The Stanley Fair is over for another year. The organizing committee will take a few days to rest up. After a review of this year's events they will begin planning for the 162nd Stanley Fair.
Thank you to all committee members for their commitment to the Stanley Fair.
A hearty thank you to all of the sponsors, supporters and volunteers who helped make this a great Stanley Fair!
We appreciate your feedback. Please send any ideas, comments or suggestions to www.stanleyfair.com or contact any Agricultural Society Member.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
2011 Stanley Fair Schedule
2011 Stanley Fair Schedule
Wednesday, September 21
2:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Exhibits accepted on the Fair Grounds
Thursday, September 22
9:00am ~ Judging of exhibits
6:00pm ~ Opening Dinner in Dance Hall, doors open at 6:00pm dinner served at 6:30pm
~ Louis Douglass will be honoured for his many years of service
~ Roast Beef Dinner featuring local NB products, Price $10.00, Six and under free
~ This event is open to the public and everyone is welcome.
Friday, September 23
9:00am ~ Gates Open on the 161st Stanley Fair, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
~ Guided School Tours
10:00am ~ Baby Contest Registration (no registration fee, regular $5.00 admission paid by all at gate)
11:00am ~ Baby Contest in the Dance Hall
2:00pm ~ Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall NEW
3:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Ball Hockey in the Agrena
3:30pm ~ Pumpkin Decorating Registration, fee $2.00
4:00pm ~ Pumpkin Decorating Contest – take your decorated pumpkin home with you
7:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Luke Hawkes Presents Entertainment in Dance Hall
Saturday, September 24
9:00am ~ Gates Open, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
10:00am ~ Pet Contest Registration (no registration fee)
11:00am ~ Pet Contest – Prizes in all categories
11:00am to 3:00pm ~ Science East – interactive science exhibit
12noon to 4:00pm ~ Ball Hockey in the Agrena
1:00pm ~ Dog Obstacle Course Competition – Prizes NEW
1:00pm to 2:30pm ~ Fairmont Fair, Kiddie Fair Games in the Agrena
3:00pm ~ Dance Hall Pub, enjoy a variety of music, food and beverages
RETURNING ~ Dance Hall Pub
Sat ~ 3pm
“Men From Earth”
Andrew O’Hara
“One Acre Lot”
Step-dancing by Michelle O’Hara
8:00pm to 12midnight ~ Stanley Fair Dance featuring “The Grasse Roots”
* DANCE OPENED TO AGES 19 AND ABOVE
STANLEY FAIR DANCE FEATURING
“THE GRASSE ROOTS”
$10.00
DANCE BRACELET
IF PURCHASED AT THE GATE
SATURDAY INCLUDES THE $5.00 REGULAR ADMISSION
TO THE FAIR
MUST BE 19 TO ATTEND DANCE
Sunday, September 25
11:00am ~ Gates Open, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
11:00am ~ Woodsman’s Competition Registration
12noon ~ Woodsman’s Competition
12noon ~ Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall NEW
12noon ~ Scavenger Challenge Registration
1:00pm to 2:00pm ~ Scavenger Challenge – Grand Prize $100.00
3:00pm to 5:00pm ~ Gospel Show in the Dance Hall
~ Celebrity Cake Auction during intermission
Monday, September 26
2:00pm to 8:00pm ~ Exhibits to be picked up
Schedule subject to change without notice
Wednesday, September 21
2:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Exhibits accepted on the Fair Grounds
Thursday, September 22
9:00am ~ Judging of exhibits
6:00pm ~ Opening Dinner in Dance Hall, doors open at 6:00pm dinner served at 6:30pm
~ Louis Douglass will be honoured for his many years of service
~ Roast Beef Dinner featuring local NB products, Price $10.00, Six and under free
~ This event is open to the public and everyone is welcome.
Friday, September 23
9:00am ~ Gates Open on the 161st Stanley Fair, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
~ Guided School Tours
10:00am ~ Baby Contest Registration (no registration fee, regular $5.00 admission paid by all at gate)
11:00am ~ Baby Contest in the Dance Hall
2:00pm ~ Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall NEW
3:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Ball Hockey in the Agrena
3:30pm ~ Pumpkin Decorating Registration, fee $2.00
4:00pm ~ Pumpkin Decorating Contest – take your decorated pumpkin home with you
7:00pm to 9:00pm ~ Luke Hawkes Presents Entertainment in Dance Hall
Saturday, September 24
9:00am ~ Gates Open, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
10:00am ~ Pet Contest Registration (no registration fee)
11:00am ~ Pet Contest – Prizes in all categories
11:00am to 3:00pm ~ Science East – interactive science exhibit
12noon to 4:00pm ~ Ball Hockey in the Agrena
1:00pm ~ Dog Obstacle Course Competition – Prizes NEW
1:00pm to 2:30pm ~ Fairmont Fair, Kiddie Fair Games in the Agrena
3:00pm ~ Dance Hall Pub, enjoy a variety of music, food and beverages
RETURNING ~ Dance Hall Pub
Sat ~ 3pm
“Men From Earth”
Andrew O’Hara
“One Acre Lot”
Step-dancing by Michelle O’Hara
8:00pm to 12midnight ~ Stanley Fair Dance featuring “The Grasse Roots”
* DANCE OPENED TO AGES 19 AND ABOVE
STANLEY FAIR DANCE FEATURING
“THE GRASSE ROOTS”
$10.00
DANCE BRACELET
IF PURCHASED AT THE GATE
SATURDAY INCLUDES THE $5.00 REGULAR ADMISSION
TO THE FAIR
MUST BE 19 TO ATTEND DANCE
Sunday, September 25
11:00am ~ Gates Open, Admission $5.00, 12 and under Free
11:00am ~ Woodsman’s Competition Registration
12noon ~ Woodsman’s Competition
12noon ~ Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall NEW
12noon ~ Scavenger Challenge Registration
1:00pm to 2:00pm ~ Scavenger Challenge – Grand Prize $100.00
3:00pm to 5:00pm ~ Gospel Show in the Dance Hall
~ Celebrity Cake Auction during intermission
Monday, September 26
2:00pm to 8:00pm ~ Exhibits to be picked up
Schedule subject to change without notice
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2011 Stanley Fair
With the appearance of yellow school buses and colourful fall foliage can the Stanley Fair be far behind?
