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Commissioner letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fair Board letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Rodeo Board letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Super 1 Community Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pee Wee Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fair Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Showing and Judging Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

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Schedule of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21 Junior Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Frontier Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Entertainment

admission Daily admission: Adult (13 years & over): $10 Senior citizen (60+), child (6-12 ): $6 Kids 5 & younger: FREE Active military with id: FREE Season passes: Adult: $30 Exhibitor: $20 (mandatory for all exhibitors entering animals.) $15 before Aug. 15.

Parking: $10 per day in the fairgrounds parking lots. See the fairgrounds map for locations. dry camping is $20 Lodging: For lodging information, please contact the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce. (888)-925-2204

Adam the Great. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jeremiah Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ellensburg Big Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chris Mabry — Hypnotist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mango and dango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Muttin’ Bustin’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rhythms dance and Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

John dunnigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hay Bucking Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contest Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . twinkle time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jessie Leigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Radio 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rodeo City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dubstep Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vintage dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Red Head Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fiddlers On the Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ellensburg School Choirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nail driving Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yakama indian dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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From the Board of County Commissioners

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n behalf of the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, thank you for joining us at the 2019 Kittitas County Fair!

Since 1885, our Fair has been the premier event to celebrate all that Kittitas County has to offer and this year is set to be the best ever. From the Cascades to the Columbia, Kittitas County offers something for everyone and we are honored to have you here as our guest. Whether it’s your first or ninety-first time, I am confident that our 2019 Fair will be an experience you will never forget.

Now, get out there and “Rock The Flock!”

Cory Wright, Chair Kittitas County Board of Commissioners

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elcome to the 134th Kittitas County Fair!

First organized in 1885 by local farmers and ranchers, the annual county fair has always showcased its agricultural roots and celebrated its western heritage that our community has embraced for hundreds of years. We hope you come on out and see a piece of our agricultural heritage and history, check out the exhibits including the 4-H and FFA projects that many of our youth have worked hard on all year, visit our turn-ofthe-century town, pan for gold, get reacquainted with your neighbors and friends, and enjoy a safe, family friendly environment filled with carnival rides,

entertainment and fair food.

Don’t forget to grab your cowboy hat and a ticket to the worldrenowned Ellensburg Rodeo, one of the top 10 rodeos in the country.

Our fair board and staff have worked hard to make this year’s fair bigger, better and more enjoyable than ever before. A shout out to all our fair volunteers and sponsors who make this event a reality with their continued support. The event would not be what it is today without their efforts and dedication.

Thank you for making this community celebration the event of the year!

Heather Harrell, President Kittitas County Fair Board

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Fair Board of Directors

Heather Harrell

PRESidEnt Friends of the Fair Booth, the Corral, Scholarships

Becky Sherley ViCe PreSident Sponsorship, Ambassadors

Roylene Crawford

Greg Zempel

SeCretArY, Awards and Souvenirs

Past President, Carnival

CL Clarke

Bob Eddings Swine Barn

Home Arts and Youth Crafts

Bob Martin

Becky Mcdowell

Kristina Paquette

Beef

Frontier Village

Bloom Pavilion, rabbits and Cavies, Poultry, Sheep and Goats

Jarred Fudacz

Commercial Vendors

Bret Hollar

4-H Building, dogs

Clay Myers

Past President, Security

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Jessie Blackwood Fine Arts, Youth Science, entertainment

Jerry Jarnagin

Jerry Lael

Jodee Shenyer

Patsy tenney

entertainment

Horse Barn, Jr. Horse Fair

Parking

Admissions

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ello Rodeo fans and welcome to the 2019 World Famous Ellensburg Rodeo.

We have an action packed six days of excitement for you. It all starts Wednesday with Rodeo Slack. Thursday night is our Rockin the Arena concert featuring Russell Dickerson, Friday evening is the start of our performances, A parade Saturday morning, Rodeo performance Saturday afternoon, Extreme Bulls World Finals Saturday night, a Rodeo performance on Sunday, the Sunday night Posse show and our Championship Monday to finish it all off. I hope you can fit it all in.

