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elcome to our exciting, inaugural issue of the South-Central Texas County Fair & Festival Guide. This has been a passion project for all of us here at The Seguin Gazette. As the local newspaper, it is our job to keep you informed of the news and happenings around our community. In the past 18 months as we have endured a pandemic, it became evident to us that we needed to help our neighbors and spread the word about their events as things started opening back up again. Each of these events is put on by volunteers who spend countless hours, days and months preparing for their fair or festival. They each serve a purpose and support their communities more than just a few days out of the year. It’s one of the many great things I love about Texas, our passion to give back during the best and worst of times. Whether you’re looking to watch some bull riding, listen to live music, hop on carnival rides, enjoy good food or choose something just as exciting, then look no further than the next few pages. There is something for everyone at the Comal County Fair & Rodeo, Gonzales Come & Take It Celebration, Guadalupe County Fair & PRCA Rodeo, Floresville Peanut Festival, Selma Skylight Balloon Fest and Seguin’s Pecan Fest Heritage Days. So, prepare to get your funnel cakes and ride tickets, and dive on in to read about when, where and how to get to all of these events. Be sure to follow their websites and social media pages for any updates leading up to the big event.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, September 17 Livestock Arena
Washer Pitchin’ Tourney 6 PM Team Competition
Saturday, September 18 Carnival Area Arts & Crafts Bldg Livestock Arena Rodeo Arena Corral Rodeo Arena
BBQ Cook off 8:30 AM Judging starts 10 AM Best Western Dressed Contest 9 AM Washer Pitchin’ Tourney 12 PM Team Competition Farm Race 2 PM Stick Horse Races 4 PM BBQ Cook Off Awards 6 PM Mutton Bustin’ 6:30 PM
Sunday, September 19 Arts & Crafts Bldg Fair Queens Contest 7:30 PM
Wednesday, September 22 Exhibit Halls Barn Yard Family Zone Admission Food Court Midway Corral Exhibit Halls
ENTERING ENTRIES ONLY Home & Heritage Exhibits 8 AM - 6 PM Wildlife Exhibits Shoebox Float Exhibits Poultry Entries Mobile Dairy Classtroom 8 AM - 8 PM Baby Barnyard & Baby Chicks H-E-Buddy Kid Zone D&D Kid Zone with Texas AgriLife Grounds open 5 PM Food Booths 5 - 10 PM Carnival 6 - 11:45 PM Night in Old New Braunfels 6 - 11 PM Crossroads DJ Stan Elliott 6:30 - 10:30 PM Introduction to Fair by President 7 PM Introduce Incoming & Outgoing Courts Grand March Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Exhibits begin judging 6:30 - 11 PM Closed to public
Thursday, September 23 Barn Yard Exhibit Halls Admission Food Court Corral Midway Rodeo Arena Corral
Poultry Exhibits 9 AM - 7 PM Baby Barnyard & Baby Chicks Mobile Dairy Classroom Exhibits Open to Public 1 - 10 PM Grounds open 1 PM Food Booths 5 - 11:30 PM Chamber Mixer 5 - 7 PM Carnival 6 - 11:45 PM PRCA Rodeo 7:30 PM County Line Band 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM & Monte Good
Friday, September 24 Downtown Admission Exhibit Halls Midway Food Court Barn Yard
Pet Parade 9:30 AM Fair Parade (rain or shine) 10 AM Grounds open 11 AM Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Exhibits Open to Public 10 AM - 10 PM Carnival 11 AM - 11:45 PM Food Booths 11 AM - 11:30 PM Antique Farm Show Poultry Exhibits Noon - 10 PM
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Baby Barnyard & Baby Chicks Mobile Dairy Classroom Home Depot Kids Work Shop Master Gardeners 12 - 6 PM Local High School Bands 1 - 4 PM Lamb Show 2 PM Kids Rodeo Clown Contest 7:15 PM PRCA Rodeo 7:30 PM Battle of the Band Winner opening for Shenandoah 6:30 PM - Midnight
Saturday, September 25 Admission Pull Area Livestock Arena Exhibit Halls Barn Yard Midway Food Court Garden Corral Family Zone Rodeo Arena Corral
Grounds open 8 AM Antique Tractor Pull 9 AM Steer Show 9 AM Breeding Cattle (follow steer show) Goat Show 3 PM Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Winners’ Pictures 9 AM - noon (check schedule) Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Exhibits Open to Public 10 AM - 10 PM Poultry Exhibits 10 AM - 10 PM Baby Barnyard & Baby Chicks Mobile Dairy Classroom Home Depot Kids Work Shop Carnival 11 AM - 12:45 AM Food Booths 11 AM - 11:30 PM Antique Farm Show Master Gardeners 12 - 6 PM Pizza Eating Contest 1 - 3 PM School of Rock Kiddie Tractor Pull 1 PM PRCA Rodeo 7:30 PM Gary Glenn opening and closing for Cody Wayne Band and Coffey Anderson 7 PM - 1 AM
