Freeborn County Fair Preview 2018

FREEBORN COUNTY

Fair PrEVIEW TUESDAY, JULY 31 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 5

2018

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COUNTY FAIR TO FEATURE MUSICAL VARIETY

By Sarah Stultz

sarah.stultz@albertleatribune.com

Freeborn County Fair goers will have a variety of music to choose from for this year’s Grandstand entertainment.

Kicking off the fair July 31 will be country musician Easton Corbin.

With two No. 1 singles, multiple awards and nominations, plus performances on some of the biggest stages in the world, Corbin is lauded for his traditional country sound, authentic lyrics and mastery of understatement.

His self-titled debut album released in 2010 and spawned back-to-back hits “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It.” He was the first male country artist in 17 years to have his first two consecutive singles reach No. 1.

Corbin’s new single, “A Girl Like You,” from his upcoming fourth studio album, is Top 30 and climbing and was released to rave reviews.

Performing the national anthem and a 20-minute show prior to Corbin’s concert will be powerhouse country singer/ songwriter Casi Joy, who performed on season 12 of NBC’s “The Voice” in 2017. Joy’s mother is an Albert Lea High School graduate.

On Aug. 1, entertainment industry icon Chubby Checker will perform.

Checker is best known for popularizing “The Twist” — the only song to hit the No. 1 position twice in two different years. The song in 2008 was named the No. 1 song of the Billboard Hot 100’s first 50 years.

Checker also invented and popularized many other dances, including The Fly, The Pony, The Shake and The Hucklebuck.

Rising country music star Dylan Scott will perform Aug. 2.

Scott released his romantic No. 1 hit “My Girl” in 2016, which earned Scott his first-ever Gold certification. His self-titled debut album landed at No. 5 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart.

He made a triumphant Grand Ole Opry debut and launched a headlining tour, selling out some of the nation’s biggest clubs for crowds of over 3,000, and now is circling back.

His music features a high-octane mix of current country and pop-friendly Southern rock that celebrates both his down-home roots and big-city ambitions.

Rock ’n’ roll will take over the fair Aug. 3 with bands Winger, Warrant and April Wine.

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Easton Corbin will kick off the Freeborn County Fair’s Grandstand entertainment July 31. PROVIDED

Warrant will perform Aug. 3 at the fair, along with Winger and April Wine.

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Warrant, a glam metal band formed in Los Angeles, is known for its debut album “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich” and singles “Cherry Pie,” “Heaven” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

Winger, on top of the music charts in the early 1990s, is known for singles “Headed for Heartbreak,” “Miles Away” and “Seventeen.”

Formed in 1969 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April Wine has had multiple Top-40 hits and was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in March 2009.

The band, which has released more than 15 albums since the 1970s, has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for being part of Canadian history for more than 40 years.

The group tours both the United States and Canada, giving audiences a mix of “straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll and power ballads,” according to information about the band.

Finishing out the fair entertainment will be three-time Grammy nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry Trace Adkins on Aug. 4.

Adkins’ trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts. In addition to his music he has been a TV personality, actor, author and spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Project and American Red Cross.

In recent years, he has performed for the nation’s service men and women across 11 USO Tours.

L A B Y A LETS PL What’s new at the fair this year?

Freeborn County Fair Manager Mike See ENTERTAIN, Page 5

Casi Joy, daughter of former Albert Lea resident Kay McCall and granddaughter of Albert Leans Phyllis and Richard Tavis, will perform an opener for Easton Corbin on Tuesday. PROVIDED

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GRANDSTAND ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY 1979: Death Riders, Margo Smith, Mickey Gilley, Tommy Jennings

Hart, The Lettermen

1980: La Garde Twins, Freddy Fender, New Christy Minstrels, Janie Fricke

1984: Jerry Reed, Lee Greenwood, The Johnson’s, David Frizzell & Shelly West

1981: Marty Robbins, Alabama, World Series of Thrill, Helen Cornelius

1985: Tammy Wynette, Atlanta, Reba McEntire, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1982: The Johnson’s, Sylvia, Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon, Box Car Willie

1986: The Lettermen, Donny & Marie Osmund, Exile, Sawyer Brown

1983: Tom T. Hall, Sylvia, Clay & Sally

1987: Mel McDaniel, Golden Boys of the Band, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Fabian, Bellamy Brothers 1988: Helen Cornelius and Jim Brown, Ricky Van Shelton, Mickey Gilley, Restless Heart 1989: Highway 101, Mel Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Dessert Rose Band

FROM POLE BARNS TO MAN CAVES AND MORE!