Saturday night is the always sold out Xtreme Bulls World Finals. Forty of the world’s top bull riders will converge on the Ellensburg Rodeo Arena to take their shot at a $100,000 purse. This is the PRCA’s 2019 Xtreme Bulls Tour and it all ends in Ellensburg. Be sure to get your tickets early and see who is crowned the 2019 PRCA Xtreme

Bulls Tour Champion.

On our Championship Monday you will most likely see Cowboys and Cowgirls competing in the arena who are headed to the NFR in Las Vegas. Winning Ellensburg often is what it takes to give these contestants the prize money they need to propel them to the National Finals Rodeo.

During all that excitement be sure to stop by the World Famous “Behind the Chutes” beer garden if you are over 21 for a cold beer and some of the best country music and dancing in the state.

At the heart of our rodeo, are the people who make it possible. Countless individuals and supporting groups put in hundreds of hours just to see the show go on every year.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank all those who make our Rodeo the great show that it always is.

Thank you for spending your Labor Day weekend in Ellensburg and enjoy the Rodeo and Kittitas County Fair.

Jerry Jensen Ellensburg Rodeo President

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Rodeo Board of Directors

Jerry Jensen PreSident

Sound and Scoreboard, Announcer’s Booth, Special Guests

Andy Andrews

Behind the Chutes, Section 9, trading Post Saloon

Jeff Leichleiter

Advertising, Media and Publicity, Programs and day Sheets, Public and Community relations

Jerry doolin

Bob Crowe

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Gold Buckle Club, Concert

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Vendors and Concessions, national Anthem, Western Village

Scott Pernaa Merchandise, office, ticket Sales

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Sponsors and Awards

Kelly Schademan

Contestant relations, Facilities and Grounds, Flag Girls

dave Adams

Yakama indian nation, Facilities and Grounds, Sunday night Show

Bill Lowe

Xtreme Bulls, Grand entry

Megan Meeks General Manager

Peewee Rodeo

Super 1 Community Lunch

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long-standing tradition opening day of the Kittitas County Fair is the Thursday lunch sponsored by Super 1 Foods.

Each holder of a ticket purchased at the store will be able to enjoy a lunch of chili dogs, potato salad, chips and a soft drink. The price also includes admission to the fair.

The lunch runs from noon to 2 p.m. in the park near the Large Stage and is served by Super 1 employees.

Tickets are on sale now at Super 1 Foods, 200 E. Mountain View Ave. for $5, half of the regular daily $10 admission.

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A line forms as fairgoers gather for a lunch, provided by Super 1 Foods, on opening day at the Kittitas County Fair.

he art of rodeo performance can be instilled at a young age at the peewee rodeo on all five days of the fair. Kids up to 6 years old will be dressed up the traditional vests and boots and given eight seconds to perform just like in a real rodeo. Signups are at the fair grounds on the day of the event.

There is only room for the first 20 to sign up each day, so make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to make some rodeo memories.

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G-15 & G-16 Daily Parking

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ELLENSBURG RODEO WESTERN TOWN AND TICKET OFFICE

1. Bloom Pavilion  Beef  Cavy  Rabbit  Poultry  Show Rings 2. Swine & Sheep 3. Sheep & Goat 4. Draft Horse 5. Light Horse 6. Sheep

7. Home Arts  Baking  Youth Craft Senior Lounge 8. 4-H Building 9. Heritage Center 10. Super Suite 11. Armory  Fine Arts  Photography  Quilts & Afghans

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Pee Wee Rodeo

Contest Area (Small Stage)

Mutton Bustin’

Interactive Educational Display

Chuck Wagon/Longhorn Cattle

KV Early Iron Club

Frontier Village

The Corral: Beer/Wine Garden

Stage & Entertainment Areas

Vendors/Shopping

Food

Smoking Area

Phone

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Portolet

Handwashing Station

Baby Feeding Station (Armory)

Water Fountain

Restrooms

Wheelchair Rental (Limited Supply)

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Fair Office

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Livestock Gate

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Showing & Judging Schedule 10 a.m.

