European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beresi visitors pass through the main Entrance of the festival grounds at the Start of last year s  s happening the oktoberfest held on the festival grounds known As the Theresie Wiese or the Quot wies a Quot opens sept. 21 and closes oct. 6. Munich lord mayor Georg Kronawitter opens the first Keg of Quot Barley juice Quot As germans often refer to Beer with the traditional cry o Zauft is Quot it is tapped Quot at noon on sept. 21. Atter that the festival tents and vendors can Start Selling food and drinks beginning at 10 . On weekdays and 9 . On saturdays and sundays. Service must end by 10 30 ., and musical entertainment by 10 45. The Fairgrounds close at 11 30. Three Sites on the wies n Are excluded from those restrictions the i Lippo Drom wafers wies Schanke and Zum Wein Wirt where service ends at 12 15 . And closing time is i . Noteworthy oktoberfest events include the following a sept. 21 the festival opens at ii . With a traditional grand entry of restaurateurs and their families in horse drawn carriages provided by the Munich breweries and of waitresses and Beer tent bands on decorated floats. The Stream of about 1,000 participants passes along Sonne Strasse a part of the the ring Road around the historic City Center then proceeds along Schwanthaler Strasse toward the North end of the Theresie Wiese. Tickets for seats on the Sonne Strasse grandstand Are 35 Marks plus a 5 percent booking fee. Some 600 of the same participants will stage a 2�?T/j-Hourand when International folklore show at 8  Saturday at the circus Krone building mar Strasse 43, about a half male North of the Theresie Wiese beyond the main train station. Tickets Cost from 1 2.50 to 25 Marks plus a 10 percent booking fee. Tickets for both the Parade and show can be reserved by calling the Munich tourist office at 0892608134. A sept. 22 a traditional costume and Marksman s Parade begins at 10 . And lasts two hours. The a amps Peter Jaeger a Man dressed in the bavarian style sits amid tourists and watches the action. Parade includes 7,000 singers musicians and other costumed participants As Well As Many different animals. It starts at the Maximilian ii Monument on Maximilia Strasse two blocks from the Isar River and moves along a 4-mile route toward the Theresie Wiese. This Parade was inaugurated in 1835 to Mark the 25th wedding anniversary of King Ludwig i and Therese von Sachsen hid Burghauser whose wedding reception in 1610 was the inspiration for oktoberfest itself. The Field where the festival is held is named after the Bride the Parade in its current reincarnation has been an annual event since 1951. The tourist office is Selling grandstand seats for 54 Marks plus 5 percent booking fee and reserved standing spaces at Odeo Platz for 16 Marks plus 5 percent. A sept. 24 family Day with reduced prices for amusement rides and other  sept. 29 All choirs participating in the festival will perform a concert at 11 . On the staircase under the Bavaria statue at the festival grounds. In the event of rain the concert will be postponed to oct. 6, the last Day of the oktoberfest. A daily a crossbow Competition will be in Progress throughout the festival and includes the German championship matches on sept. 27 and 28. Air Rifle and air pistol Competition also will occur every Day of the event. A Joseph Owen s stripes Magazine september 12, 1991