The 2011 Stanley Fair will begin when exhibits are accepted on the Fair Grounds on Wednesday, September 21 between 2pm and 9pm. Pick up your copy of the 2011 Exhibitor's Guide and Prize List at the Taymouth Community Center, various businesses around Stanley or download it from the website http://www.stanleyfair.com/ and start getting your entries ready. Judging will be completed by 5pm on Thursday.
Thursday, September 22 at 6pm doors open to the Dance Hall for the Community Opening Dinner. A roast beef dinner featuring local and New Brunswick products will be served at 6:30pm. Price $10.00. This dinner is opened to the public and everyone is welcome. At this year's dinner, Taymouth resident, Louis Douglass will be honoured for his many years of service to the Stanley Agricultural Society #35 and the Stanley Fair.
Gates open at 9am on Friday, September 23 for a full day of events and activities beginning with guided school tours. Each year students are welcomed on the Fair Grounds where they are introduced to a bit of local history, taken through the exhibits and displays. The focus is agiculture, "where does our food come from?" and this year in celebration of International Year of Forests there will be a more extensive forestry display. Other events for Friday are the Baby Contest, Ball Hockey and Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Two new events for Friday are Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall beginning at 2pm and beginning at 7pm SMG Recording - Luke Hawkes Presents Entertainment in the Dance Hall.
Saturday's events begin as the gates open at 9am. A full day of fun includes Pet Contest, Ball Hockey, Fairmount Fair -Kiddies' Games, Science East and music in the Dance Hall Pub. New this year is a Dog Obstacle Course. The traditional Stanley Fair Dance will get underway at 8pm with music by "The Grasse Roots".
The gates open Sunday at 11am. The Woodsman's Competition begins at 12noon. The Square Dancers return to the Dance Hall at 12noon also. Other events on the slate for Sunday are Scavenger Challenge - a great family activity, Gospel Show and Cake Auction.
As well as all the events listed above there will be on going throughtout the fair, full canteen service, domestic animal display, market vendors, commercial exhibits, quilt display, 4-H, pony rides, agricultural awareness display, midway, antique engines, music, historical display and forestry display.
Watch your mailbox for a complete schedule with specific times and other details. Mark you calendar now - September 23, 24 and 25 for the Stanley Fair!
The 2011 Stanley Fair will begin when exhibits are accepted on the Fair Grounds on Wednesday, September 21 between 2pm and 9pm. Pick up your copy of the 2011 Exhibitor's Guide and Prize List at the Taymouth Community Center, various businesses around Stanley or download it from the website http://www.stanleyfair.com/ and start getting your entries ready. Judging will be completed by 5pm on Thursday.
Thursday, September 22 at 6pm doors open to the Dance Hall for the Community Opening Dinner. A roast beef dinner featuring local and New Brunswick products will be served at 6:30pm. Price $10.00. This dinner is opened to the public and everyone is welcome. At this year's dinner, Taymouth resident, Louis Douglass will be honoured for his many years of service to the Stanley Agricultural Society #35 and the Stanley Fair.
Gates open at 9am on Friday, September 23 for a full day of events and activities beginning with guided school tours. Each year students are welcomed on the Fair Grounds where they are introduced to a bit of local history, taken through the exhibits and displays. The focus is agiculture, "where does our food come from?" and this year in celebration of International Year of Forests there will be a more extensive forestry display. Other events for Friday are the Baby Contest, Ball Hockey and Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Two new events for Friday are Square Dancing Entertainment in the Dance Hall beginning at 2pm and beginning at 7pm SMG Recording - Luke Hawkes Presents Entertainment in the Dance Hall.
Saturday's events begin as the gates open at 9am. A full day of fun includes Pet Contest, Ball Hockey, Fairmount Fair -Kiddies' Games, Science East and music in the Dance Hall Pub. New this year is a Dog Obstacle Course. The traditional Stanley Fair Dance will get underway at 8pm with music by "The Grasse Roots".
The gates open Sunday at 11am. The Woodsman's Competition begins at 12noon. The Square Dancers return to the Dance Hall at 12noon also. Other events on the slate for Sunday are Scavenger Challenge - a great family activity, Gospel Show and Cake Auction.
As well as all the events listed above there will be on going throughtout the fair, full canteen service, domestic animal display, market vendors, commercial exhibits, quilt display, 4-H, pony rides, agricultural awareness display, midway, antique engines, music, historical display and forestry display.
Watch your mailbox for a complete schedule with specific times and other details. Mark you calendar now - September 23, 24 and 25 for the Stanley Fair!
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