Reggie The Rooster arrives in style at the Priddis & Millarville Fair, the only place where an eight foot tall, 400 lb rooster would be a desirable prize in a popular Raffle.
105th Annual Priddis Millarville Fair
August 18, 2012
AND A FULL DAY WITH THE FAMOUS MILLARVILLE FARMERS' MARKET TOO!!
8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.
$5 PER PERSON - CHILDREN 8 & UNDER FREE
The Priddis & Millarville Fair, more than a century-old, is one of the last, great, traditional, old-time Agricultural Fairs in Canada.
Founded in 1907 and held every year since, the Fair today is a wondrous extravaganza for kids in particular, with a Kid's World, a petting zoo, big horses, small horses, hayrides, roping competitions and ribbons awarded in junior events ranging from photography to baking to 4-H. The day is a big one for adults as well, including a multitude of competition ribbons and a parade, not to mention a full day integrated with the famous Millarville Farmers' Market.
You see, coming out to the Fair is is only half the fun you COULD have. The other half lies in participating in the Fair, putting your best crafts, baking, grains and grasses and animals up for those all-important winning ribbons that are keepsakes forever.
ENTERING THE FAIR is easy and there is certainly something for everyone of any age group. CLICK ON THE FAIR BOOK IMAGE BELOW TO VIEW ALL THE EXCITING CATEGORIES IN 2012
ENTRIES ONLINE - Click here to go to our Entries On-Line page. We will activate the system as we get closer to Fair Date.
The 2012 Fair will see the return of the hilarious Working Farm Truck Competition which caught the attention of farmers and ranch friends who were eager to display there inventive application of baler twine, wire and duct tape not to mention the occasional bribes left for the judges. New trucks were penalized while the best of the old but functional were rewarded for cracks in the seat, jumper cables in the cab, quarts of oil rolling on the floor, a dog in the back . . . . .
The Acreage Equipment Show will be a big hit once again.
In all, the Fair typically has about 4,000 bench entries and more than 6,000 in attendance. You might see things like a rooster-crowing competition, two horses named Nelly and Shelly making ice cream, a parade, a pie auction that fetched more than $200 in one case, a packed and energetic Kid's World, the fun and furry Petting Zoo and, of course, the Millarville Farmers' Market thrown in.
NEVER BEEN TO THE FAIR? CLICK HERE FOR THE "A DAY AT THE FAIR" PHOTO BLOG FEATURE
Click below to check up on the latest happenings with Field Crops at the Fair
Thank you to Pengrowth Energy, our new 2012 Kids World Supporter!!!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHECK OUT THE MANY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES TO DONATE TO THE FAIR AND HELP YOUR COMMUNITY, CLICK HERE
OUR VALUED FAIR DONORS IN 2011 ARE:
SILVER DONORS OF THE FAIR $1000 or more- Bill Jackson, Sword Energy (Dale Guidi)
BRONZE DONORS OF THE FAIR - $500-$999 - Helen & John Lorenzen (Standish Family), Millarville Hort Club, OH Ranch & Valley Hay (Bob Seaman)
DIVISION DONORS - $500 and more - ($350 for Junior sections) in support of specific areas of the Fair Alberta Financial Services, CARE - Calgary Animal Referral and Emergency, Charlie Anderson, Chinook Llama & Alpaca Club, Crop Production Services, Eagle Engineering Corp (Kim Biddle), Bob & Pamela Francis, Iona, Linda, Randy & Cliff Jackson, Walter Jackson, Bill Jackson, Shannon & Peter Jackson, Monte & Olwyn Kendall, Donna Kendall and Lloyd & Riel Erickson, Lodgepole Horticultural Services, Garry Potter, Bill & Judi Powell, Sanduls Pharmacy, Scott Daniel Seaman Memorial Fund (Shannon Seaman), Spruce It Up Garden Center, Vernon Construction (Terry Vernon).
PATRONS OF THE FAIR - $250-$499 - Tom & Jessie Adams, John & Debbie Baker, Brent Bamford, Blue Ridge Excavating, Bull Ranches, Country Lane Quilt Guild, Eagle Spirit Ranch, Pat Fisher, Tim & Sally Gregg, Hallmark-Rafters Okotoks/Shawnessy, Bill Kendall, Ron, Pearl & Catherine Laycraft, John and May Lockhart, James & Dorothy McKevitt, Millarville Horticulture Club, Garry Potter, Kevin & Tina Powell, Bob Robertson, Jim & Gill Ross, Sheep Creek Weavers, Square Butte Ladies Group, Sherry Titheridge, Stanley Carscallen Professional Corp, Glenn & Alexes Uchytil, Vale's Greenhous, Patty Webb, Helen Williams.