4-H/FFA Market Hogs- Bloom Pavilion/Ring 1 and 2 4-H/FFA Market Lambs - Bloom Pavilion

Open Class Goat Judging follows 4-H Goats 4-H Cavies Costume and Breed ID

3 p.m.

11 a.m.

10 a.m.

4 p.m.

Thursday- Aug. 29

8 a.m.

Open Class Sheep Judging - Bloom Pavilion followed by 4-H/FFA Sheep 4-H Robotics- Sumo battle demonstration and judging

1 p.m.

4-H Market Steers - Bloom Pavilion followed by 4-H/FFA Dairy Cattle and 4-H/FFA Beef Cattle

2 p.m.

4-H/FFA Market Goats - Bloom Pavilion

4-H Rabbit Costume and Agility Bloom Pavilion

4-H Educational Club Barn Displays/ 4-H Building 4-H/FFA Jr. Livestock market sale Bloom Pavilion

2 p.m.

4-H Poultry Written Exam

Knowledge of Eggcellence written exam

5 p.m.

10 p.m.

Poultry Costume Contest

4-H Horse Exchange - Leave Barn

5:30 p.m.

Poultry Agility

Saturday – Aug. 31

7-8 a.m.

Friday - Aug. 30

4-H Horse Exchange Veterinary check

8 a.m.

4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest Bloom Pavilion

8 a.m.

Swine Fitting and Showing

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Showing & Judging Schedule 10 a.m.

4-H/FFA Dairy Fitting & Showing Bloom Pavilion/ Ring 3

10:30 a.m.

4-H/FFA Beef Fitting & Showing Bloom Pavilion

2 p.m.

4-H Goat Fitting and Showing, then Breed Classes - Bloom Pavilion / Ring 1 or 2

2-5 p.m.

4-H/FFA Sheep Fitting and Showing Bloom Pavilion

4 p.m.

4-H Draft and Pack Goat Judging Bloom Pavilion

Llama and Alpaca Fitting and Showing

Sunday – Sept. 1

5 p.m.

8 a.m.

Greased Pig Contest - Bloom Pavilion

Open Cavies Breed Classes

8:30 a.m.

Monday – Sept. 2

4-H Cavies Showmanship, Breed Open Class Light & Draft Horses Judging - Bloom Pavilion/ South Ring

10 a.m.

9 a.m.

2:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m.

4 p.m.

10 a.m.

6 p.m.

Poultry Judging - 4-H and Open

4-H/FFA Department All Around Livestock Showmanship - Bloom Pavilion 4-H Fashion Revue - 4-H Building

Rabbit, Judging Contest, Showmanship, Breed Classes 4-H and Open Poultry Egg Judging Llama and Alpaca Skills Handling Llama and Alpaca Pens

11 a.m.

4-H/FFA and Special Awards Ceremony - 4-H Courtyard Fair and Barns Close

6-8 p.m.

All exhibits to be claimed and removed by exhibitors

Poultry Showmanship

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4-H Horse Exchange in place

Noon

Thursday Events Main Stage:

Noon: Adam The Great 12:45 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 1:30 p.m.: Jokers Run Country Music 2:45 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 3:30 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist 4:45 p.m.: Mango Dango 5:30 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 6:15 p.m.: Mango Dango 7 p.m.: Radio 80 Cover Band 8:15 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist

Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility

Super 1 Foods Day/ Community Day Small Stage

Noon: Cheerleaders 12:15 p.m.: Twinkle Time 1 p.m.: Choirs 3 p.m.: PeeWee Rodeo 4:15 p.m.: Twinkle Time 5 p.m.: Gymnastics 6 p.m.: Nail Driving Contest 7:45 p.m.: Rhythms Dance and Fitness

Kid Area

2 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ 4 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ 6 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ The Corral

6:15 p.m.: John Dunnigan 7:15 p.m.: Jessie Leigh

Walk Abouts:

Noon: Mango Dango 1:30 p.m.: Adam The Great 2:15 p.m.: Mango Dango 4:45 p.m.: Adam The Great

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Friday Events

Coca-Cola Day at the Fair 2:15 p.m.: Contest Center

Main Stage:

