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It may be 133 years old, |

but the Saanich Fall Fair
certainly isn’t stodgy.

‘The oldest continuously

running. fair in Western
Canada, which is expected
to draw more than 60,000
spectators to the Saanich
Fairgrounds on Stelly’s

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Cross Road Sept. 2-4, fea-
tures all things Fair — kids’

events, fresh produce from

local farms, farm animals, a
blacksmith, 4-H club pro-
the Bee .. Doctor,
needlework, buggies, the
heavy horses and more live

entertainment than you can

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Paying homage to the
Holstein in this: moo-llen-
nium year, a new addition to
the fair is a Milking Parlour
for all those who don’t know
how milk gets from the
farm to their breakfast bowl.
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include the Farmer Vicki
and Daisy show, celebrity
milk shake making, ice
cream-eating contests and a
prize for the best Milk
Moostache.

A pet show for kids only
will allow kids to show off

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One young rider poses with her horse at last years’

Saanich Fail Fair.

Fido and Chirpy in three
categories for each type of

- animal — largest, smallest |

and best cared for. Animal:

categories. include’ dogs, :

cats, fish, hamsters, guinea
pigs, goats, hedgehogs, Ila-

“mas, rabbits and birds. The

winners from each category
will return later for the =
“Best of Show” competition.

Pre-register. at the fair-
grounds before Aug. 27 (but .

late entries are okay, too): -
2 Country, é vAddle; Celtic;

Celtic Thunder,”
Tiller’s. Folly. and ° Tiller

vival Band, 100% Cotton, ;
Klaibert- Fiddlers, the El-

My name is Magda Zandee

Hart and I belong to the

Saanich 4-H Lamb Club and
have been for the last. three
years,

This year] applied to gotoa

Rural. Urban Connections.
Canada 2000 dealing with agri-
culture awareness, I was really
excited when I received a letter
stating that Thad been selected
as a delegate along with 10
other 4H members from the
Island, We then received plane

~fickets and an itinerary of our

nix-ay (rip to Kelowna,

94 delegaies from all across
Canada both in and out of 414,
We stayed at the Okanagan
University College, We toured

A’ ocal dairy farnis, orchards,

B.C. Green or. :

Peppers Acai , Zucchini

Red ten Orange

“ranches and watersheds. We
also had guest speakers and:

workshops dealing with agri:
culture awareness, W

public about agriculture: at a lo-

cal event.’
‘We ended our last night ;
“ihare. with, a candle lighting

ceremony, a barbeque anda
“dance; >

1 lear ned alot from this vip

-day. Kids. under six. get. in
- free all three days: The Fair-
. ground, « admission: gates
open. at. 8 am. each: day,
~ close. at. QQ”
: Saturday /Sunday. (but the:
» ‘grounds: don’t ‘close, until
11:30. p.m, Saturday and —
Sunday) and close at 6 Pa m.
derly Brothers, String of.”
Pearls, Bil Hilly Band, Sean is

4-H open caacaa

conference in Kelowna called |

When we arrived, we met:

@ per
formed skits we made to the

Hogan, Pieces of Eight, Fid--
dlemania, Dance Unlimited, .
Gold Diggers, Mandolirium
and Tania Elizabeth will all

hit the stage. See the Fall
» Fair booklet in this issue of

the Review for times.

For those looking for a lit-
tle rocking and rolling, the
midway is open Monday,
Sept. 4. All-day. wristbands
are $19.26 each.:

For adults to’ ‘get into: the:
Fair on Saturday: ‘and:Sun-° |

- day, the cost is $7 and Mon--

_-dayi is $6. Seniors and youth:
mandolin’ musicians will:

perform.’ tI] the cows come.”
~ home this weekend. Young —
‘country * ‘singer: Justine,
Satin Swing, Paul Hann, the; -
Walter: Bodega Band, Pony
* Club,..

(7-13). pay: “SA: for. Saturday
and Sunday and $3 for Mon-_

p.m,

‘Monday. . -
See you there!

and was really fortunate to get —
this opportunity, I also meta lot
of people from across Canada
and learned about their ‘differ-
ent ways of life”

“Along with this, my brother
Benn and | placed higly
enough in Club, District and
Regional demonstrations to
make it on to Provincials. This
year it was hosted by the Ab-
botsford Aprifair. We were
very fortunate to get the sup-
port from our club and we'd
like to thank them, We were
also very lucky to get this op-
portunity as we niet a lot of
people in 4-H and other agri-
culture-related
wound BC,

As the Saanich Ki ait gets.
closer, our club, other Saanich

-clubs and clubs from the Js:

“Ann get ready to show our an-

_imals and other: projects we
have been working on. Please.

“come to the Fair-and take a

quick view at all of our hard —
work, 4-H has been a really ci
riching experience,

4-H is open to people living
in both rural.and urban com:
munities 80. feel free to ap
proach any 4 HH member at the
Fair. if you have any. questions

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