Fair Highlights
TODAY
12:30 p.m., floral hall judging
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
9 a.m., horse show judging
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
9 a.m., foods and cakes, crops, flowers, vegetables; 1 p.m., dairy products; 1 p.m., rabbits; 5:30 p.m., cat show Judging; 7 p.m., stock car racing
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
8 a.m., sheep with Little Britches class; 8 a.m., judging demonstrations - communications; noon, open foods and clothing; 1 p.m., poultry; 5 p.m., goat judging; 7 p.m., dairy judging with Little Britches class; 7 p.m., Lafayette County area tractor pull
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
8:30 a.m., swine judging; 9 a.m., dairy judging; 7 p.m., beef judging; 7:15 p.m., Briana Hardyman; 8:30 p.m., Craig Morgan
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
8 a.m., beef judging; 1 p.m., junior livestock auction; 1 p.m., Lafayette County area tractor pull; 6:30 p.m., Badger State tractor pull
SUNDAY, JUNE 29
1 p.m.. lawn mower races; 4 p.m., release of floral hall and animals; 5:45 p.m., crown Fairest of the Fair; 6:30 p.m., gauntlet, crash cars and trailer races.
• Mister Ed's Magical Midway will be Wednesday through Sunday.
• Wayne the Wizard is Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Lafayette County Fair Board Chairman Wayne Wilson said the fairgrounds are shaping up nicely and the only event that might possibly change is the horse show. The board will decide at a meeting Monday morning whether or not to move the horse show to an arena in Lamont.
Other events at the fair will be much the same as previous years, and the format will run similar to previous years with the main show on Friday night. Country star Craig Morgan will be performing in the grand stand Friday night. He has such hits behind him as 2006's "Little Bit of Life." Opening for him will be Darlington native Briana Hardyman. Tickets are $20.
Wilson said the fair board was glad that Morgan, a well-known country name, was available for this year's fair.
"We've been lucky the past several years," Wilson said of getting big-name country stars.
Upcoming weather isn't worrying Wilson, either. He's been on the fair board for 20 years and said although he always worries a little about the weather, he doesn't let it bother him. In the past after flooding, the fair has moved to Iowa County, but Wilson said he's glad to keep it local.
"I think we're going to pull it off," Wilson said.
Lafayette County area tractor pulls will be Thursday and Saturday with the Badger State pull Saturday night. Wilson said one of the popular favorites of the fair is the gauntlet race held on Sunday night.
Except for the eastern end, Wilson said the racetrack is also in fine shape for racing. "It'll be a mess to clean up," Wilson said, noting that the clean up is often well worth the show.
"We just pray for good weather and hope people will come out and support us," Wilson concluded.