12:45 p.m.: Read Head Express 2:15 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 3 p.m.: Mango Dango 3:45 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist 5 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson

3 p.m.: Twinkle Time

2 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’

3:45 p.m.: Pee Wee Rodeo

4 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’

5:45 p.m.: Contest Center

6 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’

7 p.m.: Dub Step Dancers 8:15 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson

5:45 p.m.: Mango Dango

Walk About

6:30 p.m.: Red Head Express 8 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist Small Stage

Kid Area

The Corral

3:45 p.m.: Jessie Leigh 4:45 p.m.: John Dunnigan

12:30 p.m.: Adam The Great

5:45 p.m.: Jessie Leigh

1:30 p.m.: Mango Dango

7:45 p.m.: Jessie Leigh

11:30 a.m.: Adam The Great

2:15 p.m.: Adam The Great

12:15 p.m.: Twinkle Time

4:30 p.m.: Mango Dango

8:45 p.m.: John Dunnigan

1 p.m.: Fiddlers in the Wind

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Saturday Events Main Stage:

11 a.m: Mango Dango Noon: Vintage Dancers 12:45 p.m.: Red Head Express 2 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist 3:15 p.m.: Mango Dango 4 p.m.: Mango Dango 5 p.m.: Ellensburg Big Band 6:30 p.m.: Read Head Express 8 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist

KXLE Radio Day at the Fair 1:15 p.m.: Yakama Dancers 2:30 p.m.: Twinkle Time 3:15 p.m.: Adam The Great 4 p.m.: Contest Center 5:15 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 6:15 p.m.: Twinkle Time 7 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 7:45 p.m.: Contest Center 8:45 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson Walkabouts

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4:30 p.m.: Adam The Great Muttin’ Bustin’ Arena

2 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ 4 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ 6 p.m.: Muttin’ Bustin’ The Corral

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Sunday Events Main Stage

11 a.m.: Mango Dango 11:45 p.m.: Vintage Dancers 12:45 p.m.: Red Head Express 2 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist 3:15 p.m.: Mango Dango 4 p.m.: Vintage Dancers 5 p.m.: Ellensburg Big Band 6:30 p.m. Red Head Express 8 p.m.: Chris Mabry Hypnotist

1:15 p.m.: Yakama Dancers 2:30 p.m. Twinkle Time 3:15 p.m.: Adam The Great 4 p.m.: Contest Center 5:15 p.m. Jeremiah Johnson 6:15 p.m.: Twinkle Time 7 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson 7:45 p.m.: Contest Center 8:45 p.m.: Jeremiah Johnson

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Regardless of the difficulty, Rivera said that she gets a lot of support from her friends, family, and fellow 4-Hers that make the experience worthwhile and fulfilling.

“The teamwork and how involved kids are makes me happy,” Rivera said. “At school, nobody’s really involved in much. When you come to 4-H, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, I’ll help you. I’ll do this for you.’”

If there’s something that Kittitas County’s 4-H group seems to do exceptionally well at, it’s community involvement and support. According to Pettit, between support from families, sponsorships with local businesses, and community participation, the Kittitas County 4-H livestock sale is one of the highest-grossing in the state.

That involvement is demonstrated before any of the 4-H kids’ animals are shown and sold. At the beginning of every fair’s livestock sale, an animal donated by someone from the community is auctioned off as the endowment animal. The funds from this sale go directly into a trust fund which builds interest to pay for things like scholarships, sending kids

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Caleb Brashler, 16, shows his trust fund hog at the 2016 Livestock Auction. it sold for $6,000 and the money will be placed in the Kittitas County 4-H Endowment trust Fund. the fund supports the entire county 4-H program. to conferences, and other 4-H activities. According to Livestock Committee chairman and vice president of the endowment trust fund Mark Crowley, the fund will eventually be used to fund the entire county 4-H program.

Crowley said that the auctioneers who come to take part in the livestock sale have told him that the Kittitas County sale is one of, if not the best sale in the state. However, he also said that this county’s 4-H program wasn’t always as prosperous.

