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Spring/Summer Visitor 2015 • Page 29
It’s Dodge County Fair Time
Lawn chairs and blankets can be found along parade routes hours before the parades begin. This photo is from the Iron Ridge Fire Department parade. This year’s event will be held Sunday, Aug. 9. (Dodge County Pionier file photo)
It’s summer and that can only mean the Dodge County Fair is right around the corner. August 19-23 is full of concerts, food, rides, exhibits and fun for the entire family. This concert venue and county fair entertains more than 52,000 people each year and is the area’s main attraction.
Plenty Of Activities Planned At The Annual Iron Ridge Picnic
The 127th fun-filled Iron Ridge Fire Department Picnic will be held August 6 through 9. Kicking off the annual event will be the free sweet corn roast on Thursday, Aug. 6. Sweet corn is will be available beginning at 5 p.m. Be sure to get there early because when it’s gone, it’s gone. Playing rock music from 7:30 to 11 p.m. will be Nobody’s Hero. At dusk, enjoy a fireworks show. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, a fish fry will be available, and Bill McCollum will be broadcasting WXRO’s Barn Show live from the picnic grounds beginning at 5 p.m. Softball action begins at 6 p.m. on Friday. Two bands will be performing on Friday. Enjoy polka music from 5:30 to 10 p.m. with the Kenny Brandt Band. Vic
Ferrari will take the stage from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday will include volleyball and softball tournaments. From 6 to 10 p.m. will be the country music performance of Gary Cross ‘Cedar Creek Band’. The Toys will perfrom from 9 to 10 p.m. As usual, the gigantic parade marches through the village on Sunday, the last day of the picnic. The parade will step off at 11 a.m. The UW-Madison marching band will return to march in this year’s parade. Iron Ridge native Brandon Berens is a member of the band. Beanbags will be played at 2 p.m. The softball championship will take place on Sunday. Three musical performances will occur on Sunday. From 1:30 to
5:30 p.m., enjoy polka music with Brian and the Mississippi Valley Dutchmen. Local band Dexter Road will be on stage from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., and local musician Spid Pieper will perform
cheese curds, strawberry ice cream, funnel cake and cream puffs, the fairgrounds are a special and an important place to review the value of fairs as a classroom to the young exhibitors. The fair is a mere three miles east of Beaver Dam on State Highway 33. The musical acts for this year won’t be announced until closer to the time of the fair.
from 6 to 10 p.m. The raffle drawing takes place at 6 p.m. A carnival will be on the grounds all four days. Also available is the Booze Bar.
A woman displays her animal in front of a large crowd at the Dodge County Fair. (Dodge County Pionier file photo)
Trucks And Tractors Are Ready To Pull
The Theresa Truck and Tractor Pull will be held on Saturday, Aug. 29. Competitors and spectators can arrive at 11 a.m. when the gates open for the 1 p.m. start time at the Theresa Firemen’s Park on Hwy. 28. (Dodge County Pionier file photo)
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The gate admission is $7 before 2 p.m. and $10 after 2 p.m. For those age 9 and under the event is free. Season tickets are $27 before August 19 and $35 after the date. Tickets can be purchased at most Dodge County banks, Recheks Food Pride, Beaver Dam Piggly Wiggly or at the Fairgrounds Office. As many people look forward to the fair for its variety of food such as
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Stretch out for the 34th Annual Theresa Lions Tractor and Truck Pull on Saturday, Aug. 29. Competitors and spectators can arrive at 11 a.m. when the gates open for the 1 p.m. start time at the Theresa Fire-
men’s Park on Hwy. 28. Children under 10 years of age are free and food is supplied on the grounds. Admission for adults is $15. No carry-ins will be allowed. For more information contact Aaron Lindert at 920-904-1660.
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