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Children are one of the most important parts of The Great Frederick Fair, and perhaps no part of the fair enables children to participate the way that the art and photography exhibits do. As one stands in building 12, there are a variety of things to see. Look at one wall; it is filled with photographs from different schools throughout Frederick County, ranging from buildings to animals. Another wall has paintings of portraits and landscapes hanging from it. Down the center are tie-dyed pillowcases and clothing made by students. Throughout the building there are masks and sculptures on display. The entire room is colorful and full of life. While much of the artwork and photography is created by 4H and FFA members, participation includes other students, as well, offering youth of all ages a chance to express themselves! Karen Sowers has been coming to the fair for many years and said that she never passes up walking through the art exhibit. “It’s beautiful. I enjoy looking at all the pictures,” said Sowers. Sowers isn’t alone. “It’s awesome. I think it’s great they have the different things,” said fairgoer Brooke Devita. In the stalls of The Milky Way Barn, 9-year-old Lauren Gleaser wore a shiny, silver tiara while she pulled a wagon through a narrow aisle. Her mother, Patricia, leaned on a pole relaying information about her cattle with a few visitors as her father fumbled with the television, trying to get his display set up for the rush of visitors. “I feel happy, excited sometimes, but not when I have chores,” said Lauren. Her family owns Faith Like a Mustard Seed Farm, a business specializing in a wide variety of agriculture related endeavors from distributing beef and poultry to instructing cooking classes. Gleaser said that her daughter works mainly for the restaurant to show her that, “things don’t come easy, you have to work for it.” At the fair, the family feeds, bathes, clips and tends their livestock, which is new to Lauren. “It wasn’t always this way; it was hard to get her into it because it’s so much work,” added Gleaser. Lauren and her family represent a unique population of families each year that participate in the Great Frederick Fair to spread the word of agriculture. In addition to the families that presented their livestock, a large group of 4-H members worked at the fair helping with agriculture. Among these workers was Raymond Toombs, 11, who sported an all-white polo t-shirt complemented by all white pants and a bolo tie with the 4-H logo stuck in the middle. Around the agriculture section of the fair multiple children and teens can be seen in this noticeable outfit. He sat on the bleachers, observing the goats with his family, when participants walked out to the middle of the ring to be judged. “Most of the time we have fun and do other people’s chicken waters if it’s not good,” said Toombs while he looked on at the animals. Next to him on the chairs, along the wall, sat 10-year- old Calie Bloomfield. She added that in a normal day at the fair she, “milked the goats, fed them and gave them hay.” “I like showing them,” she said when referring to her dairy goats at the fair. Inside one of the numerous barns, 13-year-old Zachary Spurrier began to prepare his area with his father close behind, putting out numerous lawn chairs adjacent to their cow display. Spurrier has been at the fair since it opened today. He displayed rabbits on Sunday, goats on Monday and cows on Tuesday. He said, “It’s a lot of hard work, but in the end it pays off.” Along with the work, Spurrier said that he enjoyed watching his animals as they performed and that one of his favorite parts was seeing how well the animals did in the show. Children participating in the Great Frederick Fair play a vital role in sharing their agricultural knowledge to visitors of the fair. Gleaser said, “This is the first time we’ve done the fair and I think we’ll continue doing it.” ABOUT US The Great Frederick Fair Inc. and The Frederick County Agricultural Society Inc. publish News as a general information service for its Life Members, business clients and associates. Additional information regarding an of the matters published within may be obtained from the Administration Office. BOARD OFFICERS Joseph F. Devilbiss, Sr. – President Colby D. Hubble – Vice President Robert W. Frank – Secretary Maurice A. Gladhill – Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS John E. Bare Charles B. Cramer Clyde C. Crum James S. Grimes Nancy N. Hendricks Nancy F. Keller Jacqueline L. Kreh John P. Murphy J. R. Ramsburg J. Ray Ramsburg, III – Assistant Treasurer The Great Frederick Fair Inc. is a member of: The Maryland Association of Agricultural Fairs and Shows Inc. The Internation Association of Fairs and Expositions The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County The Frederick County Tourism Council The Pennsylvania Association of Fairs HOW TO REACH US... The Administration Office at The Great Frederick Fair is open from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. M – F 301.663.5895 p 301.663.9719 f www.thegreatfrederickfair.com Our street address is 797 E. Patrick Street By mail, address materials to P.O. Box 604, Frederick, MD 21701 3 2 The Great Frederick Fair – Barn in the U.S.A. The Great Frederick Fair – Barn in the U.S.A. C HILDREN OF THE F AIR by: Garrett Baker