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TASTE OF FALL WITH LOW HUMIDITY,
AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 70'S.
NEW DETAILS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S
OKTOBERFEST ZINZINNATI.
TWO LOCAL BROTHERS WILL BE
LEADING THE WORLD'S LARGEST
CHICKEN DANCE.
CAN YOU GUESS WHO IT IS?
WLWT'S KRISTY DAVIS IS LEADING
THE WAY LIVE, WITH WHO HAS BEEN
SELECTED TO BE GRAND MARSHALS.
LISA, IT PROMISES TO BE
DOUBLE THE FUN AT THIS YEAR'S
OCTOBER FEST ZINZINNATI, IN PART
BECAUSE WE HAVE DOUBLE THE GRAND
MARSHALS -- NICK AND DREW
LECHEY.
THE HOME TOWN BOYS WILL BE OUR
GRAND MARSHAL'S FOR OCTOBER FEST
2014.
AND THAT MEANS THE RECORDING
ARTISTS, AND SOON TO BE REALITY
TV STARS WILL LEAD THE ALL
IMPORTANT CHICKEN DANCE ON THE
SATURDAY OF OCTOBER FEST.
OCTOBER FEST ACTUALLY RUNS
SEPTEMBER 19 THROUGH THE 21ST,
AND IS THE LARGEST OCTOBERFEST
OUTSIDE OF MUNICH GERMANY.
GERMAN FOOD VENDORS WILL SERVE
UP HUNDREDS OF GERMAN
SPECIALITIES.
AND YOU CAN ROCK THOSE
LEDERHOSEN TO THE SOUNDS OF
AUTHENTIC GERMAN MUSIC.
SAMUEL ADAMS WILL ONCE AGAIN
PARTNER WITH OCTOBER FEST.
LAST YEAR FESTIVAL GOES DRANK
1700 BARRELS OF BEER, SO THEY'LL
HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM
.
AND THIS YEAR THERE'S AN ADDED
BEARCAT SPIN TO THINGS AS AS
U.C. CELEBRATES HOMECOMING ON
THE SAME WEEKEND OF OCTOBER
FEST.
THAT MEANS HOMECOMING ZINZINNATI
WILL HOLD A PEP RALLY ON
FOUNTAIN SQUARE ON OCTOBERFEST
FRIDAY, AND THEY'LL PRESENT THE
HOMECOMING PARADE RIGHT THROUGH
DOWNTOWN.
NOT ONLY CREATING EVEN MORE FUN
FOR THE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION
PEOPLE EXPECTED AT OCTOBERFEST,
BUT GIVING U.C. SOME SERIOUS
EXPOSURE.
IT GIVES US BOTH A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE BRING IN
SO MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY FOR HOMECOMING.
AND TO COUPLE THAT WILL ALL OF
-- WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO
COME IN OBVIOUSLY FOR
OCTOBERFEST, IT GIVES US BOTH A
PLATFORM WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
SO I KNOW OUR ALUMNI ARE GOING
TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN, BECAUSE IN
ADDITION TO HOMECOMING, THERE IS
JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN THE
CITY.
ANOTHER OKTOBERFEST FAVORITE
IS RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HEAD.
THE CHICKEN HATS.
THEY'LL BE POPPING UP ALL OVER
THE CITY.
AND IF YOU SEE ONE AND TAKE A
PICTURE OF IT, TWEET IT TO
@CINCYPARTY.
THERE COULD BE SOME PRETTY COOL
PRIZES.
LIVE ON FOUNTAIN SQUARE, KRISTY
DAVIS, WLWT NEWS 5.
THAT MATCHES YOUR DRESS.
I DID YOU DO THAT -- HOW DID YOU
DO THAT?
[LAUGHTER]
THEY GAVE IT TO ME.
THEY HAD A PURPLE ONE, SO I TOOK
IT.