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Garfield County Fair schedule of events
Thursday, August 5
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. – Junior Livestock Show - Goat
• Open Class: 11:00 a.m. – Apple Pie Contest
• 4-H/FFA: 12:00 Noon – Junior Livestock Show - Sheep
• Open Class: 1:00 p.m. – Gingerbread Contest
• Apple Pie Days – Sale of pies and baked goods to benefit Open Class to begin at 1:00 p.m.
• Horseshoe Tournament Preliminaries – 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• 4-H/FFA: 3:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Rabbit
• Hitch Bumping in the Grandstand – 6:00 p.m.
• Professional Bull Riding (PBR) 7:00 p.m. in the Grandstand
• Beer Garden 6:00 – 11:00 p.m. with entertainment 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Friday, August 6
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Poultry
• Commissioner's Cookie Jar Contest - 12:00 Noon
• 4-H/FFA: 1:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Beef in the Livestock Barn
• Cakewalk to benefit Girl Scouts - 2:00 p.m.
• Wine Tasting in the North Hall – Free 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Beer Garden 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. with entertainment 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
• Horseshoe Tournament Preliminaries – 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• CPRA at 7:00 p.m. in the Grandstand (Included with $5.00 gate fee)
Saturday, August 7
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. - Round Robin in the Livestock Barn
• Parade 10:00 a.m.
• Buyers BBQ – 11:30 a.m.
• 4-H/FFA: 1:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Sale
• Gene Sullivan's jump through the Wall of Fire – 1:00 p.m.
• Cakewalk to benefit Relay for Life – 2:00 p.m.
• Car Show in the Fairgrounds Parking Lot following the Parade
• Horseshoe Tournament Finals - 4:00 p.m.
• GarCo Talent Finals - 6:00 p.m.
• Ball Drop in the Grandstand – 6:30 p.m.
• Beer Garden 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., with entertainment from 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
• Demolition Derby in the Grandstand – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 8
Open Class: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Check Out Time – articles not picked up during official checkout hours shall forfeit all premiums.
Admission fees
Thursday, August 5
PBR Rodeo
$30 per person for Arena Seating
$25 per person for Track Seating
$20 per person for Grandstand Seating
Firiday, August 6
Family Day
Admission is $5 per person at the gate – All on-grounds attractions (except carnival rides) are included in the admission fee. The CPRA Rodeo is also included in the admission fee.
Saturday, August 7
Demolition Derby
Age 13 and over - $15 per person
Age 12 and under - $10 per person
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. – Junior Livestock Show - Goat
• Open Class: 11:00 a.m. – Apple Pie Contest
• 4-H/FFA: 12:00 Noon – Junior Livestock Show - Sheep
• Open Class: 1:00 p.m. – Gingerbread Contest
• Apple Pie Days – Sale of pies and baked goods to benefit Open Class to begin at 1:00 p.m.
• Horseshoe Tournament Preliminaries – 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• 4-H/FFA: 3:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Rabbit
• Hitch Bumping in the Grandstand – 6:00 p.m.
• Professional Bull Riding (PBR) 7:00 p.m. in the Grandstand
• Beer Garden 6:00 – 11:00 p.m. with entertainment 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Friday, August 6
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Poultry
• Commissioner's Cookie Jar Contest - 12:00 Noon
• 4-H/FFA: 1:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Show – Beef in the Livestock Barn
• Cakewalk to benefit Girl Scouts - 2:00 p.m.
• Wine Tasting in the North Hall – Free 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Beer Garden 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. with entertainment 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
• Horseshoe Tournament Preliminaries – 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• CPRA at 7:00 p.m. in the Grandstand (Included with $5.00 gate fee)
Saturday, August 7
• 4-H/FFA: 8:00 a.m. - Round Robin in the Livestock Barn
• Parade 10:00 a.m.
• Buyers BBQ – 11:30 a.m.
• 4-H/FFA: 1:00 p.m. – Junior Livestock Sale
• Gene Sullivan's jump through the Wall of Fire – 1:00 p.m.
• Cakewalk to benefit Relay for Life – 2:00 p.m.
• Car Show in the Fairgrounds Parking Lot following the Parade
• Horseshoe Tournament Finals - 4:00 p.m.
• GarCo Talent Finals - 6:00 p.m.
• Ball Drop in the Grandstand – 6:30 p.m.
• Beer Garden 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., with entertainment from 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
• Demolition Derby in the Grandstand – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 8
Open Class: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Check Out Time – articles not picked up during official checkout hours shall forfeit all premiums.
Admission fees
Thursday, August 5
PBR Rodeo
$30 per person for Arena Seating
$25 per person for Track Seating
$20 per person for Grandstand Seating
Firiday, August 6
Family Day
Admission is $5 per person at the gate – All on-grounds attractions (except carnival rides) are included in the admission fee. The CPRA Rodeo is also included in the admission fee.
