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IPM Queens take to main stage Friday morning
About that time
It doesn't seem like that long ago that former Queen of the Furrow Kate Higgins, Princess
Emily Terpstra, MP Ben Lobb and host farmer Jack Ryan were pulling back the tarp of the
official sign at the International Plowing Match site and now the match is here, set to begin
Tuesday morning with a parade and opening ceremonies before the official programming
starts. (File photo)
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will take place at the Hydro One
Education Centre at 11 a.m. and 1:15
p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Plowing on Wednesday begins at
9:30 a.m., followed by horse
plowing at 10 a.m. The Queen of the
Furrow contestants will be plowing
at 2:30 p.m.
The Knights of Valour show is at
9:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. at
the CKNX Events Centre. Also at
the centre is the Brussels Fall Fair 4-
H show, which begins at 10:30 a.m.
and the auctioneers' challenge at 2
p.m.
Gloria and Keith Wilbee will be on
the Brussels Fall Fair stage at 10
a.m., followed by the Belmore
Community Choir at 1 p.m.
On Wednesday the Tailgate Talks
Tent programming begins with a
discussion on farm assessment and
taxation at 10 a.m., farm business
structures at noon and preventing
barn fires at 2 p.m.
Sean Hogan is on the main stage at
10 a.m. and he will then perform in
the lounge at 4 p.m.
In the RAM Rodeo Ring, the
Cowboy Trail Challenge will take
place at 9 a.m., followed by a
demonstration by the Turkey Run
Ranch at 10 a.m. and two
performances by Birds of Prey at 11
a.m. and 2 p.m.
Gusso and Eddington will be back
cooking at 10 a.m. in the Lifestyles
Tent, while Heather DeJong will be
speaking at noon.
Reynolds, Robinson and Lodge
will perform on the Huron
County Showcase stage at noon,
while Matt Hussey will perform at 2
p.m.
The Clinton Wheelers 'n Dealers
square dancing group will perform
on the Ontario Mutuals Stage at 10
a.m., followed by Jason Lamont at
11 a.m., the Wilbees at noon, The
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A welcoming bunch
In 2013, Walton was named the host community for the 2017 International Plowing Match at
a special ceremony held in Seaforth. At that celebration, several Walton landowners donating
their land to the match were recognized for their community spirit and willingness to come
forward and help make the match a reality. (File photo)
HEET at 1 p.m. and the St. Onge
family at 2 p.m.
THURSDAY
Audibly Awesome will be on the
main stage at 10 a.m. on Thursday,
followed by the Next Generation
Leahy at 11 a.m. and again at 1:30
p.m. The Ballaghs will be the final
group on the main stage that day,
performing at 3:30 p.m.
Don and Dale Chesher and
Friends will be performing on the
Brussels Fall Fair stage at 10 a.m.,
followed by Jan's Dance Shop at 11
a.m., the Hiller family at 1 p.m.,
Louise Poirier at 2 p.m. and Cappy
Onn's Huron County fiddle students
at 3 p.m.
Sheep Shearing Plus, which will
feature Dan Needles and the "Perils
of Persephone Township", will take
place in the CKNX Events Centre at
11:30 a.m., while Cappy Onn and
her Huron County fiddle students
will take to the Ontario Mutuals
Stage at 11 a.m.
The RAM Rodeo Tour will have
two shows on Thursday at noon and
2 p.m. in the RAM Rodeo Ring and
the Mudmen will perform at 4 p.m.
in the lounge.
Representatives from the
Maelstrom Winery and Blyth Farm
Cheese will speak in the Lifestyles
Tent at 10 a.m., while Frankie
Flowers will be speaking at 1 p.m.
Cream of the Crop Talks will be
on the County Showcase Stage at 10
a.m., while Tom Melady and Friends
will perform at noon.
Succession planning will be the
topic of conversation in the Tailgate
Talks Tent at noon.
FRIDAY
Queen of the Furrow speeches will
begin at 10 a.m. on the Huron
Mutuals main stage, while Eric
Ethridge will perform at 1:30 p.m.
and George Canyon will take to the
stage at 3 p.m.
Dog agility performances will take
place at the CKNX Events Centre at
9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., while the
Snell Family Connection will be on
the Ontario Mutuals Stage at 10
a.m., followed by Bob Heywood at
noon and Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli,
who will also be performing in the
Hydro One Education Centre at 10
a.m.
The Brussels Legion Pipe Band
will perform on the Brussels Fall
Fair stage at 11 a.m., while the Snell
Family Connection will play at 3
p.m.
Highway 21 will be performing in
the lounge at 1 p.m., followed by
Matt Hussey at 2 p.m. and Ethridge
again at 4 p.m.
The RAM Rodeo Tour will get
going again at noon and 2 p.m. in the
RAM Rodeo Ring, while in the
Lifestyles Tent Marilyn Smith of
CityLine will speak at 1 p.m. and
Pauline Hoffman will speak on
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The transition
IPM Secretary Lynne Godkin and host farmer Jack Ryan's
grandchildren were part of a special soil transfer ceremony
after the 2016 IPM's closing ceremonies, officially passing
the torch from one IPM to another. (File photo)
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