Fair Schedule of Events

FREE ADMITTANCE TO THE FAIR GATES TODAY!

        8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Fairgrounds Secretary’s office open.

        4-H and FFA horse, rabbit and poultry exhibits may check in, and beef and swine weighed-in between 12 noon and 6 p.m. Dairy cattle and goats may check in, and market goat and sheep exhibits weighed-in between 3 and 5 p.m.

        All livestock must be checked in by 5 p.m.   

        6:00 p.m. 4-H and FFA dog show followed by Open Class

        6:00 p.m. Thomas & Thomas Carnival  “Buck Night”. Rides for $1.00

        7:00 p.m. Clover Kids “Show of Show” at horse arena

        7:00 p.m.  Bill Riley Talent Show sponsored by Guthrie Center Communications and Panora Telecommunications and Kristy Vance Studio entertainment at the GCHS Auditorium

        *Champion Pictures will be taken following each show.

        7:30 a.m. 4-H and FFA Horse show followed by Open Class

        8:00 a.m. Son-o-ray swine production pigs followed by beef

        8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Fairgrounds Secretary’s office open

        8:30 a.m. - Register for Cribbage Tournament at Teen Town.  Tournament at 9 a.m.

        10:00 a.m. 4-H and FFA Poultry show followed by Open Class

        12 Noon 4-H Exhibits Building, Community Building and vendor booths opens

        12 Noon Horse Shoe pits open

        2:00 p.m. Antique Appraisal.  Limit of two items.  Teen Town

        3:30 p.m. 4-H Pet Show animals arrive at Small Show Ring

        4:00 p.m. 4-H Pet Show followed by Open Class

        5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Thomas & Thomas Carnival Wristband Rides

        6:00 p.m. Entries must be in for Art and Agriculture Department at Secretary’s Office

        6:30 p.m. Mutton Busting. Sign up at Secretary’s Office before 6:30 p.m.

      7:30 p.m. Grand River Rodeo, IRCA Sanctioned. Sponsored by Guthrie County Banks and Guthrie County Fairboard

 SATURDAY, SEPT 3

         7:00  a.m.4-H and FFA Rabbit show followed by Open Class

        8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Fairgrounds Secretary’s office open.

        9:00 a.m.  4-H Exhibits Building Opens

        10:00 a.m. Parade. Theme:   "Clowning Around at the Guthrie County Fair"

        11:30 a.m. 4-H and FFA Sheep show followed by Open Class

        12:00  Noon Mud Volleyball sign up. Competition starts at 1:00 p.m  NO ALCOHOL!
                   For volleyball information call Terry Laughery 641-757-1880

        12:00 Noon – 10:00 p.m. Thomas & Thomas Carnival Wristband Rides

        12:00 Noon Horse Shoe pits open

        1:00 p.m. Grandstand Entertainment:  Nuts on Wheels Motor Cross

        1:00 p.m. -  4:00 p.m. Antique Tractor Show with Corn Picking Working Exhibit

         1:00 p.m. - 5 p.m. Clinician Jim Orban at the Horse Arena.  Clinic participants limited to
                                       ten per clinic.  $20 fee per person/horse.  Jim   Orban 515-490-9629.
                                       Spectators free.

        1:30 p.m. Children’s Pedal Pull, Grand Concourse

        1:30 p.m. Register for Baby Olympics at Teen Town  2 p.m Baby Olympics start - 6 months
                        to four years of age

        2:00 p.m. Swine Jackpot Show

        2:00 p.m. 4-H and FFA Goat show and Dairy Cattle show followed by open class.  Lamb and
                        Goat Jackpot Show to follow

        4:00 p.m.  4-H and FFA Swine show

        4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Antique Tractor Plowing

        6:30 p.m. Outlaw Drill Team performance at horse arena

        7:00 p.m. Guthrie County Saddle Club Fun Show registration at horse arena

FREE ADMITTANCE FOR OLD SETTLERS (ANYONE OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE) TODAY!

        *Champion Pictures will be taken following each show.

         7:00 a.m. Panora Ministerial Association Church Services in Grandstand

         9:00 a.m. Coed Horse Shoe Tournament registration.  Tournament begins at 10:00 a.m.
                         $10/couple.  Provide own horseshoes.  Contact Mike Petersen 641-757-1931

         9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon  Clinician Jim Orban at the Horse Arena.  Clinic participants limited to
                                           ten per clinic.  $20 fee per person/horse.  Jim   Orban 515-490-9629.
                                          Spectators free.

        10:00 a.m. 4-H and FFA Jr Cattle Feeder Pens followed 4-H and FFA Beef show, Open show
                          following.  Foundation Pie Auction will be held during the noon break.

        11:30 a.m. Announcement of J.R. Hodges Award

        12:00 Noon – 10:00 p.m. Thomas & Thomas Carnival Wristband Rides

        1 p.m. - Grandstand Entertainment:  Demolition Derby            

       1:00 p.m. MAPA Hot Rod Garden Tractor Pull & Antique Tractor show at south end of
                       fairgrounds.  Plowing will follow tractor pulls.

        4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Arm Wrestling Weigh-In. Competition begins at 5:00 p.m.

       8:00 p.m. Grandstand Entertainment:  John Conlee Country Music Show. 
                       Fireworks to follow

         9:00 – 12:00 p.m. Teen Dance

        8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Fairgrounds Secretary’s office open.

        9:00 a.m. 4-H and FFA Livestock sale in show ring
                        (Laughery & Sons Sale Barn and Guthrie County Auctioneers Cooperating)

        10:00 a.m. Horse Shoe pits open

        11:00 a.m. Mud Bogs in front of Old Grandstand

        12:00 Noon – 6:00 p.m. Thomas & Thomas Carnival Wristband Rides

        1:00 – 3:00 p.m. 4-H home economics, science, arts and mechanics exhibits released

        2:00 p.m. Livestock to be released. By 4:00 p.m., all exhibitors must clean their stalls
                        and carry bedding and manure outside the barn.

        3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Art and agriculture departments exhibits released

Questions?
Additional information can be obtained by contacting C.W. Thomas, President of the Guthrie County Agricultural Society, 747-3696.