Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's
Speaker 1: time now for part two of our community connection right
Speaker 1: here on K one, the one you trush. I believe
Speaker 1: we're going to go down to Octoberfest with our friends
Speaker 1: with OKAM music.
Speaker 2: Marilynd how are you doing, I'm great, How how are
Speaker 2: you well?
Speaker 1: I'm ready for a party, kid, We are too.
Speaker 2: We are busy, busy, busy getting everything out and getting
Speaker 2: everything ready set up between fourth and fifth Street on Dewey.
Speaker 2: So we hope everybody will come out this Saturday, October fifth,
Speaker 2: again between fourth and Dewey. If everyone knows where the
Speaker 2: RSUE building is and our Ambler Hall, that's where the
Speaker 2: events will be on the streets and in Ambler Hall,
Speaker 2: in the parking lots all over and you can park
Speaker 2: downtown get a really close parking spot. The event starts
Speaker 2: from starts itself into d eight. So votes from twelve
Speaker 2: to eight this Saturday. We are super excited.
Speaker 1: Well, you got something for everyone. And when I meet everyone,
Speaker 1: I mean, the kids really got a lot going on.
Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit about.
Speaker 2: The Yeah, we have so much for the kiddos. We
Speaker 2: have a really fun circter Wiener Puppet Show. We have
Speaker 2: two showings of that at twelve thirty and six that
Speaker 2: will be held in Ambler Hall and it's about your
Speaker 2: famous little Wiener Dogs that of course is beloved at
Speaker 2: every October Festival, so we hope the kids will come
Speaker 2: out and learn about this little Wiener Dog in his
Speaker 2: debut at our October Fest. And then we also have
Speaker 2: Solly Times at two o'clock, three o'clock and four o'clock.
Speaker 2: We have very special different stories about kids who are
Speaker 2: visiting Germany, so we have to learn about through German heritage, customs, culture,
Speaker 2: and then we have some other fun stories that we
Speaker 2: think the kids will really enjoy. We have a bouncy
Speaker 2: house well that has a slide, so it was really fun.
Speaker 2: I wish I could try it. We have Prissy decorating
Speaker 2: our shoot Tooth bags, which are a traditional put it
Speaker 2: back to school bag that the kids in Germany get
Speaker 2: when they start full every year, and so we kind
Speaker 2: of sold that tradition and it's filled with all kinds
Speaker 2: of fun stuff that the kids get to put in
Speaker 2: different art supplies of racers, pencils, stickers, tattoos, candy, all
Speaker 2: kinds of fun things and then we have I think
Speaker 2: what Rose is as most excited about as a clumpkin painting.
Speaker 2: We have little real pumpkins that the kids will get
Speaker 2: to paint for the fall once you just kicked off
Speaker 2: onto the first We have acts throwing a root beer garden,
Speaker 2: so much like you have the adult beer garden area,
Speaker 2: we have a root beer garden. So if not in
Speaker 2: the beer please come see and so you can make
Speaker 2: root ear floats or just state yourself a nice root
Speaker 2: beer and get back and relax and listen to some
Speaker 2: great music. And in the root beer garden, we have
Speaker 2: a fun Find the Known game, so kids will be
Speaker 2: able to see how many nomes they can find and
Speaker 2: if they find them all they win a prize. We
Speaker 2: have a if you go back, take yourself back to
Speaker 2: College pond, and if you remember playing beer pong, we
Speaker 2: have a family friendly version of that with root beer pong.
Speaker 2: And so it seems like a lot of famis really
Speaker 2: enjoy playing this. We have families that come back and
Speaker 2: back and back. They get very competitive and with that
Speaker 2: you get a little signed, you get a roots deer,
Speaker 2: and it's super fun and you just get to play
Speaker 2: the positional game of pong. Oh yeah, I know, it's crazy.
Speaker 2: We have a football toss, which I'm kind of excited about.
Speaker 2: You get this like huge blow up thing and you
Speaker 2: get to passage football and try and make it those
Speaker 2: they as a hole. And then we have a sausage toss,
Speaker 2: because what at Coriberfest would it be all that if
Speaker 2: it didn't have a sausage toss, So we think the
Speaker 2: kids will really like it. Unfortunately for parents, it's not
Speaker 2: real sausage. We did that one year for the adults
Speaker 2: and it was pretty fun to watch their faces. These
Speaker 2: are plastic lookalike sausages, so it is sanitary, but nonetheless
Speaker 2: it's still fun. And so we ask everyone, you know,
Speaker 2: children eighteen and under are free. That's our gift back
Speaker 2: to the community, and we thank all of our corporate
Speaker 2: sponsors for making us be able to you know, have
Speaker 2: people and give back to the community to allow kids
Speaker 2: to come in for free. So we do ask that
Speaker 2: parents and guardians reserve their twelve splot if they're going
Speaker 2: to go to the puppet shows and story times, just
Speaker 2: to make sure that we're not over capacities for the
Speaker 2: fire marshal and just to make sure we have enough room.
