SUMMERFEST 2016

PREVIEW EDITION

Big changes
in store for
Summerfest
by MIKE JORDAN
Staff Writer

The time-honored and

traditional mix with the
tweaked and totally new at
this years
Lakefield
Summerfest celebration.
The
popular
Lakefield
Business
Kortney
AssociaNesseth
tion Family
Fun Night
will see some changes this
year, as will the grand parade, and planning is well
under way for the firstever Summerfest lip-sync
contest, benches and cornhole game board silent auction and new luau games.

Submitted photos

Set to march in the Summerfest parade Saturday, the Kracker Jacks Drumline lists as its sole priority engaging with the audience and showing them a good time.

DRUMMING UP FUN
Drumline with
deep roots, fun
goal to perform
in grand parade
by MIKE JORDAN
Staff Writer

A drumline that traces

its roots to the very roots
of indoor drumline itself
is coming to Lakefield.
The Kracker Jackson Drumline, a group
founded by the inventor
of the indoor drumline
itself, will be part of the
2016 Summerfest parade
next Saturday.

The goal is fun

Back in 1983, when
Dick Rausch, inventor
of the indoor drumline,
started the Kracker
Jacks Drumline with
the goal of having fun,
drumlines were mostly
involved in competitions.
Rauschs take on drumline fun has carried on
with the group now under the leadership of Joe
Lundy.
All around the world,
drummers pay thousands
of dollars to perform in
the most elite groups,
only to age out at 22,
Joe Lundy said. So Dick
started this group, which
focuses on performing to
See DRUMLINE on C2

Refreshed, revitalized
The long-running LBA
Family Fun Night will have
refreshed and revitalized

See CHANGES on C3

Albers parade
grand marshal
by MIKE JORDAN
Staff Writer

Members of the St. Cloud-based Kracker Jacks

Drumline will take to the streets of Lakefield
Saturday as a featured part of this years Summerfest
parade.

look come next Friday.

We decided to change
things up for this years
Lakefield Business Association Family Fun Night
and do something new,
said Kortney Nesseth of
the Summerfest planning
committee. The LBA
Summerfest Committee,
along with the Lakefield
Community Improvement
Program, decided to have
two new inflatables this
year a paradise slide in
line with our Summerfest
theme, and an obstacle
course. We will also have
a photo booth that night
that will be a new addition
to the activities people can
enjoy as well.
Miniature golf will return, along with a variety
of kiddie games such as the
fish and duck ponds, a ring
toss and the little train,
Nesseth said.
The LBA Family Fun
Night will run from 6 to 8

Recent school retiree

and just-honored Education Minnesota
Jackson
County
Central
Friend
of Education Barb
Albers
Barb Albers
will lead
this years
Lakefield Summerfest
parade as grand marshal.
Albers, who retired last
June as administrative
assistant to the principal
at the JCC Middle School

in Lakefield where she

had worked for 54 years
was nominated for the
honor by several of her
former students. She was
informed of her selection
as grand marshal by Summerfest planning committee members Amanda
Hock and Lynn Wink earlier this spring.
What they read to me
about what my students
said, I couldnt turn them
down, Albers said. I
was a little hesitant to
accept it, but am very
honored to have been selected.
Albers plans to ride in
the parade and mostly
See GRAND MARSHAL on C4

Pageant to be a
Lakefield Luau
by MIKE JORDAN
Staff Writer

Look for a lot of Hawaiian-style fun with a lot

of Hawaiian decorations
and many happy faces to
boot at this years Summerfest pageant.
Deanne Hall and her
mother, Diane, will once
again coordinate
this popular event,
adding
their artistic talent and
creative
b e n t t o Deanne Hall

the event
again this year.
This years Summerfest pageant will go with
this years Summerfest
theme, a Hawaiian Luau,
Deanne Hall said.
The pageant will begin
at 6 p.m. the Wednesday
of Summerfest week at
the North City Park gazebo. Contestant lineup
starts at 5:30.
Although the Halls have
suggested parents of pageant contestants dress
their kids in outfits appropriate to this years
Hawaiian theme, it is not
a requirement for the kids
participating. Deanne
Hall also has asked girls
in the competition wear
their hair down or at least

