VENUE SHOWCASE

Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport

6331 South 13th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53221
Reservations: (800) 303-8002
Telephone: 414-764-1500
Fax: 414-764-6531

www.radisson.com/milwaukeewi_air

With 2005 renovations nearly complete, the Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport is the ideal hotel to host your next event or to be your vacation destination. The spacious guest rooms have all necessary amenities to create that “home away from home” atmosphere. The seven banquet and meeting rooms totaling over 11,000 square feet can accommodate your meeting and catering needs. The newly opened Houlihan’s in Milwaukee serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Enjoy delectable appetizers or a made-from-scratch meal in the cozy atmosphere at Houlihan’s. The hotel is located near Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport and easily accessible from Interstate 94 leading to other local festivities (summer festivals at the lakefront, Milwaukee Brewer baseball games, downtown arts and cultural exhibits, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee Bucks basketball games). The Radisson offers vacations packages for many local events. Visit their website at www.radisson.com/milwuakeewi_air for additional information.

EVENT SHOWCASE

FESTIVAL SEASON IN FULL SWING

Henry Maier Festival Park is in full gear for the festival season with the following events scheduled:

Summerfest June 30th through July 10th – The world’s largest music festival is in full swing at the Milwaukee Lakefront. This is the 38th year of Summerfest. With ten ground stages and the amphitheater providing entertainment with national headliners, over 50 food vendors, family activities and hundreds of marketplace vendors … there is something for everyone. Visit www.summerfest.com for additional information, activity schedules, times and admission prices.

Festa Italiana July 21-24 – Salute! Four days of one of the biggest, Italian-American festivals in the Midwest. Fun for the entire family with cultural exhibits, operatic music, Zoppe’ Family circus, bocce ball, headliner entertainment such as Dennis DeYoung, Jo Dee Messina and nightly firework displays. Visit www.festaitaliana.com for additional information. In conjunction with Festa, The Annual Wheels & Heels Rush on Festa Run/Walk is Thursday, July 21st. This 5k or 1-mile walk helps raise funds for Spinal Cord Injury research. Participants receive free admission to Festa Italiana. Visit www.nsciagmac.org for additional information.

German Fest July 28-31 – Vunderbar! German Fest is celebrating its 25 Anniversary! This is the largest German celebration in North America. The Silver Anniversary Celebration brings authentic food, music, shopping and fun for the entire family. Ten stages will have German entertainment, nightly fireworks, as well as a Marktplatz with imported gifts and collectibles. Visit www.germanfest.com for additional information. Big Unit Run July 29th

Karl’s Event Rental is the exclusive provider at Maier Festival Park of tenting, tables and chairs for all festivities.

Nominated as Rental Company of the Year

Karl’s Event Rental is honored to be one of the finalists for Event Solution’s Rental Company of the Year Spotlight Award. This award is presented to the rental company that demonstrates overall outstanding achievement throughout the year. All are invited to vote, simply click here to cast your vote for Karl’s Event Rental as Rental Company of the Year! All votes are welcome and appreciated.

EVENT IDEAS – POOL/HAWAIIAN PARTY

Summer is upon us and why not have your friends and family over to enjoy your backyard pool. Invitations can be as simple as small rounded blue construction paper (similar to a body of water) with the details of the party. Decorate 48” round tables with our island green or white tablecloths creating a tropical effect. Centerpieces can be plastic beach buckets filled half-way with sand and sand toys or citronella candles in the center. Add ambiance to the back yard with tiki torches around the perimeter of the yard. Your menu for the event could be centered around water … have a fish boil (lobster or clams, potatoes, onions, etc) which can be boiling during the party. Continue the tropical theme with fresh fruit, watermelon, pineapple, grapes, kiwi, mangoes, papayas, and strawberries served with a light fruit dip. Don’t have a pool for everyone to enjoy? Buy a small kiddie pool, fill it with water and it will be just enough for your guests to dip their toes into … WALA … a pool party! Contact your event consultant at 414-831-7000 to rent this equipment from Karl’s.

Did You Know?...

Having a birthday party for your child? Need entertainment for the kids on a hot Saturday in July? Rent our 15’ x 15’ bounce castle and watch the children be entertained for the entire day. This bounce castle will accommodate eight to nine children with a total weight of up to 500#. Your rental period is one full day versus paying by the half-day. Now that the kids are entertained, accommodate the adults with a refreshing cold margarita from one of our frozen margarita machines. This dual-compartment unit accommodates two different flavors of margaritas or one with alcohol and one could be non-alcoholic. We also supply the mixes for original and strawberry margaritas. Contact an event consultant at 414-831-7000 to secure your reservation on these popular items today!

A Good Deal

Mention this E-Update and receive a 10% discount on the item featured above (bounce ride and margarita machine). Place your order during the months of June and July for this special. Contact your event consultant today at 414/831-7000. The offer is not valid with other coupons or incentives. This offer must be mentioned at the time of order placement and cannot be combined with any other offer.

Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance

by Red Skelton (courtesy of usaflag.org)
As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down, and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It is followed by an observation of his own.
I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.
To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
United - - That means that we have all come together.
States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
And to the Republic - - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
For All - - which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.
And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?
Red Skelton