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CRAWFORD COUNTRY FAIR September 10-15, 2018
Kirksey Park, Mulberry, AR
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County fair set Sept. 10-15 The 2018 Crawford County Fair is set for Sept. 10-15 at Kirksey Park in Mulberry with music, food and activities for all ages. Admission to the fair is $5 for adults, $2 for children ages 5-12 and free for children under age 5 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Wednesday offers free fair entry with one canned food item. The fair will feature a rodeo, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Admission on Friday is $7 for adults and $3 for children ages 5-12. A week-long pass is available for $12. Fair events kick off unofficially on Saturday, Sept. 8, with a horse exposition and pet show. Beginning at 9 a.m., exposition events include miniature horse jumping, barrel racing and horsemanship. The pet show is at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 10, will have the rabbit show at 5 p.m. The Home Economics and Horticulture Building will be open from 1:30 to 7 p.m. only to receive entries. Also on Monday at 7 p.m. is the first day of the Mutton Bustin’ contest for kids 7 and under. County fair activities get into full swing on Tuesday. The home economics building will be open from 3 to 9 p.m., and the commercial building and food booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Agriculture events include a broiler chicken show at 9 a.m., and market
lambs, market goats and breeding sheep show at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 is the second day of the Mutton Bustin’ contest at 7 p.m., and fair pageants for the tiny tot, wee princess and tiny princess categories also are at 7 p.m. Tuesday is the first night of the carnival, which opens each weekday at 4 p.m. and noon on Saturday. Arm band days are Wednesday and Thursday 6-10 p.m. and Saturday noon-4 p.m. Home economics, horticulture and commercial buildings are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A steer, beef, hogs and bottle calf show is at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Thursday, Sept. 13, has the dairy cattle show at 4 p.m. and goat shows at 5 p.m. The junior princess, little miss and junior miss pageants will be at 7 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 14, agriculture events include a skill-a-thon at 3 p.m., round robin showmanship at 5:30 p.m., poultry showmanship at 6:30 p.m. and an adult showmanship contest at 8 p.m. A goldfish contest is set for 7 p.m. in the barn arena of the fair grounds. Categories are best decorated container and best goldfish. Entries will be accepted from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. is the Cowboys Regional Rodeo Association (CRRA) rodeo. Fair events will conclude Saturday,
Sept. 15, starting with the Crawford County Fair Parade at 11 a.m. in downtown Mulberry. The 4-H poultry chain sale is at 2 p.m. The livestock section of the fair culminates with a barbecue for prospective
auction buyers at 3 p.m., and the Junior Livestock Auction at 4 p.m. At 7 p.m. is the youth talent show and the princess pageant, with the Miss Teen Crawford County and the Crawford County Queen pageants at 8:30 p.m.
Crawford County Fair Board of Directors Tommy Meadors - Chairman Jared Williams - Co-chairman Jerry Dickerson - Treasurer Andrea Anstine - Secretary Cheryl Stewart Marla Keady Joyce Craig Tracy Hudson Kerry Bob King Nick House
Roger Wise Charles DeShazo Mabel Coleman Lillie Aguilar Mike Jeremiah Charlie Crook
Crawford County Fair Junior Members Colin Keady Madelyn Beasley Dalton Woodruff Payton King
Tristen Harris Rylli Hammond Annie Beasley Maddie Templeton
Evan Stacy Sophie Cline Katelyn King John Cline
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Entries in the home economics division to be accepted Sept. 10 The Crawford County Fair will take entries on Monday, Sept. 10, in the home economics building at Kirksey Park in Mulberry. Entries do not have to be pre-registered, according to Twila King, superintendent of the Home Economics Division. However, educational booths and creative table setting entries must have been pre-registered by Sept. 1, she said. “We will open our doors to the public for entering exhibits at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 and close at 7 p.m.,” King said. “We hope to see lots of entries, so load up and come to the fair.” On Tuesday, Sept. 11, the home economics building will be closed to the public until judging is finished. Only workers and judges will be allowed in the building at this time. “We plan to reopen the building at 3 p.m. and will remain open until 9 p.m. on Each year, volunteers from all over the area gather to prepare the fairgrounds at Kirksey Park in Mulberry for the Crawford County Fair.
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Tuesday,” King said. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday hours will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Saturday, the building will be open from noon until 6:15 p.m. “At 6:30 p.m., we will begin to check articles out and will close at 9 p.m.,” King said. “All entries must be picked up between 6:30 and 9 p.m.” Checks can be picked up on Saturday. The home economics grand champions will have pictures taken at 6:30 p.m. “If you are 5 years old or older, bring your photos, canning, sewing, household handicraft, art, floral arrangements, flowers, field crops, apiary and aquaculture articles and join in the fun,” King said. “A list of everything that can be entered and rules can be found online at www.thecrawfordcountyfair. com or in a Crawford County Fair book.”