“I have been here when kids actually lost money on the sale,” Crowley said. “There was a huge turnaround in ’94, ’95 from things not being so good to what we have now.

More community members got involved and went out and sought more support from

other businesses. We had some business owners that had kids in 4-H and they got involved and got other businesses to be involved.”

Mark Crowley’s 15-year-old son Wyatt Crowley is an active member of 4-H and has sold pigs at the livestock sale. He says firsthand that the amount of support this community has a profound impact of him and the other kids in 4-H, and is part of what keeps him in the program.

“It’s just nice to know how much of your community will come out for you,” Crowley said. “It really is, around here, just the community family. All the businesses, all the people that don’t normally come out, they’ll come out and help support the kids to get them the future that they want.”

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ince as far back as November 2018, 4-H kids have been working hard to raise, train, and prepare a variety of different livestock animals to be shown and sold at the 2019 Kittitas County Fair on Aug. 30 for the annual 4-H livestock sale. 4-Hers choose between beef, goats, swine, and sheep, and according to the livestock sale’s chairperson Brandon Pettit, the process teaches them valuable skills.

“It teaches them responsibility,” Pettit said. “They have to make sure their animals are fed and given water every day and taken care of. It teaches them financial skills, basically how to run a business, they’re going to be able to pay for their animals up front.”

Every animal that kids can choose to raise and show comes with their own difficulties. Karina Rivera, 15, raises goats, which are given to her in April. Since then she takes them on frequent walks to improve their muscle composition and spend time getting them familiarized with her.

“It’s fun. It’s challenging since they’re really stubborn, they don’t like people at all,” Rivera said. “And so, you have to make sure that you can build up the trust and relationship with them. Then also you have to

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t’s a spot where fairgoers can buy candy, pan for gold, and peek inside a pioneer cabin. Frontier Village, which offers a look at life during the early 20th century springs to life once a year during the Kittitas County Fair.

The village is made up of historic cabins and buildings moved from throughout the county. Visitors can buy penny candy and $1 pickles at Hunt’s General Store. Over at the Rocky Saddle Saloon, the saloon keeper sells root beer and other types of soda for $1.50 per bottle. Youngsters can also pan for gold at the Cooke Miners Supply Company Cabin.

School House No. 11, constructed in 1910, remains one of Kittitas Valley’s oldest standing school houses. Its history has enriched the lives of many fairgoers throughout the years and educational programs are offered inside.

Another educational venture is the Robbins cabin, which offers a historic look into what life was like back in the day. Seventeen children were raised in the three-bedroom cabin that only had dirt floors.

Visitors can walk through the family’s kitchen and bedrooms and get a feel for what life was like in the 20th century.

Adam the Great Adam will undoubtedly mystify and amaze audience members of all ages.

According to Drew Carney, morning show news anchor for KGW-TV in Portland where Adam is based: “I’ve known Adam and have witnessed his magic for the past 10-plus years. He takes his craft very seriously, but doesn’t take himself seriously at all. He’s as good an entertainer as he is a magician.”

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ince he was 18, Adam the Great has been performing his unique style of comedy and magic around the world for fairs, festivals, and as a two-time U.S. Department of Defense entertainer overseas providing laughter and distraction to the troops and their families.

Both strolling through the fair grounds and at his stage performances packed with audience participation,

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eturning to the Kittitas County Fair is two-time championship juggling medalist Jerimiah Johnston, who has been perfecting the art of juggling since he was 12 years old.

Johnston entered college in 2005 at Humboldt State University where he discovered the college’s circus club. There he would be introduced to the stage, fire dancing, and further juggling expertise. He and his brother Jesse were a part of a four-person juggling team, called “The Poetic Motion Machine,” with whom he would win his first bronze medal at the 2009 International Jugglers’ Association’s annual competition. This

is around the time when, according to him, he realized that he “was to become a professional entertainer and instructor, sharing the world and joy of the juggling arts with the world.”

While still in college, he formed a juggling trio with two of his friends called “Mountain Motion,” and won his second bronze medal in the IJA competition. From there he began his solo career, creating “The Throw Zone.”