Speaker 2: So if they can go on to okanmusic dot org.
Speaker 2: Okmusic dot org, go to the October fust link and
Speaker 2: then you'll see where you go to buy ticket even
Speaker 2: though they don't have to pay anything. If they'll click
Speaker 2: on that buy the ticket point, then they'll see all
Speaker 2: the reservations for the different events for the kids again.
Speaker 2: Starting at twelve thirty is the first puppet show, the
Speaker 2: last puppet show is at six, and then the story
Speaker 2: times in between our two, three and four. So if
Speaker 2: they can just reserve their spots, or they can call
Speaker 2: the off at nine one, eight, three three six nine
Speaker 2: nine zero zero, we can help them. They're also welcome
Speaker 2: to stop by the office at four fixteen South d
Speaker 2: if that would be easier for them and will help
Speaker 2: them get those reservations. But tom beyond all of the
Speaker 2: kids stuff, we also have so much food and entertainment.
Speaker 2: We think everyone is going to have a fantastic time.
Speaker 2: We have the sugar Plum Shop, which we'll have Schnifkel, Sposala,
Speaker 2: red cabbage, a young Stasher torque that has a chocolate
Speaker 2: ganache of eight o'clock filling, an apple stoodle, and of
Speaker 2: course the apple stoodle is always very popular Price's Meat
Speaker 2: Market is coming back out to have all of the
Speaker 2: fantasts that brought Knock for sour kraut, the hot German
Speaker 2: potato salad, and he always has like these amazing plates
Speaker 2: put together with old, wonderful German food, and so I'm
Speaker 2: not sure if he's going to bring out his porks
Speaker 2: this year, but sometimes he has a quork here that
Speaker 2: he brings out. And then for Octoberfest this year is
Speaker 2: Jack's Barbecue and we're really looking forward to having them.
Speaker 2: They will have many yamily barbecue dishes that we can't
Speaker 2: wait to try. Palace Rooms David is on our board
Speaker 2: and we'd love to have palace rooms here is going
Speaker 2: to have pizza, pretzels and the puzzles so delicious beer
Speaker 2: and wine, and so if you don't like beer, you
Speaker 2: can always cut over to the palatins and get your line.
Speaker 2: And then we have nothing but Cake coming and bringing
Speaker 2: their delicious little bunch seamies, and I know they have
Speaker 2: a lot of new fall flavors, so we can't wait
Speaker 2: to check those out. Super and Milk is also coming
Speaker 2: to us bringing I guess we're talking to Chris earlier
Speaker 2: this week and he's bringing a delicious October Thrust beer.
Speaker 2: And then of course you have Figertail and I don't
Speaker 2: know what all James has in store for us, but
Speaker 2: I know he always brings a good variety of delicious
Speaker 2: cold craft rood Fall flavors, so can't wait to see
Speaker 2: what he's got in store for us. And then, of
Speaker 2: course we have the entertainment. So if that wasn't enough, palm,
Speaker 2: we have the German American Society Dancers. We have Loscapella
Speaker 2: returning Mark Schmell. Of course they will play the Chicken Dance,
Speaker 2: probably at least one hundred times, so we can all
Speaker 2: participate in that and the kids can have fun doing that.
Speaker 2: And then we end the evening with King's Cabbage, and
Speaker 2: everyone loves King's Cabbage, so it should be quite a
Speaker 2: lot of food, quite a lot of drink, quite a
Speaker 2: lot of entertainment. And if you don't have fun, we
Speaker 2: still have other games that you can play. If that
Speaker 2: wasn't enough, we have a beer sign relay, a beer
Speaker 2: sign competition, and then a sort of still a traditional
Speaker 2: cake walk, and we call it the zoos Ball, and
Speaker 2: it's a game where you buy a chance you have
Speaker 2: numbers drawn as the music is played, and if your
Speaker 2: number is drawn, you win a prize and it's ten
Speaker 2: dollars to play, but the prize is drained anywhere from
Speaker 2: twenty five dollars to one hundred and fifty dollars, so
Speaker 2: you definitely get your money back and you help support
Speaker 2: the arts and help support our kids programming goodness.
Speaker 1: This eggs in it All takes place this Saturday from
Speaker 1: noon until eight Can you I dare folks to try
Speaker 1: to get all of that in in eight hours. That's
Speaker 1: a challenge, but you know what that means. If you
Speaker 1: didn't quite get it all taken care of, you can
Speaker 1: come back next year because there'll be plenty more too.
Speaker 2: That is true now, and you know I did forget
Speaker 2: I probably should say this. We also have a raffle
Speaker 2: and it's become quite popular. Every year we have a
Speaker 2: different new color YETI and so different families try and
Speaker 2: play for it so that they can win another yetti.
