Budweiser Clydesdales

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Budweiser Clydesdales

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Ludington Beverage owner Budde Reed looks on as one of the Budweiser Clydesdales trucks enters the Com-mercial Building at the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds played host to the 10-horse team during its six-night stay in Mason County. Two of the horses stay behind while an eight-horse hitch pulls the wagon during appearances.

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The Budweiser Clydesdales attracted roughly 42,000 people during a six-night stay at the Mason County Fairgrounds Aug. 7-13 with five public appearances in the area.

The crew travels about 320 days a year, taking this 10-horse team — one of three in the country — to communities eager to view the jaw-dropping beauty of the manicured draft horses.

Anheuser-Busch introduced the Clydes-dales as the company’s ambassadors for beer in 1933 to celebrate the repeal of Pro-hibition. They’ve been drawing huge public interest ever since.

Ludington Beverage, celebrating its 75-year anniversary of working with Anheus-er-Busch, has been able to bring Clydesdale teams to the Ludington area four times in those 75 years — 1986, 1987 (because of

torrential rains in ’86 they returned in 1987), 2004 and now 2012.

“When something comes here that’s world-class, in our little corner of the world, people come out,” said Budde Reed, owner of Ludington Beverage. “We couldn’t have asked for more support.”

Reed and his employees and custom-ers were excited, but so were the Clydes-dales’ crew members, whom Reed said were thrilled with the numbers, comments and respect of the local crowds.

The local showings also helped provide $10,000 to charity through T-shirt and hat sales.

The 4-H groups in Manistee and Mason counties provided help to the teams — in-cluding dozens of 4-H’ers and their parents and leaders spending the night to guard the horses — in return for keeping shirt/hat sale proceeds.

In Pentwater the shirt sale monies went to the fireworks fund.

Arrival at the Mason County Fairgrounds - Aug. 7, 2012

Clydesdales a hit with community

jeff kiessel | daiLy newSA Budweiser Clydesdale peeks its head out of the team’s horse trailer upon arrival at the Mason County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

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sTeVe BeGNOCHe | daiLy newSDave Thomas, holding the reins, Will Kurtz and Brewer the Dalmatian sit on the Budweiser wagon during a Wednesday evening, Aug. 8 photo opportunity in Pentwater with the Budweiser Clydesdale team. The event drew a crowd of people who wanted their photos taken with the Budweiser icons.

Brewer looks over the crowd from atop vin-

tage beer cases on the Bud-

weiser wagon.

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sTeVe BeGNOCHe | daiLy newSHamlin Township residents Deb and Jeff Kinnaird made the trip to Pentwater to see the team.

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Budde Reed, center, and Willie Reed, right, help pull out the Budweiser beer wagon as the team sets up for a public viewing at the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee Township Thursday, Aug. 9. The Budweiser Clydesdales were met with hugh crowds at all five locations during their stay in Mason County.

Thousands of people turned out at the Little River Ca-sino Resort to get a glimpse of the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales.

Brewer peers out at the crowd from the Bud-weiser truck as a light rain falls on Manistee.

Erv Kowalski waves to the crowd in Man-istee. Kowalski is one of the managers at Ludington Beverage. He grew up working for his parents’ beer distributorship that was based in Manistee, making him a “beer man” his entire life.

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Ludington Beverage owner Budde Reed greets the Budweiser Clydes-dales’ trucks at the Mason County Fairgrounds.


The Clydesdales were moved from their horse trailers to their temporary home at the Mason County Fairgrounds.

Gina Hughes and her daughter Kayla Hughes, 8, pose with Chico, a Budweiser Clydesdale, held

by a handler, Burt, at the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee Township Thursday eve-

ning during one of the public appearances the Clydesdales made while they were in the area.

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ANdy kleVORN | daiLy newSThe Budweiser Clydesdales and the test run of Sunset Celebration drew a crowd of thousands of people to the west end of Lud-ington Avenue and the Loomis Street boat launch where the horses were on display as the SS Badger sailed back into port.

Sheryl Reed gets a ride on the Budweiser wagon as the team of Clydes-dales pull the wagon Friday at the Loomis Street parking area.

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Thousands of people pulled out their cameras to get a shot of the Clydesdales as the SS Badger was entering the harbor dur-ing Ludington’s first Sunset Celebration Friday, Aug. 10, featuring the view at right.

A hugh crowd gathered to view the Clydesdales at the Loomis Street parking area. House of Flavors gave out more than 6,000 pints of free ice cream.

Brewer looks out over the crowd from high atop the Budweiser wagon. Following Ludington’s Sunset Celebration Aug. 10, the Clydesdales took part in Pentwater’s Homecoming Grand Parade through Hancock Street in downtown Pentwater Aug. 11.


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jeff kiessel |daiLy newSLake Michigan Carferry President and CEO Bob Manglitz gets an opportunity to meet one of the Clydesdales before the team boarded the SS Badger en route to Wisconsin.

The Budweiser Clydesdales made the trip across Lake Michigan aboard the SS Badger, a first for the team.

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jeff kiessel | daiLy newSThe world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are shown in pristine condition at the Ludington Sunset Celebration at the Loomis Street boat launch parking area. First, the Clydesdales paraded through Stearns Outer Drive to give those parked at the beach a view of the team.


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sTeVe BeGNOCHe | daiLy newSWillie and Budde Reed of Ludington Beverage pause for a photo with the team.

The Clydes-

dale team prepares the draft

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jeff kiessel | daiLy newSThousands of people viewed the Clydesdales at the Mason County Fairgrounds during their stay in Ludington.


Pentwater homecoming grand Parade

jeff kiessel | daiLy newSMichigan State University men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo waves to the crowd as he rides on the Budweiser beer wagon pulled by the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales during the Pentwater Homecoming Grand Parade.

The Clydesdale

crew gets the horses

ready for Pentwater’s Homecom-ing Grand

Parade.


A roof-top view shows the Budweiser beer wagon being pulled by the Budweiser Clydes-dales along Hancock Street in downtown Pentwater.



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jeff kiessel | daiLy newSMiranda Gomez of Hamlin Township gets a closer look at one of the Clydesdales Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Mason County Fairgrounds. Handlers were in the process of braiding the horses’ manes for their appearance in Saturday’s Pentwater Homecoming Grand Parade. The Budweiser Clydesdales were a popular draw to the Mason County Fairgrounds as people came to see and take pictures of the draft horses. There was a public appearance at the fairgrounds on Sunday and the horses left Monday, Aug. 13, traveling on the SS Badger for the next set of public appearances in Wisconsin.

jeff kiessel | daiLy newSBudde Reed gets an ova-tion from the Scottville Clown Band during Lud-ington Beverage’s 75th an-niversary celebration.

The Clown Band also serenaded

Dorothy and Bud Reed during the

celebration.


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With the Scottville Clown Band in the background, Budde and Sheryl Reed, in red at right, are with nephew Willie Reed, now of the Ludington Beverage family, Willie’s wife, Stephanie, their children, Ty, Rachel and Austin, and Budde and Sheryl’s grandchildren Jake and Samantha Tow.


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sTeVe BeGNOCHe | daiLy newSBass Lake resident Al Bouda smiles for the camera as he gets his picture taken with the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales during their public visit to Pentwater.

Dave and Sue Maltbie of the Lud-ington Police Department pose for a picture with the Clydesdales dur-ing Ludington’s Sunset Celebration.

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