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WEBVTT BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS. THAT SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE BEST GERMAN FOOD AND CULTURE TAKES OVER WEST SACRAMENTO THIS WEEKEND. KCRA 3 KRISTIN SIMOES SHOWS US THIS YEAR'S OCTOBER FEST WITH A SAMPLE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. KRISTIN, YOU SAID YOU ARE PART OF A COMPETITION. LET'S SEE IT, GIRL. WE HAVE IT COMING UP. STEIN LIFTING XI TIG. WE WILL GET TO THAT -- COMPETITION. BUT FIRST THIS IS THE SACRAMENTO STYLE. BEER GARDENS HERE. LOTS OF FUN TAKES PLACE AND IN FACT WE HAVE VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY FROM THE KICK OFF OF THE EVENT. THE OFFICIAL TAPPING OF THE KEG. I'M TOLD TRADITIONALLY THE MAYOR WILL TAP THE KEG, BUT BECAUSE BOTH OF THE AREA MAYORS WERE OUT OF TOWN THEY BROUGHT IN SOME MEMBERS OF THE SACRAMENTO REPUBLICAN -- REPUBLIC TO DO IT AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. THIS ISDY TWO. THEY HAVE LIVE MUSIC, LOTS OF BEER. LOTS OF FUN AND GAMES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT, THE EVENT ORGANIZER. WE HAVE SOME MORE BEER PONG AND CORN HOLE. THOSE GAMES ARE FREE. YOU PLAY ALL DAY. INCLUDING STEIN LIFTING THAT WE WILL TRY THIS MORNING. MAE REALLY WANTS TO SEE THIS AND I KNOW IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE. I'M PLANNING TO LIFT THIS BEER STEIN FOR QUITE A WHILE. WHY DON'T WE GET TO IT AND YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT STEIN LIFTING IS. THIS MORNING, YOU ACTUALLY HOLD THE STEIN OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT'S A SIMPLE CONTEST. YOU HOLD IT AS LONG AS YOU CAN. OKAY, LET ME GRAB MINE HERE AND YOU CAN TELL US THE RULES. AND WE HAVE BEER MAIDENS HERE ALSO TO HELP US OUT. JACQUELINE, SHELBY AND EMILY THIS MORNING THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE STEIN LIFTING CONTEST. YOU HOLD A FULL LITER OF BEER OUT IN A GLASS STEIN AND IT WEIGHS ABOUT 5 POUNDS. SOUND EASY. BUT YOU HOLD IT OUT STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE ELBOW STRAIGHT AND THE WORLD RECORD IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES. 20 MINUTES, WOW. LET'S SEE THE STEIN LIFTING. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW -- HEY, RICH, YOU LOST ALREADY. WE DIDN'T GET THAT ON CAMERA. I THINK I'M AHEAD, MAE. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW RECORD SETTER HERE THIS WEEKEND? INDEED. WE HOPE TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT SACRAMENTO HAS TO OFFER IN TERMS OF STEIN LIFTING. EARLIER LAST MONTH WE HAD A RECORD SET FOR US LOCALLY A LITTLE OVER FIVE MINUTES AT ONE OF OUR PROMO STEIN LIFTING CONTESTS. WOW, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND I ASKED JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU CANNOT DRINK THE BEER TO MAKE THE STEIN LIGHTER, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU NEVER KNOW. NOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER FUN OUT HERE. OTHER COMPETITIONS. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. RICH, THERE YOU GO AGAIN. TELL ME WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO AND KIDS CAN DO OUT HERE? AGAIN, A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. WE HAVE A FULL CARNIVAL. THE FREE TO ROAM THE ENTIRE MENU. THE DANCING, THE CHICKEN DANCE DOES ONCE AN HOUR IT SEEMS. CULTURAL DANCING. IF YOU STAY THREE OR FOUR HOURS YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO SEE ALL THE ACTS. SEE THE DANCING. BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORTS GAMES, TAKE SOME RIDES IN THE CARNIVAL AND HAVE SOME FOOD. WE HAVE TO WRAP IT UP OR YOU KNOW THE STEIN WOULD HANG OUT HERE FOR AT LEAST FOUR MORE MINUTES. YOU LADIES ARE DOING GREAT. YOU MAY WANT TO LIFT SOME WEIGHTS LATER. MAE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I SAY YOU WIN. YOU HAVE A STEIN IN ONE HAND AND A MIC IN THE OTHER. I MEAN, COME ON.