Posts Tagged ‘Gibson County Fair’
Fair Foods
It’s getting close to fair time again here. That means it’s time for me to decide what types of foods I’m going to make for open class at the Gibson County Fair. There hasn’t been a year that I’ve not exhibitied something there. Last year I made holiday themed candy corn cookies – similar to…
Read MoreFireworks
Photos from last Saturday’s fireworks display at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. The fireworks are sponsored each year by Princeton Area Betterment. Photos taken using a Cannon EOS 7D.
Read MoreCome for the Fun!
It’s that time of year again! The Gibson County Fair started on Friday evening, July 1st, with the Queen Contest out at the high school and some great Go-Cart Racing in front of the grandstand. Saturday one of my good friends, Laci Samira, brought out some of her girls to do bellydancing demonstrations on Carnaby Street Stage. A grandstand…
Read MoreSaturday at the Fair – Demo Derby
Saturday was the last night of the fair, and gladly. I was very happy that fair was done. I was very ready for the fair to be over. It was a great week, but I am ready to take a break for a while. The demo derby went well. We had a big crowd, most…
Read MoreFriday at the Fair – With Justin Moore
Friday night was the concert, and of course it rained. Fortunately the date change from Sunday night to Friday night of the concert this year allowed us to move the show. It started out raining in the morning, and they got the grandstand cleared of mud, but then it rained again around noon. The powers…
Read MoreThursday at the Fair – When it Rains…
As the Morton Salt girls says… when it rains, it pours. And boy did it…. It started raining about 6:30. It rained out most of the motocross, but we did still have the talent show. It was moved to the high school. And as always, the auction was not affected. It’s in the rain proof…
Read MoreWednesday at the Fair – Horse and Truck Pulls
Wednesday was a busy night at the fair. We had a horse pull on the ag track and both an Indiana Truck Pullers Association pull and Local Truck pull at the grandstand. The horse pull went well, though it was short with only 4 teams of horses. The horses are huge, much taller than a…
Read MoreTuesday at the Fair – Farmer’s and Antique Pull
Tuesday was the Farmer’s and Antique Pull at the Fair. We ran two pulling tracks in front of the grandstand. We had the Farmers on the front track and antiques in the back. Later in the night, the queens came down and helped out just for fun. With the help of Derek, our official flagger,…
Read MoreMonday at the Fair – Lucas Oil and Mud Volleyball
Monday night at the fair, we had Lucas Oil, back at the Grandstand with Hot Farm and Super Farm Tractors as well as Trucks. Our assistant from Lucas Oil even remembered to bring her hat with her this year. Over on the Ag Track, we had our first ever Mud Volleyball Tourney. It took a firetruck…
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