TRAVEL TALES : IT'S PARTY TIME, EUROPEAN STYLE.Byline: Susanne Hopkins Daily News Travel Editor You don't have to grab a passport and hop on Verb 1. hop on - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" bestride, climb on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" a plane to get a taste of the international scene. This weekend you can head for the bucolic setting of Solvang and its Danish delights, or over the next few weekends, soak up a little German ambience at the annual Oktoberfest in the Big Bear Lake area. Here's what's in store: Solvang's Danish Days Solvang, the little Danish village about a half-hour north of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , hangs out its ``Velkommen'' sign for the 61st Danish Days today through Sunday. With its distinctive storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. architecture, the town - a draw for thousands of tourists year round - shares its heritage via parades, music, folk dancing, arts, crafts and food. ``They (residents) bring out a lot of the old Danish Old Danish n. The Danish language from the beginning of the 12th to the end of the 14th century. customs,'' said Jackie Traylor, a spokeswoman for the Solvang Convention & Visitors Bureau, adding that the event started in 1936 as a time for the Danish people This article is about Danes as an ethnic group. For information about residents or nationals of Denmark, see demographics of Denmark. For other uses, see Dane. The term Dane may refer to: The event drew outsiders a few years later, and it's been a free, public festival ever since. ``We always have the Danish atmosphere, but we don't always have the dancing and the music, which really brings out the flavor of the town,'' Traylor said. A torchlight parade The Torchlight Parade is the finale in a long series of parades around the greater Seattle area under the auspices of Seafair, a Seattle summertime celebration. The parade is one of the original Seafair events dating to the 1951 centennial celebration. leads the opening ceremony at 7:30 tonight, starting at Alisal Road and Laurel Avenue Laurel Avenue is an American four-hour television miniseries which aired on HBO in 1993. It was the story of a Minnesota family’s eventful weekend. Charles S. Dutton served as executive producer, and the director was Carl Franklin. . A street dance will follow. On Saturday and Sunday, visitors can partake of a traditional breakfast featuring the ball-shaped Danish pancake called an aebleskiver, and Danish sausage. Breakfast, served from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along Copenhagen Drive, is $5 per person. Saturday's highlight will be the Danish Days parade, which marches down Mission Drive, to Copenhagen Drive and up Alisal Road at 2:30 p.m. On both Saturday and Sunday, folk dancers and gymnasts (a popular sport in Denmark) will entertain and visitors can watch Swedish woodcarver Soren Niklasson turn a stump of wood into the Little Mermaid. Paper-cutting and folk art will also be demonstrated, and on Saturday Danish street artists will do ``gade maling'' - street chalk art. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, the Elverhoj Museum at 1640 Elverhoy Way will feature demonstrations of Old World Danish crafts such as bobbin bobbin, implement on which thread is wound, used in sewing, spinning, weaving, and lace making. Sometimes the wooden spools of sewing thread are called bobbins. lace making, weaving and paper-cutting. Tales about Solvang's early days will also be told. And at Kids' Corner in Solvang Park on Mission Drive, youngsters can enjoy games and other activities - including playing with Lego plastic building blocks, which originated in Denmark. Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest Starting Saturday and continuing for six weekends through Oct. 26, the Big Bear Lake area in the San Bernardino mountains San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Coast Range, S Calif., extending c.60 mi (100 km) NW and SE through San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Notable peaks are San Bernardino Mt. (10,630 ft/3,240 m) and Mt. San Gorgonio (11,485 ft/3,501 m). will resound with oompah oom·pah also oom·pah-pah n. A rhythmic sound made by a tuba or other brass instrument. [Imitative . bands playing polka tunes as the area celebrates Oktoberfest. ``It is not like the Oktoberfest in Munich. ... No one can duplicate that,'' said Hans Bandows, who first organized the event in 1970 and serves as burgomaster BURGOMASTER. In Germany this is, the title by which an officer who performs the duties of a mayor is, called. (mayor) for the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . Instead, said the German native, the festival staged at the Big Bear Lake Convention Center is like a little country fair Oktoberfest, ``what you have all over in every little town in Germany.'' (As to why there's an Oktoberfest in September, Bandows said the answer is simple: They couldn't accommodate everyone in October. As many as 30,000 people flood the village over the six weekends.) Singing and dancing will highlight the event and eight brands of beer will be served up, accompanied by soft pretzels, sauerkraut, apple strudel (character) strudel - Common (spoken) name for the commercial at sign, "@", ASCII 64. and German sausages. Traditional German contests will be featured, as well, such as the queen stein carrying contest (last year's winner toted 15 one-liter steins, weighing a total of 75 pounds); and contests in log-sawing and stein-holding. A children's polka contest will be held, and carnival and craft booths will offer games and German novelties. Several bands, including the Mainfloesser Band from the Franconia region of Germany, will play, and the hand-carved alphorns - horns up to 13 feet long traditionally played in the Alps - will sound as well. On Location Solvang's Danish Days will be from 4 to 8 tonight, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday throughout the village located three miles off Highway 101, about 30 minutes north of Santa Barbara. Admission is free. Information: (805) 688-6144. The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest will be from noon to midnight Saturdays and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 26 at Big Bear Lake Convention Center, Division Drive and Big Bear Boulevard. Admission on Saturdays is $6 for adults, $2 for children 3 to 12; on Sundays, it's $3 for adults, free for children. Food is extra. Advance tickets are available with credit card by calling (909) 585-3000. Information: (800) 424-4232. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box Photo: (1) Soak up the traditions of Solvang during this weekend's festive Danish Days. (2) The fun begins Saturday at the Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest, running six weekends through Oct. 26 at the Big Bear Convention Center. Box: On Location (See Text) |
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