If you go . . .
What: Summerfest
pageant
Where: North City Park
gazebo
When: Wednesday,
June 15, 6 p.m.

only half up, so if

they end up winning
a title, their crown
will fit their heads.
Children in the pageant will be
seated in lawn
chairs at this
year s pageant, so parents have
been encouraged
to bring
along
a lawn
chair for
their children to use,
Hall noted.
This years
pageant royalty are to wear
their crowns, a
2016 Summerfest Lakefield
Hawaiian Luau
T- s h i r t a n d
their sashes
at the June
17 Lakefield
Business Association Family Fun Night at
North City Park and in
this years grand parade,
which will take place the
Saturday of Summerfest
week starting at 2 p.m.
Summerfest royalty
will also participate in
the Jackson Town and
Country Days parade on
Saturday, June 25, and the
Okabena Fourth of July
parade.
Last year, 21 kids signed
up to be a part of the pageant. So far this year, 24
are registered.
I would like to have six
kids signed up for each
title this year, so we are
getting close, Hall said.
Miss Lakefield will be
See PAGEANT on C4

Submitted photos

Look for Sugarloom to appear in this years Summerfest parade performing some
of their popular songs from the 1960s and 70s.

Music will fill the

air at Summerfest
by MIKE JORDAN
Staff Writer

Kiara Robinson
Miss Lakefield 2015

Music will fill the

air at many Summerfest
events next week.
First off, on Wednesday of Summerfest week,
music will obviously be
heavily involved in the
new Lakefield Women of
Todays Lip Sync Battle,
which starts at 8 p.m. at
North City Park.
Then, on the Thursday
evening of Summerfest,
starting at 5 p.m., Mogens Heroes will return to Lakefields biggest citywide celebration, adding their unique
sounds to a Summerfest
favorite, the community
picnic in the park.
That Friday, music can be enjoyed
and danced to at the
See MUSIC on C5

Mogens Heroes entertain the masses at North City

Park during last years Summerfest celebration. Theyll
be back at it this year on Thursday of Summerfest, playing during the festivals community picnic.

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drumline: To perform in parade

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few of us from Wisconsin the only group he knows

and North Dakota. But of that gets to perform on
we meet at the Kracker the sides for individual
Jack Drum Shop, owned people or groups.
by Randy Hansen, in St.
We always let the kids
Cloud for rehearsals and in parades play along
prior to traveling to gigs. with us, he said. There
Most of the members of is no brighter smile than
Kracker Jacks Drumline the shimmering eyes of a
have been members of 4-year-old kid drumming
the group for five years for their first time in their
or more.
life with exciting profesIt is too much of a ful- sionals. It is why we all
filling opdo it.
portunity
But it was
We always
to not come
Rausch
back,
who Lundy
let the kids in
Lundy said.
described
parades play
The absoas being
along with
lute best
the best
us. There is
part about
at getting
being a
people of
no brighter
part of the
all ages,
smile than the
Kracker
talents and
shimmering eyes
Jacks is our
interest to
complete
love and
of a 4-year-old
freedom to
understand
kid drumming
perform.
music the
for their first
Every othway he did.
time in their life
er group I
I was inhave seen
fected with
with exciting
is either
professionals. It music my
completefirst lesson
is why we all do
ly focused
with him at
it.
on playing
age 8 and
perfectly
havent
Joe Lundy
or just too
stopped
regimentsince, he
ed to truly connect with said.
their audience. We have
as our sole priority being Around the world
engaging with the audiThe groups first gig of
ence and showing them a the year was on Memogood time.
rial Day in Bayport. Since
Not only that, but Lun- then, the group has played
dy said Kracker Jacks is in Morristown, Rockville,
Adams, Boyd, Perham
and Medford. Following
the performance at Summerfest, the group will
still have another 64 gigs
scheduled all over the
Midwest and in seven different states.
The group has previously played at Marti
Gras, makes Chicago
trips every year and even
appeared on the television show Americas Got
Talent.
It is such a great opportunity to share my love
of music and performance
with the world, Lundy
said.
Main Street Lakeeld, MN