With stunts, laughs, and amazing displays of balance and dexterity, he will be bringing The Throw Zone from his home base of the Bay Area to Ellensburg once more to captivate audiences throughout the weekend.

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Chris Mabry — Hypnotist

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s an entertaining and entrancing performer for the last 14 years, Chris Mabry has toured from coast to coast, using his stage presence and his knowledge of hypnotism to bewilder audience members of all ages.

He started learning about hypnosis when he was 9, and eventually would go on to earn degrees in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy. He also has a master’s degree in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), which he mixes with modern comedy styles to make for a memorable performance.

When he’s not entrancing the brain, he’s trying to help people use it more success-

fully. In addition to his stage performances, he is also a motivational speaker who tours the country, visiting schools and businesses, as well as releasing audio tracks online.

When using his abilities for entertainment, Mabry’s goal is to leave a lasting impression. According to him on his website: “I don’t want to just do hypnosis, I want to blow minds. Let’s be real, it’s not about making people believe. It’s about making everyone from the gullible to the hardcore skeptics question everything they know about life.

I honestly shoot for every show in every moment to create a lasting memory.”

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llensburg’s resident swing and jazz band is back to represent the community in the fashion of popular 1940s and ‘50s music. The 18-member band was founded in 2011 and is composed of CWU music students, music education professionals, and other Ellensburg residents from firefighters to lawyers

from 16 to over 60 years old.

The band has performed all over the world, from the Suncadia Resort to Gonzaga University to Sanda City, Japan in 2014. Musical talent is right next door, so come see your neighbors continuing the tradition of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, and more on the main stage during the fair weekend.

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oaring back into Ellensburg on their Flying Umbrella Ship, Mango and Dango are world-renowned theatrical circus performers, partner acrobats, jugglers, aerialists, stilt walkers, physical comedians & chair stackers.

As artists and directors, they find their inspiration traveling the globe, exchanging smiles and ideas with people of all walks of life. In the pursuit of this, they have performed their one-of-a-kind theatrical circus shows in Central/South America, Europe, southeast/ central Asia, the Middle East, and throughout the United

States.

It all started in 2004 with the first performance Mango and Dango created together, a modern dance duet which they found didn’t suit them.

However, knowing they simply had to be entertainers, they found and were captivated by the circus. They traveled the streets of San Diego, performing their first circus show at a local farmers market. Only a month later they were on their way to Central America, and only a year later they had toured Western Europe.

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their lamb chops by lasting as long as they can while clutching a sheep as it attempts to run and throw them off.

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racing the stage and bringing the art of dance from around the world to Ellensburg, Rhythms Dance and Fitness is a studio in Ellensburg with a wide variety of different classes teaching different styles. From Bollywood dancing to belly dancing to youth ballet, there is a dance style that can suit anyone. In past fairs, many of these styles have been showcased at the fair, perhaps most notably the Tusuy Peruvian Dance

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each your child early lessons in the immortal bond between man and beast by covering them with gladiator armor, strapping them to a sheep and sending them into the ring to meet their fate. All five days of the fair, contestants will get the opportunity to prove

them around the fairgrounds in their umbrella ship, performing amazing tricks on stilts as an adventurer and her co-pilot, the sky captain, travel in search for the secret to life and laughter.

Mango and Dango can also be seen on the main stage performing “The Mango and Dango Show”: a high-skilled physical comedy circus show about the trials and tribulations of unrequited love seen through the hearts and eyes of the two clowns. The Mango and Dango Show has been performed for over 10 years, and has enthralled audience members around the world.

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eturning from the wilds of Montana, John Dunnigan will be in the fairground corral in the afternoons performing his heartfelt and hilarious original songs. According to Dunnigan, he grew up in Northern California and received an inspiration shared by many young musical careers: seeing The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Since then, he’s been lucky enough to play music for a living for almost his entire life, performing with Bonnie Raitt, Asleep at the Wheel, Norton

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Today he performs around Montana and the Northwest, able to play a wide variety of stringed instruments from guitar to pedal steel, often accompanied by his harmonica.

n honor of competitive spirit and Ellensburg’s long history as an agricultural town, hay bucking will be brought back in the form of the Hay Bucking Contest. Competing winner-takes-all for $1,000, two pairs at a time will face off unloading 18 bales of hay, three stacks high, off a trailer and

then loading them back again as quickly as they can. The first to do so will move on up the bracket for the chance to win. Hay bucks used to do this all day for much less money, but are fading away due to the use of machinery in farming. Keep the tradition alive and see if you have what it takes to win!

