{"id":3489,"date":"2010-09-11T08:31:39","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T22:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2010-09-11T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T22:31:39","slug":"oktoberfest-grand-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wine-beer-festivals\/oktoberfest-grand-parade","title":{"rendered":"Oktoberfest 2010 &#8211; The Grand Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One week to Oktoberfest!<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Grand Parade<\/strong> of festival publicans and breweries on <strong>18 September 2010<\/strong> marks the merry start to this year\u2018s official Oktoberfest.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Oktoberfest.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3490\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 7px;\" title=\"Oktoberfest\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Oktoberfest.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Oktoberfest.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Oktoberfest.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Starting at 10.50 a.m., the procession will take about an hour as it wends its way from <strong>Sonnenstrasse <\/strong>to the <strong>Theresienwiese <\/strong>festival grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The parade features the families of the festival publicans in carriages adorned with flowers, waitresses waving beer mugs on festively decorated floats, the brass bands that play in the beer tents and horse-drawn carts representing the Munich breweries, beautifully turned out and carrying garlanded beer barrels.<\/p>\n<p>The Oktoberfest performers, market stallholders and serving staff of the smaller beer tents will also arrive on a decorated float. In total, there will be about 1,000 people taking part in this spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>The procession, which dates back to 1887, will be led by the<em> \u2018Munich child\u2019<\/em> mascot on horseback, traditionally followed by the city\u2018s Mayor in a festival carriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One week to Oktoberfest! The Grand Parade of festival publicans and breweries on 18 September 2010 marks the merry start to this year\u2018s official Oktoberfest. Starting at 10.50 a.m., the procession will take about an hour as it wends its way from Sonnenstrasse to the Theresienwiese festival grounds. 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