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Article: WILHELM TELL FEST IN NEW GLARUS.(COMMUNITIES)
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- The Capital Times
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- August 29, 2002
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NEW GLARUS -- He may have shot an apple off a young boy's head, gaining a few enemies, but Wilhelm Tell still promises good entertainment this weekend.
The Wilhelm Tell Festival in New Glarus, Saturday through Monday, will mark the 64th performance of the Wilhelm Tell play.
More than 200 volunteers in this Swiss-rich town work to make the performance come alive.
In 1804, Friedrick Schiller, a German playwright, wrote a play based on the story of Wilhelm Tell, who apparently shot an apple off a boy's head after an argument with the boy's ...