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Important In’faIr’matIon BLOOMSBURG — Important information for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair: • Admission to grounds, $8, print-at-home tickets available on fair website • Today is preview day, gates open at 2 p.m., admission $3 for everyone over 12, free parking • High school students 13 to 18 will be admitted free of charge on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Friday, Sept. 29 • Children 12 and under will be admitted free all week • Senior citizens 65 and over and current and former members of the armed forces will be admitted free of charge on Monday, Sept. 25, with proof of age or service • On Tuesday, Sept. 26, $1 of every $8 regular priced admission will go to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Danville and its mission to provide a “home away from home” for parents and families of children who are hospitalized or receiving outpatient care for the treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. • Admission gates to the fair open daily, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. • All carry-ons will be subject to inspection • No unauthorized dogs al-

lowed on fairgrounds • Fairgrounds located off exit 232 of Interstate 80 • Parking for over 20,000 cars, $5 • RV parking, $15 per day • Free tram or bus service to and from parking lot and admission gate • Mobility scooter and manual wheelchair rentals available inside of gates 3 and 5, close to handicap parking • There are two First Aid stations, one near the Leonard Street Gate, and the other at the west end of the Grandstand in the Racing Secretary’s office. Both locations are open every day from 10 a.m. to midnight. • The Lost Child Center is at the side of the Horticulture Building. • Exhibits, livestock displays, Rabbit and Poultry Exhibit Building and Oldest Dog Show in the USA open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. • Barton House and Historic One Room Rupert School House open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. • Grandstand ticket office will be open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily • Grandstand gates open approximately one hour before each event • Reithoffer’s Carnival, Sept. 23-30: Pay-one-price wristbands will be sold at any Reithoffer

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Fairgoers Fill the BloomsBurg Fairgrounds on a beautiful first full day last year. The 162nd Bloomsburg Fair opens today. ticket box. Today they will be $20 each after 2 p.m. Both Saturdays and Sunday will be $30 each after 10 a.m., and weekdays will be $25 each from 11 a.m. until closing. Kiddie rides are located on the West End of fairgrounds. • Reithoffer Shows has created

a mobile app to make it easier for customers to get information at events at which it is playing. It includes which rides, games and food will be at upcoming events and height requirements for rides. To get the app, go to the iTunes or Google Play store and download

“Reithoffer Shows 2017.” For more information, contact the Bloomsburg Fair at 570-7844949, info@bloomsburgfair.com or www.bloomsburgfair.com. The mobile-friendly site features schedules, vendor lists, live Web cams of the grounds and more.

Vespers service set tonight at bandshell BLOOMSBURG — The 2017 Bloomsburg Fair Vespers Service will be held at the free bandshell tonight, with a m u s i c prelude by Raven C r e e k (bluegrass, gospel and oldt i m e m u s i c featuring Joe and Kensinger Lorraine Feola) at 6:30 and the service starting at 7. Press Enterprise/Tom Adams The guest speaker will be Carolyn sweeney of First English Baptist Church, Bloomsburg, diRev. Darryl Kensinger, pastor of rects the Bloomsburg Fair Vespers Choir at the free bandshell on the fairTrinity United Church of Christ (UCC) in Tamaqua. Music will grounds last year. The choir will again be providing the music for this be provided by the Vesper Choir, year’s vespers service, which begins tonight at 7. directed by Carolyn Sweeney of Following the service, Chris- ing to church with his family. He First English Baptist Church, tian rock band Freedom Calls would often sing in a quartet with Bloomsburg. his father and two older brothers. An offering will be given to will perform. Kensinger was born in St. Pe- He accepted Christ at the age of 9 displaced veterans at Orangeville tersburg, Florida, and grew up go- and felt his call to ministry when Manor.

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Christian roCk Band Freedom Calls will be performing at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell tonight following the vespers service, which begins at 7. he was 12. He went to college in North Carolina and seminary in Kentucky, where he met his wife, Tina. Kensinger started his pastoral career 30 years ago, serving

churches in Oklahoma and North Carolina. He came to Pennsylvania in the fall of 2002, where he served the Orangeville Charge of the UCC for 11 years before moving on to Tamaqua.

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‘take me down’ to see alabama

first Top 20 hit “My Home’s In Alabama.” While their music continues to stand the test of time, their numbers and stats are beyond compare. They have charted 43 No. 1 singles, including 21 in a row, a record that will likely never be surpassed in any genre. They have won more than 170 CMA, Grammy and ACM awards and counting. They’ve earned 21 gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and were named the RIAA’s Country Group of the Century. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They are also world-class philanthropists who have raised more than $250 million for charity. Alabama is the band that changed everything. They brought country music to the mainstream and from side stage to the main stage. Alabama introduced rock style guitars, lights, pyrotechnics and sounds to the country audience. Bands benefitting from that breakthrough include Zac Brown Band, Florida Georgia Line and Eli Young Band. They have also inspired many of today’s finally get breakthrough brightest country stars including Kenny Finally, word of mouth earned the ma- Chesney, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, jor label deal they’d been dreaming of. In as well as pop and rock stars from Ed 1980 the band broke through with their Sheeran to Jon Bon Jovi. BLOOMSBURG — Country music supergroup Alabama will be rolling into the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds for a performance at the Toyota Grandstand on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $58 for the track and $53 for the grandstand. It’s the kind of story you read about in books and watch on the big screen at the movies. For the band Alabama, it’s not just a story; it’s their life. It is a classic American tale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars who went on to sell 73 million albums while changing the face and sound of country music. It’s been more than 40 years since Randy, Jeff and Teddy left the cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama, to spend the summer playing in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, bar called The Bowery. Having grown up working in the fields, the cousins were no strangers to hard work. They didn’t flinch when it took six long years of working for tips and living hand-to-mouth playing in the bar.

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alaBama takes the stage at the Bloomsburg Fair during an appearance in 2000. The country music supergroup will be rolling into the fairgrounds again for a performance at the Toyota Grandstand on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $58 for the track and $53 for the grandstand.

Chicago wants to make fairgoers smile BLOOMSBURG — Chicago, the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades, will be coming to the Bloomsburg Fair for a show at the Toyota Grandstand on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. Track tickets cost $48; the grandstand is $43 each. Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns came in at No. 9 — the highest charting American band — in Billboard Magazine’s recent Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. Chicago was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 upon their first nomination. They’ve been eligible since 1994, so it was a long time coming. Chicago’s first album, “Chicago Transit Authority,” was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2014, and the band performed on the Grammy stage for the first time that year. Robert Lamm and James Pankow became the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame

at the organization’s 48th Annual Induction on June 15 in New York City. These legendary songwriters wrote mega-hits such as, “25 or 6 to 4,” “Saturday In The Park,” “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day,” “Make Me Smile,” and many others. More than 40 years after its debut, “Chicago II” still sounds like nothing else. Released in 1970, Chicago’s second album brims with confidence and inspiration as it draws on everything from orchestral music to heavy rock. It spawned a trio of Top Ten hits, and the timeless classic has been remastered to reveal unprecedented clarity and definition. For the first time, a new stereo remix, created by British musician and producer Steven Wilson from the 16-track multi-track tapes, made it possible to bring out elements that were muffled or submerged in the mix. The result is a new stereo version of “Chicago II” that boasts clearness, punch and definition that it didn’t have before. It has recently been released by Rhino Records on CD and vinyl.

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ChiCago will Be Coming to the Bloomsburg Fair for a show at the Toyota Grandstand on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. Track tickets cost $48; the grandstand is $43 each.

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Tuesday, 9/26 - 8 pm Martina McBride with Jo Dee Messina Track - $48 • Grandstand - $43 Wednesday, 9/27 - 8 pm Chicago Track - $48 • Grandstand - $43 Thursday, 9/28 - 7:30 pm JM Productions Double Figure 8 Race w/ Rollover Grandstand - $18

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Friday, 9/29 - 7:30 pm Dustin Lynch with William Michael Morgan Track - $43 • Grandstand - $38 Saturday, 9/30 - Noon JM Productions Demo Derby Grandstand - $18 Saturday, 9/30 - 8 pm Alabama Track - $58 • Grandstand - $53

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Lynch’s show at fair morgan: ‘i met a girl’ to be ‘Hell of a night’ at the Bloomsburg Fair BLOOMSBURG — Rising country music star Dustin Lynch will be coming to the Bloomsburg Fair for a show at the Toyota Grandstand on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. William Michael Morgan will open the performance. Track tickets cost $43 each, and the grandstand is $38. The stats don’t lie. With three consecutive No. 1s, two Top 5 albums, platinumlevel sales and back-to-back summers on one of the biggest tours in country music, Lynch has been on a steady path toward superstardom. But now with the release of “Seein’ Red,” the Broken Bow recording artist is shifting into high gear. The first single from Lynch’s third album, “Seein’ Red” is a fist-pumping blast of intensity full of flirtatious heat and tangledup passion, and the next step in the Tennessee native’s evolution. He’s already been to the top of the charts with traditional country (“Cowboys and Angels”), partyrockers (“Where It’s At (Yep, Yep),” “Hell of a Night”) and simmering romance (“Mind Reader”), now he’s adding raw, animal attraction to the mix. “It has a really cool vibe,” Lynch said about the Mickey Jack Cones-produced track, co-written by Tully Kennedy, Kurt Allison, Steve Bogard and Jason Sever. “There’s no way around it, it’s a super sexy song, it’s uptempo and great for the live show, and those are rare.” Full of muscular guitars, pounding drums and desperate, breathless vocals, Lynch loses himself completely in lyrics about white-hot make-out sessions and irresistible red dresses. He says he knew the

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rising Country musiC star dustin lynch will be coming to the Bloomsburg Fair for a show at the Toyota Grandstand on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. william michael morgan will open the performance. Track tickets cost $43 each, and the grandstand is $38. song was something special from the moment he first heard it — and also that his career would never be the same. “It’s infectious,” Lynch admitted. “I didn’t listen to it once, I listened to it five times in a row.” “Seein’ Red” signals an exciting new chapter for the hit maker — one where unbridled fun and sizzling sex appeal are the name of the game. It’s the first glimpse of an artist ascending into the creative stratosphere, and a tantalizing preview of his “dangerous” third album.

