The three days of celebration begin June 16 with the Queens Banquet at Brodhead High School. Moo Tails are at 7 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m.. Billy's Sand Trap of Brodhead will cater the meal. Advance tickets will be available at the Bank of Brodhead, Pinnow Pharmacy, all the community Queen crownings and at the Green County Dairy Breakfast May 28 at the Neal and Lisa Boeke Farm, Juda. Banquet ticket prices are $15 in advance or $18 at the door.

The festivities continue with the Dairy Days Cattle Show, Saturday, June 18 at the Green County Fairgrounds in Monroe. More than 80 youth exhibitors participated in last year's show, presenting nearly 160 head of cattle. Green County Dairy Day is one of the largest youth dairy shows in the state, and it is the show at which the dairy youth must qualify for Wisconsin State Fair. Green County has one of the largest delegations of youth dairy cattle exhibitors at the Wisconsin State Fair each year.

The celebration will culminate Sunday, June 19 at Brodhead Veterans Park. The first Twilight in the Park Concert of the 2011 summer series will begin at 6:30 p.m., featuring the Turtle Creek Ramblers. After the concert, at approximately 8 p.m., the 2011-12 Green County Dairy Queen and Princess will be crowned.

Anyone interested in volunteering for Dairy Days should contact one of the local chair people: Queens Banquet, Patrick and Amy Zweifel, 214-1618 or 214-1617; Dairy Cattle Show: Todd and Trish Hoesly, 897-4446; or the Queen Crowning, Nancy Sutherland, 897-4481.