lively audiences rather

than competing, allowing
drummers skills to continue to be used beyond
age out, but as entertainment.
Lundy called Rausch
the most innovating and
inspiring person he has
ever met.
I, as well as anyone
else who had the privilege of learning from such
a great instructor and
performer, never forget
just how fortunate we
are, Lundy said. Dick,
sadly, got sick and passed
away this year, so I felt no
choice but to do whatever
it takes to keep the fire
he started burning. The
group meant too much to
us all.
Kracker Jacks drummers play all the classic
drum licks and cadences
written in the early 1980s
and 90s, as well as their
own contemporary versions of what Lundy describes as groovy snare
parts.
Kracker Jacks is actually made up of 30 players, but books five of them
per gig, Lundy noted.
Thats depending on
who is available, he said.
Most of us are also active in post-high school
education, as well as having other jobs, professional bands and families. We come from all
over Minnesota, with a

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changes: Tweaks and totally new events, activities are planned

Continued from C1

Overhead Doors
and Openers
Spring Replacement
Repairs on Doors
and Openers

either riding on a float

or in the back of a pickup,
Nesseth said. New, too,
to this years Summerfest
parade is the drumline
Kracker Jacks out of the
St. Cloud area and the popular The Groove drumline
will be marching and per-

forming in the parade as

well once again this year.
Following the parade,
new-to-Summerfest performer Johnny Pineapple out of the Minneapolis
area will perform at North
City Park from 4 to 6:30
p.m. with his Hawaiian

Luau Show, and then, from

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The newly formed
Lakefield chapter of Women of Today will host a lipsync contest on Wednesday
night of Summerfest week
following the Little Miss
and Mr. Lakefield Pageant
at the same time the new
free luau games kick off
that evening.
This years big Saturday
Summerfest parade will
see some changes as well.
The parade lineup will
start at 1 p.m. along Broadway Avenue by Pleasantview Elementary School
on up to its intersection
with Main Street where
the parade will begin at 2
p.m., Nesseth said. Kelly
Rasche and I are in charge
of the parade this year and
will be lining the parade
entries up at that time.
Prizes for the best floats
entered in this years parade will include $500 in
Lakefield Bucks for the
first-place float, $300 in
Lakefield Bucks for the
second-place float and
$100 in Lakefield Bucks

for the third-place float, ning committee, whether

with all winners decid- they choose to be in comed by anonymous judges. petition or not.
We are anticipating 50
People can enter a float to
compete for a prize or just units or more being in our
as a non-competition entry. 2016 Summerfest parade,
Those floats entered are Nesseth said. The parade route
to adhere to
will be the
this years
The parade
same as last
Summerlineup will start year.
fest Luau
at 1 p.m. along
In additheme.
Floats
Broadway Avenue tion to all
the floats,
will be
by Pleasantview
parade
judged on
Elementary
watchers
creativSchool on up to
will noity with
tice a few
the theme,
its intersection
new parworkmanwith Main Street
ticipants
ship and
where the parade this year as
costuming
well, Nessfor personwill begin at 2
eth said.
nel riding
p.m.
The
on their
Kortney Nesseth
Fairmont
floats as it
band will
relates to
be marchthis years
ing in our parade again this
theme, Nesseth said.
To be in the parade, year, and a new entry, the
floats have to be registered group Sugar Loom, will
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This year, decorated
benches, along with cornhole game boards, will be
up for silent auction that
evening, starting at 6 p.m.
at the park.
Then, at 8 p.m., a teen
event at North City Park
will feature fun activities
for teens to enjoy, including inflatable laser tag and
a Velcro wall. The event
is being coordinated by
Lynn Wenk of the Summerfest planning committee
and will run until 10 p.m.
Sponsored by the LCIP,
along with 20 businesses
that have donated to Summerfest to make this teen
event possible, the event
will allow teens to purchase a wrist band, which
gives them unlimited use of
the activities that evening,
Nesseth said.

