FIRST FAIR

From Page 13 ing favorably considered by the committee, they were instructed to arrange for leasing or purchasing it …”

Proposals for building the grandstand were solicited in the newspapers in late August, and at the same time ads began appearing for the fair, to be held Oct. 13, 14, and 15. From such a slow start, things were now fairly whizzing along.

Special excursion trains for the fair were to be run to bring attendees within short walking distance of the fairgrounds, and public interest was whipped up by items like the following:

“A gentleman closely connected with the Agricultural Society, and a lover of good trotters, urged his thorough-bred to such great speed on the race course one day this week that his coat tail was slit to the collar by the current created.”

A report on the success of our first fair appeared in the Oct. 16 issue of the Cecil Democrat. An entire page is devoted to the goings-on of the three-day entertainment. The correspondent waxes rhapsodic, writing:

“The thought, care and labor of the Directors and the honest work of their employees, seconded by the prompt support of the farmers and ladies of the county and outside exhibitors, have made the First Annual Fair of the Cecil County Agricultural Society all that its projectors could have hoped for.”

That first fair was to continue for 20 years before finally succumbing to economics, no longer raising enough money to remain profitable. How lucky we are that our citizens cared enough to resurrect the fair, going strong now for 65 consecutive years.

Schedule

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10:00 AM: 4-H Small & Large Pets Show, followed by the 4-H Pygmy Goat Show

12:00 noon: 4-H Farm Tractor Safety Event – Field Area by Stage

3 – 9 PM: Mobile Glass Studios – Glass Blowing Demonstrations and Blacksmith Demonstrations

4:30 PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

5:00 PM: Midway Opens

5:00 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

6:30 PM: Team Uprooted –Extreme Chainsaw Carving

6:30 PM: 4–H Pretty Animal Contest – Stafford Pavilion

7 – 10 PM: LIVE MUSIC: Scott Bandy & Ceciltucky (Country)

7:00 PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

7:30 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

8:00 PM: Demolition Derby (Sponsored By: Elkton Recycling)

8:30 PM: Team Uprooted –

Extreme Chainsaw Carving

9:00 PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

9:30 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

Saturday, July 29

Demo Derby Day

Sponsored by Ourisman Ford

8:30 AM: Open Western Horse Show

8:30 AM: 4-H Dog Show Registration

9:00 AM: Pretty Baby Contest

9:00 AM: 4-H Dog Show –Field Area Under Tent

11:00 AM: 4-H Livestock Sale

Social

12:00 PM: 4-H Livestock Sale

– Stafford Pavilion

1:30 PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

2:00 PM: Midway Opens

2:00 PM: Team Uprooted –

Extreme Chainsaw Carving

2:00 PM: Demo Derby Matinee

3 – 9 PM: Mobile Glass Blowing – Glass Blowing Demonstrations and Blacksmith Demonstrations

3:30 PM: Clover Show and Tell

4:00 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

4:30 PM: 4-H Awards Ceremony – Stafford Pavilion

5:00 PM: Team Uprooted –Extreme Chainsaw Carving

6:00 PM: Youth Big Wheel Contest – Grandstand Area

7:00 PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

7:00 PM: Wood Carving, Blown Glass Live Auction, & Ironworks Live Auction

7 – 10 PM: LIVE MUSIC: Leadfoot (Rock)

7:30 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant

8:00 PM: Demolition Derby (Sponsored by Ourisman Ford)

9:00PM: Gail Mirabella & Pool Party Pooches

9:30 PM: Cowboy Circus with Danny Grant Sunday, July 30

Clean-up Day

8:00 AM – noon: Home Arts & Farm and Garden Exhibits picked up/claimed

2:00 PM: All Livestock must be removed by this time & pens must be clean

Other fair info:

All events and times are subject to change.

All midway opening and run times are weather dependent.