2010 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FIELD DAYS OPENING PARADE
SUPERINTENDENTS: Benj Deppman, 462-2122 and Diane Norris, 897-7014
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 — 8:00 P.M.
1. This year’s theme: “Go Local!”
2. All entrants assemble 45 minutes before parade start time on the east side of the tractor pad on the road to the north of the parking area.
3. Please contact Benj, Diane or any Field Days director if you plan to participate.
4. Prizes for the top three winning entries.
DAILY ACTIVITIES
10:00-10:00 Children’s Barnyard Open
10:00-10:00 4-H & Youth Building Open
10:00-10:00 Antique Equipment Building Open
9:00 - 9:00 Maple Sugar House Open
10:00-6:00 Twist O’ Wool Guild Demos (Twist O’ Wool Guild tent)
10:00- Forest Festival Exhibits & Demonstrations (forest tent)
10:00-10:00 Home & Garden Building Open with continuous craft demos
10:00-10:00 Lucien Paquette Exhibit Building Open
11:00-2:00 Maple Products Demonstrations (maple sugar house)
11:00-10:00 BINGO Daily
12:00-12:00 Midway Open (approximately)
1:00-4:00 Milking Parlor Demonstrations
1:00-6:00 Cairo Northern Clowns (walk around entertainment)
Please Note: Most exhibits will be removed on Saturday night at 10:00.
TUESDAY, August 10, 2010
Addison County Day – Green Mountain Passports Honored
MORNING
8:30 Western Only 4-H and Open Youth Junior Horse Show (horse area)
9:00 -5:00 4-H Dairy Conformation Classes (animal show arena)
10:00 Open Miniature Donkey Show (Butterfield Arena)
11:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
11:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
AFTERNOON & EVENING
12:00 Midway Opens (approximately)
12:00 Dig For Treasure! (youth activity area)
12:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
12:30 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
12:30 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 VT Inst. Of Natural Science-Raptor Demo (Connor Home Stage in the Paquette Bldg)
1:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
1:00 VTPA-Garden Tractor & ATV Pulls (tractor pad)
1:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
2:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
2:00 Sheep Shearing/Handling Demonstration (sheep tent)
2:30 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
3:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
3:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
3:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
4:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
4:30 Green Mtn. Fife & Drum Corps (bandstand)
4:45 Vermont Products Dinner-1st Sitting (dining hall)
5:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
5:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
5:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (Connor Home Stage in the Paquette Bldg)
5:30 Pet Show (animal show arena)
5:30 Vermont Products Dinner-2nd Sitting (dining hall)
5:30 Green Mtn. Fife & Drum Corps (bandstand)
6:00-11:00 BRACELET NIGHT for rides ($15 - rides unlimited)
6:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
6:15 Vermont Products Dinner-3rd Sitting (dining hall)
6:30 Green Mtn. Fife & Drum Corps (bandstand)
6:30 VTPA-Garden Tractor & ATV Pulls (tractor pad)
7:00 Miniature Horse Team Hitching Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
7:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
7:00 Vermont Products Dinner-4th Sitting (dining hall)
7:00 Addison County Gospel Choir (show tent)
8:00 Field Days Opening Parade: “Grow Local!”
WEDNESDAY, August 11, 2010
#1 Auto Parts Day
MORNING
8:30 English Only 4-H and Open Youth Jr. & Sr. Horse Show (horse area)
9:00 Open Dairy Show-Holsteins, Brown Swiss & Guernseys (animal show arena)
10:30 Ox Pulling (Butterfield arena)
11:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
AFTERNOON & EVENING
12:00 Midway Opens (approximately)
12:00 Dig For Treasure! (youth activity area)
12:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
12:00 Men’s Caber Toss (Tractor pad)
12:30 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 Ladies Cast Iron Skillet Toss (tractor pad)
1:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
1:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
1:00 VT Inst. Of Natural Science-Creepy Critters (Connor Home stage in the Paquette Bldg)
1:00-4:00 Free Youth Activities (children’s barnyard area)
1:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
2:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
2:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
2:00 Sheep Shearing/Handling Demonstration (sheep show tent)
2:30 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
3:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
3:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
3:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
3:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
4:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
4:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
4:00 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
4:30 TaeKwon Do Demonstration (Connor Home Stage in the Paquette Bldg)
5:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
5:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
5:30 Miniature Horse Team Hitching Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
6:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
6:30 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
7:00 Karaoke Talent Night with DJ Tony Lamoureux (signup at 6:30) (show tent)
7:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
7:00 #1 Auto Parts Demolition Derby (tractor pad)
7:00 Dairy-Sheep Showman Round Up (animal show arena)
THURSDAY, August 12, 2010
Vermont Agricultural Day - Green Mountain Passports Honored
MORNING
8:30 Annual ACFFD Open Horse Show (horse area)
9:00 4-H Dairy Fitting & Showmanship Classes (animal show arena)
9:00 4-H & Other Youth Sheep Show (sheep show tent)
10:00 Hand Mowing Contest (antique equipment demo area)
10:30 Pony Pulling (Butterfield arena)
11:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
11:00 Pedal Tractor Pull (tractor pad)(sign-ups at 10:00)
AFTERNOON & EVENING
12:00 Midway Opens (approximately)
12:00 Dig For Treasure! (youth activity area)
12:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
12:30 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment”
1:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
1:00-4:00 Free Youth Activities (youth activity area)
1:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
2:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
2:00 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
2:30 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (Bandstand)
3:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
3:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
3:00 Sheep & Wool Garment Lead Line Class (sheep show tent)
3:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
3:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
4:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
4:00 Working Steer Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
4:00 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
4:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (Connor Home Stage in the Paquette Bldg)
5:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
5:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
5:30 Miniature Horse Team Hitching Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
5:30 “NEW” Guitar Hero Competition (signup 4:30) (show tent)
6:00 VT Sun School of Dance (Connor Home Stage in Paquette Bldg)
6:00-11:00 BRACELET NIGHT for rides ($15 - rides unlimited)
6:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
6:30 CNC Freestyle Motorcross Show (Tractor Pad)
7:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
7:00 #1 Auto Parts Demolition Derby (tractor pad)
7:30 Animal Costume Class (animal show arena)
8:00 Home and Garden Awards & Leona Thompson Bowl Presentation (home & garden bldg)
8:00 The Kevin Brisson Band (bandstand)
FRIDAY, August 13, 2010
Youth Day
MORNING
8:30 Exhibitors’ Breakfast (dining hall)
9:00 Draft Horse Show (horse area)
9:00 Open Sheep Show (sheep show tent)
9:30 VTPA- Farmstock, Antique & Enhanced Antique Tractor Pulls (tractor pad)
10:00 Youth & Open Working Steer and Ox Show (Beef/Working Steer Show Tent)
10:00 Horse Pulling (Butterfield arena)
11:00 Working Steer Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
11:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
11:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
AFTERNOON & EVENING
12:00 Dig For Treasure! (youth activity area)
12:00-6:00 BRACELET TIME for rides ($10 - rides unlimited)
12:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
12:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent) 12:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
12:00 PeeWee Dairy Showmanship (Animal Show Arena)
12:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 4 Abreast, Show Division (horse area)
1:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
1:00-4:00 Free Youth Activities (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 Open and Youth Beef Show (Beef/Working Steer Show tent)
1:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
2:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
2:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
2:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
2:30 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
3:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
3:00 Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
3:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
4:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
4:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
5:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
5:00 Armwrestling-Kids 16 & under (sign up at 4:00)(show tent)
5:00 Rosie’s Racing Pigs (children’s barnyard area)
5:30 Miniature Horse Team Hitching Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
6:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
6:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
6:00 RE/MAX Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides (Parking Lot, weather permitting)
6:00 VTPA-4WD Farmstock, VT V8 Mini’s, Super Stock 4x4 Truck & Open 4WD Farmstock
7:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
7:00 Armwrestling-Adults (weigh-ins 5:00)(show tent)
SATURDAY, August 14,2010
Champlain Valley Equipment Day
MORNING
9:00 Open Dairy Show-Ayrshires, Jerseys & Milking Shorthorns (animal show arena)
9:00 Draft Horse Show (horse area)
9:30 VTPA- Altered Farm, Super Stock 4x4 Truck, Pure, Modified & Diesel/Open Street Legal
Truck and Single Engine Mod Pulls (tractor pad)
10:00 Baked Bean Bonanza Contest & Samples (solar barn)
10:30 Youth Sheep Blocking and Fitting Contest (Sheep Tent)
11:00 Working Steer Demonstration (children’s barnyard area)
11:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
11:00 Buffalo Barfield “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
AFTERNOON & EVENING
12:00 Midway Opens (approximately)
12:00 Dig For Treasure! (youth activity area)
12:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
12:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demonstrations (antique demonstration area)
12:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
12:30 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (bandstand)
1:00 Six Horse Hitch, North American Classic Six Qualifier (horse area)
1:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
1:00 VT Inst. Of Natural Science-Raptor Encounter (Connor Home stage in the Paq Bldg)
1:00-4:00 Free Youth Activities (children’s barnyard area)
1:00 Buffalo Barfield’s “Unherd of Entertainment” (show tent)
1:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
2:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
2:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demonstrations (antique demonstration area)
2:00 Sheep Shearing/Handling Demonstration (sheep tent)
3:00 Antique Equipment Demonstrations (antique equipment area)
3:00 Green Mountain Cloggers (show tent)
3:30 4-H Hands on Workshop (4-H exhibit building)
4:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
4:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
4:00 Tom Joyce, The Magic Man (Bandstand)
5:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
5:00 “Rosie’s Racing Pigs” (children’s barnyard area)
6:00-11:00 BRACELET NIGHT for rides ($15 - rides unlimited)
6:00 RE/MAX Tethered Hot Air Balloon Ride (Parking Lot, weather permitting)
6:00 Dog Herding & Sheep Shearing Demos (antique demonstration area)
6:00 Poppytown Puppets Show (puppet tent)
6:00 VTPA-VT V8 Mini’s, Single Engine Mod, Altered Farm, ProStock Farm and
Semi Tractor Trailer Pulls (tractor pad)
6:30 Youth Tug-O-War Contest (youth activities area)
7:00 Ivory Band (bandstand)
7:00 Antique Equipment Demos (antique equipment area)
7:00 Big Boots Deville (show tent)
Dusk Champlain Valley Equipment Closing Fireworks Display (set off east of horse area)