Fall is my most favorite season! Where the leaves change colors, and the weather gets cooler... and there just seems to be more to do around town... like tons and tons of festivals. I'm a festival fanatic! The Fort Rucker base kicked off the season with a traditional German Oktoberfest. Filled with German traditions like Bratwurst, Saurkraut, Beans, and Funnel Cakes. The Germans invented the funnel cake, right?
We enjoyed the German Band. Here they got out the "Alenhorn". As they prepared to play them, the audience suddenly became quiet and then out of no where some guy in the crowd yelled "Riiiicoooooolaaaaaa" ---- I about wet my pants, that was too funny !
After that, the tuba player started a zumba line and we all followed him trying our best to do the polka but for most of us it was more of a jerky two-step.
Jordan joined in the line....
At some point in the evening, they led us in an old German toast -- we held up our cups and said
"Mögest du alle Tage deines Lebens leben! - Zum Wohl!
Oiy, Oiy, Oiy !!!
"May you live all the days of your life! - Cheers!"
At one point, mom had a little tear in her eye. They were playing a song she remembered from her grand parents. (Her grandparents were from Germany.) Nana got out on the dance floor and danced the polka, then some young girl grabbed mom and they danced the jig together --- laughing and carrying on -- fun!
The band finished their set with a wonderful finale of handbells -- the tempo kept getting faster and faster and we all thought he was about to fling one of those bells out into the tables -- but alas, he's a professional and kept a tight grip on his bells.
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