THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE
2022 Line Up for Reference
Every year in June, the cows 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 “der Alpabzug” in the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland, the return of the cows 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
Parade Chairpersons: Shauna Bergemann and Amy Becker
Banner Carriers: Monroe School Students
Trailers for Floats - courtesy of Schultz’s Inter-State Ag, Monroe WI
Pooper Scoopers - courtesy of Green County ATV Club and New Glarus 4-H Club
Pre-parade entertainment - Andy Linder - Hacky Sack World Record Holder & Stilt Walkers
DIVISION 1
1. Green County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard
2. THE SWISS COLONY CHEESE DAYS PARADE Banner
3. Brown Swiss Leading Green County Cows on Parade!
4. New Glarus Jodler Klub (Yodel Club)
5. 2022 Cheese Days Parade Marshal - Donna Douglas, with a special escort from the Monroe Cheesemakers Cheerleaders, 1936 Hart Parr Oliver Tractor and wagon owned and driven by Bruce Meier
6. Appenzell Goat Parade, Led by the Froseth Family and Friends
7. The Faessler Family and “Hans” the Appenzeller, sponsored by Woodford State Bank
8. 2022 Cheese Days King and Queen, Gordy & Ruth Bergemann - in a 1946 Chevrolet Fire Engine owned and driven by Dennis and Helen Johnson
9. UW Marching Band “Echoes of Camp Randall” & Bucky Badger
10. Colony Brands and Chris Mouse, Monroe WI
11. Wheel of Swiss Major Sponsors - truck courtesy of Ruda Chevrolet Toyota, Monroe WI
12. Big Cheese Sponsor Banner
13. Golden Cheese Sponsor Banner
DIVISION 2
1. Monroe High School Marching Band, Directed by Erin Hanke, Monroe WI
2. 2022 Cheese Days Prince Braun King (parents Aaron & Stephanie) and Princess Addison Wolff (parents Tim & Kristen) driven by Tim Wolff
3. Green County’s Current Cheesemakers
4. 2022 Big Cheese, Steve and Glennette Stettler – presented by Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association; Pulled by Percheron Team Matt and Bob, with driver and owner Don Buchanan, Brodhead WI
5. 2022 Grand Champion Cheesemaker, Matt Henze & Team Decatur Dairy - presented by Foreign Type Cheesemakers Assn.
6. Dotty the Clown and Friend - cart courtesy of CGM Sales in Monroe WI
7. Electric Swiss Polka by PDC (Precision Drive and Control) in Monroe WI - with the Winneconne Wisconsin High School Polka Band
8. 2022 Prince and Princess Contestants and Wedgie the Cheese Days Mascot
9. Best Cheeseburger in Green County, Green County Beef Producers
10. New Glarus Kinderchor, New Glarus
11. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1940 Buick Special, owner Brian Matzke
DIVISION 3
1. 2022 Cheese Days Ambassador, Tess Zettle
2. Cheese Makes the World Go Round, Green County 4-H
3. Tub Full of Cheese, Bath Planet, Monroe WI
4. Celebrating Cheesemaker Athletes, Monroe Cheesemaker
Athletic Booster Club
5. Cheese is Good for Mental Health, “TUGS” Talking Understanding Growing Supporting
6. Rollin’ in the Cheese, Wisconsin Bank and Trust
7. Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Southeast Wisconsin
8. YAVO, Youth Against Violence Organization Drum Corps, Rockford IL
9. 1922 Rumely Oil Pull 2040 G, Owned and Operated by David Reeson
10. Stilt Walkers
11. A Hole Lot of Fun, Green County Special Olympics
12. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1950 Studebaker owned by Mona Sue French
DIVISION 4
1. Monroe Swiss Singers, Sponsored by Wisconsin Bank and Trust
2. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 84 Marching Ladies, Albany WI
3. Zilmer-Riley American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Princess - Hannah Kuebli
4. American Veterans Float, AMVETS Post 69, New Glarus WI
5. Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2312, Andrew Suthers
6. Green County Daughters of the American Revolution
7. Albany High School Marching Band, directed by Britni Cohen- Wichner, Albany WI
8. American Legion Post 1225, McConnell IL
9. Freeport High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, Freeport IL
10. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1955 Chevy Truck 3100 owned by Judy Trout