BLOOMSBURG — Country music is at its best when youthful energy carries tradition forward. It’s what the likes of Dwight Yoakam, Ricky Skaggs and Garth Brooks brought to the format, and it’s what fans and critics alike are looking for in modern-day country. Look no further than William Michael Morgan, who will be opening the show for Dustin Lynch at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Toyota Grandstand on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Track tickets cost $43 each, and the grandstand is $38. That fresh-take-on-a-classic-sound approach was apparent when Morgan was a 14-year-old playing four sets a night of Merle Haggard, George Strait and Waylon Jennings in Mississippi honky-tonks that had “everything but the chicken wire,” and it’s apparent now in his debut album, “Vinyl.” Throughout its 11 songs, he brings a voice and manner older than his 23 years to bear on music written by him and many of today’s best tunesmiths. It’s a combination summed up in the album’s title track, a song about new love as vintage, as fresh and timeless as the vinyl that embodies a lifetime’s worth of classic records — and a substance enjoying a resurgence as young people everywhere savor its audio magic. “I am such a fan of the traditional approach,” he said, “but I want to make it as fresh as you can possibly make it. The song ‘Vinyl’ caught my attention the minute I heard it. I think that combination of old and new suits me to a ‘T’.” Nowhere is Morgan’s ability to bridge musical gaps more apparent than in the breakthrough hit that made his name,

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william miChael morgan will be opening the show for dustin lynch at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Toyota Grandstand on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Track tickets cost $43 each, and the grandstand is $38. quickly earning five million YouTube views and six million streams. The sweetly romantic “I Met a Girl” was written by three men who couldn’t be more cuttingedge — Trevor Rosen, Sam Hunt and Shane McAnally — and yet Morgan’s heartfelt vocals bring shades of the ‘80s and channel the romance of Conway Twitty and the honesty of Randy Travis.

Don’t make Anka ‘Lonely Boy,’ go to his show BLOOMSBURG — Legendary singer and songwriter Paul Anka will be performing at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Toyota Grandstand on Monday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Track tickets are $48, and those in the grandstand $43. Born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa into a tight-knit Canadian family, Anka didn’t waste much time getting his life in music started. He sang in the choir at church and studied piano. He honed his writing skills with journalism courses, even working for a spell at the Ottawa Citizen. Anka’s career took off in New York in 1957, when he scored a meeting with Don Costa, the A&R man for ABC-Paramount Records. He played him a batch of songs that included “Diana”; Costa was duly enthusiastic about the potential of the young singer and songwriter. The rapid and enormous success of “Diana”— his first No. 1 hit — made him a star. “They are all very autobiographical,” said Anka of his early hits. “I was alone,

traveling, girls screaming, and I never got near them. I’m a teenager and feeling isolated and all that. That becomes ‘Lonely Boy.’ At record hops, I’m up on stage and all these kids are holding each other with heads on each other’s shoulders. Then I have to go have dinner in my room because there are thousands of kids outside the hotel — ‘Put Your Head on My Shoulder’ was totally that experience.”

finds power in the pen By the time the Beatles arrived in the ‘60s, Anka had another tool in his survival kit. “After a few hits,” he says, “I knew I was a writer, and with writers, the power was always in the pen. When I started writing for Buddy Holly and Connie Francis, I felt that it made me different for people — they’d say, ‘Hey, you can write, you can fall back on something.” Among his proudest accomplishments

was writing the Academy Award-nominated theme for “The Longest Day,” the 1962 film in which he also starred. Becoming a junior associate of Sinatra and the Rat Pack also had its privileges. By the ‘70s, the success of “My Way” and a string of hits like “(You’re) Having My Baby” confirmed his status as an icon of popular music. His later achievements as a recording artist included “Hold Me ‘Til the Morning Comes,” a hit duet with Peter Cetera in 1983, the Spanish-language album Amigos in 1996, and Body of Work, a 1998 duets album that featured Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Patti LaBelle, Tom Jones and daughter Anthea Anka. If this wasn’t enough, it was revealed upon its release in 2009, that Anka co-wrote Michael Jackson’s posthumous No. 1 worldwide hit, “This Is It,” which has further cemented his place upon the most prolific and versatile songwriters of any generation.

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legendary singer and songwriter Paul anka will be performing at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Toyota Grandstand on Monday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Track tickets are $48, and those in the grandstand $43.

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kris hoyt’s suPer stoCk traCtor Case Pending pulls weight at the Toyota Grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds last year. Full Pull Productions Inc. will again present Heritage Rotors employees, from left, glenda Cahall, steve Cahall, Connie enlow, Sanctioned Tractor and Truck Pulling at the fair on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Tickets are doug steigerwalt and andrew robinson stand by the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard collection basket in the parking lot by the helicopter ride at the 2015 Bloomsburg Fair. Heritage $23 for the grandstand and $18 for the bleachers. Rotors will again be offering rides just outside of Gate 5 this year. Times are Sept. 22, 1-9 p.m., and Sept. 23-30, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. The firm operates modern, safe, comfortable Enstrom helicopters with a seating configuration that provides all passengers with a front, window seat. Their pilots and mechanics are FAA-certified professionals.

tractor and truck fans can’t ‘weight’ for pull on sept. 23 BLOOMSBURG — The largest sanctioned tractor and truck pull in Northeast Pennsylvania will roll into the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds on the opening Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $23 for the grandstand and $18 for the bleachers. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to Sunday, Sept. 24, at noon. This pull has it all and certainly something for everyone. USA-EAST sled pulling, a subdivision of full pull productions from Jamestown, Pa., produces this huge motor sport extravaganza. But while tractors are a large part of this super event that is jammed with family-friendly entertainment, there is far more to see. But for many, the tractors are the key. These are tractors that originally were used on the farm. When they came from the factory, they might have had 135 horsepower. But now these multi-turbo charged machines will put out 1,200 to 1,500 horsepower, using diesel and alcohol as

fuel. This is not your grandfather’s tractor! And then there are the super modified four-wheel drive trucks. Huge mountain motors — up to 738 cubic inches — are accepted in this class. And super chargers (blowers) are permitted. Nitrous oxide from drag racing applications is also “good to go.” But these big alcohol engines are challenged very nicely by turbo-charged diesel engines with the ultimate in low-end torque. And after all of the smoke from the tractors and all of noise from the fourwheel drive trucks come the awesome big rig semi trucks with incredible power and size. Macks, Peterbilts, Kenworths and Internationals all come to play in this all-out skills game with upwards of 4,000 horsepower under the hood. This three-division pulling event will amaze with the super power that will be on display. Fans should secure their tickets early, as this event has been sold out in many of the previous years.

stem competition scheduled tuesday BLOOMSBURG — On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Bloomsburg Fair will host a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competition between eight area schools. Organized by Martz Technologies

of Berwick, the event will be held in the Martz Technology Center/Farm Museum. The winner will be announced at the Free Bandshell at 6:45 that night and get $10,000 for their school.

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Demo Derby Drivers Do bang-Up Job at Fair

Drivers in the first heat of the 2016 Championship Demolition Derby collide in front of the Toyota Grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fair. This year, the event is set for noon on Saturday, Sept. 30. Tickets are $18. Always a crowd pleaser, the derby has been a featured event more than 1,000 times throughout JM Productions’ 40-year history. They have a reputation for putting on a fair, safe, quality show.

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messina: Come see ‘me’ at Bloom Fair BLOOMSBURG — Jo Dee Messina is a seasoned veteran in the music industry, always evolving and reintroducing herself and her sound as she gains new experiences in life. Now, the country music star will be opening the show for Martina McBride on the Toyota Grandstand the Bloomsburg Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $48 for the track and $43 for the grandstand. Jump-starting her career, Messina’s breakout song, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” made her a household name. Following the success of her debut, she posted nine No. 1 hits and 16 Top 40 songs, sold more than five million albums worldwide and was honored by the ACM, CMA, and Grammy awards. As her résumé grew, Messina proved to be a trendsetter and historymaker, becoming the first female in country music history to celebrate three consecutive multi-week, chart-topping songs. Messina later parted ways with her long-time record label and embraced the strong, empowered female persona for which she became known. Taking matters into her own hands, she created Dreambound Records, called on her fans to become her dedicated team and released her most personal album to date, “Me.” Aside from her studio successes, Messina has also created a reputation for herself as one of the most passionate, high-energy performers in the business. Sharing her hit tunes; newly penned, emotionally-driven songs; and personal testimony, she has been traveling the country for many years, receiving rave reviews for her authenticity, commitment and openness on stage. Hoping to inspire and enlighten fans from all walks of life with every step she takes, Messina has made it her mission to present herself and her story with honesty, allowing people to see behind the masquerade. With a decorated past in the rearview mirror and endless dreams and an open

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the rhinestone roPer show is a death-defying interactive Wild West traveling show scheduled at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Millennium Park daily, Sept. 23-30, at noon, 2 and 5 p.m.

