SPECIAL CONTESTS Unless otherwise specified All Special Contests are judged during Open Class Judging on Tues. August 9th 1:00pm – 6:00pm
2016 BAKER COUNTY FAIR OFFICIAL PREMIUM BOOK PAGE 71
SPECIAL CONTESTS Unless otherwise specified All Special Contests are judged during Open Class Judging on Tues. August 9th 1:00pm – 6:00pm
* New *- Fair Book‘ Cover’ Contest
Sponsored by Crossroads We are excited to introduce a new contest that involves 7th- 12th grade students and getting exposure for their artist abilities. This is a new contest that had an early deadline due to printing of the Premium Book. Please plan ahead or talk to your Art teachers for our 2017 contest, new entry forms will be available on our website by March 1st. Entry deadline: Thursday, May 11th 2017, 4:00pm. Judging takes place at the May Fair Board meeting. We asked students to design our Fair Premium Book‘ Cover’ incorporating the Fair logo, theme & colors. This year’ s winner is the 2016 Fair Premium Book Cover. Thank you to all who entered!
Elizabeth Rea 1st place
Marie Gazley 2nd place
Kathryn Nelson 3rd place
Baker County Domestic Diva Contest Sponsored by the Friends of the Fair
& Blue Mountain Design Works The Friends of the Fair are looking for the Baker County Diva and want you to show us your Best Diva skills. Display in your own unique way, any 3 of your hand-made / home-grown products. They must be 3 different Open Class Department products( ex. Sewing, Foods, Photography, and Crafts!).
How To Enter: Use the Open Class Home Arts Entry Form on page 92 or download from our website at bakerfair. com. Department:“ Diva”; Description: Name the three departments your entry represents. Premiums: 1st Place.............................................................................$ 50.00 2nd Place...........................................................................$ 25.00 3rd Place............................................................................$ 15.00
Coloring Contest Coloring Sheets are located at back of this Premium Book( page 94 & 95). Winners in each age division will get a ribbon and a special prize.
How To Enter: One entry per person. Write your First & Last Name, Your Age, and Phone Number on the back of your coloring page. Submit entry to the Baker County Fair Office or during Home Arts Open Class. Age Divisions: Pee-Wee.................................................................. 5yrs & under Juniors........................................................................... 6 – 12yrs
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest Thursday, August 11th, 3:00pm Sponsored by Val’ s Veggies Spit your way to fame by entering the Watermelon Growers’ Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest! Try out your best seed spittin’ form with a seed from a plump, sweet, and juicy watermelon. Let’ s see if you can do the Watermelon Crawl! How To Enter: Meet on the grass at 3 pm. Each contestant will select 3 competition spitting seeds for entry. The longest distance of any one seed spit will be judged as the final score. Seed spitting contestants will be divided into 4 flights for scoring: Men’ s, Women’ s, Youth( 8-15 years) and children( 7 years and under).
Seed Athletes may run towards the spit-off line, hold a firm position, stand, or sit. No extraordinary elevations will be allowed. All competition seeds must fall within the designated playing field. Awards are given to the first place of each age division. Age Divisions: Youth.................................................................... 7yrs and under Juniors........................................................................... 8- 15yrs Adult............................................................................... 16 & up FREE WATERMELON TO THE AUDIENCE AFTER THE CONTEST!!
* New *-“ Country Scenes” Garden Contest Sponsored by Thatcher’ s Ace Hardware
Saturday, July 30th 9:00am We are looking for the best gardening skills in Baker City! Start planting and creating in your very own gardens / yards at home or place of business to be judged & photographed for the best garden in Baker County. Get creative- incorporate the fair theme“ Blue Jeans N’ Country Scenes” and / or our fair colors( Red, White, & Blue), add a Wheelbarrow and / or Scarecrow and enter those contests as well. All contests will be judged separately. Photographs of winner’ s gardens will be displayed during fair. Get More Details & Entry Form on Page 69 Entry Deadline: Friday, July 29th, 4:00pm Judging Date: Saturday, July 30th 9:00am
Scarecrow Contest
Sponsored by Papa Murphy’ s Gather your favorite sports team, club, business, family, or friends and let your creativity soar. Build a traditional, whimsical character, scary, or fair themed scarecrow. Your scarecrow can be incorporated into the New Garden Contest if you so choose. Please be sure it’ s removable. All scarecrows need to be brought to the Event Center for display & judging. For more details, see Entry form on page 93. Divisions: Youth: Minimal adult assistance please Family: Designed and built by two or more family members Commercial: Open to“ for-profit” businesses Youth Organizations: Depicts the organization, through character and purpose Adult Organizations: Depicts the organization, through character and purpose.