September 20, 2011
The weather was made-to-order perfect, for the 98th annual Acton Fall Fair attracting everyone to come out and enjoy the fun and friendship unique to a fall fair! Attendees enjoyed the sunshine while strolling the grounds and checking out the many exhibits, events, vendors and other attractions. Education Day on Friday provided a great learning environment and excitement for over 1000 children who attended and participated in various interactive experiences. A thank-you goes to Lord Acton for sharing his sausage making knowledge, and all others who shared their skills. New this year and very popular was the display of rattlesnake items, including real fangs, skins, venom and even actual rattles, students could shake for themselves. The always popular outdoor games, hayrides, heavy equipment demos and lunch were also all included in the day.
Friday evening saw a job well done by all participants and the crowning of our new 2011/12 Miss Acton Jessica Watson. Along with 1st runner up Stephanie Kroezen and 2nd runner up Sarah Cunningham, she spent the rest of the weekend on the grounds meeting fairgoers and enjoying the fair. Watch for the girls to be around town attending local events in the year to come!
Throughout the weekend crowds made their way through our Ag Awareness tent, featuring live animals and milking demonstrations, while our Poultry exhibit and competition had a record number of entries and showcased some of the best birds in Canada.
The parade attracted many people who lined the streets of Acton on Saturday afternoon as various floats made their way through the downtown and into the fairgrounds. Meanwhile, many of the cutest citizens of Acton drew a crowd inside the Dufferin Rural Heritage Community Centre. With over 40 babies and toddlers being entered in the annual baby show; the new format provided much fun for both participants and spectators!
As with each year at the Acton Fall Fair, the 98th Annual provided something for everyone – from a wide array of food vendors, local business booths, midway rides and games, horse pulls, truck and tractor pulls, light and heavy horse shows, English Hunter riding show, flyball dog demonstrations, domestic art exhibits, a vintage apron fashion show, Gymkhana games, beef cattle shows, dairy cattle shows, kids pedal tractor pull and pet show, its hard to choose what to do first. The “Spot in the Park” was, as always, a popular meeting place for making new friendships and catching up with those you haven’t seen since last year!
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came out to support us again this year and helped to make our fair a success. Thanks to those who came out for the first time, and we hope to see you again. The Acton Agricultural Society also greatly appreciates all the local businesses that support us in making this event happen – without support of our community there would be no Acton Fall Fair. And to all the volunteers who put in 1 hour or 100 hours to make this fair happen – THANK YOU!
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For further info contact Jill Medland actonfair@hotmail.com or 519-853-4699