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Nazareth ready to celebrate German heritage with festival, Suds N Sounds

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Members of the band Agave Posse are from left, Carmen Acciaioli, Todd Hall, Taylor Burgus, Chad Beedy and Jeff Barber. The group will perform at Suds N Sounds on Saturday in Nazareth.

Nazareth will once more celebrate its Deutschland heritage Saturday with the 43rd-annual German Festival and Suds N Sounds.

Activities begin at 9 a.m. with tours of the town's playa lakes and at 9:30 a.m. with a walking tour of the town, approximately 60 miles south of Amarillo. Other morning activities include a tribute to the Nazareth Swiftettes' 20 state basketball championships (a public school national record), children's games and an arts and crafts show.

A German sausage lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nazareth Community Hall, First and Leo streets.

The Paige's Garden live music stage opens at 12:30 p.m., featuring C.R. Beedy, Steven Birkenfeld, Panhandle Boys and a gospel hour.

Other activities include a quilt exhibition at 1:30 p.m. at Home Mercantile, 101 Second St.; a car show and more.

Admission to the lunch is $12 for adults and $8 for children. Armbands for admission to the children's games are $10.

The Suds N Sounds music festival opens at 5 p.m. at the Nazareth Ballpark, Leo and St. Joseph streets.

Headliner Curtis Grimes will play following performances by Agave Posse, Lee Scheetz & Borderline, Blake Burrow and The Cody Sparks Band.

The concert will feature a 2,400 square-foot wooden dance floor. Glass containers are not allowed. Trailers and campers are allowed.

Concert admission is $30.

how to go

o what: Suds N Sounds, featuring Curtis Grimes, Agave Posse, Lee Scheetz & Borderline, Blake Burrow and The Cody Sparks Band

o when: 6 p.m. Saturday; German Festival activites begin at 10 a.m.

Where: Nazareth Ballpark, between Leo and St. Joseph streets, and various locations around Nazareth

o how much: $30; German Festival activities are free, except lunch

o information: www.facebook.com/germanfestsudsnsounds