Frederick County Fair 2015

WELCOME TO THE 2015 FREDERICK COUNTY FAIR!

JULY 27-AUGUST 1, 2015 • FREDERICK CO. FAIRGROUNDS

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July 27, 2015 thru August 1, 2015 Daily Admissions FREE PARKING!!!!

Adults (12 and older) $7 • Ages 6 to 11 $3 • 5 & Under Free Fair Monday • “Senior Citizen’s Night” • $3 $3 Admission for age 55 & older with ID Weekly ticket pr ices Adult $20 • Children $10 Weekly tickets available at Main Gate all week.

Ride All Night Every Night for One Price - $20 ***NO REFUNDS – NO RAIN CHECKS – NO EXCEPTIONS*** The Frederick County Fair Association is not responsible for misprints, scheduling errors or scheduling changes! All events are subject to change of dates, times and locations!

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Frederick County fair mingles fun, responsibility

By Tom Crosby A massive undertaking with complex logistics and a goal of fun and responsibility will occur this month on the 41 acres owned by the Frederick County Fairgrounds and Stonewall Ruritan Club along Martinsburg Pike in Clearbrook.

More than 35,000 visitors are expected between July 27 and Aug. 1 to enjoy 20 rides, dozens of concessions, games, bands, home-cooked food and competition for prizes and money.

they have done it before,” said Mary White O’Neal, the fair’s publicity chairwoman.

“My daughter started showing sheep in 1991,” said O’Neal. “I have been “Not everybody gets to go to the beach helping with the fair every year since then.” in the summer,” said Richard Leight, the fair association president. “Too Volunteer apprentices often elevate to many have to work all week and can’t chairperson, continuing the expertise take time off, but they can come to the and tradition. fair in the evening or on the weekend.”

Stacia Kendrick, a teacher at Robert A. “It’s a big thrill for a lot of kids,” he Tyler Middle School in Stephens City, added. “I am always amazed that some is responsible for the first time this kids live (in the county) and have year for five pageants with contestants never even petted an animal.” aged 4 to 22.

woman for concessions - 13 food vendors and 32 promotion or business selling vendors.

Fair activities appear to occur nonstop, buttressed in the evening by bands playing before the South Side bleachers on the last four days.

Quad Runner.

The extensive 125-page program includes the names of many volunteers, organizations, schools, companies and past winners.

It outlines the rules for each event, winners of past events and photographs from pageant winners, show case events and grand champion animals.

Judging occurs for home economics, educational exhibits and agriculture, With Future Farmers of America, 4-H She has helped out since her daughter including crops and animal pen decoclubs and husbandry exhibits, there was a contestant in 2011. Pageant con- rating.

“We want the fair to be affordable,” are animals aplenty at the fair. tests are held before the fair begins.

Home economics - with some winning said Leight. “We have a woman who entries good enough to eat - includes Students from James Wood, Sherando “Winners then have to attend the fair leases the kitchen for the fair and her and Millbrook high schools plus area every night to help out,” said Kendrick. canning, foods, flowers, clothing, fine goal is to feed a family of four for $20.” arts, creative crafts, hobbies and phomiddle schools, enter livestock com“We want to teach them it’s about Parking is free and daily admission is tography with youth (students in age petitions for the best beef, hogs, sheep, being a well-rounded individual with $3 for ages 6 to 11 ($10 for the entire categories) and adult divisions. goats, poultry and rabbits. inner beauty as well as outer beauty.” week of the Fair) and $7 for ages 12 The diversity of the events includes a Strict rules require the entry be perFor the past 14 years, Margaret Ann and older ($20 for the entire week of bubble gum blowing contest, Go-Kart sonally cared for - fed, housed, Makowski, a retired hair stylist, has the fair). Children under 5 are free. racing, a box turtle race, Monster cleaned - by students who also have to been helping the Stonewall Ruritan For those who enjoy the rides, the donate hours to the fair to be allowed Club, the fair’s co-sponsor, sell barbe- Truck show, square dancing, a truck and tractor pull, an apple pie eating price to ride every night all night is $20. to show their animals. cue chicken. contest, horse show, a youth pet show, None of the volunteers is paid and the “They keep records and send letters to “I began helping when I joined the demolition derby, a tot pig scramble fair has no paid staff, with the budget a prospective buyers,” said Leight. “The Ruritan Club and I do it every year (catching greased piglets) and a mutzero-sum gain balancing revenues and goal is teach responsibility. Winners because I want to and like the comton busting contest (riding sheep). costs. often use the money from the sale munity service,” she said.

