Fair off to a great start, and more to come!
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| Mariah Munson was hard at work today, getting her llama all soaped up and clean in time for showing. Today, washing a critter may well be the best way to keep cool! |
Right now, too, many areas are off limits as judges make the tough determination in naming the best of the best at this year's county fair. That all changes at 6:30 this evening, when the opening ceremonies take place in the indoor arena.
Perhaps
the greatest feat of magic on a day like today
is beating the heat ... an inordinate number of
attendees seem to be sporting sno-cones!Afterward, everything will be thrown open and we can see all the amazing bounty of an industrious and talented community.
On Thursday, there'll be a lot going on.
4H and FFA swine judging begins at 8 a.m. in the indoor arena and lasts until noon, and all display and exhibit areas open at 9 a.m.
You can enter your vegetable critter in the Exhibit Hall Annex from 9:30 a.m. to noon; judging begins at 12:30 p.m.
4H/FFA and open class rabbit judging takes place in the rabbit barn from noon to 2 p.m., during which the barn will be closed as those who've entered their lapins strive to ensure they don't muss up their hare-dos. (I know ... terrible pun! Insert groan here!)
Beef judging takes place in the Indoor Arena from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Music will fill the air from the gazebo from 1 to 6 p.m., and a variety of games will be played on the Memorial Hall lawn. A major tug-of-war will be fought in the outdoor arena at 5:30 p.m.
Aviators will be on the Memorial Hall Lawn at 3 p.m. for the paper airplane flying contest, and entries in the peach pie baking contest can be submitted from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Top Hat Bakery on the Memorial Hall lawn; judging takes place at 6 p.m.
4H and FFA goat showing kicks off in the indoor arena at 3:30 p.m.; 4H/FFA lamb fitting and showing begins at 4 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, when the big crowds show up, have a ton of events going on as well; most of them the folks involved already know.
You might want to mark down a couple, though.
The
4H/FFA Buyer's Social kicks off on the Memorial
Hall lawn at 5 p.m. Friday; the Market Animal
Sale takes place at 7 p.m. in the Indoor Arena.On Saturday, the Fair Parade wends through downtown Bonners Ferry at noon; check in and line up starts at 11 a.m. in the fairgrounds parking lot.
The ever fun lawn mower races begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the outdoor arena; instead of an admission fee, bring a non-perishable food item.
The cheery seed spitting contest takes place on the Memorial Hall lawn at 3 p.m.; the watermelon eating contest at 4 p.m.
The fair caps off with Family Fun Night at 6:30 p.m. in the outdoor arena, followed by the Family Fun Night Sweetheart's Dance, lasting until 9 p.m. Both events are free and open to all.