Events
Quality and Excellence Awards | November 20, 2009
Fairmont Hotel, Dallas
Quality & ExcellenceThe day culminates with the Chamber Quality & Excellence Entrepreneur Awards recognizing four of our top-performing Hispanic-owned businesses in the DFW Metroplex, ranging in size from $1 million in revenues to over $10 million. These companies have elevated themselves among their peers through their distinctive products and services, outstanding execution, excellence in customer service, and notable financial growth.
Parents Step Ahead Gala | December 3, 2009
Crown Plaza Hotel, Dallas
Parents Step AheadParents Step Ahead was created to “recognize, educate, enable, and empower parents to take a proactive role in the educational and personal development of their children”
Parents Step Ahead works in partnership with Dallas/Ft. Worth area school districts, corporations and community organizations to offer series of school-based events for disadvantage and minority parents throughout the calendar year.
BARKIN BALL!!! | December 31, 2009
HOT Complex, Waco
HOT Fair ComplexBarkin’ Ball 2009—Fundraiser, generating 50% of the annual funding required to save hundreds of Waco’s abandoned dogs and cats and support our various outreach programs.
10th ANNUAL COMMERCE CHILI COOK-OFF (3/6/10) | March 6, 2010
Commerce
Plans are already being made for the chili cookoff. Stay tuned for more information!
31th Annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade (3/13/10) | March 13, 2010
Greenville Ave., Dallas
Oktoberfest – AdisonThe Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade brings thousands together along the 2 mile route in what is sure to be the largest and most celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North Texas history, there will be celebrity judges to judge this year’s parade entries in categories ranging from Best of the Best to Most Irish Animal.
Texas Rangers 2010 Season Home Opener (4/5/10) | April 5, 2010
Rangers Stadium
Texas Rangers will open the regular 2010 season when they wallop the Tornoto Blue Jays at home in Arlington on Monday, April 5th.It will mark the second consecutive season and third time in the last five years that Texas has opened the year at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The opener is the first of a six-game homestand that runs from April 5-11 and features three games each with the Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.
Diffa Collection (5/1/10) | May 1, 2010
Dallas
Get ready for 2010!Plans are in the making and more info is coming soon.
Addison Oktoberfest (9/16/10) | September 16, 2010 - September 19, 2010
Addison Circle
WILLKOMMEN Y’ALL TO THE 23nd ANNUAL ADDISON OKTOBERFEST!Nearly 70,000 fans of polka, German food and spectacular Spaten and Franziskaner Bier will gather September 16-19, 2010 (these dates are To Be Confirmed), in Addison’s spectacular Addison Circle Park. Addison’s 23rd Annual Oktoberfest features four days of music, folk dancing, sing-a-longs plus great German food and entertainment – in one of the largest and most authentic Oktoberfest festivals outside of the famed Munich celebration.
“People are sometimes confused by the September timing of Addison’s Oktoberfest event,” says Barbara Kovacevich, Special Events Administrator for the Town of Addison. “But we schedule Oktoberfest in Addison to coincide with the opening of the world renowned Oktoberfest celebration in Munich.”
This year, world renowned Polka bands will join dozens of authentic German entertainers at the festival, which draws guests from across the Southwest. Enjoy fun contests such as dachshund races, bier barrel bowling, a German Idol yodeling contest, a German spelling bee and more! Plus, lucky guests can win special Oktoberfest trips to Munich and San Francisco. Special hotel packages, featuring lodging, event tickets and more, will be available from many of Addison’s diverse hotels.
EVENT SPECIFICS:
When: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5pm – 11pm Friday, September 17, 2010 5 pm – Midnight Saturday, September 18, 2010 12 noon – Midnight Sunday, September 19, 2010 Noon – 6 pm
Where: 4970 Addison Circle Dr. Free parking located at the northwest corner of Dallas Parkway and Arapaho.
What: An authentic recreation of the Munich Oktoberfest featuring more than 30 hours of continuous family-oriented entertainment. German entertainers in authentic costumes perform traditional Bavarian folk dances, schuhplattling, oompah music, sing-a-longs, yodels and more. A special “Oktoberfest” Spaten Bier is served along with several types of German sausage, sauerkraut, strudel, giant pretzels and more. There are carnival rides, midway games, children’s entertainment and activities and a 5K run and 1 mile kids fun run benefiting Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer.
$5 for ages 4 and older; FREE admission on Thursday. Discount tickets available at Tom Thumb Stores. Food & Beverage tickets are available for pre-sale. Go to Addison website for locations. For every $50 you pre-purchase, you will receive $5 free.
Sponsors:
Ben E. Keith and Spaten
For more information visit www.addisontexas.net/events/oktoberfest.