1990: Charley McClain & Wayne Massey, Shenandoah, Garth Brooks & Lorrie Morgan, Ricky Skaggs 1991: Joe Diffie, Shenandoah, Charlie Daniels Band, Travis Tritt 1992: Trisha Yearwood, Waylon Jennings, Marty Stuart, Tracy Lawrence 1993: Michelle Wright, McBride and the Ride, Chris LeDoux, Don Williams 1994: Billy Dean, Faith Hill, Brother Phelps, Aaron Tippin

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1995: Archer/Park & Lisa Brokop, Ken Mellons, John Berry, Neal McCoy 1996 : David Lee Murphy, America, Roy Clark, Lee Roy Parnell 1997: Coasters - Platters - Drifters, David Kersch, Oak Ridge Boys, 38 Special 1998: Chubby Checker, The Kinleys, Oak Ridge Boys, Three Dog Night 1999: Don Williams, Ricky Van Shelton, Little River Band, BTO

2007: Heartland, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Jake Owen, Josh Turner, SHeDaisy 2008: The Oak Ridge Boys, Craig Morgan, The Guess Who, Emerson Drive & Ashton Shepherd, Jason Aldean 2009: Keith Anderson, Luke Bryan, Kellie Pickler, Little Big Town, Travis Tritt 2010: Justin Moore, Love & Theft, JoDee Messina, George Jones, Hinder

2000: Joe Diffie, Oak Ridge Boys, The Lettermen

2011: Jerrod Niemann, The Beach Boys, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Joe Nichols, Finger Eleven

2001: Confederate Railroad, Chad Brock, Billy Ray Cyrus, Foghat

2012: Colt Ford, Kip Moore, Thompson Square, Charley Pride, Lonestar

2002: Phil Vassar, Trick Pony, Herman’s Hermits, John Anderson

2013: Kellie Pickler, Sawyer Brown, Dustin Lynch, Kenny Rogers, Chris Cagle

2003: Emerson Drive, Tammy Cochran, The Oakridge Boys, Neal McCoy

2014: Eric Paslay, Craig Campbell, Thomas Rhett, Montgomery Gentry, Terri Clark

2004: Trace Adkins, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Lee Greenwood, Survivor, Trick Pony 2005: Darryl Worley, Sara Evans, Aaron Tippin, Dierks Bentley, Sawyer Brown 2006: Josh Gracin, Miranda Lambert, The Oakridge Boys, Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton

warm up time will be allowed between acts. There will be no warmups of practicing of dancers in or around the stage area before the contest.

Gate admission will be the responsibility of each contestant. Parking is provided on the fairgrounds. No vehicles will be given special permission to park in the Entertainment Square area.

First,second and third places will be awarded in each division. The first-place winner in each division will be eligible to compete in the semi-final competition at the Minnesota State Fair.

2015: Josh Turner, Frankie Ballard, Tyler Farr, John Michael Montgomery, Joe Nichols 2016: LOCASH, Chris Janson, Jerrod Niemann, Ted Nugent, Charlie Daniels 2017: Kane Brown, Collin Ray, Diamond Rio, Kansas, Martina McBride

The acts selected to perform at the Minnesota State Fair will be required to perform the same act or musical selection exactly as performed at the Freeborn County Fair.

All contestants will be judged on quality of performance, stage presence, entertainment value and selection. Judges decisions are final and score sheets will not be released to contestants or to the public.

Prize money will be awarded as follows in each division: $75 for first place, $60 for second place and $50 for third place.

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Scenes from last year’s fair

Woitas said fairgoers will see renovations taking place under a portion of the Grandstand this year, so it will be closed to vendors.

“The structure is sound, but we just have to do some repair and maintenance,” Woitas said.

The Kiddie Farmyard building has come down because of structural issues, and a new building will be in the works for the 2019 fair. In the meantime, all of what was housed in that building will be in the north pavilion where the Kids

Zone area will be.

Aside from building repairs, the fair will have its parade each evening of the fair at 5 p.m.

Included in the parade are the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office, the Albert Lea Police Department, Albert Lea Fire Department, Albert Lea dance line, volunteers recognized during the fair and the fair mascots.

“It gives people an opportunity to see the volunteers,” Woitas said.

The parade goes through the main thoroughfare of the fairgounds, starting at the Fairlane Building, past the Cattle Barn and the Swine Barn and looping back around to end at the Fairlane Building.