FRIENDS OF THE FAIR - $100-$249 - Terry Allwarden, Darryl & Wendy Ashbacher, Attache Stables LTD, Bar D Ranch Consulting Ltd (John & Jill Dakers) , Peter & Anne Barr, Diane & Neil Bates, Berrien Associates Ltd, Blackie & District Seed Cleaning, The Blatz Family, Paul Burns, Natalie & Greg Carrington-Morris Prof Corp, Barb Castell & Kent Ladell, Don Chalmers, Rick Charlton, Cor Solutions, Cougar Mountain Greenhouses, Harry Cowan, Muriel Dais, Emma & Barry Davey, Larry Delver, Carmen Ditzler & Greg Perry, Howard & Toni Dixon, Dawn Dott and Kirby Nicholson, Laura Dunn, Joan Earl, Elk Fall Holdings, Stan & Betty Eckstrand, Riel Erikson, Flying Needles Quilt Guild, Lucille Glaister, Barb Godwin, Jim & Rod Griffith, Lee and Lorraine Guyn, Lillian Hanson, Pat Harvie, Impact Orthodontics, Sam Johnson, Joining Hearts Photography Inc, John Kennedy, Leighton Foundation, June MacGillvary, Barney & Anne MacKay, John MacKenzie, Make 1 Yarns, Wendy McCluskey, John McIntyre, Ed & Linda McLaren, Rob & Joanne Middleton, Millarville Community Church, Millarville General Store, Millarville Saddle Sores, Mint Printing, Museum of the Highwood, Winston Parker, Theresa Patterson, Art Peel, Periproct Consultants Inc, Mike & Karla Powell, Oliver Perry, Terry & Janice Prokopy, Rowe Water Systems, Cathie Scatterty, Garry & linda Schaal, Ken & Pat Sirois, Amy Smulders, Spring Creek Woodworking, Jack & Patsy Steen, Shelly & Gerry Tenove, Joyce Teskey, Paul Teskey, Gretchen & Robert Thompson, Patricia & Don Thomson, Sandy Tidswell, Deborah Turner, Earl & Mary Ann Watson, Ian Webb.
SUPPORTERS OF THE FAIR - $20-$99 - Dode Anderson, Agnes Ball, Amy Brewster Designs, Jody & David Ball, Maude Birkenes, The Bonjean-DeWit Family, Louise Bruns, Linda Bull, Calgary and District Beekeeper Association, Dr. Sylvia Lee Checkley, Joanne Collins, Shan & Don Cross, Bill & Evonne Cutress, David & Cassandra Day, Marney Delver, Adele DePauw, Katherine & Russel Domville, Lynn Donaldson, David & Francis Dover, Breanna Dreidger, Dry Valley Heating, Duane Durieux, Equipment Express Power Products Ltd, Donna Evans, Peter Farran, Lindsay Fenton & Myrna McKay, Jessie Flieschman, Fourcross Photography, Shirley Goerlitz, Goodman, Mcdougall & Associates, Julie Gough, Donna & Greg Hanson, Sandra Harrison, High Country, Pony Club, Betty Hiltz, Linda Howard, Susan Jeffrey-Egeland, Lutz & Andrea Josefiak, Laura Kendall, Hugh & Marion Kennedy, Lutz & Nanc Kuenz, Dorothy Kuzmiski, Nancy Laskin, Doreen & Willard Marthaller, Linda MacKay, Doug Mackie, Joan McBee, Diane McKay & Sasha Lewis, Myrna McKay, Jordan Middleton, Barbara Miller, Sheila & Bill Niles, Ralph & Diane Onciul, Laura Palmer, Prestie Enterprises, Rafter 7, Red Deer Lake Ladies, Ruth Renner, Margaret & John Richardson, Karen & Wayne Ritchie, Julie Roenisch, Norma Roenisch, Heidi Santerre, Laurel Scharien, Elaine Schram, Sheep River Arts Council, Silverado Excavating & Construction Ltd, Enie & Irene Smith, Sobeys Okotoks, Debbie Solc, Kathy Sosnowski, Loretta & Clarence Stabler, Ron Standish, W. (Bud) Stapleton, Noreen Stroud, Sundance Saddlery, Karen, Mark & Paul Teskey, Joan & Allan Tosh, Turner Valley Oilfields Camera Club, Sheila Virgo, Fern Ward, Suzon Watkins, Well Done Water Wells Inc, Barry & Sue Williamson & Family, Linda Wilson and Sherylea Wood
