Emo Fair full of fun for everyone

Ken Johnston
Editor

It is fair time again!
Things kicked off on Monday with Fair Queen contestants meeting the public which was followed by a fashion show.
Entries are being accepted at exhibition hall starting on Wednesday.
Livestock will enter the grounds on Thursday and the midway will open that evening. The 2006-07 Emo Fair Queen will also be crowned that evening.
Friday a pancake breakfast will be served and the livestock exhibits will open to the public.
Miniature, Draft and Light Horse shows will take place all day as well.
A mainstay at the annual fair is the Loggers Competition which will begin at the grandstands Friday morning and continue all day.
The Farm Progress Building and Exhibition Hall will open and remain open all weekend.
A beef and cattle show will be held around mid-day and the midway will open at Noon and run until midnight.
A fiddler and magic shows will will grace the small stage that afternoon.
Racing fans will get two nights of stock cars both Friday and Saturday.
Saturday many of the same activities will continue plus there will be a big parade, go cart racing, name that tune, mini king/queen crowning, 4H cattle show and auction and a tractor pull.
Advanced midway tickets are available across the district including RR True Value, Marmus Shell, Stratton Restaurant, Roseberry Runway and Barwick Village Restaurant.