Sunday, September 26 Admission Livestock Arena Corral Exhibit Halls Food Court Garden Barn Yard Family Zone Midway Rodeo Arena Corral Exhibit Halls
Grounds open 8 AM Goat Show 8 AM & 2 PM Cowboy Church Service 10:30 - 11:30 AM School of Rock Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Exhibits Open to Public 10 AM - 8 PM Food Booths 11 AM - 9 PM Master Gardeners 12 - 4 PM Poultry Exhibits Noon - 5 PM Baby Barnyard & Baby Chicks Mobile Dairy Classroom Home Depot Kids Work Shop Kiddie Tractor Pull 1 PM Carnival 12 - 10 PM PRCA Xtreme Bull Riding 2 PM Jeremy Richards Band 6 - 10 PM Closing ceremony Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Float Entries Released 5 - 8 PM
Monday, September 27 Exhibit Halls
Home & Heritage, Wildlife & Shoebox Floats Entries Released 8:00AM – 12:00PM
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OCTOBER 1ST - 3RD, 2021 DOWNTOWN GONZALES 511 N. St. Joseph St., Gonzales, Texas LIVE MUSIC ON THE SQUARE CAR SHOW
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MUSIC LINEUP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST: NUEVA VIDA STANDING PEPPERS JASE MARTIN
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PARADE THIS YEAR’S “COME & TAKE IT PARADE” WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2021, AT 10:30 AM WITH JUDGING TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 9 AM AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AS THEY PASS THE START POINT OF THE PARADE.
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he Come and Take It Celebration commemorates the firing of the first shot of the Texas Revolution on Oct. 2, 1835, which took place near Gonzales. The town of Gonzales was established by Empresario Green DeWitt in 1825, two and one-half miles east of the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers. It was the westernmost Anglo settlement until the close of the Texas Revolution and was named in honor of Don Rafael Gonzales, provisional governor of Coahuila, Mexico and Texas. The town was laid out in the shape of a cross, with seven squares. During the colonial period of 1825 to 1835, there were many problems with Comanche and Tonkawa Indians, but Gonzales flourished. It was a thriving capital of the De Witt colony by 1833.
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In 1831 the Mexican government loaned the citizens of Gonzales a 6-pound cannon as protection against the Indians. In September of 1835, as political unrest grew, Mexican officials at San Antonio de Bexar demanded the cannon be returned. A corporal with five soldiers and an oxcart was first sent by Col. Ugartechea, Bexar military commander, to Gonzales. The corporal carried a request that the small reinforced cannon, a bronze six-pounder, be returned to the Mexican Army. Andrew Ponton refused to relinquish it, stalling for time, and the little cannon was buried in George W. Davis’ peach orchard, near the Guadalupe River. Next came Lieutenant Castaneda and 150 mounted soldiers to “take” the cannon. When the soldiers appeared on the west bank of the Guadalupe River, there were only 18 men in Gonzales, but these ‘Old Eighteen’ stood at the river in defiance, denied the Mexicans a crossing by hiding the ferry, and sent out a call for volunteers to assist them. As the soldiers scouted the river for a place to cross, they moved upriver a short distance, near the present-day community of Cost and camped for the night. There, in the early-morning hours of Oct. 2, 1835, the colonists crossed the river with their cannon, surprising the troops and waving their hastily fashioned flag, which proclaimed “Come and Take It.” Almost immediately the cannon fired, killing one of Castenada’s men and scattering the rest, forcing them to retreat to San Antonio de Bexar. Thus was fired the shot that set off the struggle for Texas independence from Mexico. When the smoke cleared, the Mexican troops had taken off. The Texas Revolution had begun. Gonzales became known as “The Lexington of Texas,” where the first shot was fired, and where the first Texas Army of Volunteers gathered. A few months after the first shot, men and boys from the region would gather in Gonzales, sending the only reinforcements ever received at the Alamo. Each October, on the first full weekend of October, the citizens of Gonzales gather to celebrate their Texas heritage in a three-day festival called “Come & Take It.”