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pageant: A Lakefield Luau

grand marshal: Albers honored

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Little Miss Lakefield will ten, first and second

grade
be selected
this fall.
from the
This is a free
All
kindergarparticiten particievent for the
pants
pants and
participants and
in the
Little Mr.
those attending.
Lakefield
will be
Deanne Hall
selected
from the
boys entering kindergar- Lakefield Summerfest
Pageant have to have
a Lakefield address to
enter the contest and
past Summerfest royalty are not eligible to
participate.
This is a free event
for the participants
and those attending,
Stop in for your
Hall said. No particuSummerfest
lar pageant dress is
refreshments!
required and the winners are not judged.
We have new craft beers
The way we will be
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ners is a surprise. We
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have a creative way the
winners will be picked
that goes along with
the Hawaiian theme.
Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Winners are picked by
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Were fully stocked and ready for Summerfest!

chosen from the girls

participating who will be
entering fifth and sixth
grade this fall. This years
Lakefield Princess will be
chosen from girls entering the third and fourth
grades this fall, while Junior Miss Lakefield will
be selected from girls
entering the first and
second grades this fall.

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Wolfgram years back and b u i l d i n g s , b a r n s a n d

learned to paint in oils, houses, but she also likes
Albers said. In 1980, my to paint flowers some too,
she said.
mom, my
She also
sister and
I am looking
enjoys
me took
forward to
helping out
lessons in
as a volunoil painting
riding in the
teer with
from a lady
parade, and
the Read
from the
I hope to see
180 prosouth who
a few people
gram at
was giving
JCC Midlessons at
that I have not
dle School
the (Pearseen in a while
a couple
son) Lakes
at Summerfest
afternoons
Art Center
this year. I
a
week
in Okoboji.
and filling
We t o o k
enjoy seeing the
for her
the lessons
different events in
former coover three
held and learning worker,
different
about what all is Sharon
summers
Bloome,
six lesgoing on.
when
sons
a
Barb Albers
Bloome has
week for
to be gone
six weeks.
at times.
And I have
Being chosen as this
enjoyed continuing to
paint since. Even when I years Summerfest grand
was little I liked to draw. marshal is such an honAlbers favorite sub- or, Albers said.
jects to paint are old

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I am looking forward
to riding in the parade,
she said, and I hope to
see a few people that I
have not seen in a while
at Summerfest this year.
I enjoy seeing the different events held and
learning about what all is
going on.
In the past, Albers has
enjoyed going to some of
the food events that have
taken place at North City
Park during Summerfest
and, a few years ago, she
enjoyed hearing her husband, Gene, sing with the
mens choir from their
church, St. Paul Lutheran
Church in Rost Township.
Since retiring, Albers
enjoys painting in oils and
drawing, but also reads
a lot.
I enjoyed painting, so
I took a community education class with Mavis

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Submitted photo

Percussionist Bill Hoffman (from left), pianist John Mogen and guitarist Dennis Gale are members of Mogens
Heroes.

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Lakefield Veterans of Foreign Wars hall provided

by local favorites The
Nectorines starting at 8
p.m. and, at that same time,
The Shed is hosting Larry
Myer, playing his acoustical guitar right up until
midnight.
On Saturday, music will
once again fill the streets
of Lakefield as the grand
parade welcomes some
returning favorites such
as the Fairmont Marching
Band and The Groove
Drumline, along with
some new sounds too.
SugarLoom will take to
the street either riding on
a float or in the back of a
pickup truck as the group
plays some of its crowd
pleasing doo-wop, classic
country and popular 1950s
and 60s music guaranteed
to get parade watchers
clapping and laughing
even singing and possibly
dancing as the group
travels along the parade
route.
Also new to Summerfest
this year is the Kracker
Jacks Drumline out of the
St. Cloud area. The drumline is known for its precision drumming and marching, as well as comedy
blended into the routines.
Group members have been

performing since 1983 and

have performed at Mardi
Gras parades in New Orleans and marched in the
Manhattan Greenwich Village Halloween Parade,
as well as many others,
including St. Patricks Day
parades, corporate events,
business expos and even
football games. We are

very much looking forward

to performing in your Summerfest parade, said Joe
Lundy, one of the groups
founders.
Following the parade, all
will want to be sure to stop
at North City Park where
Johnny Pineapple will
perform his Summerfestthemed Hawaiian Luau

Show.
The band 340 Magnum
will round out this years
music-filled Summerfest
celebration by playing for
the street dance at North
City Park that evening.

