LOCAL FAIRS
July 17th - 21st
Jacktown Fair
WELCOME TO GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
142nd Annual Fair (1865 - 2007)
Jacktown Fairgrounds ~~ Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Richhill Agricultural Society
(The Society was organized July 6, 1866.)
http://www.co.greene.pa.us/secured/gc/depts/rec/tourinfo/jacktown-fair.htm
2007 PROGRAM OF EVENTS:
Sunday, July 15:
10:00 a.m. ~ COMMUNITY WORSHIP SERVICE
(Guest Speaker: Diana Irey)
7:00 p.m. ~ QUEEN COMPETITION
Tuesday, July 17:
6:30 p.m. ~ PARADE (Also see: Parade Details (from Observer-Reporter)
6:30 p.m. ~ FLOAT CONTEST
Guest Dignitaries; and
Crowning of Miss Jacktown Fair
3:30 p.m. ~ HOUSE DECORATING JUDGING
7:00 p.m. ~ HORSE PULL (Lower Grandstand)
7:30 p.m. ~ RABBIT SHOW
8:00 p.m. ~ SLIM LEHART JAMBOREE (Upper Grandstand)
Wednesday, July 18:
CHILDREN's NIGHT ~ 14 & under
(free admission & free rides)
7:00 p.m. ~ BATTLE OF BANDS (Upper Grandstand)
7:00 p.m. ~ TRUCK PULL (Lower Grandstand)
8:00 p.m. ~ RON & SANDY LUSKO (Midway Stage)
(Country & Gospel)
Thursday, July 19:
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. ~ SENIOR CITIZEN's DAY
(free admission onto grounds)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. ~ BINGO
7:00 p.m. ~ BENCH PRESS CHALLENGE (Upper Grandstand)
7:00 p.m. ~ TRACTOR PULL (Lower Grandstand)
6:00 & 8:00 p.m. ~ JOHNNY CASH & JUNE CARTER CASH IMPERSONATORS (Man
in Black) (Midway Stage)
Friday, July 20:
LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST for 4H & VOCATIONAL
TRACTOR DRIVING CONTEST for 4-H & VOCATIONAL
7:00 p.m. ~ DEMOLITION DERBY (Lower Grandstand)
7:00 p.m. ~ RABBIT SALE (Greene County 4H or FFA)
8:00 p.m. ~ GOAT SALE (Greene County 4H or FFA)
8:00 p.m. ~ BAND "DICK RUTAN & the Don't Do it Biscuits" (Midway
Stage)
Saturday, July 21:
6:00 p.m. ~ MUD BOG (Lower Grandstand)
7:00 p.m. ~ GOSPEL BAND, "Audience of One" (Midway Stage)
8:30 p.m. ~ KAROKE with Robert Blake (Midway Stage)
| FAIR ADMISSIONS: Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00 Advanced Weekly Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 Under 3 years-old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Must buy ticket to ride |
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| Fair Officers and Contacts: President - Walter A. Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graysville, PA 724-428-3843 1st Vice President - Dana A. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington, PA 724-222-1858 2nd Vice President - Harry E. Gardner, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary and Treasurer - Jamie Dinsmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724-437-5003 All information and requests regarding the fair should be addressed to the Fair Board Officers. |
Jacktown Fair, Wind Ridge, PA
(Greene County Map) and directions: On Route 21 at Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania
Take Exit 14, the Wayesburg Exit and follow Route 21 to the fair entrance; about
20 miles west of Waynesburg.
August 5th - 11th
Greene Co. Fair
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