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OCTOBER 7TH - 10TH, 2021 GUADALUPE COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS 950 S. Austin St., Seguin, Texas LIVE MUSIC PETTING ZOO
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★ CELEBRATING THE 138TH FAIR & RODEO ★
OUR GATES OPEN AT 5 PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 7TH, 2021. GUADALUPE COUNTY FAIR & RODEO MISSION & PURPOSE Activities, membership, scholarship and educational opportunities provided by the Guadalupe Agricultural and Livestock and Fair Association are open to all people 18 years of age or older, regardless of social, economic level, race, color, sex, religion, handicap or national origin. Our purpose is to encourage agricultural, horticultural and stock farming through the maintenance of public fair and exhibits of stock and farm products. Our purpose is to foster and promote these activities conducted by the Association, and to provide to the general public the educational opportunities associated with those activities. Our purpose is to encourage and stimulate economic activity in Seguin and Guadalupe County by the attraction of visitors to the various activities promoted by the Association. In keeping with the mission and purpose we have been able to provide the use of our facilities to the local 4H and FFA clubs valuing over $4,000 per year, assist annually with Pecan Classic and the Guadalupe County Youth Show by discounting our facilities over $4000 per year and purchase over $3000 in show projects directly from the youth that participate. We believe these organizations and purchases are worthy of the support and are instrumental in the development of a strong future for this community.
START YOUR EVENING WITH A STROLL THROUGH THE FOOD COURT ENJOYING ALL THE SMELLS THAT TAKE YOU BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD AND CREATING NEW MEMORIES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM FUNNEL CAKES TO CORN DOGS. IN THE EXHIBIT HALL VISIT THE WINE GARDEN, VENDOR BOOTHS AND LIVE MUSIC EVERY NIGHT. THURSDAY – CLINT TAFT AND BUCK WILD BAND, FRIDAY – DAVID BECK’S TEJANO WEEKEND AND CARSON JEFFREY SATURDAY – BILL AYERS BAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON – LENNY AND THE KINGS A BLUES POWER TRIO LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE ANTIQUES! WALK THE LANES TO SEE SOME EXTRAORDINARY AND UNIQUE ITEMS FROM OUR PAST. EACH NIGHT WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICIAL PRCA RODEO KICKING OFF AT 7:30 PM. STOCK CONTRACTOR LANCASTER JONES RODEO COMPANY WILL BE HERE WITH AMAZING ATHLETES. JOHN HARRISON PRCA RODEO CLOWN OF THE YEAR, WILL KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES. HARRISON, A TALENTED TRICK RIDER AND RODEO PERFORMER WILL PUT ON A SHOW YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS.
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DON’T WANT TO WATCH THE RODEO OR DO THE CARNIVAL? WE HAVE MANY OTHER ATTRACTIONS FOR EVERYONE.
THE MASTER GARDENERS HAVE A FRIENDLY COMPETITION BETWEEN LOCALS WITH A GREEN THUMB PRESENTING THEIR PRIZE-WINNING CROPS FROM PECANS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, AND FLOWERS. FOOD COMPETITION CATEGORIES INCLUDE BAKED GOODS, CANNING, SALSA AND MORE. CHAMPIONS WILL BE CROWNED A BLUE RIBBON AND BRAGGING RIGHT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THE 40TH ANNUAL FIDDLER’S COMPETITION WILL BE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 9TH WITH AMAZING TALENT FROM YOUNG TO OLD! WE HAVE A HAY SHOW, BEST DRESSED, PET SHOW, PUMPKIN DECORATING, GOAT ROPING, MISS ROUND UP, QUEENS COMPETITION AND MORE.
