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610-683-1537

e-mail: david@kutztownfestival.com

Editors: excellent color photo CDs available on request or downloadable at: http://www.kutztownfestival.com/information/news.html

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (for spring & early summer)

June 26 through July 4, 2004

Kutztown Pennsylvania German Festival

Kutztown Fairgrounds, Kutztown, PA

Route 222 between Allentown and Reading, PA

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily

Family Fun With A Pennsylvania Dutch Flavor At 2004 Kutztown Festival

It just wouldn’t be summer without the Kutztown Festival, the annual celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch folklife. This year, the festival, which attracts over 100,000 visitors, will take place from June 26 to July 4 at the fairgrounds in Kutztown, PA.

Again in 2004, there will be music and entertainment for the entire family, as well as the Festival’s time-honored programs that focus on the unique customs and contributions of the Pennsylvania Germans (“Pennsylvania Dutch”) to American life. The traditional 4^th of July parade around the Festival grounds - held in Kutztown for more than a half-century – will be augmented by other special Independence Day events. Also, for the fourth consecutive year, a folk dialect band from Germany’s Rhineland-Pfalz region will perform at the Festival.

Featured throughout the 9-day Festival will be over 200 nationally-recognized, juried folk artists and traditional American craftsmen; over 2,000 locally handmade quilts and an auction of prize-winning quilts as part of one of the nation’s largest quilt shows; historical reenactments, antiques and collectables, folklife demonstrations, folklore, 5 stages of entertainment, music, dancing, children’s activities, and plenty of Pennsylvania Dutch food.

Admission: adults $10, seniors $9, children 12 and under free. Free parking.

Free brochure:1-888-674-6136 or 610-683-1597.