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<v Speaker 1>We're pat and out can about two different locations around

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<v Speaker 1>southern California to share fun things coming up this spooky

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<v Speaker 1>holiday season. For this one, grab your beer steins and

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<v Speaker 1>your leader hosen. Wait, maybe this is the wrong music.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do this music instead. There we go. Let's say

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<v Speaker 1>good morning to the director of Big Bear Lakes Octoberfest.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monica Marini. Good morning, Monica, good morning. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>not so HALLOWEENI but it's a staple of fall in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains of southern California. It's the Big Bear Octoberfest.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're underway and finally all roads lead to Big Bear.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yes, we are full swing ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've been extended or you've extended the run of

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<v Speaker 1>Octoberfest because the fires kind of put a monkey wrench

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<v Speaker 1>in things this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we had a forgo a weekend early in our

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<v Speaker 2>event because we run we start in September and run

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<v Speaker 2>through early November. But this year we'll be adding November

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<v Speaker 2>ninth on kind of as it do over weekend to

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<v Speaker 2>make up for the weekend we lost.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and as I mentioned, some of the roads had

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<v Speaker 1>been closed. But now everything's open and you have full

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<v Speaker 1>access to Big Bear the evacuation orders are down, the

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<v Speaker 1>fires about out and all that that stuff, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>sort of smooth sailing to get up there now.

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<v Speaker 2>It is it is Highway thirty eight opened two days ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you can still come up over Highway eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>through Lucern and Highway eighteen through San Bordino. So getting

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<v Speaker 2>up here is just as easy as it's ever been.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's beautiful fall in the mountains, and we thank

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<v Speaker 2>our firefighters for doing such a great job keeping fire

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<v Speaker 2>out of Big Bear Valley.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely So tell us Monica, what are people going to

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<v Speaker 1>see and taste and do when they come out to

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<v Speaker 1>the Big Bear October Fest.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they'll be doing some chicken dancing as you played

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<v Speaker 2>our theme song, and then they'll be the'll have all

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<v Speaker 2>the authentic German foods that brought the sauerkraut, the apple strudel.

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<v Speaker 2>We also have three bands from Germany this year, direct

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<v Speaker 2>from Germany. We're one of the few octoberfests that still

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<v Speaker 2>brings bands over from Germany. But it lends a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of authenticity to the event and there's nothing like hearing

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<v Speaker 2>the brass section of the German band. We also have

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<v Speaker 2>our contest log sign, steineholding, it's a lot of fun,

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<v Speaker 2>good time.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the log stein? What's that?

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<v Speaker 2>So there's log sawn, which is a two person log

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<v Speaker 2>sewing events, and then we have sawing sorry, and then

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<v Speaker 2>we have steinholding, where folks can try to hold up

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<v Speaker 2>the one leader sign as long as they can.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it filled with beer?

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately for the contest to know, because we get a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of spillage. We don't like to waste good beer exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So you mentioned a bunch of food. What's your favorite

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<v Speaker 1>food at the Octoberfest.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to say the broad List. I love Broadways.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it's authentic German broadwerst it.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it is. We use a German butcher out of Glendale,

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<v Speaker 2>so our brots are as authentic as they can get.

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<v Speaker 2>A matter of fact, it's funny our German bands come

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<v Speaker 2>over and they eat our food them. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh no, I hope it's good.

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<v Speaker 1>They love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. And this isn't only an adult's only event.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know that at Octoberfest there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of beer drinking, but there is some stuff for the

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<v Speaker 1>kids too.

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<v Speaker 2>There is we have a whole Munich midway section which

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<v Speaker 2>has bounce houses and kids games, and on Sundays where

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<v Speaker 2>Family Day and so on Sundays we do kids contests

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<v Speaker 2>as well, a little kids steinholding, kind of mock steinholding,

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<v Speaker 2>fretful toss.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, okay. And for those who just can't tear

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<v Speaker 1>themselves away from football on Sunday, a bear like Octoberfest

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<v Speaker 1>is still the place to be, right.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. We've got two big eighty five inch screen

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<v Speaker 2>TVs showing all the games.

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<v Speaker 1>Love that, okay, So, Monica, are there places a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of places to stay up there? Or can we do it?

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<v Speaker 1>It's a day trip. Do you need to make a

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<v Speaker 1>whole weekend out of it?

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<v Speaker 2>You could do it either way. You can drive up

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<v Speaker 2>for the day. You know, it's the beauty of southern California.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go to the beach in the mountains all

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<v Speaker 2>on one day. You can go to october Fest in

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<v Speaker 2>the beach in one day, or you know, enjoy beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>fall weekend and big Bear, it's gorgeous up here right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The nights are nice and Chris, the daytime is you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the mid sixties, and so it's just it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great chance to get away for a couple of days.

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<v Speaker 2>All the lodging properties are open. There's plenty of places

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<v Speaker 2>to stay. Just a it's a fun getaway.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. And do you need to buy tickets

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<v Speaker 1>in advance? You can you get them when you get there.

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<v Speaker 2>We do recommend folks pre purchase their tickets and they

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<v Speaker 2>can do that at bigber Events dot Com. But we

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<v Speaker 2>do recommend that, but we do always have tickets available

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<v Speaker 2>at the gate.

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<v Speaker 1>As well, okay, and then at Big Beer Events dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also find out where lodge is and that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, you can get hold of our lodging partners. You

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<v Speaker 2>can find out all the times, what's going on, which

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<v Speaker 2>bands are playing. We have on our outside stage. We

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<v Speaker 2>have classic rock and country bands at play, so if

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<v Speaker 2>you're a little tired of listening to German music, you

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<v Speaker 2>can pop outside and listen to something a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more American.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, and Monica. If someone's thinking about coming up but

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of on the fence about it, what can

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<v Speaker 1>you say that might get them over the hump and

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<v Speaker 1>get them up to Big bear Lake, just.

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<v Speaker 2>Get away from it, get away from the city, come

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<v Speaker 2>on up, enjoy it with beautiful fall weather and fire

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<v Speaker 2>is over. And gone. Well it's not over, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>no longer a thread at all. To Big Bear. We

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<v Speaker 2>have had no smoke for probably two or three weeks now,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's perfect time to get away, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's is it Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>We are in October, we're Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and

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<v Speaker 2>then when we go into November, we're just Saturdays.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. And again the place to go get all the

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<v Speaker 1>information and get your tickets and all of that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Big Bear Events dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we wish you much success, and I hope

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<v Speaker 1>that the fires don't dampen the spirits because like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>they're gone now, and so it's it's clear and let's

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<v Speaker 1>get up there and support Big Bear.

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<v Speaker 2>Like absolutely absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Monica Marine, appreciate your time this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having us.

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<v Speaker 1>You got it