Word: oktoberfest
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...smell of hot sausage and the sight of performers in traditional German garb were just two of the many attractions found yesterday at the ninth annual Harvard Square Oktoberfest...
...organized jointly by the Harvard Square Business Association (HSBA), and a new sponsor, the Clausthaler Corporation, which is the leading German manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverages. HSBA Executive Director Sally Alcorn said the decision to work with Clausthaler was part of the association's effort to make the Oktoberfest in the Square a non-alcoholic "October fair...
...original Oktoberfest, held in Munich in 1810, was a horse race celebrating the marriage between King Louis I and Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. In the following years it developed into a two-week fair, ending on the first Sunday in October, with booths serving food and drink. Today these booths in Germany serve more than 1,175,000 gallons of beer annually...
...Edgar C. Thompson, owner of The Llama Shop, a sweater store, "The Oktoberfest is an international festivity for every color, creed, and race." Close by the lederhosen and sauerbrauten in Harvard Square were Mexican, Indian, and Italian booths selling jewelry, food and clothing, native to their countries...
From afar, the blue- and red-striped tents seemed to produce an anachronism, a medieval fair nestled in a New England setting. Under the tents, throngs of eager shoppers flocked to the 55 booths set up for the association's six-hour spring counterpart to Oktoberfest...