Crown Picnic
It was the 13th – Saturday not Friday
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in King City, Joe and Maria Stritzl had invited almost the whole
world to their famous annual CROWN picnic. Even a busload of
visitors from Kitchener arrived – a little late since they had
been stuck on the 401 for some time, due to a serious accident.
The weather was practically perfect and there was enough shade
under the umbrellas at each table if the sun got too strong.
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| Joe Stritzl, Matt Lebar
& Joe Offak |
Eric Offak and Joe
Stritzl |
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| The Mariachi band, Matt
Lebar, Siggi Leipold, Joe Offak & Kim |
The Golden Key's newest
trumpet player witth Eric Offak |
An original Mexican Mariachi Band was strolling and entertaining
the guest right from the start.
 Next in line were the Golden Keys and joining them on stage was
a family of wasps again, yes, like at the Burgenländer picnic
earlier this summer. Since there was no way to evacuate the
stage area, they just had to learn to live in harmony with them.
| Dancing to the tunes of the
Golden Keys and Matt Lebar's Ensemble |
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 The Matt Lebar Band – which entertained later on in the
afternoon – also had no serious problems. The dancers as well
did not report any problems with the wasps – the dance floor on
the stage was always filled and, when necessary Siggi Leipold
functioned as Master of Ceremonies. Later in the afternoon
Walter Ostanek – The Polka King – entertained with his fabulous
palette of lovely Evergreens.
| At Lein's Catering Service |
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Beer, wine and soft drinks were available and it was gratifying
to see that LEIN’s Catering Service was supplying the food – as
at past picnics - with fantastic gourmet delights. It was the
typical “take all you want – eat all you take” situation. I
didn’t hear anything but praise for the food and the service.
| Lots of guests in a splendid
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 Who were the guests? Basically what is still active in the
German Community – most of them in their senior years – I could
list some of the more prominent members of the community, but
“God forbid” I should forget one! I cannot afford to do that! I
 wouldn’t hear the end of it. (since there were about 780 of
them). At about 10:00 pm the party started to break up, the
guests were tired but still smiling. They had had a good time!
As always
Dick Altermann
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