Students experience German culture in annual Oktoberfest event

Sierra Ruiz

Freshmen Logan Gill, Brady Shreffler and Noah Roe pose for the camera after an intense race.

Sierra Ruiz, Staff Writer
November 4, 2022

Oktoberfest is the world’s largest celebration originating in Munich, Germany, in 1810. Although this celebration features consumption of alcoholic beverages, Buena was able to bring a school appropriate version to campus. The first Oktoberfest was a celebration of the marriage of Prince Ludwig I and Princess Therese of Bavaria, strengthening the newly founded kingdom through the marriage. Oktoberfest has been celebrated every year since, lasting approximately 16 days and ending the first Sunday of October.

The German club, responsible for most planning of the celebration, held their planning meeting on Tuesday, October 18. Students assigned roles in helping organize the event, ranging from things such as preparing plates of food to hosting traditional Oktoberfest games. The event was held on Thursday, October 20.

  • Juniors Emil Hernandez, Rylee McDuffee, Haylie Williams, Laura Nicely, and Morgan Velasco enjoy the Oktoberfest celebration and activities “[the event] is awesome, innovative, and unique,” Hernandez said.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Freshmen Logan Gill, Brady Shreffler and Noah Roe pose for the camera after an intense race.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Juniors Kendall Nagaoka and Isabella Prewitt prepare to run the traditional bottle holding game, the objective of which is to hold the bottle as long as possible. Although traditionally played with alcoholic beverages, the German program used seltzer water to make the tradition school appropriate

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Senior Elizabeth Mihatov challenges teacher Michael Gianelli to bottle holding contest, Mihatov takes the win.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Freshman Jaden Byars breaks the bottle holding contest record, holding the bottle for four minutes and 31 seconds!

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Senior Shawn Coyner reigns as champion (he claims) host of arm wrestling game, armdrucken. Coyner is seen being challenged by junior Russel Delgado.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • “[the game is] exhausting, my wrists are in so much pain!,” Coyner said, yet he refused to leave without winning every challenge.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '

  • Senior leaders of the German club, Jonna Noldt and Heidi Garcilazo say Oktoberfest is awesome! “Oktoberfest is the best German event of the year and has the yummiest food, it’s the best Oktoberfest yet, everybody learned something new today,” Garcilazo said.

    Sierra Ruiz
    '
Navigate Left
Navigate Right