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OCTOBER 5TH, 7TH - 9TH, 2021 COURTHOUSE SQUARE 1420 3rd St., Floresville, Texas
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ENTERTAINMENT Goober Games, held at the Floresville Event Center, kicks off the exciting week on Tuesday afternoon with games and activities for all children. At the Coronation on Thursday night, Queen Tunaep is crowned, and King Reeboog and the Royal and Children’s Courts are introduced in an elaborate ceremony. The gorgeous gowns of the court, with their long, flowing trains, are designed by local talent and constructed by friends, family, and/or professional seamstresses with a different theme each year. The carnival kicks off the weekend festivities and runs Thursday - Saturday. Friday night continues with a free street dance featuring three popular live bands on the main stage.. Friday night features a Street Dance featuring local talent. Food concessions with the finest favorite festival foods, ranging from pizza to gorditas. Saturday begins with the Grand Parade at 10:00 a.m. The day’s activities also include arts and crafts, vendors, and a wide variety of free entertainment to include various music and performance groups, and live bands on several stages around the Courthouse square -- fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Peanut products such as peanut brittle, homemade peanut butter, peanut cookies, roasted peanuts (shelled and salted), pies and ice cream are all available to satisfy your peanut palate. The evening continues with a free street dance featuring three popular live band performances on the main stage.Food concessions remain open to quench your hunger and thirst.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021 GOOBER GAMES – 5 PM – 7 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 CORONATION OF QUEEN TUNEAP 7 PM AT THE WILEY SEALE AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021 BEER GARDEN CARNIVAL AT 6 PM SOUTH TX HOMIES – 6:30 PM – 8 PM MICKY & THE MOTORCARS – 8:30 PM – 10 PM DAVID LEE GARZA Y LOS MUSICALES – 10:30 PM – 12 AM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021 GRAND PARADE AT 10 AM BEER GARDEN CARNIVAL AT 11 AM MARIO FLORES AND THE SODA CREEK BAND – 7:30 PM – 9 PM RICKY NARANJO Y LOS GAMBLERS – 9:30 PM – 11 PM JON WOLFE – 11:30 PM – 1 AM
FREE ADMISSION ON THE GROUNDS NO ICE CHEST ALLOWED. YOU WILL NOT FORGET THE FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL AND ONCE YOU VISIT YOU WILL WANT TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR. MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND DURING THE SECOND FULL WEEKEND IN OCTOBER. DON’T MISS IT!
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HISTORY
he date was July 29, 1938, when plans for a first festival to celebrate the farming and harvesting of the peanut crop were discussed. The celebration was to be designated as the “Floresville Peanut Pow Wow” to promote the farm commodity and to boast world success of Wilson County’s diversified farming program. The hanging of peanut plants across the front of businesses heralded the arrival of the harvesting season. By August 5, 1938 the name changed to the “Floresville Peanut Festival” and the occasion was considered the first of its kind in Texas. Governor-elect W. Lee O’Daniel was invited to open the festivities and head the fare with his famous Hill Billy Band. The August meeting asked for cooperation of every citizen of the county for the festival and Miss Elizabeth Sheehy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Sheehy, was selected as the Queen Tunaep I (“peanut” spelled backwards). Mr. Joe T. Sheehy, known as “the Peanut King of Southwest Texas,” was Wilson County’s pioneer in the peanut industry. He experimented with peanut farming and introduced the Spanish peanut, a viable crop to the farmers of Wilson County. Mr. Sheehy began his peanut business in Sutherland Springs, Texas and later moved it to Floresville in 1916. John Connally, later Governor of Texas, was chosen as the King Reboog I (“goober” spelled backwards.) Always held on the second full weekend in October, the Peanut Festival is a grand celebration to recognize the importance of the peanut to the Southwest Texas agriculture.
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DETAILS Once a year, the citizens of Seguin break out of their shells and go a little nuts at the annual Pecan Fest. The event is a celebration of all things pecans and the heritage and cultures that make Seguin uniquely Seguin. Everyone is invited to come out for all the fun on October 30. From 10:00 to 4:00 in downtown Seguin, over 80 vendors will be set up around the square selling all sorts of goodies, from home decor and art to jewelry and clothing. There will be several vendors selling pecan items including pecan desserts, items made from pecan wood, and whole pecans. In addition to the vendors, downtown will host a beer and wine garden, live music, the get crack ‘in contest where you see how many pecans you can crack in 2 minutes, and more. Also, from 10:00 to 4:00, there will be even more vendors and pecans at the Big Red Barn. Also at the Big Red Barn, enjoy their delicious turkey & dressing lunch, take part in agricultural heritage projects, take your photo with the pecan that holds the title of “World’s Largest,” tour the Pecan Museum and take a step back in time as you visit the historic buildings on site. Saturday evening the fun will continue in downtown Seguin as the annual Hats Off to Juan Seguin Pub Crawl gets underway. In addition to celebrating pecans, it is also time for the City to throw the city’s namesake, Col. Juan N. Seguin, a birthday party. To celebrate, everyone is invited to wear a fun and unusual hat, or better yet, build your own hat, as they make their way from bar to bar. Each bar will have a pecan themed beverage and other activities and specials for party goers. Remember to drink responsibly and bring a designated driver. For the full list of Pecan Fest activities and COVID safety updates, visit www.seguingonuts.com.
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