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Article: BIG BEAR LAKE Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest is the only Oktoberfest in the nation that has a Queen Stein Carrying Contest, and the finals take place Saturday, Oct. 8.
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- Redlands Daily Facts
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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This year organizers were optimistic that local resident Connie
Dominguez would break the world record. She will attempt to carry 22
full 1-liter steins, weighing 5 pounds each, a distance of 20 feet
without spilling more than three ounces out of any one stein.
Bonnie Kelso of Big Bear Lake set the record at the Big Bear Lake
Oktoberfest in 1974 when she carried 21 1-liter steins.
"For 31 years competitors have tried to break this longstanding
record, but they tend to fall short by four or five steins every
time," said Monica Marini, managing director of the Convention Center
at Big Bear Lake.
"This year Connie is going to rise to the challenge and attempt to
break the record. There's no ...