The Fair – “The Fair is a
great community to volunteer in.” …“The Ancaster Fair is all about
“Fabulous Family Fun!”
THE
INSIDE SCOOP presents Kathy Smith, Manager
Ancaster Agricultural Society and Ancaster Fairgrounds
THE INSIDE SCOOP presents Kathy Smith, Manager
Ancaster Agricultural Society and Ancaster Fairgrounds
Can you tell us about the
Ancaster
Fairgrounds and the facilities available?
Facilities Available ~ “The Ancaster
Fairgrounds is 100 acres in size and has 10 buildings that are used for a wide
variety of events throughout the year.
Marritt Hall is the largest of these and the most used. A year round facility that can host a number of
functions at the same time or one large function on the main floor with
smaller break out rooms on the second floor.
Our concession building is also a year round facility that regularly
hosts such events as dog shows, roller derby events, stag & does, even
memorial services. Our indoor show arena
has a 100’ x 220’ show area that regularly has horse shows, cattle shows and
even sheep shows using the building. We
have three outdoor horse rings of various size that also play host to many
different discipline shows. The
remainder of the buildings are not insulated and are used mainly for our fair
but occasionally will see other events take place as well. We have lots of grass and parking areas that
are also used for many events during the year”.
How does the Ancaster
Agricultural Society “keep things
fresh” for the patrons, participants and vendors?
Keeping things fresh ~ “There are always new events and activities being added to the program
for the Ancaster Fair. While the main
activities of the fair revolve around the competitions, livestock shows are
hard to really change what they are doing, unless you are introducing a new
breed, the homecraft and school fair competition classes get changed on a yearly
basis. For 2014 we will be adding a
Donkey and Mule show to the list of livestock events. We have also introduced a fair wide theme of
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Stay
tuned for more with Kathy Smith, Manager of the Ancaster Agricultural Society and Ancaster Fairgrounds and don’t forget to check out their
website at http://www.ancasteragriculturalsociety.ca/.
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