DIVISION 5
1. Our History is No Mystery - 56 Years of Taking Care of Green County, New Glarus Home,
New Glarus WI
2. Green County's Retired Cheesemakers
3. National Historic Cheesemaking Center, Monroe WI
4. Cheesemaker Dancers
5. We Love Cheese and Dairy, CGM Sales and Iron Bull Carts, Monroe WI
6. Monroe Youth Hockey Association Says “CHEESE!”
7. Cancer Stinks, Justice For A Cure
8. 1957 IH 450 Tractor owned and operated by Mike Moellenberndt
9. 1948 IH W4 Standard Tractor owned and operated by Don Gritmacker
10. Let’s Make Moo-sic, Wundrow’s Brown Swiss, Poplar Grove IL
11. Rocket Cycle & Radio Flyer, T.J. Howell, Baraboo WI
12. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1965 Chevy C10 truck, owners Eric, Jennifer and Lane Scace
DIVISION 6
1. Green County Ag Chest Dairy Queen, Briliey Swedlund
2. Green County Ag Chest Dairy Princess, Delanie Pfund
3. Westosha Central High School Marching Falcons, Directed by Adam Scheele, Salem WI
4. Green County Ag Chest Community Dairy Queens
Ellie Modaff - Albany
Hannah Gierhart - Argyle
Cameron Frey - Belleville
Kammy Kolb - Blanchardville
Emma Beutel - Brodhead
Grace Gerbeland - Brooklyn
Natalie Hurd - Browntown
Sadie Wilkins - Monticello
5. Green County Ag Chest - Past Community Dairy Queens
6. Monroe Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc, Monroe WI
7. Monroe Rural Fire District, Monroe WI
8. Green County EMS - Cheese to the Rescue
9. 1951 Farmall M, owned and operated by Bill Loveland
10. Cheese, Just What the Doctor Ordered, Hometown Pharmacy, Monroe WI
11. Mooving Forward Together & Caring for Our Dairy Clients since 1951, Brodhead and Monroe Veterinary Medical Centers, Brodhead WI & Monroe WI
12. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1967 Pontiac Firebird owner by Jeff Wymer
DIVISION 7
1. President of Swiss Center of North America - Beth Zurbuchen, New Glarus WI
2. Consul General of Switzerland in Chicago - Bruno Ryff
3. Brodhead / Juda Cheerleading
4. Brodhead High School Band, Directed by Jason Riesterer, Brodhead WI
5. Cookie Monster, with assistance from Team Cookie at Redemption Church
6. MWC = Must Wrestle Cheese, Monroe Wrestling Club, Monroe WI
7. Dancing Cheese Robots, Quest Industrial, Monroe WI
8. Wilhelm Tell Usherettes, New Glarus WI
9. Swiss Mario Brothers, Monona Plumbing & Fire Protection, Monroe WI
10. Horses With Hearts, Monticello WI
11. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1972 Chevy Camaro owner by Mark Jacobson
DIVISION 8
1. Dairy Farming, Greenwoods State Bank, Monroe WI
2. We Are So Much Better “tocheddar”, United Way of Green County, Monroe WI
3. Lena-Winslow Marching Band, Directed by Renee Schultz, Lena IL
4. Stilt Walkers
5. Hemp 1848 LLC, Monroe WI
6. Green County Family YMCA Youth Sports, Monroe WI
7. Better with Age, Pleasant View Nursing Home, Monroe WI
8. Farmall H Tractor with Honda Motorcycle Engine, owned and operated by Homer Weber
9. Jesse White Tumbling Team, Chicago IL
10. Smell of Fresh Smoked Meat!, Smokin’ Joe’s, Monroe WI
11. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1974 Chevy Camaro owner Jim Shelton
DIVISION 9
1. Cole B and the Muensters, Brodhead WI
2. New Glarus Fire Department Ladder Team, New Glarus WI
3. Emmi Roth USA, Monroe WI
4. Loves Park Shrine Club, Loves Park IL
5. Green County Fairest of the Fair - Sharlene Swedlund
6. Patches The Clown, Brodhead WI
7. Parkview High School Band, Directed by Benjamin Brueggen, Orfordville WI
8. Lift Like a Swiss, Iron Haus, Monroe WI
9. Razzman & Royal Quarter Horses, Monticello WI
10. Have you Herd? St. Victors School is Legen-Dairy! St. Victor School, Monroe WI
11. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1976 Ford Torino, owner Tim Hanson
DIVISION 10
1. Dakota High School Marching Band, Directed by Annette Hackbarth, Dakota IL
2. Ag Chest Award Winners:
Senior Agri-Business Woman - Trish Hoesly
Junior Agri-Business Woman - Lea McCullough-Jordan
Senior Active Farm Couple - Dennis & Mary Kaye Dorn
3. Green County Ag Chest 2022 Breakfast on the Farm Hosts - Dewey & Jeanne Meier and David & Tiffany Meier
4. Studio M Dance Academy, Monroe WI
5. Jonathan Bee, High Wheel\ Bicyclist, Madison WI
6. Monticello Marching Band and Color Guard, Directed by Dawson Babcock, Monticello WI
7. Former Cheese Day Kings & Queens, and Former Cheese Days Queens & Ambassadors
8. Brookside Clydesdales, Sparta WI
9. QPS Employment Group, Monroe WI
10. Scoopie, Culvers of Monroe WI
11. Classic Wheels of Cheese Days Yesteryear: 1978 Hendrickson Fire Engine, owner Ron Blumer
DIVISION 11
1. Juda Marching Band, Directed by Aly Zawada, Juda WI
2. Alter Metal Recycling, Monroe WI
3. Kuhn North America - Proud to Call Green County Home for 20 Years! Brodhead WI
4. Monroe Mayor - Donna L. Douglas
5. The “Grater” Choice in Truck Equipment, Monroe Truck Equipment, Monroe WI
6. May the Cheese Be With You, at EXIT it Will, EXIT Professional Real Estate, Monroe WI
7. United to Grow Family Agriculture, Wisconsin Farmers Union - South Central
8. Cheese & Family, Monroe Moose Lodge, Monroe WI 9. Swiss Heritage, TruHome Inc, Monroe WI
10. “Make the Smart MOO...VE, Choose Blackhawk Tech, Blackhawk Technical College, Monroe WI
11. The Cottage Works, Tiny Homes for Dairy Goats! Monroe WI
12. Green County ATV Club and Pec Valley UTV / ATV Club
