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SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREETHURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016
Food, fun, and furry creatures abound at Belknap County 4-H Fair
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Sabrina Bellerose and younger sister Becky of Northfield read-ied Buckwheat for the Belknap County 4-H Fair by weaving western braids in his mane prior to the horse competitions.
BY DONNA RHODES
BELMONT — This year’s 73rd annual Belknap County 4-H Fair was a big success, drawing large crowds for both days who en-joyed the food, fun and furry creatures who all took part in the tradi-tional agricultural cel-ebration.
Billed as “The Big-gest Little Agricultur-al Show In New Hamp-shire,” there was truly something for every-one to enjoy as they walked through the barns, watched numer-ous demonstrations from the 4-H members and listened to live music from the Rock-in’ Daddio’s Doo-Wop band on Saturday, as well as Studio Two’s Beatle’s Tribute on Sunday.
The tight vocal har-monies of the Rockin Daddio’s carried across the fairgrounds Sat-urday afternoon, and fairgoers who stopped to watch one of the group's three sets were treated to their humor-ous on-stage banter. As part of their per-formance, the Daddios even got the crowd in on the act with a sing-along to “Banana Boat (Day-O),” the Carib-
bean folk song popu-larized in the 1950's by Harry Belafonte.
While the music filled the fairgrounds on Mile Hill Road in Belmont, all sorts of farm animals filled the
barns. Goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, cattle, chickens, ducks and more were all judged on their care and ap-pearance, while oth-er animals were busy demonstrating skills
with their young own-ers.
The dog show of-fered boys and girls a chance to show the behavioral skills their pets have learned and they amazed onlook-
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ers with their distinct performances. Around the show ring, the 4-H members even had posters designed to educate pet owners on summer safety tips for their dogs, etiquette tips and other bits of useful information.
Horse competitions allowed young eques-trians the chance to demonstrate their skills in the ring as well as they sought to qualify for other up-coming events around the state. Besidesstandard competitiverequirements in show-manship, jumping and other events, they even had the chance to have some fun with a color-ful costume show.
The dairy show went on to amaze the crowds as young boys and girls easily handled cows that were many times larger than them and weighed hundreds of pounds.
Throughout the two-day event there were also lawn tractor pulls for the kids, pony rides, jello and pie eating competitions and a vis-
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Members of the Chapel Valley 4-H group based in Sanbornton were busy serving up delicious Rootbeer and Creamsicle floats from their booth during last weekend’s Belknap County 4-H
Fair in Belmont.
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Local 4-H members held their pet rabbits close as they lined up for judging at the Belknap County 4-H Fair last weekend.
it from Ed the Wizard who dared to saw some of the children in half as part of his brand of entertainment.
For the older crowd, lawn tractor and oxen pulls were a big part of the weekend as well.
Inside the exhibi-tion building, there were also displays of all the hard work 4-H members from all over the county had done throughout the year. Among those projects were jewelry, fabric arts and needlework, baked goods and vege-tables fresh from their gardens. There were also models of nota-ble places on display, each created by 4-H members. One of those models was a replica of New Hampton’s 1798 Town House that in-cluded intricate details such as the benches and interior design of the historic building.
Of course, no fair is complete without lots of tempting foods and the Belknap County 4-H Fair was no dif-ferent from the rest in
that aspect. Hamburg-ers, hot dogs, sausage subs and freshly made French fries were just the tip of the iceberg. From there, people moved on to enjoy des-serts like ice cream, flavored shave ice, fresh homemade pies, made-to-order fried dough, and other tasty treats.
One spot that even drew the attention of U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayo-tte was the root beer float stand from Chap-el Valley 4-H Club of Sanbornton. The club originally built the stand several years ago under the leadership of the Swain family from Heritage Farm, and they continue to use it as part of their fund raising efforts for the Belknap County Fair.
The fair’s motto is proclaimed as “Where Memories are Made and Fun is a Tradi-tion,” and, despite some late afternoon fain on Saturday, this year’s event certainly seemed to live up to that reputation.
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