Getting ready for the Fair

Tolkien said "It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish." That would be the Missoula 4-H Blog over the last 3 months.

Just to get us back in the game, here are some updates from the 2009 Western Montana Fair:

• The Fair Horse Show was held Saturday and Sunday, July 25th and 26th. The show was very smooth and fast; we were out before 4pm both days. Better than 2 hours per day improvement over 2008! I'll post results here as soon as I receive the official copy from Cindy.

• Livestock Barn and Country Fair setup has been zooming right along. A small crew with fork trucks moved things around on July 18th, a decent sized crew showed up on the 25th to set up hog pens, goat pens, and the first of two 60'x60' big tents. Tent #2 went up on August 1st, as did the Sheep and Rabbit pens (thanks, Bear Creek Buckaroos).

• Round one of our Fair Interview experiment is over. Most of the non-animal project interviews were completed on August 1st between 9am and noon. The 2nd and final round of interviews will take place August 8th, from 9am to noon.

The "experiment" was that we're doing interviews on the two Saturdays preceding the Fair, instead of all on the Sunday before the Fair.

Upcoming at the Fair:

• Sheep shearing at the Ag Center August 5th, 6pm start, $3 per sheep.
• 4-H Shooting Sports Exhibition August 6th, 6pm start.
• 4-H Dog Show August 8th, 9am start
• 4-H Fair Interviews (including all Livestock, and all other remaining) August 1st, 9am to noon.

Check out our Facebook page for more frequent updates. See you at the Fair!