Another Venango County Fair has come and gone, and all is quiet at the 4-H fairgrounds. But the fair board isn’t resting on the laurels of another successful year. For them, next year’s planning starts now.
“People ask us what the fair board does after the fair is over, and I tell them we start planning for next year’s fair,” said fair office secretary Tabby Shaw.
Shaw said a fair board meeting is scheduled for today, providing an opportunity for local parents and residents to present new ideas for the 2019 fair.
Some highlights of this year’s fair included the Kent Family Circus, team roping and the rodeo at the end of the week, a new feature this year.
“We had a good fair, and we have to attribute that to the many volunteers that we have,” Linn said. “I think attendance was just about the same as last year. It may have been down a bit but not very much.”
Shaw said this year’s fair rolled out various activities for parents and small children to do together, such as “make-and-takes,” in which parents help children make a craft to take home with them.
In keeping with this year’s theme, there was much to be seen in 2018. Next year’s theme is yet to be determined by a contest that begins in February.
For the artistically inclined, artwork for next year’s fair book cover contest will be accepted starting in May.