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Saturday, June 18 After The Summerfest Parade

You are invited to be a part of the 2016 Summerfest community photo following the grand parade on June 18!

NORTH CITY PARK LAKEFIELD

Everyone is welcome to gather for this historic picture near North City Park. The extra-large photo will be published in
full color wrapped around the June 23 Lakefield Standard. Many more color photos from Summerfest will be found
on the flip side of the cover page.
An
So, Saturday, after the parade
Official
P.O. Box 249, 403 Main Street
lets fill up the photo frame!
Lakefield, MN 56150
Summerf
est
(507) 662-5555
Activity!
Rain Date: Sunday, June 19, following the community church service.
Fax (507) 847-6770
lakefieldstandard.com

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Summerfest Schedule 2016

WEDNESDAY
Legion Auxiliary Salad Lunch

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

American Legion Hall

Little Miss and Mr. Pageant

6 p.m.

North City Park

Free Luau Games

8 p.m.

North City Park

Lip Sync Battle

8 p.m.

North City Park

5 p.m.

North City Park

Community picnic

5 to 6:30 p.m.

North City Park

Music in the Park

5 p.m.

North City Park

Lions Bingo

7 p.m.

North City Park

Late Swim

9 to 10:30 p.m.

Lakefield Family Aquatic

THURSDAY
Benches/corn-hole boards

Scenes from 2015

Summerfest

silent auction

Center

FRIDAY
Beer Garden

4:30 p.m. The Shed

Steak and Shrimp Feed

5 p.m.

Lakefield VFW Hall

Pork Burger Feed

5:30 p.m.

North City Park

Shelter House

Benches/corn-hole boards silent auction 6 p.m.

North City Park

Family Fun Night

6 to 8 p.m.

North City Park

Michelle Lesch 5K Glo Run/Walk

8 p.m.

North City Park

Teen Event Night

8 to 10 p.m.

North City Park

VFW Dance with The Nectorines

8 p.m.

Lakefield VFW Hall

Music at The Shed with Larry Myer

8 p.m. The Shed

SATURDAY
Open house

8 a.m. to noon

JCHS Museum

Ladies Auxiliary Coffee and Rolls

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

American Legion Hall

Legion Best Meal Deal

8 a.m. until gone

North City Park/

Legion Hall

Show and Shine Car Show

9 a.m.

North City Park

Handmade Craft Show

9 a.m.

North City Park

Best Shot Golf Tournament

9 a.m.

North Valley Golf Club

South Lakefield Tractor Show

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. East of Windmill Motel

Mimosa Bar

10 a.m. to noon Bowlers Inn

Beer Garden and Bloody Mary Bar

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Shed

Walking Tacos/Desserts

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Lakefield Multi-purpose

Center
Cruise Main Street

11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Main Street

Grand Parade

2 p.m. Through Lakefield

Watermelon Feed Following parade

North City Park

Beer Garden

3:30 p.m.

North City Park

Community Photo

4 p.m.

Near North City Park

Bean Bag Tournament

4 p.m.

North City Park

Music in the Park by Johnny Pineapple 4 to 6:30 p.m.

North City Park

Beef Philly Feed

5 p.m.

North City Park

Kids Tractor Pull

5 p.m.

Near North City Park

Benches/corn-hole board silent auction 6:30 p.m.

North City Park

Street Dance featuring 340 Magnum 8 p.m.

North City Park

SUNDAY
Pancake Breakfast

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

American Legion Hall

Community of Faith Church Service

11 a.m. to noon

North City Park

Frogs Baseball Game vs. Tracy Express 5 p.m. Baseball field near pool