MORE THAN J UST ART by: Madison Blumenauer MORE THAN J UST ART (cont. from pg. 2) 9 a.m. ALL Building Opens to Public Open Class Dairy Cattle Show - Bldg. 32 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Home Arts & Crafts Building Demonstrations - Bldg. 9 Farm & Garden Building Demonstrations - Bldg. 14A Equine Showcase/Expo - Presented By: The Great Frederick Fair, Inside Gate 3 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Frederick County History Day - Presented by: The Tourism Council of Frederick & The Frederick Historic Sites Consortium - featuring Double Intrigue - Grand Rental Events’ Community Tent 11 a.m. Farrier Demonstration - Equine Showcase/Expo - Inside Gate 3 11:30 a.m. Grandstand Entertainment - Mark Hanak (Free) Noon Harness Racing - Grandstand (Free) 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Kiddie Carnival Rides Open ($) Approx. 1:30 p.m Old Fashion Day, Parade of Antique Cars Immediately following the races (Free) 2 p.m. – Close Carnival Midway – Pay One Price ($) 5:30 p.m. 4-H/FFA Beef, Sheep & Swine Sale - Bldg. 18 6:30 p.m. 4-H/FFA Pretty Cow Contest - Bldg. 32 7:30 p.m. 38 Special - Presented By: The Great Frederick Fair - Grandstand ($) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Devita was walking around the fair as a chaperone for a group of children from Middletown Primary School who also expressed their interest in the different art forms shown. The children also said that they knew people who had entered pieces of art in the exhibit. “Some of our friends made tie-dye shirts and pillowcases,” said one of the children. They all expressed their excitement of seeing their friends’ artwork on display. The children also said that seeing the other’s artwork made them want to enter something next year. The art exhibit focuses on trying to get children involved and build their confidence. “We use the Danish system for judging,” said fair volunteer Theresa Takatsch. “We use it because it’s fair, all of the children are judged equally.” Takatsch said that it’s important to keep the children excited and wanting to put more pieces in each year. “I think it’s wonderful they’re getting the youth involved,” said Sowers. (continued on pg. 3)
Transcript of ABOUT US thursday, septeMber 21 C The Great Frederick Fair ...€¦ · Fair, and perhaps no part of...
Children are one of the most important parts of The Great Frederick Fair, and perhaps no part of the fair enables children to participate the way that the art and photography exhibits do.
As one stands in building 12, there are a variety of things to see. Look at one wall; it is filled with photographs from different schools throughout Frederick County, ranging from buildings to animals. Another wall has paintings of portraits and landscapes hanging from it. Down the center are tie-dyed pillowcases and clothing made by students. Throughout the building there are masks and sculptures on display. The entire room is colorful and full of life.
While much of the artwork and photography is created by 4H and FFA members, participation includes other students, as well, offering youth of all ages a chance to express themselves!
Karen Sowers has been coming to the fair for many years and said that she never passes up walking through the art exhibit.
“It’s beautiful. I enjoy looking at all the pictures,” said Sowers.
Sowers isn’t alone.
“It’s awesome. I think it’s great they have the different things,” said fairgoer Brooke Devita.
In the stalls of The Milky Way Barn, 9-year-old Lauren Gleaser wore a shiny, silver tiara while she pulled a wagon through a narrow aisle. Her mother, Patricia, leaned on a pole relaying information about her cattle with a few visitors as her father fumbled with the television, trying to get his display set up for the rush of visitors.
“I feel happy, excited sometimes, but not when I have chores,” said Lauren.
Her family owns Faith Like a Mustard Seed Farm, a business specializing in a wide variety of agriculture related endeavors from distributing beef and poultry to instructing cooking classes.
Gleaser said that her daughter works mainly for the restaurant to show her that, “things don’t come easy, you have to work for it.” At the fair, the family feeds, bathes, clips and tends their livestock, which is new to Lauren.
“It wasn’t always this way; it was hard to get her into it because it’s so much work,” added Gleaser.
Lauren and her family represent a unique population of families each year that participate in the Great Frederick Fair to spread the word of agriculture. In addition to the families that presented their livestock, a large group of 4-H members worked at the fair helping with agriculture.
Among these workers was Raymond Toombs, 11, who sported an all-white polo t-shirt complemented by all white pants and a bolo tie with the 4-H logo stuck in the middle. Around the agriculture section of the fair multiple children and teens can be seen in this noticeable outfit.
He sat on the bleachers, observing the goats with his family, when participants walked out to the middle of the ring to be judged.
“Most of the time we have fun and do other people’s chicken waters if it’s not good,” said Toombs while he looked on at the animals.
Next to him on the chairs, along the wall, sat 10-year-old Calie Bloomfield. She added that in a normal day at the fair she, “milked the goats, fed them and gave them hay.”