New this year is a Skid Steer Rodeo towards college expenses.”

Jennifer Carter, a special education with front-end loaders performing var- “The only people who get paid are the Responsibility - and fair experience teacher at James Wood High School, ious challenging tasks. Exotic animals, man who cuts the grass and those who pick up the trash,” said Leight. fuels the passion of more than 200 vol- has been helping at the fair for 18 such as a zebra, emu and camel from unteers guided by the 28 heads of years, having shown steer, hogs and Wilson’s Wild Animal Park, will also be The fair began in 1934 on the committees and 28 fair association, lambs as a student until she became on display.

Winchester Episcopal Church Ruritan Club and two youth organiza- 18.

And there are the rides - 20 are sched- Grounds. It skipped a couple years, tion leaders who come back year after “I want to give back to the 4-H memuled - with inventive names like Dizzy changed locations and after moving to year to make the fair a success. bers who show today,” said Carter, Dragon, Scat, Hustler, Cliff Hanger, Hi- its current location in 1972, has been “Everyone knows what to do because who is in her fourth year as chairRoller, Wacky Castle, Rapid Slide and held consecutively for 42 years.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25 & SUNDAY, JULY 26 EVENTS PRE-FAIR EVENTS NO ADMISSION COST!

SATURDAY, JULY 25 9:00am FREDERICK COUNTY FAIR OPEN HORSE SHOW Fair Horse Arena

SUNDAY, JULY 26 10:00am - 2:00pm LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS MAY SET UP Barns 2:00pm -5:00pm AGRICULTURE/HOME ECONOMICS EXHIBITS MAY BE BROUGHT ONTO FAIRGROUNDS Fair Office/FFA Building 2:00pm - 5:00pm REGISTRATION OPEN FOR CHECK-IN Administration Building 3:00pm - 4:00pm LITTLE MISS FREDERICK CO FAIR PAGEANT South Lawn Stage 4:00pm - 5:00pm PRE-TEEN MISS FREDERICK COUNTY FAIR PAGEANT South Lawn Stage

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6:00PM - 7:00PM TINY MISS FREDERICK COUNTY FAIR PAGEANT South Lawn Stage

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MONDAY, JULY 27

OPENING NIGHT • SENIOR CITIZENS NIGHT • RIDE ALL NIGHT $20

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6:00pm BARBECUE DINNER Ruritan Building 6:00pm BANDIT RACING/ GO-KART RACING Grandstand

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TUESDAY, JULY 28 & WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 EVENTS TUESDAY: PAGEANT • MONSTER TRUCKS • RIDE ALL NIGHT $20 ~ WEDNESDAY: TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL • CATHY KERNS • RIDE ALL NIGHT $20

10:00am-12:00pm DAY CAMP-SWINE/HOME ECONOMICS/FLOWERS Show Barn 4:00pm GATES OPEN 4:00pm-9:00pm PETTING ZOO PROVIDED BY WILSON’S WILD ANIMAL PARK Poultry/Rabbit Barn 4:30pm 4-H & FFA BEEF CATTLE AND MARKET STEER SHOW 6:00pm RIDES & CONCESSIONS OPEN 6:00pm BARBECUE DINNER Ruritan Building 7:00pm BOX TURTLE DERBY RACE South Lawn Stage 7:30pm MONSTER TRUCK SHOW Grandstand 7:30pm APPLE VALLEY SQUARE DANCE CLUB SQUARE DANCE DEMO South Lawn Stage 10:00pm FFA BUILDING, POULTRY/ RABBIT BUILDING CLOSE

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 10:00am-12:00pm DAY CAMP-CATTLE/PET SHOW AND OTHER CONTESTS Show Barn 4:00pm GATES OPEN 4:00pm-9:00pm PETTING ZOO PROVIDED BY WILSON’S WILD ANIMAL PARK Poultry/Rabbit Barn 4:30pm 4-H & FFA SHEEP & GOAT SHOW Show Barn 6:00pm BARBECUE DINNER Ruritan Building 6:00pm RIDES & CONCESSIONS OPEN 7:00pm SKID STEER RODEO Grandstand 8:00pm DIXIE MOON BAND South Lawn Stage 10:00pm FFA BUILDING, POULTRY/ RABBIT BUILDING CLOSE

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Visit our Man Cave & Primitive Vendor, Comic Books, Vintage Toys, Bottles, and lots of DVD’s

THURSDAY: TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL • JOHN RICHARDS & THE VIRGINIANS RIDE ALL FRIDAY: LIVESTOCK SALE • VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOC. NIGHT $20

Lots of new & used items for home decor & kitchen use. Dressers, lamps, and small furniture.