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Schedule of events Saturday, Sept. 8
food booth setup
9 a.m. — Equine Expo
4-6 p.m. — Goat and sheep checkin
10 a.m. — Pet show Monday, Sept. 10 2-4 p.m. — Rabbit entry 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Enter market lambs, all goats and sheep 10 a.m.-8 p.m. — Poultry entry 1:30-7 p.m. — Home economics and horticulture entries 9 a.m.-4 p.m. — Commercial and
5 p.m. — Rabbit show 6-7 p.m. — Market lamb, goat weigh-in 7 p.m. — Mutton bustin’ Tuesday, Sept. 11 9 a.m. — Broiler show 9 a.m.-9 p.m. — Commercial building and food booths open
9 a.m.-3 p.m. — Home economics building closed for judging Noon-6 p.m. — Enter hogs and beef cattle 3-9 p.m. — Home economics building open 4 p.m. — Carnival opens
7 p.m. — Mutton bustin’
7 p.m. — Tiny tot, wee princess and tiny princess pageants Wednesday, Sept. 12 Free entry with canned food item
4 p.m. — Market lamb, market goat and breeding sheep shows
9 a.m.-9 p.m. — Home economics, horticulture and commercial buildings open
6 p.m. — Market hog weigh-in
Noon — Dairy cattle in place
6:30 p.m. - Hay show - meal and presentations
4 p.m. — Steer, beef, hog and bottle calf shows
7 p.m. — Steer weigh-in
6-10 p.m. — Carnival arm band night
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Schedule of events 7 p.m. — Ms and Senior pageants. Youth talent show
7 p.m. — Junior princess, little miss and junior miss pageants
7:30 p.m. - Costume contest - show barn arena
Thursday, Sept. 13
Friday, Sept. 14
7:30 p.m. — Cowboys Regional Rodeo Association (CRRA) rodeo
9 a.m.-9 p.m. — Home economics, horticulture and commercial buildings open
9 a.m.-9 p.m. — Home economics, horticulture and commercial buildings open
8 p.m. — Adult showmanship contest
4 p.m. — Dairy cattle show
3 p.m. — Skill-a-thon
Saturday, Sept. 15
4 p.m. — Junior livestock auction
4 p.m. — Carnival opens
4 p.m. — Carnival opens
7 p.m. — Princess pageant
5 p.m. — Dairy goat, miniature goat and breeding goat show
5:30 p.m. — Round robin showmanship
10 a.m. — Lineup for parade begins on Church Street
6-10 p.m. — Carnival arm band night
6:30 p.m. — Poultry showmanship 7 p.m. — Goldfish contest
11 a.m. — Parade in downtown Mulberry Noon-6:30 p.m. — Home economics, horticulture and
commercial buildings open Noon-4 p.m. — Carnival arm band day 2 p.m. — 4-H poultry chain sale 3 p.m. — Barbecue for prospective auction buyers
7 p.m. - Amerian Kids Talent Group 8:30 p.m. — Teen and queen pageants
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Mutton Bustin’, for kids 7 and younger, will be held Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Livestock events and shows are held throughout the week of the fair.
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Pageants, talent show set
Fair events will conclude Saturday, Sept. 15, starting with the Crawford County Fair Parade at 11 a.m. in downtown Mulberry.
The Crawford County Fair Association will host its annual pageants Sept. 11, 12, 13 and 15 at Kirksey Park in Mulberry. All contestants must be a resident or attend school in Crawford County at least one year prior to the pageant. Eleven pageant divisions will be held this year, including Tiny Tot division for ages 0-11 months, Wee Princess division for ages 1-2 years, Tiny Princess for ages 3-4, Princess for ages 5-6, Junior Princess for ages 7-8, Little Miss for ages 9-10, Junior Miss for ages 11-12, teen division for ages 13-16 and queen division for ages 17-21. New this year will be the Ms. division for ages 35-55 and returning will be the senior division for ages 56-75. The winners of the teen and queen pageants will represent Crawford
County at the Arkansas State Fair pageants in October. University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will award the winner of the queen pageant a $1,500 scholarship. Ms. and senior winners also will be eligible to attend the state fair pageant. The youth talent show will be Sept. 12 at the fairgrounds during the pageant. There will be three age divisions this year - ages 9 and under, 10-15 and 16-21. The categories are vocal solo, vocal group, instrumental solo and variety. Cash prizes will be awarded to winners in each division. Winners from the 10-15 and 16-21 age division will represent Crawford County at the state fair. For more information, call Marla Keady at (479) 719-0736 or email mkeady@cox.net.
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