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ull of activities for kids to enjoy, the contest center will be host to a variety of games such as egg races, sack races, and other fun competitions. Adults won’t

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be left out either, with the opportunity to win the frozen T-shirt contest and husband calling contest. Get involved and win glory against your neighbors!

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After high school, Leigh says that she wasn’t ready to share her personal passion for music, but during college she learned how to lead worship at her church and developed her musical skills by playing gospel music.

After playing her first live show in 2014, she began forming her own band and writing songs and has since opened for a number of national acts since then including Chris Janson, Kenny Chesney, Craig Campbell, Josh Gracin, and more. Leigh and her band also won the 2015 Battle of the Bands, played at the Oregon Jamboree, released

their first album and began touring in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.

“I wake up every day feeling incredibly blessed that I get to make music and share it with the world,” Leigh said.

She is brought to Ellensburg as one stop on her “Irresistable Summer Tour” following the release of her new songs “Irresistible” and “Storm in May.” She will be performing in the afternoons of the fair in the Corral.

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of vocalists and instrumentalists, allowing them to play music by artists from Duran Duran to Van Halen to Cyndi Lauper to Pat Benatar. Catch them on the main stage on Thursday for a blast into nostalgia or to experience an age never lived through.

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the opportunity to perform at community events. The studio also has a competition team that puts in extra practice time to compete at regional and national events around the country, representing Ellensburg and putting the hardworking dancers in the spotlight.

isplaying the rewards of their hard training, Dubstep Studio will be bringing their skills to the fair on Friday. Dubstep Studio hosts both beginner and advanced classes for kids to learn teambuilding and choreography skills, as well as giving them

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ringing back the swinging style of yesteryear, the vintage dancers are made up of four couples from Spokane showing off the most popular and iconic dances of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. Learn some new moves and feel the rhythm of the past at the main stage over the weekend.

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Over the following year they performed at coffee shops and fairs, trading their performances for

food. According to Kendra: “Fall of 2007 was the most freeing thing I have ever experienced.”

They had higher aspirations however, so they sold everything they owned and headed to the Appalachians to study the roots of American music.

Their study of mountain music means that all of their performances have an American Folk influence, but the members of the band refuse to concretely define what genre they play.

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they so choose. The schools will make up three groups of students who have been practicing all year to show off their musical talent for their community.

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utting on a display of Central Washington’s local Native American culture, the Yakama Indian Nation will be celebrating the traditions of their tribe through song and interpretive dance. Dancers wear traditional ceremonial clothing and have been a

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704 N. Wenas Street, Ellensburg • (360) 463-0436 Mon-Tues 4 to 8, Wed-Thurs 3 to 9, • Fri-Sat 12 to 9 & Sun 12 to 7

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Photo Credit: Brian Myrick Daily Record

WRANGLER PRORODEO TOUR FINALE SEPT. 5-8 SEPT. 5

SEPT. 6

PRORODEO TOUR FINALE AND

AARON WATSON DANCIN’ IN THE DIRT PARTY

PRORODEO TOUR FINALE AND

ELI YOUNG BAND DANCIN’ IN THE DIRT PARTY

SEPT. 7 PRORODEO TOUR FINALE AND

THE CADILLAC THREE DANCIN’ IN THE DIRT PARTY

Dancin’ in the Dirt Parties

Your Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening rodeo ticket gets you FREE access to the Dancin’ in the Dirt Party!

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AT THE BOX OFFICE OR THEFAIR.COM

THE ALL NEW

2019 FORD TRUCKS

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602 N. Pearl Street | Ellensburg, WA | 509-925-1911 | www.kelleher-ford.com

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KELLEHER FORD

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raptor RANGER

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