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Country singer Jo dee messina belts out a song at the Bloomsburg Fair during an appearance in 2001. She will be opening the show for martina mcBride on the Toyota Grandstand on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $48 for the track and $43 for the grandstand. road of possibility before her, this relatable woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, speaker, author and incredibly gifted singer-songwriter has only just begun. Fueled by faith, belief, and love, Messina pours her heart and soul into everybody she meets and everything she touches, which is perhaps why she is such a timeless name in the music industry.

rhinestone roper show will offer Wild West fun BLOOMSBURG — The Rhinestone Roper Show is a death-defying interactive Wild West traveling show scheduled at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Millennium Park daily, Sept. 23-30, at noon, 2 and 5 p.m. It has been entertaining and thrilling audiences coast-to-coast, border-to-border for more than 18 years. The show has it all — intricate trick roping, precision knife throwing and bullwhip cracking, fancy gun spinning and fast-draw shooting. Featured in the show are stunts by amazing trick horses Gypsy Rio and Jesse James. You may have seen them make the quarter finals on the TV show “America’s Got Talent.” Champion showman Dan Mink, The Rhinestone Roper — a true master in “the

tools of the cowboy” — has revised the old-fashioned Wild West show, delighting and educating family audiences about a bygone era. His world-class skills, signature cowboy humor and knowledge of old west lore are woven into a 45-minute show full of music, laughs and audience participation. Mink, a former chief deputy prosecutor, hails from Jerome, Idaho. Mink is pleased to introduce wife Yvonne and daughter Emilee. Yvonne descends from the Mescaloro Apache Nation of New Mexico. She not only performs with ropes, whips and knives but also shoots aerial targets with a pistol while spinning on the Wheel of Death. Emilee, 14, surprises audiences as well with her trick roping and knife throwing.

‘this is not a test,’ tobymac is coming to Bloomsburg Fair BLOOMSBURG — With more than 11 million units in career sales and six Grammy awards, Christian music artist TobyMac will be performing at the Toyota Grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fair on Sunday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m. Standing only tickets for the track are $33, and seats in the grandstand are $28 each. He shows no signs of slowing down on his most recent release as he delivers a deeply personal record that celebrates the richness that comes from collaboration, diversity and vulnerability. Drawing directly from his faith

in God and personal experience, “This Is Not A Test” is an essential reminder that we only have one shot at life. “What hits me now more than ever is that you really don’t get a practice run at life,” explained Toby. “This is it. In my friendships, raising my children, loving my wife, loving people, performing with my band and stepping on stage at arenas, I want to make every moment count.” For Toby, making every moment count is about more than just saying it out loud. Whether he’s at home with his wife and five children, mentoring

new artists, recording in the studio or on the road with his band Diverse City, Toby’s heart for collaboration is rooted in his belief that no matter where we’ve come from, we are better together then we are alone. The power of collaboration and power of diversity is poured out in every facet of this 13-track record produced by Toby, David Garcia, Chris Stevens and Brian Fowler. The perfect blend of rock, pop, hip-hop and soul, “This Is Not A Test,” is the follow-up to his No. 1 Billboard debut “Eye On It.”

Grammy-award winning Christian music artist tobymac will be performing at the Toyota Grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fair on Sunday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m. Standing only tickets for the track are $33, and seats in the grandstand are $28 each. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise

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step back into 19th century at Barton house BLOOMSBURG — The oldest building on the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds is the Barton House, near the children’s rides. Built in 1855, it has been restored and is open to the public, free of charge, everyday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Come and see where one of the original Bloomsburg Fair organizers, Caleb Barton, lived. Every day there will be guides in the garden to discuss the plants and answer any questions. They have various seeds they will give away. In addition, the following special events are scheduled there:

Saturday, Sept. 23 • A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn. • A dulcimer musician will be strolling the grounds.

ing the grounds. • 11 a.m. — making horseradish on the back porch

tuesday, Sept. 26 • A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn. • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — children from the Southern Columbia School District Enrichment Program will be portraying the Barton family children. • 11 a.m. — butter making in a glass butter churn. All are welcome to help.

Wednesday, Sept. 27 • A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn.

thursday, Sept. 28 • A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn.

Sunday, Sept. 24

friday, Sept. 29

• A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn. • 1 p.m. — old fashioned sauerkraut making on the back porch

• A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn. • A dulcimer musician will be strolling the grounds. • 11 a.m. — soap making

monday, Sept. 25 • A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn. • A dulcimer musician will be stroll-

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• A Civil War physician will be set up on the lawn.

southern ColumBia enriChment students play 19th century games on the lawn outside the Barton House at the Bloomsburg Fair last year.

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Press Enterprise n Friday, September 22, 2017

new in livestock area: penny press, cheese By JeFF B. giger

Bloomsburg Fair Superintendent of Livestock

he Livestock Department near gate 5 on Avenue F is ready to welcome you to the 162nd edition of the Bloomsburg Fair, with more than 1,400 animals. We are excited to continue sharing with you daily mutton busting (kids riding sheep, like featured at rodeos) in our Sunset Ice Cream Livestock Outdoor Ring. Daily mutton busting sign-ups for the children will take place at the outdoor ring. We have numerous educating and entertaining demonstrations for you in this ring by 4-H kids and their animals; pigs and people program; miniature horses; team of oxen; and Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, among other invited guests. You will not want to miss our 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team perform daily in the large livestock arena, sponsored by Vance’s Apple Dumplings on Avenue E. We are able to share with you again this year a six-horse

gentle giants weigh close to a ton each and will be on exhibit daily. Penn Cheese, our fair sponsor, made cheese from our milk collected in our milking parlor from last year’s fair. We are educating about milk products and giving the opportunity to purchase cheese made from our fair’s milk in front of the dairy cattle barn, near the kids corn box. Blocks weighing approximately a half-pound in three varieties of Swiss cheese will be sold for $5 each or $20 for five. Also new this year will be a souvenir penny press in front of the Press Enterprise/Jimmy May cattle barn. Four different designs kael kriner of Bloomsburg, 7, will be available for 50 cents each, heads to the ground after clearing plus your own penny, of course. Don’t miss our designated kids the gate on his sheep during the kids area where Farmer Bloom, our mutton busting at the Sunset Ice fair’s mascot, will be stationed, Cream Livestock Outdoor Ring next among other fun things for kids to the swine barns at the Blooms- to do and learn about livestock burg Fair last year. Mutton busting and agriculture. In this kids area, we will have a homemade for children under 50 pounds will be cow with imitation components back again daily this year. for the kids to milk, a scavenger hunt and pedal tractor course. Percheron Cinderella Hitch from The ever-popular corn box is in BeeTree Trail Farms. These great shape and ready for the

BLOOMSBURG — Here is the livestock department schedule for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair. All events are subject to change. ture horses; Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, Outdoor Ring today • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People pro• 6 p.m.: Team oxen; miniature gram by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor horses; Gypsy Vanner and Frie- Ring sian horses, Outdoor Ring • Noon: mutton busting, open • 8-9 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Drill Team, Large Arena Ring • 1 p.m.: Knelly’s Sheep Agility, Sept. 23-30 Outdoor Ring • Percherons six-horse hitch • 1-3:30 p.m., fleece to shawl owned by Dave and Susie Rohr- competition, Small Arena bach, BeeTree Trails, Shartles• 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine ville Association Horse Presentation, • Team of Percherons, owned Outdoor Ring by Jesse Fisk, Bloomsburg • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People pro• Gypsy Vanner horse and gram by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Friesian horse, owned by Heath- Ring er Mason, Berwick • 3:30-4:15 p.m.: shawl judging, • Team of Oxen, owned by Small Arena Ralph and Judy Hartzell, East • 4 p.m.: Hitch Percherons and Nassau, New York Friesian horse (after 4-H horse • Miniature horses, owned by show), Large Arena Donna Julius, Bloomsburg • 4 p.m.: CART (County Animal • Livestock Kids Area: pedal Response Team), Outdoor Ring tractors, corn box, Farmer Bloom • 4:15 p.m.: shawl auction, mascot, mutton busting and 4-H Small Arena demos in Sunset Ice Cream Out• 5 p.m.: mutton busting, open door Ring, scavenger hunt and for livestock volunteers, Outdoor milking an imitation cow Ring • 6 p.m.: 4-H Horse PresentaSaturday, Sept. 23 tion, Outdoor Ring • 9 a.m.: 4-H Vocational Horse • 7 p.m.: miniature horses, Show, Large Arena team oxen, Gypsy Vanner horse, • 10 a.m.: Team oxen; minia- Outdoor Ring

BLoomSBUrG faIr LIVEStoCK SCHEDULE Sept. 24-30 • Cinderella Carriage Rides with the Percheron horse hitch, Sept. 24-29, 4-8 p.m., and Sept. 30, noon-4 p.m.; cost is $5 per person, lap children under 5 free (must sit on lap of an adult), private couple ride $20; back side of race track

Sunday, Sept. 24 • 10 a.m.: team oxen, miniature horses, Gypsy Vanner horse, Outdoor Ring • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • Noon: mutton busting and Knelly’s Sheep Agility, Outdoor Ring • 1 p.m.: Hitch Percherons and Friesian horse, antique tractor parade at grandstand • 1 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine Association Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 4 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team, Large Arena • 4 p.m.: Logan Bellum, pigs and livestock, Outdoor Ring • 5 p.m.: mutton busting, open

hundreds of kids who play in it daily. There will be plenty to see and do, while learning about raising animals and farming. We have very competitive livestock shows throughout fair week for dairy cattle, sheep, dairy goats, market goats, swine and breeding beef. The 4-H kids get to show off their dairy cattle, market lambs, steers, goats and swine during the 4-H shows. There will be a sale of the 4-H market animals in the small arena on Friday night (Sept. 29) at 6. This sale gives 4-H members a chance to make money for college or start a business. 4-H club members will be offering to have your picture taken with a calf, lamb, donkey, horse or goat. Agility Dogs will perform on Monday at noon, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at noon and Thursday at 5 p.m. We are very excited about our very successful horse pulling contest and have received more sponsorships to be put towards the premiums. Also a fan favorite is the mini-horse pull which will be held Saturday morning (Sept.