“I like showing them,” she said when referring to her dairy goats at the fair.
Inside one of the numerous barns, 13-year-old Zachary Spurrier began to prepare his area with his father close behind, putting out numerous lawn chairs adjacent to their cow display. Spurrier has been at the fair since it opened today. He displayed rabbits on Sunday, goats on Monday and cows on Tuesday.
He said, “It’s a lot of hard work, but in the end it pays off.”
Along with the work, Spurrier said that he enjoyed watching his animals as they performed and that one of his favorite parts was seeing how well the animals did in the show.
Children participating in the Great Frederick Fair play a vital role in sharing their agricultural knowledge to visitors of the fair. Gleaser said, “This is the first time we’ve done the fair and I think we’ll continue doing it.”
ABOUT USThe Great Frederick Fair Inc. and
The Frederick County Agricultural Society Inc. publish News as a general
information service for its Life Members, business clients and associates. Additional information regarding an of the matters published within may be obtained from
the Administration Office.
BOARD OFFICERSJoseph F. Devilbiss, Sr. – PresidentColby D. Hubble – Vice President
Robert W. Frank – SecretaryMaurice A. Gladhill – Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORSJohn E. Bare
Charles B. CramerClyde C. CrumJames S. Grimes
Nancy N. HendricksNancy F. Keller
Jacqueline L. KrehJohn P. MurphyJ. R. Ramsburg
J. Ray Ramsburg, III – Assistant Treasurer
The Great Frederick Fair Inc. is a member of:
The Maryland Association of Agricultural Fairs and Shows Inc.
The Internation Association of Fairs
and Expositions
The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County
The Frederick County Tourism CouncilThe Pennsylvania Association of Fairs
HOW TO REACH US...The Administration Office at
The Great Frederick Fair is open from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. M – F
301.663.5895 p301.663.9719 f
www.thegreatfrederickfair.com
Our street address is 797 E. Patrick Street
By mail, address materials to P.O. Box 604, Frederick, MD 21701
32 The Great Frederick Fair – Barn in the U.S.A. The Great Frederick Fair – Barn in the U.S.A.
Children of the fair by: Garrett Baker
More than Just art by: Madison Blumenauer
More than Just art (cont. from pg. 2)
9 a.m. ALL Building Opens to Public
Open Class Dairy Cattle Show - Bldg. 32
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Home Arts & Crafts Building Demonstrations - Bldg. 9
Farm & Garden Building Demonstrations - Bldg. 14A
Equine Showcase/Expo - Presented By: The Great Frederick Fair, Inside Gate 3
10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Frederick County History Day - Presented by: The Tourism Council of Frederick & The Frederick Historic Sites Consortium - featuring Double Intrigue - Grand Rental Events’ Community Tent
11 a.m. Farrier Demonstration - Equine Showcase/Expo - Inside Gate 3
11:30 a.m. Grandstand Entertainment - Mark Hanak (Free)
Noon Harness Racing - Grandstand (Free)
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Kiddie Carnival Rides Open ($)
Approx. 1:30 p.m Old Fashion Day, Parade of Antique CarsImmediately following the races (Free)
2 p.m. – Close Carnival Midway – Pay One Price ($)
5:30 p.m. 4-H/FFA Beef, Sheep & Swine Sale - Bldg. 18
6:30 p.m. 4-H/FFA Pretty Cow Contest - Bldg. 32
7:30 p.m. 38 Special - Presented By: The Great Frederick Fair - Grandstand ($)
thursday, septeMber 21
Devita was walking around the fair as a chaperone for a group of children from Middletown Primary School who also expressed their interest in the different art forms shown.
The children also said that they knew people who had entered pieces of art in the exhibit.
“Some of our friends made tie-dye shirts and pillowcases,” said one of the children.
They all expressed their excitement of seeing their friends’ artwork on display. The children also said that seeing the other’s artwork made them want to enter
something next year.
The art exhibit focuses on trying to get children involved and build their confidence.
“We use the Danish system for judging,” said fair volunteer Theresa Takatsch. “We use it because it’s fair, all of the children are judged equally.”
Takatsch said that it’s important to keep the children excited and wanting to put more pieces in each year.
“I think it’s wonderful they’re getting the youth involved,” said Sowers.
(continued on pg. 3)
The Great Frederick Fair – Barn in the U.S.A.
For the 154th Great Frederick Fair, the eye catching and colorful theme “Barn in the USA” was a fun and patriotic addition to promote the Fair’s message of teaching adults and kids about agriculture and the Frederick community.