Children watch as chicks hatch in the Kiddie Farmyard at the 2017 Freeborn County Fair. COLLEEN HARRISON/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE

Trace Adkins will wrap up the Grandstand entertainment at this year’s County A 1-week-old piglet dozes off whileFreeborn being held by a volunteer in the Kiddie Farmyard “CoCo” lines up with his owner in 2017 for a preliminar Fair on Aug. 4. PROVIDED Chubby Checker and the Wildcatsraces are slated perform in the to Kid’s Zone. Wednesday at the fair. at the 2017 Freeborn County Fair.

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DAILY COUNTY FAIR JUDGING SCHEDULES Saturday

10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Wine & beer entries, Fairlane Building

Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Creative Arts & Foods entry day 1 p.m.: 4-H Booth and hay bale set-up

Monday

11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Entry day, Floral Hall 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Creative Arts & Foods judging 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: General judging, 4-H Exhibit Building 3 to 4 p.m.: 4-H Horse check-in, Livestock Office 3 to 4 p.m.: 4-H Llama check-in, Livestock Office 4 to 6 p.m.: 4-H Sheep check-in, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 5 to 7 p.m.: 4-H Rabbit check-in, Livestock Pavilion 6 to 8 p.m.: 4-H Goat check-in, Jan Reed Livestock Arena

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“Senior Citizen Day” 8 a.m.: FFA Market Lamb, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 8 a.m.: Open class sheep, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 8 a.m.: 4-H Swine Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena North End 1 p.m.: Horse Farm Class Show 2 p.m.: Open Class Market Lamb, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 5 p.m.: 4-H Sheep Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena, South End 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Kiddie Farmyard Afternoon: 4-H Lamb Lead Interviews Livestock Office

Thursday 8 a.m.: 4-H Beef Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 10 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 1 p.m.: 4-H Dairy Beef Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 4 p.m.: 4-H Goat Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Kiddie Farmyard

Friday, Aug. 3 9 a.m.: Open Dairy Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena FFA Dairy follows Open Dairy

9 a.m.: Open Light Horse Show Outdoor Arena 9 a.m.: FFA Judging Contest, Jan Reed Livestock Arena Noon: Llama Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 1 p.m.: 4-H Poultry Show followed

by Open Class Poultry 4 p.m.: Open Class Swine, Jan Reed Livestock Arena FFA Open Class follows Open Class Swine 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Kiddie Farmyard

Saturday, Aug. 4 9 a.m.: 4-H Livestock Auction, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 10 a.m.: Draft Horse & Driving Pony Show, Outdoor Arena 4 p.m.: Steer and Heifer Show, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Kiddie Farmyard

Sunday, Aug. 5 Noon: 4-H Supreme Showmanship Contest, Jan Reed Livestock Arena 1 p.m.: Pedal Pull, Kid’s Zone Building 1:30 p.m.: Talent Show at Entertainment Square 2:30 p.m.: 4-H Meat Cook-off, Livestock Office 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Kiddie Farmyard

New location for fair’s Kiddie Farmyard underway for 2019

By Sam Wilmes

sam.wilmes@albertleatribune.com

The Kiddie Farmyard at Freeborn County Fairgrounds will operate this year at a temporary location with plans to move into a new, larger facility in 2019.

The center will be in the north pavilion of the fairgrounds during Freeborn County Fair from Tuesday to Aug. 5.

The center is expected to include sows and their babies, calves, goats, lambs, rabbits, birds, chickens and hatching eggs. As of July 19, organizers were working on securing puppies.

The Kid’s Zone is expected to include miniature golf, an obstacle course and bouncy house.

The are between the two spaces is expected to house activities including coloring contests.

Kid’s Zone Superintendent Jane

Haukoos said the former Kiddie Farmyard facility, built in the early 1900s,

“It’s not going to be like it was exactly, but we’ll get along for one year, and I’m looking forward to a new barn.”

— Jane Haukoos, Kids Zone Superintendent was torn down May 21 after an engineer found it was not safe for occupation.

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Woitas said fairgoers will see renovations taking place under a portion of the Grandstand this year, so it will be closed to vendors.

“The structure is sound, but we just have to do some repair and maintenance,” Woitas said.

The Kiddie Farmyard building has come down because of structural issues, and a new building will be in the works for the 2019 fair. In the meantime, all of what was housed in that building will be in the north pavilion where the Kids

Zone area will be.

Aside from building repairs, the fair will have its parade each evening of the fair at 5 p.m.