30) at 9:30. The pony pulling that afternoon is always a well attended event. Both are in the Large Arena. The 31st anniversary hoe-down will be held in the Large Arena on Wednesday evening at 7. The following companies are proud to be sponsors of this event held for exhibitors and their families: Hatfield Quality Meats, Sunset Ice Cream, Stroehmann & Maier’s Bakeries Inc., Middleswarth Potato Chips, Giant Food Stores Inc., Catawissa Bottling Co., Dairy Farmers of America, R.U. Troutman & Son (distributors of Middleswarth Potato Chips) and the Bloomsburg Fair. We are glad that Yoder Way Builders has sponsored a red and white domed pole barn for the livestock area. You can see this great arched barn from Route 11. Cinderella Carriage Rides will be available this year with the Percheron horse hitch see the schedule for more details. See the full livestock schedule for all livestock events or check out www.bloomsburgfair.com under Exhibits/Livestock.

for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 5:30 p.m.: Team oxen; miniature horses; Gypsy Vanner and Friesian Horses; team Percherons , Large Arena • 6 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 7 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring

• 3:30 p.m.: Judging Dairy Beef, Large Arena • 4 p.m.: Knelly’s Sheep Agility, Outdoor Ring • 5 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 6 p.m.: Team oxen; miniature horses; Gypsy Vanner horse, Large Arena • 6 p.m.: mutton busting, open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 6:30 p.m.: Percherons and Friesian horse, Large Arena • 7 p.m.: 4-H Poster Contest, in front of Large Arena • 7 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 7-8 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team, Large Arena

monday, Sept. 25 • 8 a.m.: Judging 4-H Swine, Small Arena • 9 a.m.: FFA Skil-A-Thon Judging Team, Large Arena • 10 a.m.: team oxen; miniature horses; Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, Outdoor Ring • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • Noon: Agility Dogs, Outdoor Ring • 1 p.m.: Judging 4-H Breeding Beef, Large Arena • 1 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 2-4 p.m.: Judging 4-H Rabbits, Small Arena • 2 p.m.: Judging 4-H Beef, Large Arena • 2 p.m.: mutton busting and Pennsylvania Equine Association Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring

tuesday, Sept. 26 • 8 a.m.: Judging 4-H Market Lambs, Small Arena • 9 a.m.: Judging Color Breed Cattle, Large Arena • 10 a.m.: team oxen; miniature horses; Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, Outdoor Ring • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • Noon: Judging 4-H Sheep, Small Arena • Noon: mutton busting and Logan Bellum, pigs and livestock, Outdoor Ring

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Livestock Continued from page 14

• 1 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 2 p.m.: Judging 4-H Market Goats, Small Arena • 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine Association Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 4 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 4:30 p.m.: Judging 4-H Breeding Market Goats, Small Arena • 5 p.m.: Team oxen, miniature horses, Gypsy Vanner horse, Large Arena • 5 p.m.: mutton busting, open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 5:30 p.m.: Hitch team Percherons and Press Enterprise/Bill Hughes Friesian horse, Large Arena susie staCkhouse drives her team of horses in the lightweight horse pulling competi• 6 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team, tion in the Large Arena at the Bloomsburg Fair last year. This year, horse pulling is scheduled Large Arena • 6 p.m.: Knelly’s Sheep Agility, Outdoor in the arena on Friday, Sept. 29, with lightweight at 10 a.m. and heavyweight at 1 p.m. Ring Tickets are $5 and good for both shows. • 7 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring• 7:30 p.m.: Agility Dogs, exhibitors only), Large Arena • 5-6 p.m.: Agility Dogs, Large Arena Large Arena • 6 p.m.: mutton busting, Outdoor Ring thursday, Sept. 28 • 6-7 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Wednesday, Sept. 27 • 9 a.m.: Judging 4-H Dairy Cattle, Large Team, Large Arena • 9 a.m.: Judging Holstein and Red and Arena • 7 p.m.: miniature horses and Gypsy White Cattle, Large Arena • 9 a.m.: Judging Open Sheep, Small Vanner horse, Outdoor Ring • 9 a.m.: Judging Dairy Goats, Small Arena • 7-7:30 p.m.: Hitch Percherons, Friesian Arena • After 4-H Dairy Show: Judging Su- horse, team oxen, Large Arena • 10 a.m.: Team oxen; miniature horses; preme Champ Dairy Cow from Open • 7:30 p.m.: Livestock Fun Night, Large Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, Out- Show, Large Arena Arena door Ring • 10 a.m.: Gypsy Vanner and Friesian • 8:30 p.m.: Cow Chip Bingo, Large Arena • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by horses; miniature horses; team oxen, Outfriday, Sept. 29 Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring door Ring • Noon: Agility Dogs, Outdoor Ring • 9:30 a.m.: Percherons and Friesian • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by • 1 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Out- Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring Horse, Large Arena, ($5, includes all horse door Ring • Noon: CART (County Animal Re- shows) • 2 p.m.: mutton busting and Pennsyl- sponse Team), Outdoor Ring • 9:30 a.m.: Gypsy Vanner horse, team vania Equine Association Horse Presenta• 1 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Out- oxen, miniature horses, Large Arena tion, Outdoor Ring • 10 a.m.: Lightweight Horse Pulling door Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by • 2 p.m.: Judging Breeding Market with music by Dan and Galla, Large Arena Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 10 a.m.: FFA Livestock/Ag EducationGoats, Small Arena • 4 p.m.: mutton busting, open for live• 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine Associa- al Presentations, Outdoor Ring stock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 11 a.m.: Pigs and People program by tion Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 5 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Out• 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring door Ring • Noon: Gypsy Vanner and Friesian Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 6 p.m.: Team oxen; miniature horses; • 4 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, horses; miniature horses; team oxen, OutGypsy Vanner and Friesian horses, Out- Outdoor Ring door Ring door Ring • 1 p.m.: Heavyweight Horse Pulling • 5 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Out• 7 p.m.: Livestock Banquet (livestock door Ring with music by Dan and Galla, Large Arena

Midlife Cowboys will saddle up for bandshell shows on Sept. 23 The Midlife Cowboys perform cowboy classics with a toe-tappin’ bluesy flair, delivered with a wisp of humor and sprinkled with rare but perfected executed mistakes. They are scheduled to play at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 1 and 5 p.m. They are a posse of six professional musicians whose home on the range is the Susquehanna Valley. Saddle up for a stampede of entertainment as these lively crowd pleasin’ buckaroos revive the cowboy classics not heard by folks since the wild buffalo roamed. Git on yer pony and gallop with the cowboys down the trail of yesteryear to the days of such artists as roy rogers, Patsy montana, gene autry, Bob wills and The Sons of the Pioneers. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise

• 1 p.m.: mutton busting and 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine Association Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 4 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 4-5 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team, Large Arena • 5 p.m.: mutton busting, open for volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 6 p.m.: 4-H and FFA Livestock Sale, Small Arena • 6 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 7 p.m.: Hitch Percherons; Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses; team oxen,; miniature horses, Large Arena • 7 p.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring

Saturday, Sept. 30 • 9:15 a.m.: Hitch Percherons and Friesian horse, Large Arena • 9:15 a.m.: Gypsy Vanner horse, team oxen, miniature horses, Large Arena • 9:30 a.m.: Mini Horse Pulling with music by Dan and Galla, Large Arena • 10 a.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 11 a.m.: open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • Noon: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 1 p.m.: Light and Heavyweight Pony Pulling with music by Dan and Galla, Large Arena • 1 p.m.: 4-H and FFA Supreme Showman Contest, Small Arena • 1 p.m.: mutton busting and 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 2 p.m.: Pennsylvania Equine Association Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 3 p.m.: Pigs and People program by Paul Yoachim, Outdoor Ring • 4 p.m.: mutton busting, open for livestock volunteers, Outdoor Ring • 4:30-5:30 p.m.: 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team, Large Arena • 5 p.m.: 4-H Rabbit Jumping Demonstration, Outdoor Ring • 6 p.m.: 4-H Horse Presentation, Outdoor Ring • 7 p.m.: Gypsy Vanner and Friesian horses; miniature horses; team oxen, Outdoor Ring

