Schedule of Events for 2018

10am	Celebration Opens      Announcements by President      House open for tours      Vendors open Membership desk and Souvenir booth open
11am	The Swiss Consul General from Atlanta will be on hand to speak! :)
Musical Sets - throughout the day!	The Mountain Top Polka Band (MTP) from Beer City, USA (Asheville, NC) has provided musical entertainment and Bavarian/German Oktoberfest atmosphere since 2009. MTP performs at Oktoberfests and year-round at festivals in and North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. The Mountain Top Polka Band is dedicated to having fun while promoting Bavarian and German music and dance. Their library contains marches, polkas, waltzes, and more with over 120 compositions guaranteed to get your feet moving. Fan favorites and a few band originals are sure to get your feet moving. The band has a Tuba, Accordions, Clarinet, Drums, Bells, Guitars, Keys, Singers, Dancers, and more. Ein prosit der Gemütlichkeit!
Throughout the Day! :)	Music by the Mountain Polka Band (stay around for polka lessons) At noon listen to the band “on The Rock” Wine and Cheese tasting Food by: Fat Chunks and Daves T & T Barbecue Dutch Maid Bakery Charlotte Grimes with canned goods and Fried Pies Swiss Cookies by the Cob Family Springerle Cookies by Lynda Kunz Harper Soap making and demonstration at 11 am by Rebecca Suter Carding and weaving of Alpaca wool by Amy Rae Wood works by Desi McDaniels Children’s Toys by Don Layne Quilts by Barbara Myers Books from the Heritage Center Tour of the Farm house and old documents Natural plants and herbs from the Mountain For children: Bounce House Hay Rides Tire Swing
	Geh für Hayride?
4pm	Gates close

Gate Fees Adults: $5.00 Concessions Various venders provide all different kinds of food, including brats, kraut, BBQ, sandwiches, Swiss Chocolate, Swiss Cheese, local wines to sample. Tours The farm and all of its out buildings will be open for touring.  Directions to the Stocker-Stampfli Homestead & Farm Museum

From I-24 in Monteagle, take Hwy 41 to Hwy 56 North Follow Hwy 56 North through Tracy City and Coalmont Turn right onto Hwy 108 East to Gruetli-Laager Turn left onto 20th Avenue at the Old Post Office (There will be a large sign over the highway) At the Swiss Colony Cemetery sign, turn right and travel past the cemetery to the Stoker/Stampfli Farm Museum You can also click the following link to bring you in from any direction. Just click link which will open a map to the farm. For step-by-step directions click "Get Directions" in upper left under Google Maps, then type your address in the "A" field and hit enter. This will give detailed directions from your location to the celebration. Stocker-Stampfli Homestead - Gruetli-Laager, TN

If you have any questions, please e-mail info@swisshistoricalsociety.org

Jackie Lawley, President, Grundy County Swiss Historical Society
P.O. Box 69, Gruetli-Laager, TN 37339
Jackie.Lawley@gmail.com