161st Annual Agricultural Fair_ Schedule of Occasions
Ag Truthful Program
(Topic to vary)
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
Barns shut at 9 pm
Corridor closes at 10 pm
Fiber Tent closes at 6 pm
Sunday
Barns shut at 5 pm
Corridor closes at 5 pm
Fiber Tent closes at 5 pm
Day by day Actions
Thursday, August 17
(10 am – 11 pm)
Cattle Day
Judging of Displays in Corridor (Corridor opens after judging within the afternoon)
All day – Fiber Tent
10 am: Drop-in Crafts
10:30 am: Scavenger Hunts, all day – Barns
10:30 am: Parade of Oxen & Oxen Impediment Course – Pulling Ring
11 am: Oxen in Hand – Pulling Ring
11 am: Shearing Demos, all day
11 am – 5:00 pm: Youth Schooling – Barns
11 am – 5:00 pm: The Blue Hills Brass Trio – Strolling
1 pm: Oxen Pull – Pulling Ring
1 pm: Spinning Competitors – Fiber Tent
3 pm: Chopstick Knitting Competitors – Fiber Tent
4 pm: Sack Races
5 pm: Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull – subsequent to Pulling Ring
6 pm: Goat Present & Judging of Goats – in entrance of Barn
6:30 pm: Judging of Sheep – Barn
7 pm: Judging of Cattle – Barn
7 pm – 10 pm: Stay Native Music – Music Tent
Friday, August 18
(10 am – 11 pm)
Horse Day
10 am: Drop-in Crafts, all day – Fiber Tent
10 am: Judging of Miniature Donkeys and Horses – Barn
10:30 am: Scavenger Hunts, all day – Barns
10:30 am: Judging of Rabbits – Barn
11 am: Judging of Swine – Barn
11 am: Draft Horse Halter Class – Pulling Ring
11 am: Shearing Demos, all day
11 am – 5 pm: Youth Schooling – Barns
11 am – 5 pm: Blue Hills Brass Trio – Strolling
11:30 pm: Judging of Llamas & Alpacas – Barn
1 pm: Draft Horse Pulling Contest – Pulling Ring
1 pm: Spinning Competitors – Fiber Tent
2 pm: Children Corn Husking Competitors – Behind Corridor
3 pm: Chopstick Knitting Competitors – Fiber Tent
3 pm: The Pet Present – Music Tent
6 pm – 10:00 pm: Stay Native Music – Music Tent
Saturday, August 19
(10am – 11pm)
Farm Equipment Day
10 am: Drop-in Crafts, all day – Fiber Tent
10 am: Vintage Tractor Pull – Behind the Pulling Ring
10:30 am: Scavenger Hunts, all day – Barns
11 am: Woodsman’s Competitors, all day – Pulling Ring
11 am: Shearing Demos, all day
11 am – 5 pm: The Blue Hills Brass Trio – Strolling
11 am – 5 pm: Youth Schooling – Barns
3 pm – 4 pm: Contact A Tractor – Pulling Ring
3 pm: Chopstick Knitting Competitors – Fiber Tent
4 pm: Shucking Competitors – Music Tent
5 pm: Sack Races – Present Ring
5:30 pm: Mini Excavator Competitors – Behind Pulling
5:30 pm – 8 pm: Stay Native Music – Music Tent
5:30 pm: Tug-O-Battle Competitors – Present Ring
8:30 pm: Johnny Hoy & the Bluefish – Music Tent
Sunday, August 20
(9:30 am – 6 pm)
9:30 am: Canine Present Test In Begins
10 am: Canine Present – Pulling Ring
10 am: Scavenger Hunts, all day – Barns
10 am: Drop in Crafts, all day – Fiber Tent
11 am: Native Equine Occasions, all day – Present Ring
11 am: Shearing Demos, all day
11 am – 5 pm :The Blue Hills Brass Trio – Strolling
11 am – 5 pm: Cornhole Summer time Showdown, Beneath the Bushes
11 am – 5 pm: Youth Schooling – Barns
1 pm: Spinning Competitors – Fiber Tent
3 pm: Chopstick Knitting Competitors – Fiber Tent
3 pm: Girls’s Skillet Toss – Pulling Ring
4 pm: Barn Closing Parade
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Nancy Mulcahy’s poster design chosen for the 2023 Agricultural Truthful
The Martha’s Winery Agricultural Society has chosen this yr’s poster for the Agricultural Truthful. The poster tips state that every one paintings should be unique (no digital submissions), and the poster should have the occasion title and honest dates. Out of the 32 submissions, Nancy Mulcahy, a part-time Edgartown resident’s poster design was chosen. “When [I heard that] I received I used to be shocked. I used to be so thrilled I began crying,” Mulcahy instructed The Instances. When requested how she heard in regards to the contest, Mulcahy says that she determined to submit a poster design after seeing info in The MV Instances in regards to the contest.
Nancy has a powerful background within the arts. After graduating from Franklin Pierce College with a serious in artwork and elementary schooling, she went on to get a grasp’s diploma from SUNY Albany in schooling. Mulcahy, a New York native, labored on the Diamond Artwork Studio, and later grew to become a instructor. Presently, she relishes making artwork in her dwelling studio. Together with Mulcahy’s poster being displayed on the merchandise and honest promoting, she is going to obtain a free four-day honest cross, together with a financial money prize of $200. Her profitable poster previews simply a few of the many animals, produce, and rides that shall be obtainable to expertise throughout this yr’s 161st annual Agricultural Truthful.