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get a charge out of PPl electric utilities demos BLOOMSBURG — Looking for something new at the Bloomsburg Fair that will provide some spark and sizzle? PPL Electric Utilities will provide both — along with some must-see lessons in electrical safety — when it debuts its Live Line Electrical Safety Exhibit at the 2017 fair. The exhibit will give tens of thousands of visitors a rare, first-hand look at the sparks, flames and crackle created by electrical contact and lessons on staying safe around overhead and underground power lines. The exhibit will be on display all week long off 11th Street near the Sky Ride. Daily demonstrations will be conducted to educate the public about important steps they can take to stay safe around overhead and underground power lines. The exhibit’s stop at the fair is part of a 60-show tour across the PPL service territory in 2017. “The Bloomsburg Fair offers us a great opportunity to share important safety messages with tens of thousands of people,” said Mark Santayana, who coordinates public safety outreach for PPL Electric Utilities. “Our hope is to reach as many people as we can. We want those who see our program to share the safety message with their friends and family.” The exhibit replicates the conditions of a 7,200-volt electrical distribution grid. The demonstrations are done by trained PPL workers wearing protective equipment. They show the sounds, sparks and impacts that occur when items such as Mylar balloons, gloves, ladders and shovels make contact with overhead and underground power lines. The workers also show what happens when tree branches and animals contact wires. And they provide a reminder about the importance of dialing 811 before dig-

BLOOMSBURG — Here is the list of the new vendors for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair. The location on the grounds is included. • Abiya’s Art — jewelry, T-shirts, painting, greeting cards; Eighth Street 17 • Bows by Lisa Luann — EZ Buns, Flexi-8 clips; Freedom Hall 52 • The Bull Guys LLC — mechanical bull ride, T-shirts; North Extension Machinery Row 31 • Burst Landscape Supplies — poly outdoor lawn furniture, poly lawn accents, bird feeders and houses; 12th Street N 38 • Chocolate Moonshine Company — 20 different kinds of fudge; North Extension Machinery Row 10 • Danielle Candles — fake baked candles (pies, breads, cobblers, cupcakes); D Avenue W 13 • Delicious Horse Treats — 40 different flavors of all natural horse treats; Fifth Street 5 • Destination Unknown — virtual reality experience; North Extension 11th Street 109 • Dubelicious Grille — poutine, black

rained PPL workers show what happens when a work glove, above, makes contact with power lines as part of the PPL Electric Utilities Live Line Electrical Safety Exhibit. PPL workers use a hot dog, at lower right, to illustrate what could happen when a person’s finger makes contact with power lines as part of the PPL Electric Utilities Live Line Electrical Safety Exhibit. Daily demonstrations will be conducted at the Bloomsburg Fair to educate the public about important steps they can take to stay safe around over- the PPl eleCtriC utilities Live Line Electrical Safety Exhibit replicates the conditions of a 7,200-volt electrical distribution grid. It will be at the Bloomsburg Fair all week off 11th head and underground power lines. Street near the Sky Ride. Photos sPeCial to Press enterPrise

ging to avoid contact with underground power lines and other utilities. The safety exhibit was designed and built by PPL employees and has been used for electrical safety demonstrations since 2016. It’s part of PPL’s commitment to keeping people safe and spreading its public safety message. The company also takes its safety message to schools with theatrical performances about electrical safety. It plans to deliver that message to 100,000 students over five years. For additional safety information and tips, visit www.pplelectric.com/safety.

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BLOOMSBURG — Here is the schedule of events for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair. Dates and times are subject to change. Schedules for the Barton House and Livestock Department are listed separately. Unless otherwise noted, the events are free with fair admission.

SCHEDULE of EVEntS

Farmer Bloom, outside Large Arena • 7 p.m.: Sanctioned Tractor and Truck Pulling, $23 grandstand, $18 bleachers • 7 p.m.: Chris Ruble Band, Free Bandshell today • 7:30 p.m.: Dan and Galla, • 3 p.m.: harness racing, Dan and Christmas Tree Cafe (between Galla between races, grandstand Horticulture and Agriculture • 6:30 p.m., Vespers Service pre- buildings) lude (service at 7), Free Bandshell • 8 p.m.: Tom Davis, Free Bandshell

Sept. 22-30

Sunday, Sept. 24 • Heritage Rotors helicopter rides: Sept. 22, 1-9 p.m., Sept. 23-30, • Deena Lesher, ceramics, Arts 9 a.m.-9 p.m., outside Gate 5, $15 and Crafts Building • 10 a.m.: Shiloh Bible Church Sept. 23-30 Service, Free Bandshell • Brass Effect: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., • 1 p.m.: Blue Silk and Satin strolling grounds Jazz Band, Free Bandshell • Brunon Blaszak’s Tigers: • 2 p.m.: Dan and Galla with shows at 1, 4 and 7 p.m., near Kid- Farmer Bloom, outside Large die Rides Arena • Circus Incredible: shows at 1, • 3 p.m.: Sapphire, Free Band4 and 7 p.m., Millennium Park shell • Granpa Cratchet: strolling • 5 p.m.: Blue Silk and Satin grounds with shows at 11 a.m., 2 Jazz Band, Free Bandshell p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. • 5 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christ• PPL Live Line Electrical Safe- mas Tree Cafe ty Exhibit: daily demonstrations, • 7 p.m.: Raven Creek, Free off 11th Street near the Sky Ride Bandshell • Rhinestone Roper: shows at • 7 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christnoon, 2 and 5 p.m., Millennium mas Tree Cafe Park • 7:30 p.m.: TobyMac, Main Stage, $33 track, $28 grandstand Saturday, Sept. 23 • 8:30 p.m.: Sapphire, Free • Deena Lesher, ceramics, Arts Bandshell and Crafts Building monday, Sept. 25 • 10 a.m.: harness racing, Dan and Galla between races, grand• Local authors, Arts and stand Crafts Building • 1 p.m.: Midlife Cowboys, Free • 8 a.m.: Poultry Judging, RabBandshell bit and Poultry Exhibit Building • 1:30 p.m.: pumpkin decorat• 9 a.m.: Open Rabbit Judging, ing contest with music by Dan Rabbit and Poultry Building and Galla, Martz Technology • 9 a.m.: horticulture contest Center/Farm Museum and identification, Education • 3 p.m.: Tom Davis, Free Band- Building shell • 10 a.m.: North Schuylkill High • 5 p.m.: Midlife Cowboys, Free School Band, Free Bandshell Bandshell • 10:30 a.m.: Wyoming Valley • 5 p.m.: Dan and Galla with West High School Band, Free

Bandshell • 11 a.m.: Mid-Valley Spartan Steel Band and Marching Band, Free Bandshell • 11 a.m.: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 1 p.m.: Make Mine Country, Free Bandshell • 1 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 1 p.m.: FFA presentations, Education Building • 3 p.m.: Doubleshot Polka Band, Free Bandshell • 4 p.m.: Dan and Galla with Farmer Bloom, outside Large Arena • 5 p.m.: Make Mine Country, Free Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Paul Anka, Main Stage, $48 track, $43 grandstand • 7 p.m.: Banjo Contest, Free Bandshell • 8:30 p.m.: Doubleshot Polka Band, Free Bandshell

tuesday, Sept. 26 • Local authors, Arts and Crafts Building • STEM competition, Martz Technology Center/Farm Museum; winner announced at Free Bandshell, 6:45 p.m. • 9 a.m.: Family and Consumer Science (FCS) judging and identification contests and presentations, Education Building • 10 a.m.: Mount Carmel High School Band, Free Bandshell • 10:30 a.m.: Millville High School Band, Free Bandshell • 11 a.m.: Hazleton High School Band, Free Bandshell • 1 p.m.: Make Mine Country, Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Mahoney Brothers, Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 5 p.m.: Make Mine Country, Free Bandshell • 5 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 5 p.m.: Cupcake Wars judging, Education Building • 7 p.m.: Fiddle Contest, Free

Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Dan and Galla with Farmer Bloom, outside Large Arena • 5 p.m.: Re-Creation, Free Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Frank Wicher Band, Free Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Dan and Galla, ChristWednesday, Sept. 27 mas Tree Cafe • David Fry, Shamokin, Work• 7:30 p.m.: Figure 8 Race with ing with Watercolors, Arts and Rollover, $18 grandstand Crafts Building • 8:30 p.m.: Rick K. and the All• 10 a.m.: high school band, nighters, Free Bandshell TBA, Free Bandshell friday, Sept. 29 • 10:30 a.m.: Southern Columbia • 10 a.m.: Nativity BVM High High School Band, Free Bandshell • 11 a.m.: Hanover High School School Band, Free Bandshell • 10:30 a.m.: high school band, Band, Free Bandshell • Noon: Dan and Galla, Christ- TBA, Free Bandshell • 11 a.m.: high school band, mas Tree Cafe • 1 p.m.: hypnotist Michael TBA, Free Bandshell • 1 p.m.: Re-Creation, Free Blaine, Free Bandshell • 1 p.m.: 4-H presentations, Ed- Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Pat Garrett Band, Free ucation Building • 3 p.m.: Mahoney Brothers, Bandshell • 5 p.m.: Re-Creation, Free Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Dan and Galla with Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Raven Creek, Free Farmer Bloom, outside Large Bandshell Arena • 7 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christ• 5 p.m.: hypnotist Michael mas Tree Cafe Blaine, Free Bandshell • 7:30 p.m.: Dustin Lynch with • 7 p.m.: Barbershop Quartet William Michael Morgan, Main Contest, Free Bandshell • 8 p.m.: Chicago, Main Stage, Stage, $43 track, $38 grandstand • 8:30 p.m.: Pat Garrett Band, $48 track, $43 grandstand • 8:30 p.m.: Mahoney Brothers, Free Bandshell Free Bandshell

Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 8 p.m.: Martina McBride with Jo Dee Messina, Main Stage, $48 track, $43 grandstand • 8:30 p.m.: Mahoney Brothers, Free Bandshell

thursday, Sept. 28 • David Fry, Shamokin, Working with Watercolors, Arts and Crafts Building • 9:30 a.m.: Montgomery High School Band, Free Bandshell • 10 a.m.: Jersey Shore High School Band, Free Bandshell • 10:30 a.m.: Line Mountain High School Band, Free Bandshell • 11 a.m.: South Williamsport High School Band, Free Bandshell • Noon: Dan and Galla, Christmas Tree Cafe • 1 p.m.: Rick K. and the Allnighters, Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: Frank Wicher Band,

Saturday, Sept. 30

• Noon: Championship Demolition Derby, $18 grandstand • 1 p.m.: Kenzie McCarter, Free Bandshell • 3 p.m.: First Columbia Teen Stars, Free Bandshell • 5 p.m.: Re-Creation, Free Bandshell • 7 p.m.: Kenzie McCarter, Free Bandshell • 8 p.m.: Alabama, Main Stage, $58 track, $53 grandstand • 8 p.m.: auction of plants, autographed pictures of fair entertainers and more, Christmas Tree Cafe • 8:30 p.m.: Re-Creation, Free Bandshell

it would be ‘reckless’ to miss martina mcBride BLOOMSBURG — Multiple Grammy nominee Martina McBride will be performing at the Toyota Grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. Jo Dee Messina is the opening act. Ticket prices are $48 for the track and $43 for the grandstand. She has sold more than 18 million albums to date, which includes 20 Top 10 singles and six No. 1 hits. In February 2016 she released “Reckless,” the title track and first single from her new album. McBride has earned more than 15 major music awards — including four wins

for Female Vocalist of the Year from the Country Music Association and three from the Academy of Country Music for Top Female Vocalist. She has been awarded 14 gold records, nine platinum honors, three double platinum records and two triple platinum awards. She was also given the Covenant House Beacon of Hope Award and Music Business Association’s prestigious 2015 Harry Chap-

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Back from europe, rick K. coming to fair sept. 28 BLOOMSBURG — Fan favorites Rick K. & The Allnighters will be back by popular demand at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Thursday, Sept. 28, with performances scheduled at 1 and 8:30 p.m. The internationally-acclaimed band brings its “Rock ‘n’ Roll Road Trip” to the fair following performances in Vienna, Austria, in June. Having appeared at Penn’s Peak, Knoebels Amusement Resort, and dozens of Pennsylvania fairs, festivals and casinos, Rick K. & The Allnighters have developed a large local following. The show is a high energy rock ‘n’ roll revue of classic hit songs from the 1950s through today. The entertaining act features the cool and composed lead vocals of Rick K., continually at odds with the hyperactive, percussive theatrics of The Mad Drummer, Steve Moore. The unique duo creates a hilarious chemical reaction whenever on stage together. Backed by a talented, all-star filled band, The Allnighters consist of bassist Paul Doege, guitarist Jimmy Hindman and the Sometimers Horn Section. The group obtained worldwide notoriety with the viral video, “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig,” based on the hit ZZ Top song, “Sharp Dressed Man.”

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riCk k. and the allnighters perform to an overflow crowd at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell in 2014. They will be back this year with shows scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 1 and 8:30 p.m. The video has been viewed more than 50 million times on YouTube and propelled the group to hundreds of performances across the U.S., Russia, Germany and Belgium. Portions of the video

can also be seen on a nationallyrunning commercial for the pain reliever Advil. Other highlights have included performances at the NBA Finals, NFL games, NASCAR tracks and several gov-

ernors’ inaugurations. The band has CDs featuring its own re-creation of classic pop hits. These and other souvenirs will be available at the concert. Stop by the fair for a great day

of family fun and entertainment with a Pennsylvania favorite. The remaining 2017 tour schedule, videos and further information can be found at www. rickk.org.

Brunon Blaszak’s tigers are the cat’s meow at fair BLOOMSBURG — Brunon Blaszak’s Tigers will be offering shows on the west end of the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds near the Kiddie Rides daily, Sept. 23-30, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The world would not be the same if we let the magnificent tiger go extinct. Tigers once occupied most of Asia, south into India, China Sumatra, Java and Bali. Some subspecies of tigers are completely extinct. The tigers that remain are threatened with extinction throughout their range. Man is the reason they are endangered. Man has hunted the tiger relentlessly for his beautiful skin and in defense of his livestock. The greatest threat to tigers today is loss of habitat. The tiger is protected as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a treaty signed by the United States, Canada and more than 100 other countries. You can help by supporting conservation organizations and spreading the word that the tiger is in trouble — and needs your help. Ada Smieya-Blaszak and her son,

Brunon Blaszak, take great pride in taking care of their magnificent royal Bengal tigers. Smieya-Blaszak is a professional and graduated from the Polish State Circus School.

Animals will be near Kiddie Rides Sept. 23-30

Lots of meat Each tiger consumes 10 pounds of raw meat daily and once every week half a gallon of milk and three eggs. The tigers are under a health program by a doctor of veterinary medicine and the supervision of the U.S. departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Each animal is housed in its cage, and they travel in a well-ventilated semi-trailer, which is also well insulated and equipped with air ride. On location, they connect all the cages together and in the same create a tunnel with 70 feet of walking space. The animals are allowed to run free in the arena, 40 feet in diameter, daily. During wintertime, when at home, the animals are transferred to much larger cages of about 80 square feet for each tiger. Smieya-Blaszak and Blaszak are fully devoted to preserve the magnificent tigers for the generations to come.

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Brunon Blaszak poses with white tiger Mohina between shows on the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds last year. Brunon Blaszak’s Tigers will be offering shows again on the west end of the grounds near the Kiddie Rides daily, Sept. 23-30, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.

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you can get ‘hooked on Books’ at horticulture hall BLOOMSBURG — This year’s theme at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Horticulture Hall is “Hooked on Books.” When walking into the building, guests will be greeted by a boat made of books, floating on a lake of blue hydrangea with a fish in the boat, fishing for books. More than 2,000 books have been donated to complete the theme. All leftover books will be available to anyone. Please put a donation in the fountain and take a book. The new category introduced last year — Flower Pot Figures — is back and highly anticipated. All entering this category are encouraged to keep with the theme Hooked on Books.

Beautiful bunches of flowers will be available for purchase every day in the building this year, with all proceeds going to charities in Columbia and Montour counties. The very popular auction will be held Saturday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m., in the Christmas Tree Cafe area between the Horticulture and Agriculture buildings. Conducted by J. Vance Auctions, a large selection of plants, autographed pictures of fair entertainers and much more will be auctioned. All money raised will be donated to charities in Columbia and Montour counties.

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Chuck schronick, right, formerly of Espy and now living in Port Byron, Illinois, brings coffee and water for World War II D-Day vets roy kilpatrick, left, 97, Bloomsburg; and Bob Pidcoe, 92, Muncy Valley, at the veterans’ display in the Education Building at the 2015 Bloomsburg Fair. This year, the building will be open daily, Sept. 23-30, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Stop in and say hello to the veterans who will be there in the front of the building with a display from the War Memorial Museum.

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Attendees pass by the M60 A-1 Army tank behind the Farm Museum at the 2013 Bloomsburg Fair. The fair association’s ongoing veterans block project at the tank to recognize veterans of all branches of the armed services features 9-by-9 inch blocks. They have the veteran’s name and military branch engraved on them. The price is $100 each. Applications are available on the fair’s website, www.bloomsburgfair.com, or by calling the fair office at 570-784-4949.

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Brady Brown drives Dragon Strikes around the final turn and into the home stretch to win the second race, the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes, at the 2016 Bloomsburg Fair. Free harness racing will be back at the Toyota Grandstand today at 3 p.m. at Saturday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. Dan and Galla will be performing between races both days.

President of the Stuart Tank Memorial Association dave kovach, right, stands in front of Berwick’s Stuart tank, on display at last year’s Bloomsburg Fair, to present copies of “Supply Line,” the magazine of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, to WWII veterans roy kilpatrick, left, and dick donald. The issue contains a feature story about the Berwick-built tank and picture of the veterans. This year, the tank will be at Avenue A outside the Educational Building all week, Sept. 2330. Volunteers will be there daily with a display of memorabilia and to answer questions.

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Area authors, from left, Jessica adams, Coal Township; rebecca and Jeff willoughby, Danville; andrew shecktor, Berwick; max Furek, Mocanaqua; and anna renee shecktor, Landisville, stand in their booth at the Arts and Crafts Building at the Bloomsburg Fair last year. This year, the North Mountain Art League, comprised of numerous local artists working with various media to create varying and interesting works of art, will be in the building daily from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. Live demonstrations include Sept. 23 and 24, deena lesher, ceramics; Sept. 25 and 26, local authors; and Sept. 27 and 28, david Fry, Shamokin, Working with Watercolors. The building showcases the talents of many with an amazing display of handcrafted quilts, rugs, afghans, needlework, paintings, photography and a variety of other crafts, as well as an interesting display of individuals hobbies.

