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32nd Annual
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President's |
Skeena
Valley Fall Fair
President's Message “CRACK
OPEN THE WONDERS…” is the theme for this year’s Skeena Valley Fall Fair. The 32nd annual Fair is
going to be held on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1, 2002. The dedicated volunteers have already
been hard at work organizing new events, exhibits, displays and competitions
for all ages. The
Fair is going to kick off on Friday with the Skeena Valley Fall Fair Horse
Show at the Thornhill Community Grounds. There are a few changes to our Horse Show this year in
that the registration for the Show will take place during our regular
registration times. These are on
Saturday, August 24 and Monday, August 26 at the Lions compound at the
fairgrounds. Please check the Prize
Book for times. Mail entries are
to be sent to the Skeena Valley Fall Fair, P.O. Box 495, Terrace, BC V8G 4B5. A
new event this year is an Ol’Time Fiddle contest being held at the
Evangelical Free Church all day Friday, August 30. There will be fiddlers from across Canada as they compete
for the Championship prize of $1,000.00. Admission to the competition is $5.00 per person (payable
at the door). Children 5 and
under are free. Come out and
support this event as you may not get another opportunity to witness this
level of fiddling! The winners
of all categories will be giving a gala performance at the Fairgrounds on
Saturday. For more information
on the contest please click on our registration button. We
welcome ALCAN back this year as a “Partner of the Fair” corporate
sponsor. They will have the big
Alcan tent back as well as the games everyone loved last year! Thanks again for your support, Alcan! Another
new addition to our fair is the Terrace Farmer’s Market. We are excited that they have decided
to join us! They will have an
information booth and several vendors on hand for both Saturday and Sunday. Speaking
of Sunday… Please remember there are FREE buses running out to the fair
grounds on Sunday. There will be
2 runs out to the Fair Grounds in the morning and 2 back to town in the
afternoon. The schedule is printed
in the Prize Book or call Farwest at 635-2666 for bus times and stops. These buses are given to us free,
courtesy of the City of Terrace, The Regional District of Kitimat / Stikine,
and BC Transit. Don’t
forget that Sunday is also the day for our popular “KID’S FUN FAIR” We are
going to have the usual races, watermelon eating contests, and the always
entertaining tractor races (for the “big kids”). There
are some new competitions in the exhibition hall this year. A sewn teddy bear – dressed and a
unique birdhouse are just two competitions. The winners of these 2 classes will be taken down to
Vernon in October to compete provincially at the annual convention of the BC
Association of Agricultural Fairs and Exhibitions. This
year there will be a special, “People’s Choice” award in memory of Charlie
Holden. Charlie was from the
Smithers area and was a long time competitor at our Fair in the Heavy Horse
Pull. He was also one of the
people instrumental in beginning the Heavy Horse Pull at our Fair. He passed away late last year. He will be missed. There
are all of the usual activities – Logger’s Sports and Pancake Breakfast, put
on by the Downtown Lions Club, The Totem Saddle Club’s annual Gymkhana, the
Heavy Horse Pull , the pet show and several demonstrations including dog
agility, quilting and a farrier demo. So
come and join us on August 31 and September 1, 2002 to “CRACK OPEN THE
WONDERS…” at the Skeena Valley Fall Fair. Look at what the dedicated volunteers have worked 12
months to put together for our community. Compete, be entertained, be educated and most of all, have
FUN! See
you at the Fair. Barb
Adams President,
Skeena Valley Fall Fair 2002 |
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Skeena Valley Fall Fair is maintained by Cathy Palasthy with help from |
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raven.i
creative |
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