THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE
2024
Every year in June, the cows and goats of Switzerland head up to alpine pastures to graze. Every autumn, they return home. Green County Cheese Days would like to thank the local farm families and their herds, and the New Glarus Yodel Club for depicting this tradition for the parade.
Known as “alpabfahrt” in Switzerland, the return of the animals and the herders is marked by festivities including markets, live music, cheese tasting, flag throwing and alphorns.
Sounds a bit like Cheese Days, don’t you think?
Parade MC: Matt Urban
Banner Carriers: Monroe High School Athletes
Parade Chairpersons: Shauna Bergemann and Amy Becker
Pre-parade entertainment - Andy Linder - Hacky Sack World Record Holder & Stilt Walkers
Special Thanks to: Green County ATV Club
2026 THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE
1. The Swiss Colony Cheese Days Parade - Banner
2. Cows on Parade - Thank you Dairy Farmers!
3. Goats on Parade - Froseth Family and Friends
4. New Glarus Yodel Club
5. 2026 Parade Marshals - Lee Binkley and Randy Ninmer
6. Colony Brands
7. Bucky Badger with UW Marching Band
8. Wheel of Swiss Sponsors
9. 2026 Ambassadors - Emily Gerrits and Jaclyn Wuthrich
10. Monroe Swiss Singers
11. Big Cheese & Golden Cheese Sponsors
12. 2026 King & Queen - Mike and Deb Hutchinson
13. Monroe High School Marching Band
14. Monroe Rural Fire Department
15. 2026 Prince & Princess - Liam Goers and Sadie Wellman
16. Wundrow’s Brown Swiss
17. New Glarus Wilhelm Tell Usherettes
18. Monona Plumbing
19. Brookside Farm Clydesdales
20. Monroe Wrestling Club
21. Grand Champion Cheesemakers – Mike Ladwig (Emmi Roth) and Matt Henze (Decatur Dairy). Presented by Foreign Type Cheesemakers Assn.
22. Big Cheese – Mark Witke (Zimmerman Cheese). Presented by Foreign Type Cheesemakers Assn.
23. Green County Cheesemakers Past and Present
24. V & V Supremo
25. Emmi Roth USA
26. Wedgie, Cheese Days Mascot
27. Zilmer-Riley American Legion Post 84 & Cecil Jones VFW Post 2312
28. Daughters of the American Revolution
29. Poppy Princess sponsored by Monroe Legion Auxiliary Unit 84
30. AMVETS Post 69
31. McConnell Legion Post 1225 & McConnell Legion Auxiliary
32. Precision Drive & Control
33. Swiss Center of North America - President Bekah Stauffacher
34. Monroe Truck Equipment/Aebi Schmidt Group
35. Stilt Walkers
36. New Glarus Kinderchor
37. Jesse White Tumbling Team
38. Quest Industrial
39. Alice in Dairyland – Anastasia Poull
40. Green County Special Olympics
41. Brodhead High School Band
42. Kuhn North America
43. National Historic Cheesemaking Center
44. 1st Brigade Band
45. Green County Ag Chest Dairy Queen, Ava Havens and Princess, Peyton Monasmith-Pickett
46. St. Victor School
47. Elmo Inflatable
48. Artful Gourmet
49. Farm First Dairy COOP
50. New Glarus Home
51. The Cottage Works
52. The Wisconsin Wheelmen
53. Brodhead Veterinary Medical Center
54. Loves Park Shrine Club
55. Bank First
56. Justice For A Cure
57. JAM Band
58. Monroe Moose Lodge # 754
59. The Bike Haus
60. Green County Ag Chest 2026-2027Community Queens
61. Monroe Cheesemaker Booster Club
62. 2024 King & Queen - Tony and Esther Zgraggen. Truck courtesy of New Glarus Fire Department.
63. 2024 Prince & Princess - Reid Krueger and Stella Doyle.
64. 2024 Ambassador - Breanna Brooks
65. Studio M Dance Academy
66. SSM Health
67. Alter Metal Recycling
68. Appenzell Traditions with the Faessler Family
69. Miss Wisconsin- Jordenne Butler. Family Chiropractic Clinic.
70. Stilt Walkers
71. Green County Family YMCA
72. Green County Beef Producers, Best Burger in Green County
73. Mid-State Concrete Industries
74. New Glarus Fire Department Ladder Team
75. Jack Links
76. Past Cheese Days Royalty
77. T.U.G.S.
78. Monroe Golf Club & Fat Badger Pub
79. Rockford Rhythm Drumline
80. Rocket Cycle & Radio Flyer
81. Green County Fairest of the Fair – Keira Brunner
82. Madison Brass Band
83. Farmall H, driven by Homer Weber
84. TruHome Inc
85. Cheese Country Rentals
86. Jonathan Bee High Wheel Bike
87. Dancing Cheesemakers
88. Pomp’s Tire Service
89. TMR Manufacturing
90. Dakota Marching Band
91. Green County Ag Chest - Past Dairy Queens
92. Country View Equestrian Center
93. Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Monroe
94. Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs
95. Monroe Area Rebels Soccer Club
96. Monroe Botanical Garden
97. Wisconsin Farmers Union
98. Dairyland Deforesters
99. Green County Habitat for Humanity
100. Stilt Walkers
101. Brodhead Spider-Man
102. Monticello Works
103. KK Lawn and Sport
104. Monroe Mayor - Tom Miller
105. Lena-Winslow Marching Band
106. Burger King
107. Faewild Fire
108. Kiwanis Key Club