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Great shows all week at bandshell H

ost kyla Campbell, left in photo at left, announces the judge-voted finalists, from left, maiah Farley, kaili hannon and megan osborne during the First Columbia Teen Star Competition in May. Later, a fourth finalist, Joey guzevich, was voted on by the audience. Farley ended up being the winner. Participants in the competition will be performing at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell. Photo By m.J. mahon Members of the bluegrass, gospel and oldtime music band Raven Creek are, below, from left, lorraine Feola on guitar and vocals, doug ward on upright bass, John Faus on fiddle, grace Feola on percussions and mandolin and Joe Feola on banjo, guitar and vocals. They are scheduled for shows at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Sunday, Sept. 24, and Friday, Sept. 29, both at 7 p.m. They will also be performing the music prelude to the vespers service at the bandshell on Friday, Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise

ypnotist michael Blaine, above, works with a member of the audience during a show at the Bloomsburg Fair last year. He will be back at the free bandshell this year, with shows scheduled on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 1 and 5 p.m. Photo By keith hauPt Tim Mahoney, at right, sings as neil diamond during the Mahoney Brothers’ Jukebox Heroes Live show at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell in 2014. The group will be back this year, with shows scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 3 and 8:30 p.m. both days. They feature show-stopping impersonations of many of the legendary musical acts of the last 50 years. The show includes tributes to Diamond, elvis Presley, willie nelson, the Beach Boys and more. In addition, their “Long Live the Beatles” is the world’s longest-running Beatles tribute show. Photo By Bill hughes

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dan & galla will appear at various fair locations BLOOMSBURG — Dan & Galla enjoy performing all over the Bloomsburg Fair. And it’s a party wherever they are, with fairgoers joining their show hula hooping or playing tambourines or dancing on the Midway. Dan & Galla will be appearing at harness racing today at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. Look for them in the grandstand, playing music between races. Come cheer on your favorite horses and sing along with Dan & Galla’s diverse repertoire. Admission is free. They will be performing in the Christmas Tree Cafe between the Horticulture and Agriculture buildings on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 24, at 5 and 7 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. Press Enterprise/Bill Hughes 27, at noon; Thursday, Sept. 28, at noon husBand and wiFe team dan Crosser and galla higinbotham, State College, play and sing and 7 p.m.; and Friday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. They will be in front of the Large between harness races in front of the grandstand at the Bloomsburg Fair last year. They perform polkas, Arena with fair mascot Farmer Bloom cowboy songs, patriotic songs, pop songs and more. They will be back this year at various locations on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m.; Monday, Sept. throughout the week.

25 at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m.; and Thursday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. Other appearances include Saturday, Sept. 23, at 1:30 p.m. for pumpkin decorating in the Martz Technology Center/Farm Museum, and in the Large Arena on Friday, Sept. 29, starting at 10 a.m. during the horse pulls and Saturday, Sept. 30, starting at 9:30 a.m. during the pony pulls. Their love of music and positive energy on stage appeals to all ages as they both sing and play numerous instruments. Galla plays flute, balalaika (a Russian three-stringed instrument) and guitar. Dan is an accomplished pianist and plays keyboards and accordion. With Dan & Galla, each show is fresh and unique, with “feel-good” music from the ‘50s and ‘60s, country, patriotic, Russian and lots more. In addition to their lively stage shows, listen for them as they drive by in a party cart serenading the midway. For more information, visit them on the Web at www.gallaanddan.com.

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Jim wilson, left, and shelby nestler of the Make Mine Country Band perform at the free bandshell at the 2013 Bloomsburg Fair. They are scheduled to be back Monday, Sept. 25, and Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 1 and 5 p.m. both days. They are a five-piece group of seasoned musicians from diverse musical backgrounds with their roots in classic country music. Sometimes, they sneak in a rock and roll classic from the ‘60s or a bluegrass number or two. Members are Nestler on rhythm guitar, bass guitar, mandolin and vocals; Wilson on pedal steel guitar, lead guitar and vocals; Curt nealman on bass guitar, lead guitar and vocals; Pat aumiller on lead guitar, bass guitar, banjo and vocals; and Jody shover on drums.

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blUe silk anD satin Jazz banD Coming on sUnDay The Blue Silk and Satin Jazz Band performs at Knoebels Amusement Resort. They are scheduled at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Sunday, Sept. 24, at 1 and 5 p.m. The band is an outgrowth of the Dallastown Area High School Jazz Band, originally formed in 1970. The band’s repertoire includes a wide range of music from the big band era of the ‘30s and ‘40s to the music of the ‘60s and ‘70s, such as stan kenton and maynard Ferguson. ronald hill, at the request of the alumni musicians, directs the band which he started many years ago.

Press Enterprise n Friday, September 22, 2017

granpa Cratchet to roll around grounds in outhouse BLOOMSBURG — When you think of the good ole days, what comes to mind? When the only computer game was Pong? When a telephone and a camera were still two separate things? How about when there was no indoor plumbing? You can probably hear your kids saying, “What? That was back in the ice age!” Well Granpa Cratchet is coming to the Bloomsburg Fair, and he’s not going to let anyone forget the good old days or how good they have it in the good new days. Granpa is a lively old coot you’ll find driving around the fairgrounds in his miniature, motorized outhouse! It’s a souped up two-seater on wheels. If you don’t see him coming, you might just smell him coming or you’ll hear him yelling across the grounds, “Watch out! Old man in outhouse coming through!” Now there’s a line you don’t hear every day! Granpa will be at the fair all week, Sept. 23-30, with shows at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. He’ll be telling lots of silly jokes, one liners and stories from the good old days. Granpa says, “My outhouse is equipped with a fully-blown 454 high-rise manifold under a Holly 4-barrel double pumper carb powering twin-dual overhead cams pushing an atomic drive splitter transmission with four on the floor, three in the trunk and two dragging behind. And wait till you

get a load of my computerized, transistorized, hydro-powered, voice-activated toilet stool flusher.” Granpa’s outhouse gives new meaning to the old phrase, “You can’t take it with you.” Granpa most certainly does with lines like, “Have catalogue — will travel.” This show really stinks, but in a good sort of way for both parents and kids. He has lots of great one liners and teaches great lessons parents love, like the golden rule or do your chores. Granpa likes to say, “Why go to the bathroom when your bathroom can go to you?” Granpa said, “Last week I was in the Atlanta Septic Tank Cleaners parade, but it’s always getting backed up. If you know what I mean!” He always laughs hilariously at all his own jokes. He said, “The parade features honey wagons and manure spreaders, all floats must be covered in toilet paper and, instead of throwing candy at the crowd, they throw small rodents and air freshener.” Granpa once asked one kid if he knew what an outhouse was, and he replied, “That’s where mom sends dad when he’s been bad.” It’s the best of clean family entertainment (pun intended), mixed in a package of total silliness that’s sure to create lots of smiles. Come on out and enjoy Granpa at the fair. If you want a sneak preview, visit oldcoot.com or search “Granpa’s outhouse” on YouTube.

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granPa CratChet is a lively old coot you’ll find driving around the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds in his miniature, motorized outhouse. He’ll be at the fair all week, Sept. 23-30, with shows at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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Circus Incredible is made up of performers of the World Famous Wallenda circus family displaying their aerial artistry of grace, beauty and strength. Jaw dropping acrobatics, aerial acts over 20 feet in the air and balancing will amaze family audiences of all ages! The Rhinestone Roper Show is a death-defying interactive Wild West traveling show, entertaining and thrilling audiences for over 18 years. Enjoy intricate trick roping, precision knife throwing and bullwhip cracking, fancy gun spinning and fast-draw shooting. Featured in the show are stunts by amazing trick horses Gypsy Rio and Jesse James. Don’t miss the Free Stage at the Fair, where you’ll enjoy a variety of acts including Make Mine Country, ReCreation, Midlife Cowboys, Kenzie McCarter, Pokas, Barbershop Quartets and lots more including local high school bands. A great place to sit a spell and enjoy great entertainment!

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Press Enterprise n Friday, September 22, 2017

There’s much to see and do at the 162nd Bloomsburg Fair

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Fruits and vegetables and canned and baked goods are displayed in Agriculture Hall at the Bloomsburg Fair last year. This year, exhibit judging is taking place today, and the building will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A horse-drawn antique sleigh will be on display between the Agriculture and Horticulture buildings. Come to see exhibits by youthful Americans (old citizens) and grange groups, as well as 4-H projects, the largest pumpkin, Christmas trees and wreaths and more. Be sure to see who wins the Apple Pie, PA Preferred Junior Baking, PSACF Homemade Chocolate Cake and Incredible Angel Food Cake contests.

he Central Columbia Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibit, above, in the Education Building at the Bloomsburg Fair in 2015 had the theme “Elk in Pennsylvania.” This year, the building will be open daily, Sept. 23-30, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. featuring 4-H projects and FFA and school exhibits. Special events will include Monday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m., horticulture contest and identification, and 1 p.m., FFA presentations; Tuesday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m., Family and Consumer Science (FCS) judging and identification contests and presentations and 5 p.m., Cupcake Wars judging; and Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1 p.m., 4-H presentations. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise/BloomsBurg Fair An Orpington buff rooster, in photo at middle right, crows at midday in the Rabbit and Poultry Exhibit Building at the 2014 Bloomsburg Fair. Stop in to see the peeps in the hatchery and the water fowl display outside nearby. The building will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Monday, Sept. 25, poultry judging will take place at 8 a.m., open rabbit judging at 9 a.m. and 4-H rabbit judging at 2 p.m. (in the Small Arena). Photo By Bill hughes Brass Effect, at lower right, is a lively, mobile musical experience. Playing a wide range of danceable songs from many styles of music, this fantastic group brings you a unique brass band experience. They will be strolling the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds daily, Sept. 23-30, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise

In January, Bloomsburg Fair President Paul reichart stands next to the new barn that was built next to the Barton House on the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Amish builders used timbers from the barn at the Columbia County Poor Farm in Mount Pleasant Township which was torn down last year. The barn is now home to a display of antique farm equipment and will be open daily, Sept. 23-30, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Also there will be crafters showing the past lifestyles of rural America, such as quilting bee by Quilters in Bloom, chair caning by John and Viola Pfleegor, bobbin lace by mary Paulhamus, various sewing demonstrations by minda marr, live alpacas and spinning and weaving of alpaca hair by Worthington Acres Alpacas, broom making by John Paul warren, Spinners & Weavers (a local fiber-spinning group), woodworking by mike and liam mcCay, blacksmithing by harold english, old-fashioned print shop by don esler, Civil War re-enactors and outhouse dig items by robert e. lee.