Included in the parade are the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office, the Albert Lea Police Department, Albert Lea Fire Department, Albert Lea dance line, volunteers recognized during the fair and the fair mascots.

“It gives people an opportunity to see the volunteers,” Woitas said.

The parade goes through the main thoroughfare of the fairgounds, starting at the Fairlane Building, past the Cattle Barn and the Swine Barn and looping back around to end at the Fairlane Building.

Children watch as chicks hatch in the Kiddie Farmyard at the 2017 Freeborn County Fair. COLLEEN HARRISON/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE

Trace Adkins will up the Grandstand entertainment at this year’s Freeborn County lines up with his owner in 2017 for a preliminary heat of the Dachshund Dash A 1-week-old piglet dozes off while being held bywrap a volunteer in the Kiddie Farmyard “CoCo” Fair on Aug. 4. PROVIDED Chubby Checker and the Wildcats are slated to perfor races in the Kid’s Zone. at the 2017 Freeborn County Fair.

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This year’s special events schedule at the fair Tuesday

Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 5:30 p.m.: Parade 6 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 6:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 7:30 p.m.: Easton Corbin with opening act Casi Joy, Grandstand 8 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion

Wednesday Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 1 p.m.: Outstanding Senior Citizen, Entertainment Square 1 p.m.: Agricultural Hall of Fame Awards and Century Farm Awards, Entertainment Square 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 3 p.m.: Balloon Artist, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 5:30 p.m.: Parade 6 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 6:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing 8 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 8:30 p.m.: Chubby Checker, Grandstand

Thursday Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 3 p.m.: Balloon Artist, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 5:30 p.m.: Parade 6 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 6:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 8 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 8:30 p.m.: Dylan Scott

Friday Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone

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Saturday Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 2:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 3 p.m.: Balloon Artist, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 5 p.m.: Auction - Chainsaw Carvings, Fairlane Building 5:30 p.m.: Parade 6 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 6:30 p.m.: Kids Prize Drawing, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 8 p.m.: Silent Auction - Bucket of Junk Ends, Fairlane Building 8 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 8:30 p.m.: Trace Adkins, Grandstand

Sunday 10 a.m.: Church service, Grandstand Noon: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 1 p.m.: Pedal Pull, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 1 p.m.: Talent Show, Entertainment Square 2 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion 4 p.m.: Demolition Derby 4 p.m.: Swifty Racing Pigs, Kid’s Zone North Pavilion

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Warrant, a glam metal band formed in Los Angeles, is known for its debut album “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich” and singles “Cherry Pie,” “Heaven” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

Winger, on top of the music charts in the early 1990s, is known for singles “Headed for Heartbreak,” “Miles Away” and “Seventeen.”

Formed in 1969 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April Wine has had multiple Top-40 hits and was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in March 2009.

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2018 Freeborn County Fair talent contest rules and entry guidelines The Freeborn County Fair Amateur Talent Contest is open to all amateur entertainers. Contestants must reside in Freeborn County. Professionals (union musicians or those whose talent is a principle source of income) are not permitted to enter. Acts that have participated in the past may compete again with the exception of the first place winner(s) in the open division. Former first place winners in the Pre-Teen Division are required to compete in the Teen Division. Former first place winners in the Teen Division must compete in the Open Division if they choose to compete again. Former Open Division winners may compete again after two years from the time they won.

Contestants must submit a completed entry form to the Talent Contest coordinator. Entry forms must include the following information on each person in a group: name, address, phone number, age on date of contest, birth date, county of residence, type of talent and title of selection. Incomplete entry forms will not be accepted. Entries that do not match the information submitted on the entry form exactly will be disqualified.

There will be three divisions. The PreTeen division is open to contestants age

2 and under. The Teen Division is open to contestants ages 13-18. The Open Division is open to contestants of any age.

Accompanists, when not part of the act, may be any age.

The contest will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday for all divisions. The contest will be held on the stage in front of Entertainment Square on the Freeborn County Fairgrounds. The contest will begin with the youngest entrant in the Pre-Teen Division and progress through to the oldest in each division. A schedule will be posted prior to the beginning of the contest at the stage area. Contestants using costumes should come ready to appear. There are no dressing rooms available other than the fairgrounds restrooms.

The time limit is four minutes. Points will be deducted for contestants over this time limit.

An 88-key keyboard will be available, however contestants must provide their own accompaniment. There will be no backup band. Vocalists may use recorded accompaniment, provided the tape/cd contains musical accompaniment only.

Absolutely no background vocals will be allowed. A sound system will be provided and a sound technician will be on hand

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