Saturday, August 7
Demolition Derby
Age 13 and over - $15 per person
Age 12 and under - $10 per person
Cherie Mitchie hasn't been quilting for that long, she said. She didn't start until the late '90s, but she likes her odds at taking home a ribbon at this year's Garfield County Fair in the open category of quilting.
“We are going to be putting quilts in on Tuesday,” Mitchie said.
Mitchie, 77, of DeBeque, is a member of both the DeBeque Quilting Club and the Anvil Points Quilting Club in Rifle. She is entering one of her quilts into the Garfield County Fair, Aug. 4-7, and she's already got another that she is going to enter at the State Fair in Pueblo later this month.
“They have a special group at the state fair you can enter,” she said.
That group is titled “Flowers” she said.
“Anything with flowers can be entered over there,” Mitchie said. So, that is what she plans on doing — Entering her flower quilt at the state level. But first, she is focused on the Garfield County Fair this week.
According to Gloria Elliott, a cohort of Mitchie's with the Anvil Points Quilting Club, she too was considering entering a quilt of her's at the fair, trying to claim the top prize of Best of Fair.
“It is a neat thing,” Elliot said.
Elliot has entered quilts in the category before but hasn't taken home a first-place ribbon.
“I'm in progress,” she said about her quilting ability.
Starting last year in 2009, judging was done by a professional quilting judge from the Colorado Quilt Council in Denver. An aspect of the quilting category that was welcomed by quilters like Mitchie and Elliott.
“It's more professional judging,” Mitchie said. “I think it's a better system.”
Mitchie and Elliot agreed that having a professional judge form the quilt council is better than having a volunteer judge for several reasons including more insight on how to win that top prize.
“It's helpful to get their feedback,” Elliot said. “It helps you grow as a quilter.”
More importantly, the judging is done correctly and professionally, Mitchie said.
“(The quilt) may be pretty and it may be nice, but it is done correctly? That is the most important thing,” Mitchie said.
Quilts are judged on overall look or presentation, design and creativity, and workmanship, according to Elliott.
This year three ribbons were given out in the quilting category: Best of Fair, and two places for Best in Show. The Best of Fair winner this year will qualify for the State Fair in Pueblo, held from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6.
Despite the large number of quilters associated with the Anvil Points Quilting Club, according to open class organizer Mary Jane Hangs, the quilting category had a low number of entries.
“We really didn't have as many as I thought we would,” Hangs said. “But we still had several.”
Hangs thought that a better system for people to get the quilts to the fairgrounds in the future, may help increase the number of entries.
“A lot of people work and can't get them here,” Hangs said. “So, we need to set up a way for people to be able to get them here.”
“We are going to be putting quilts in on Tuesday,” Mitchie said.
Mitchie, 77, of DeBeque, is a member of both the DeBeque Quilting Club and the Anvil Points Quilting Club in Rifle. She is entering one of her quilts into the Garfield County Fair, Aug. 4-7, and she's already got another that she is going to enter at the State Fair in Pueblo later this month.
“They have a special group at the state fair you can enter,” she said.
That group is titled “Flowers” she said.
“Anything with flowers can be entered over there,” Mitchie said. So, that is what she plans on doing — Entering her flower quilt at the state level. But first, she is focused on the Garfield County Fair this week.
According to Gloria Elliott, a cohort of Mitchie's with the Anvil Points Quilting Club, she too was considering entering a quilt of her's at the fair, trying to claim the top prize of Best of Fair.
“It is a neat thing,” Elliot said.
Elliot has entered quilts in the category before but hasn't taken home a first-place ribbon.
“I'm in progress,” she said about her quilting ability.
Starting last year in 2009, judging was done by a professional quilting judge from the Colorado Quilt Council in Denver. An aspect of the quilting category that was welcomed by quilters like Mitchie and Elliott.
“It's more professional judging,” Mitchie said. “I think it's a better system.”
Mitchie and Elliot agreed that having a professional judge form the quilt council is better than having a volunteer judge for several reasons including more insight on how to win that top prize.
“It's helpful to get their feedback,” Elliot said. “It helps you grow as a quilter.”
More importantly, the judging is done correctly and professionally, Mitchie said.
“(The quilt) may be pretty and it may be nice, but it is done correctly? That is the most important thing,” Mitchie said.
Quilts are judged on overall look or presentation, design and creativity, and workmanship, according to Elliott.
This year three ribbons were given out in the quilting category: Best of Fair, and two places for Best in Show. The Best of Fair winner this year will qualify for the State Fair in Pueblo, held from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6.
Despite the large number of quilters associated with the Anvil Points Quilting Club, according to open class organizer Mary Jane Hangs, the quilting category had a low number of entries.
“We really didn't have as many as I thought we would,” Hangs said. “But we still had several.”
Hangs thought that a better system for people to get the quilts to the fairgrounds in the future, may help increase the number of entries.
“A lot of people work and can't get them here,” Hangs said. “So, we need to set up a way for people to be able to get them here.”