Speaker 2: And this year it's a really really cool, beautiful blue
Speaker 2: color and it's on wheels, so that makes it even better,
Speaker 2: it's not right, And then it will be filled with
Speaker 2: all kinds of yummy German food and get certificates from
Speaker 2: Ziggie's and it has over seven hundred and fifty dollars value.
Speaker 2: So if that's also something that interests you, you can
Speaker 2: buy your tickets online. You can buy the tickets at
Speaker 2: the event. We have to discounts with ten dollars for ticket,
Speaker 2: or you can get six tickets for fifty dollars or
Speaker 2: twelve tickets for one hundred dollars. So trying to help
Speaker 2: out our patrons and give back a little bit while
Speaker 2: they're all the while supporting Oka Music. And we are
Speaker 2: so officiative of our community and our patrons. And Tom,
Speaker 2: you wouldn't believe this. You've already pulled tickets from out
Speaker 2: of town, so we are super excited about that. We
Speaker 2: have some folks coming from campus, some folks coming from Arkansas,
Speaker 2: folks coming from broth Andaro Telsa, and I think, you know,
Speaker 2: as kinds of closer it, we'll have even more. So
Speaker 2: people can buy their tickets now if they want to
Speaker 2: save on the line. Then if you hear folks just
Speaker 2: to stand them through, they won't have to stay in line,
Speaker 2: or they can buy them on the day of the event.
Speaker 2: It does look like and I am knocking on a wood,
Speaker 2: it does look like they're going to have fantastic weather.
Speaker 2: It looks like it's going to be nice and funny.
Speaker 2: So I think, you know, everyone needs to come out.
Speaker 2: And again it's this Saturday, octive or fifth between fourth
Speaker 2: and fifths on Dale by right by where the RS
Speaker 2: You's building. Us a proxim our best bank across them,
Speaker 2: our gateway banks. It's from twelve to eight and so yeah,
Speaker 2: come on out. Check us out at okmmusic dot org
Speaker 2: or nine one eight three three six nine nine zero zero.
Speaker 2: That's how you can get re pip it.
Speaker 1: Merrilyn, I have a question here. Do you still need volunteers?
Speaker 1: You got a lot going on.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we would love volunteers if you are interests in volunteering,
Speaker 2: and please feel free to call the office at nine
Speaker 2: one eight three three six nine nine zero zero or
Speaker 2: you can't go to our website okmmusic dot org and
Speaker 2: you can sign up. There should be a link that
Speaker 2: will say interest in volunteering and you just click on
Speaker 2: that and then if you have any problems with it
Speaker 2: then you know, again, please call the office at nine
Speaker 2: one eight three six nine nine zero zero. We have
Speaker 2: volunteers that can help work date if they're interested in
Speaker 2: helping work any of the children's events or being a
Speaker 2: greader for the puppet show in the story time. We
Speaker 2: love having our volunteers. The nice thing if you do
Speaker 2: that and your gifts to us and then we give
Speaker 2: that to you as you get in for free. And
Speaker 2: then you also get a food salterer so that you
Speaker 2: can get a nice dish from one of our mini
Speaker 2: fouit senders.
Speaker 1: Wow. There you go have a lot of fun. I
Speaker 1: think people know that we have this big event here
Speaker 1: and it is a lot of fun. But it also
Speaker 1: helps out in many ways to help secure some of
Speaker 1: the acts that we're going to be having during festival.
Speaker 1: Also the education programs that Okay and Music is famous for,
Speaker 1: and a few other things too, like scholarships.
Speaker 2: That is very true. All of the funding and proceeds
Speaker 2: from this go towards our festival, and a huge tunk
Speaker 2: of it goes towards the kids programming. You know. Just
Speaker 2: the Thlot festival, we had over five thousand kids that
Speaker 2: we served, gave away over a thousand instruments. And you know,
Speaker 2: I tell people that and there are real instruments. They're
Speaker 2: real ukuleles, real violent and instruments that are quality made
Speaker 2: that children can actually learn to play on beginner instruments,
Speaker 2: and we're very proud of that. We also give away
Speaker 2: hundreds of books each year. We give away a lot
Speaker 2: of educational supplies, and so you know, we want to
Speaker 2: continue doing that. Children our future, and children are very
Speaker 2: important to Okay and music, and so we want to
Speaker 2: continue doing that. And by just simply coming out and
Speaker 2: having some delicious studs and supporting local vendors, supporting your
Speaker 2: local artists, you can help us continue to do that.
Speaker 1: Great Dan details at okmmusic dot org.
Speaker 2: Correct yes, sir, okmmusic dot org or nine one eight
Speaker 2: three three six nine nine zero zero this Saturday, October
Speaker 2: Fest twelve to eight between fourth and fifth on duty.
Speaker 1: Mary Lynn Man, thank you very much for being with
Speaker 1: us today. That was a lot to get in, but
Speaker 1: by golly, I think we nailed it.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Tom.
Speaker 1: We'll see you Saturday. Thank you vote. You have been
Speaker 1: listening to our community connection on K one, the one