2008 Activities

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              Wisconsin State Czech-Slovak Queen Pageant (Click here for more information) 

 

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Kolacky and Ethnic Food                             Entertainment

 

Regional Vendors (Click here for information)       Lidice Memorial (Click here for information)   

 

 

Fun and Entertainment

 

 

The fun and games begin early on Saturday and last the entire festival.  Come and have fun.

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Saturday Night Squeeze Box Jamboree

 

7:30 PM-11 PM

  Squeeze Box Jamboree 

Come and enjoy our Squeeze Box Jamboree on Saturday night at the Phillips High School.  We have invited 24 different players to participate in this Jamboree,  playing for the honor of being considered the best Squeeze Box player in our region.  The Squeeze box is a colloquial expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand held bellows-driven free reed instruments such as the accordion and concertina.  The term is used because they are normally in the shape of a rectangular prism or box and the bellows is operated by squeezing.

Outdoor Display of old Restored Farm Equipment and Tractors

 

More Farm Equipment

Kolacky and Ethnic Food

Each year there are over 12,000 Kolacky made and sold.  Sunday is a special day where a traditional Czech-Slovak-Moravian dinner is served to over 650 people.  Our traditional "old country" dinner includes roast-pork, sauerkraut, carrots, bread dumplings, gravy, fresh rye rolls, and Kolacky for dessert. 

SPECIAL FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL

 

Regional Vendors

Over 65 Vendors from various regions in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan are eager to offer items that make for good gifts and memories of the Northern Woods region.

 

                           (Vendors Click here for application form)

Irene Fleming, Chairperson,  W6931 Chada Road,  Fifield, WI 54524,  715-762-3598

Home Baked Kolacky Contest

No matter how you spell Kolacky (Kolachy, Kolacea, Kolaches, or Kolache) it has been a favorite dessert  for the different ethnic communities in Wisconsin.  Polish, Czech, Slovak, and German families have passed their secret recipe down  from generation to generation over many years and they treasure what makes their family recipe the "best" in their community.  This year we will have our first State Home Baked Kolacky Contest.  The winners will receive recognition, prizes, (yet to be determined), and the right to say that their family recipe is not only the best in the county but in the State of Wisconsin.  The rules  and categories governing this contest can be found by clicking on the below hot-link. Application forms can be found on this web site or at the Phillips Area Chamber of Commerce.

(Vernette Moravek at WDKM@aol.com, Contest Chairman)