Day 7: Lucerne Sightseeing At
Leisure
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Swiss Folklore Lunch
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For
those of us that signed up, we proceeded to the lunch show, which was close to our shopping area.
It was full of Antiqui
people. Kyle reminded us about the fondue policy. If we drop the
bread into the cheese while dipping, we have to kiss the person
beside us. We sat
boy-girl-boy-girl.
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| As a musical instrument,
these performers swirled coins in their bowls. |
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This time, the performers
rang bells to their songs. |
| There was the
horn blowing, where they dragged these long tubes out and started
blowing. Then they gave the audience a chance. Alison volunteered. The staff merely wiped the
mouthpiece with the same rag as it was passed from person to person.
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"Stand back," was
the first thing he said. He swung the flag around, threw it
up, passed it under his legs, and anything else you can
imagine with a flag. |
| Then they brought out some
sort of a "xylophone" to accompany their music. |
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We grabbed arms and started
swaying to some of the Swiss songs. After yodeling, they asked
for volunteers and where they were from. From that, they sang the appropriate hometown song like
“Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Oh Canada,” “California, Here I
Come,” and others. Then, for some reason, a cow (two people in
costume) came up and whacked its tongue against people.
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