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9:30am YOUTH PET SHOW Pavilion

9:30am SUPREME CHAMPION (L ivestock winners compete for overall champion showman, Sr. & Jr. Division) Show Barn

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11:00am-12:00pm DAY CAMPHORSE/PAGEANTS/AWARDS Show Barn 4:00pm GATES OPEN 4:00pm-9:00pm PETTING ZOO PROVIDED BY WILSON’S WILD ANIMAL PARK Poultry/Rabbit Barn 4:30pm 4H & FFA MARKET HOG SHOW Show Barn

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6:00pm BARBECUE DINNER Ruritan Building

7:00pm APPLE PIE EATING CONTEST South Lawn Stage

6:30pm 4H & FFA MARKET LAMB, GOAT, STEER, HOG SALE (POULTRY & RABBITS SOLD THROUGHOUT SALE) Show Barn

7:00pm TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL Grandstand

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8:00pm TORN BAND South Lawn Stage

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10:00pm FFA BUILDING, POULTRY/ RABBIT BUILDING CLOSE

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 DEMOLITION DERBY • RIDE ALL NIGHT $20

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6:30pm PIG SCRAMBLE Show Barn

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7:00pm SPRINGFIELD EXIT BAND South Lawn Stage

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10:00pm FFA BUILDING, POULTRY/ RABBIT BUILDING CLOSE

9:00pm 5:00pm MUTTON BUSTING CONTEST RIDES & CONCESSIONS OPEN Show Barn

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EVENTS • SAT., JULY 25

• WED., JULY 29 4:30pm ............ 4-H and FFA Sheep Show

9:00am.......... Frederick County Fair Opens Horse Show, Horse Show Arena

7:00pm ............ SKID STEER RODEO (Grandstand) 8:00pm ............ DIXIE MOON BAND (South Lawn)

• SUN., JULY 26 2pm-5pm......... Exhibits may be entered for: Agricultural and Home Economics 3pm-6pm. ........ Little, Pre-Teen & Tiny Miss Frederick Co. Fair Pageant (South Lawn)

• MON., JULY 27 7:30am-12 Noon.. All Livestock Entered (Beef, Hogs, Sheep, Rabbits) 9am-11:30am .. All Remaining Exhibits Entered: Agricultural, Home Economics, And Poultry

• THURS., JULY 30 9:30am ............ Youth Pet Show 4:30pm ............ 4-H and FFA Market Hog Show 7:00pm ............ TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL (Grandstand) 7:00pm ............ Apple Pie Eating Contest (South Lawn) 8:00pm ............ TORN BAND (South Lawn)

EXHIBITS WILL BE JUDGED FROM 1-6PM FFA BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 6PM 6:30pm ............ Opening Address of the Frederick County Fair, Followed by: Miss Frederick Co. Fair & Jr. Miss Scholarship Pageants (South Lawn) 7:30pm ............ Bubble Gum Blowing Contest (South Barn)

• FRI., JULY 31

• TUES., JULY 28

• SAT., AUGUST 1

4:30pm ............ 4-H and FFA Beef Cattle & Market Steer Show Bucket Calf Show 7:00pm ............ Box Turtle Race (South Lawn) 7:30pm ............ Apple Valley Square Dance Club Square Dancing Demo (South Stage)

9:30am ............ Supreme Champion Showman (Show Barn) 7:00pm ............ TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL (Grandstand) 8:00pm ............ JOHN RICHARDS & THE VIRGINIANS (South Lawn)

6:00pm ............ DEMOLITION DERBY (Grandstand) 6:30pm ............ Tot Pig Scramble (Show Barn) 7:00pm ............ SPRINGFIELD EXIT BAND (South Lawn) 9:00pm ............ Mutton Busting Contest (Show Barn)

Daily Admission Adults (12 & Up): $7 Ages 6-11: $3 Under 5: FREE

General Admission Pays for ALL Fair Events (Excluding Rides)

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