Sitting around a table, creating ideas for the Great Frederick Fair, staff members brainstormed a theme that would be better than ever, said Chris Spangler, Media & Technology Manager at the Fair. “Barn in the USA,” the slogan of the year, was based off of Bruce Springsteen’s smash hit “Born in the USA.”
“The red, white and blue theme with stars really catches the eyes of viewers in a fun way,” Spangler said. The theme was meant to be patriotic and also help spread agricultural knowledge to the community.
Sue Hull, Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator, said that teaching kids and adults about agriculture was the root to “Barn in the USA”. “We wanted to catch the attention of younger kids, not just particularly parents,” Hull said. The fair committee wanted the logo to be “colorful, eye-catching, fun and creative,” which were the main adjectives Hull used to describe the logo.
The Great Frederick Fair sold apparel that advertised the Fair’s logo,
which was a big hit. The different shirts, jackets and baby onesies were so popular, they sold out quickly.
Clair Mixon, a souvenir booth worker, said “Kids and adults recognize patriotism, and it really connects the kids with the love and history of agriculture.”
“Barn in the USA” is tied into many aspects of the fair, effecting different organizations and sections of Frederick County.
4-H and FFA members participate in a landscaping contest every year at the fair, and compete against each other to assemble an overall appearance that includes red, white and blue. The theme of the 20th annual Autumn Classic Landscape Contest was “Pa-TREE-otic,” just like the Fair’s overall theme. Hull said, “4-H kids call and register to participate in the annual contest with professional
landscapers, using the land to not only enhance the area, but to also provide knowledge to others.”
As the fair continues throughout the whole week, the atmosphere of the event’s meaning and theme are understood. At the end of the week when the fair comes close to an end, the Great Frederick Fair staff begin to come up with new theme ideas for next year. “‘Barn in the USA’ set a high bar for next year’s theme”, Hull said.
Mixon made a list of different themes to help. The staff has started to kick around the idea of “Country Nights and Carnival Lights,” which would try to focus more on the history of agriculture and the Great Frederick Fair. This theme is, said by Hull, not to be set in stone though, and more ideas will be brainstormed in the upcoming meetings for next year.
the theMe that sets the bar high for next year by: Freddy Roberts and Kiley Hill
the great frederiCk fair – barn in the u.s.a.
CONTENTS1 ...........The Birds are Back
2 ......... More Than Just Art
3 ......... Children at the Fair
4.. .............The Theme That Sets The Bar High
For Next Year
NEWSLETTER14 September 22, 2016 • Vol. 2, No. 6
At last the ban on poultry, due to the Avian Influenza, has been lifted. There have been no outbreaks in the past year.
Nothing has changed as far as daily management of the birds goes. However, they are required to take a blood test and a certificate to say that they are well.
Displayed in the poultry building was a PSA board on the Avian Influenza. The board included the symptoms in fowl such as: sudden death, lack of coordination, soft shelled or lack of energy and more. A link to report incidents and information on how to protect flocks is also exibited on the board.
Although there have been no recent breakouts it is still important to remain conscious of the ways to prevent another outbreak.
The poultry and rabbits are connected in the same building with different standards to be judged on.
Birds are judged on their feathers and body type. Birds are also sorted by their breed and layers may be judged by the color of their eggs. Did you know the color of their ear lobes correspond with the color of their eggs?
A representative from the Great Frederick Fair, Shirley Varrecchia said “The 4H participation was about average in comparison to previous years.
Varrecchia also shared valuable information on the different types of chickens such as Silkies. She informed the group that silkies have black meat
and many pregnant women in Asia eat the birds because there meat is believed to strengthen the baby.
This year the birds are put through two tests to make sure they are healthy.
The Barn Superintendent said that “The poultry must be tested within ten days of the fair, its challenging for the exhibitors and takes more coordination with a representative from the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Although the schedueling is difficult the exibitors love showing and make sure they meet the requirements.
In the Poultry and Rabbit building the ducklings are the center of attention and many children stop to stare! In addition to the ducklings, they have peacocks, more were supposed to be present, however when the farmer was transporting his peacocks a bird got away and they are still in the process of getting it back.
(continued on pg. 4
the birds are baCkby: Hannah Miller
the birds are baCk (cont. from pg 1)This year there are one hundred eight entries and several hundred entries
from the 4H.Nancy Carlisle, the Barn Superintendent, said “This year there are lots of types of chickens, creating a nice display. She also said that “They are able to incorporate many different aspects because they have more room to work with.
When asked about the public opinion on the matter she stated “The public loves having chickens, many have said they think this is the best part and they are glad they are back.” She also said the baby ducks are always a big hit!
Special Thanks
to Middletown
High School
