http://www.visitdairyland.com/Events/events.html
Or the cute cow contest in Marshfield:
http://www.gospelcom.net/csn/nutty/000429.htm
Or cow contestants in Marshfield:
http://www.countryvoice.com/weirdapril00.htm
How about Art and Craft show search:
http://www.craftfair.com/esearch/searchformevent.cfm
And last but not least, the midwest FAIR calandar:
http://www.midwestartfairs.com/Fair%20Calendar.html
OK, OK, I am going to sneak a blurb in on Strawberry Festival my all time
favorite event:
http://www.chicagomag.com/saf/getaways01/getawaywi.htm
and a few others that have nothing to do with central Wisconsin:
http://www.festivalusa.com/states/wisfest.htm
OK OK OK - It is NOT genealogy (I can hear some of the knitpickers
complaining - hit the delete key then) - but we can't always be doing
genealogical research, and it is a great way to endorse the state(s) and
county(s) traditions that you have come to know and love... Also, this
will be a neat addition to our pages. And to show good faith: here is
the link to bookmark containing all the URLS above:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WisConsin/wi-festivals.html
Join in the fun and send me your links for other events DIRECT at
makkuehl(a)yahoo.com (PLEASE not on the SC or WI-Admin list - WoodCoWI list
is OK). I hope other Wisconsin counties, and other states will share what
is going on in their neck of the woods, as many of us will be traveling
over the summer...
R/S MAK
ps Please pass along as appropriate to other mailing lists... Feel free
to add your own Wisconsin Events and URLs...
> You *have* been gone from WI too long, Marcia!! DairyFest is the
annual June event in WI where the Future Farmers of America clubs put on a
*wonderful* breakfast, often on a farm, from 5 to 10am on a Saturday
morning for $4-6 a person...lots of pancakes, real WI maple syrup, real
WI cranberry juice, lots of cheese, milk, real butter and breakfast
sausage, and ice cream (Rapids holds theirs in a mall--ewww!) I try to
attend at least one a year, and think it is a wonderful treat. Cows and a
dairy barn with an honest to goodness dairy breakfast and contented moos
in the background in the countryside are a big attraction <VBG> even if it
does mean parking in a sometimes muddy newly mown hay field.
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