There is a simple reason that so many people come to Monroe for Cheese Days - it's a lot of fun.
Today, the 2008 version of the biennial event gets under way - under the sunny skies that always seem to greet the festival. From this afternoon's (5 p.m.) opening ceremony to Sunday's impressively full Cheese Days Parade, there's something for everyone to do.
The first Cheese Days, in 1914, was planned in nine days by a group of local businessmen, who advertised the event by driving a roadster around Monroe to announce it. How things have changed.
Today, Cheese Days planning really never stops for Green County Tourism, the Cheese Days Committee and the hundreds of organizers and volunteers who put much effort into making the three-day event what it is.
What is Cheese Days?
It's great food. It's great music. It's great beer. It's seemingly endless events and exhibits for people to watch, including an opportunity to watch some Monroe Times employees try their hand at milking cows. (A little self-promotion never hurts.)
Most of all, it's a chance to see old friends and make new ones. Cheese Days literally is Green County's family reunion.
So have a lot of fun this weekend. And don't neglect the opportunity to thank those who are working, or who helped organize Cheese Days, the festival that so well defines the wonderful community we live and work in.
Today, the 2008 version of the biennial event gets under way - under the sunny skies that always seem to greet the festival. From this afternoon's (5 p.m.) opening ceremony to Sunday's impressively full Cheese Days Parade, there's something for everyone to do.
The first Cheese Days, in 1914, was planned in nine days by a group of local businessmen, who advertised the event by driving a roadster around Monroe to announce it. How things have changed.
Today, Cheese Days planning really never stops for Green County Tourism, the Cheese Days Committee and the hundreds of organizers and volunteers who put much effort into making the three-day event what it is.
What is Cheese Days?
It's great food. It's great music. It's great beer. It's seemingly endless events and exhibits for people to watch, including an opportunity to watch some Monroe Times employees try their hand at milking cows. (A little self-promotion never hurts.)
Most of all, it's a chance to see old friends and make new ones. Cheese Days literally is Green County's family reunion.
So have a lot of fun this weekend. And don't neglect the opportunity to thank those who are working, or who helped organize Cheese Days, the festival that so well defines the wonderful community we live and work in.