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The Chris ruble Band performs at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell. They are scheduled to be back for a show on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Their stage shows are energized, passionfilled and full of great music, with originals and covers. With one of the best voices you will hear live, Ruble has won numerous singing competitions across the East Coast, and he was happy to make it through several rounds of the popular TV show “American Idol” in Nashville, Tenn.

Members of the Southern Columbia High School Marching Band parade around the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds last year. This year, high school bands from around the region will be performing at the free bandshell and parading around the grounds, with two to three shows every morning, 10 a.m.-noon, Monday-Friday. Various band alumni over the years recall the excitement of having a day at the fair, while also taking a special part in it.

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Sapphire is a six-piece classic rock band performing all your favorite hits from the 1980s. They are set to appear at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Sunday, Sept. 24, at 3 and 8:30 p.m. The group features michele scribbick, lead and backing vocals; steve zelusky, lead and rhythm guitar; Paul zelusky, keyboards and saxophone; mike “squeak” melusky, drums and electronic percussion; Jon stefon, bass and vocals; and eric ziegmont, lead vocals, guitar, mandolin and melodica.

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Pat garrett stands with former vice presidential candidate and Alaska gov. sarah Palin. His 2008 song, “Moose Shootin Mama,” a tribute to Palin, catapulted him into the national spotlight. Garrett has performed at the Bloomsburg Fair in the past, and he will be back at the free bandshell for shows on Friday, Sept. 29, at 3 and 8:30 p.m. The prolific country music singer/songwriter helped launch the career of taylor swift. Her first appearances in front of large crowds were with Garrett, suzy dalton and the Pat Garrett Band at the Bloomsburg Fair, Knoebels Amusement Resort and the Pat Garrett Amphitheater. In his new tongue-incheek song, “Just Taylor,” Garrett asks her to return the favor.

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The Frank wicher Band is scheduled to perform at the free bandshell at the Bloomsburg Fair on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 3 and 7 p.m. Wicher is blessed with the quintessential outlaw country voice and has an uncanny way of delivering that less-is-more sound that defined waylon Jennings, merle haggard, willie nelson, Johnny Cash and other great outlaw country singers.

hristine attanasio of Millville, at left, was the first contestant in the 2016 fiddle contest at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell. This year, the fair will host three musical contests, each starting at 7 p.m.: banjo on Monday, Sept. 25; fiddle on Tuesday, Sept. 26; and barbershop quartet on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Photo By Jimmy may John Stevens’ Doubleshot polka band, at lower left, will be performing at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Monday, Sept. 25, at 3 and 8:30 p.m. They have been on two polka cruises and currently have 18 CD releases. Their main goal is to promote polka music to the younger generation and get them involved with it. Photo sPeCial to Press enterPrise

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Re-Creation features four in cast from Bloomsburg Members of Re-Creation sing at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell in 2010. The group will be back with a new show, “Sing a Song of America,” a grand celebration of highlighting the most popular American songs of all time. It will turn the stage into a wondrous showplace of unforgettable entertainment, including colorful, flashing costumes; state-of-the-art sound reinforcement; and professional, stylized choreography. Shows are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 29, at 1 and 5 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 30, at 5 and 8:30 p.m. The cast currently includes four members from Bloomsburg: nickolas marolf, Julie horan, Jordan marolf and alexis long. Press enterPrise Photo Nichols Farm File Equip..crtr - Page 1 - Composite

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Colors Bright Toys offers Bloomsburg Fair collectibles

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Collectible mint tins, new for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair, come in six designs and cost $4 each or $20 for a set of six. The latest in a series The 2017 Bloomsburg Fair Hot Rod Collector’s Set of four cars, the first in of collectible coins, at a series, is available for $20 from Colors Bright Toys. right, commemorates the 162nd Bloomsburg Fair, honors veterans and features a World War II era M-4 Sherman tank. Goldine, right, ($25) and .999 fine silver ($85) coins are available, and proof sets cost $100. The seventh-inseries 1⁄24 die-cast collectible Dodge Charger Daytona, at right, honors the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair. It is available in three The 1⁄64-scale tractor-trailer by PenJoy Co., commemorating the 162nd Bloomsburg Fair, colors and costs $45. features a different set of pictures on each side and costs $75. It and other collectibles are available from Colors Bright Toys and Collectibles Inc. Co. at Grandstand #30. For Photos By Bill more information, contact Colors Bright at 570-649-5419 or www.colorsbrighttoys.com. hughes

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wallendas will bring Circus incredible to Bloomsburg BLOOMSBURG — Circus Incredible, made up of performers of the world famous Wallenda circus family, will be displaying their aerial artistry of grace, beauty and strength at the Bloomsburg Fair’s Millennium Park daily, Sept. 23-30, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. They amaze audiences of all ages with jaw-dropping acrobatics and balancing. It’s family-friendly entertainment with 25-minute shows featuring aerial acts more than 30 feet in the air. There are two aerial acts and one ground act. Rietta Wallenda is a sixth generation circus performer. She is the granddaughter of the late Karl Wallenda. Rietta started performing in the circus like most generation circus performers at the young age of 5. She mastered many different aerial feats such as the Spanish web, aerial lyra, trapeze, sway pole and high wire. At the age of 13, Rietta made her debut in the Wallenda high wire act along with Karl. She has toured all over the world with The Great Wallendas, performing and carrying on the family traditions. Lyric Wallenda Arestov is a seventh generation performer of the family. She is the great-granddaughter of Karl. Lyric started practicing before she could remember. She made her debut professionally at the age of 5. She performed a single trapeze in an aerial display. Lyric continued to practice and master many different types of aerial acts, such as Spanish web, aerial lyra, sway pole, high wire and aerial perch. At the age of 11, Lyric made her debut performing the aerial perch with her mother. At 13, Lyric began professionally performing on the sway pole and in the family high wire act. She toured all over the world performing with her mother and other family members. Simon Arestov, originally from Moscow, Russia, is a second generation performer. He made his professional circus debut with the Moscow State Circus, where he performed with his parents in an acrobatic troupe. At the age of 5, Simon began performing a hand-to-hand balancing act with his father. For years, Simon and his family performed in many different countries all over the world, including Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Chile, Peru, U.S.A., and Canada, among many others. At the age

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Press Enterprise n Friday, September 22, 2017

Offerings from Ron Lee Inc. include pins, patches, crocks

he official 162nd Bloomsburg Fair pin, above, and patch, below, are offered by Ron Lee Inc. The new pottery crock for the 2017 Bloomsburg Fair, as well as many from previous fairs, at left, will be available from Ron Lee Inc. Customers may also arrange for pick up at Ron Lee Inc., 3820 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, by calling 570-7844020. The collection began with the fair’s 150th anniversary in 2004 and has been growing in popularity as holiday and special occasion gifts. Ron Lee has stands at several locations throughout the fairgrounds, including in front of the Fair Office, at Gates 3 and 5, the Magee Entrance and the original stand at 9th Street and C Avenue.

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Country music singer kenzie mcCarter is scheduled to perform at the Bloomsburg Fair’s free bandshell on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 1 and 7 p.m. She performs covers ranging from reba mcentire and maren morris to dolly Parton and Carrie underwood.

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‘tom as garth’ Coming tom davis will be bringing is “Tom as Garth” show to the free bandshell at the Bloomsburg Fair on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 3 and 8:30 p.m. After 28 years as a prolific, full time entertainer in Florida, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas and recently releasing two Nashville-produced country albums (“Better Man” and “Chillin’ With You”), Davis has taken on an additional persona in the form of one of country music’s most legendary artist/performers, garth Brooks.

Figure 8 Race slated Participants maneuver around large tires on the track in front of the Toyota Grandstand at the 2016 Bloomsburg Fair during the Double Figure 8 Race with Rollover. JM Productions Inc. will again present the event on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 each. This form of racing was developed by JM Productions using compact cars to enhance the excitement for drivers and spectators. Utilizing smaller, lightweight cars takes on all the excitement of a full-sized figure 8. Speeds average 5 to 15 mph, and only five to 10 cars are allowed on the track at one time. Drivers need to out-think and out-maneuver their competitors to win. There will also be an automobile rollover contest. Photo By tom adams

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