4-H – A Class Act is the theme of the
Teton County Fair that will be held at the Choteau Pavilion and Weatherbeater
Arena June 24-28, 2014. The event is filled with activities that showcase the
talents of Teton County youth.
The fair starts on Tuesday with a
horse show where members demonstrate their showmanship skills, riding and horse
knowledge. The horse show is held at the Bouma Arena. On Wednesday, 4-H members
from across the county will interview with judges about projects they have made
and skills they have learned throughout the 4-H year. Projects over the past
years have been amazing, ranging from spectacular photographs to quilts to
woodworking, welding, cake decorating and everything in between. Following the
judging, the projects will be displayed at the Choteau Pavilion for the
public’s viewing enjoyment Thursday through Saturday.
On Thursday, the 4-H and Montana
State University Teton County Extension Office will host guest presenters Bob
McNamee, or “Baker Bob,” and his lovely wife, Jona McNamee, also an MSU Cascade
County Extension Agent. The two will be
on hand Thursday evening teaching a variety of baking skills, including making
homemade pasta; demonstrating two bread recipes -- a no-knead sourdough and
no-knead brioche, and to finish the
evening, they will be showing how to make a variety of confections include
fudge, divinity and brittle. The
demonstration-style classes will start at 5:30 and run consecutively through
the evening. Classes are free and open
to the public. You will be treated to
taste-testing, as well as learn tried and true baking tips and tricks.
New to the fair this year is a
silent auction, being organized by the Prairie Stars 4-H Club. As a tribute to the "great
generation" and a memorial for Maxine and Doug Whinnery, a WWII Navy
Veteran, the silent auction will be held to raise funds as part of Prairies
Stars 4-H club efforts to sponsor local veterans on The Big Sky Honor Flight.
Items to be auctioned include art items by local artists, a professional
blind hemmer sewing machine, and a charming collection of gently used Teddy
Bears. Items also include Shirley Sand's
painting, Paige Watson Briscoe's custom copper jewelry, Bob and
Leslie Burrows' metal sculpture, Andy Watson's pottery, Kirtland Briscoe's
leathercraft mini-bag and Brad Ophiem’s woodworking. Items will be displayed in the Pavilion and
the silent auction will run from Thursday through the Chuckwagon Dinner on
Saturday evening.
Swine, sheep, goats and small
animal (cats, rabbits, dogs and poultry) shows will be held Friday. Friday
evening, 4-H members offer a textile show, modeling outfits they have
constructed and showcasing quilts they have made. The 4-H program is sponsoring
a western dance class with Daniel Bitz on Friday evening. Daniel has taught dance classes in Teton
County two other times. His classes are
fun-filled and will leave you with plenty of new moves on the dance floor.
Saturday, along with viewing
projects at the Pavilion, people can enjoy the beef show at the Weatherbeater.
As the fair concludes on Saturday, 4-H members sell their market animal
projects at the 4-H Livestock Sale. 4-Hers in the market project learn a
variety of aspects of animal husbandry and meat production. Anyone interested
in purchasing 4-H-raised meat is invited to the sale and the Chuckwagon Dinner
held from 4:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, before the sale.
The Teton County 4-H program and the MSU Teton County
Extension Office plan the county fair. To obtain more information, view the Web
site at www.msuextension.org/teton.
The county fair provides a great opportunity to see what a class act the 4-H
youth in Teton County are
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