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Demolition derby, air band competition draw crowds
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major highlights of the fair.
"For me, that's probably the proud-
est part of this fair," he says. "Doing
things like that, we keep kids excited
about agriculture and involved in it.
Those 4-H kids are our future."
The annual parade began on Sat-
urday, starting at Optimist Park and
making its way downtown past fam-
ilies lined up in .lawn chairs along
Main Street.
The Seaforth and District All -Girls'
Marching Band led the way, beating
drums and blaring horns, on their
way to the fair grounds.
Later that afternoon, the pet show
had youngsters entering their four -
legged furry friends into the compe-
tition in a variety of categories, from
the "softest pet" to the "most origi-
nal."
The air band competition followed,
with costumed performers mimick-
ing John Lennon, Tina Turner and
others.
The chuckwagon races hit the
track at the Seaforth Agri-Plex. on
Sunday afternoon, with young riders
and more experienced ones racing
to the finish line in Roman chariots
and old -west style carriages pulled
by horses.
A demolition derby was the final
event .of the fair and drew a large
cheering crowd in to watch decorat-
ed and dilapidated vehicles smash
into each other in clouds of dust and
exhaust smoke.
Wallace says part of the money
raised from the chuckwagon races
and the demolition derby will go to-
wards the restoration of the Seaforth
Agricultural Society's Roundhouse.
"We're getting to the point that we
should be in a position to start doing
some of the repairs," Wallace says.
"We've already been up and done.
some temporary fixes on the roof to
carry us through so there is no dam-
age inside. You'll probably see a little
bit of . patching right away on the
Roundhouse."
Wallace says he expects. the two-
storey, eight -sided building requires
approximately $40,000 in repairs.
"As for the overall restoration that
it deserves, that's probably three or
four years away," he says.
Wallace says about 100 volunteers
helped run the fair this year, includ-
ing representatives from the Lions
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and Optimist Clubs and the Seaforth
and District Food Bank.
"The group of people who worked
so hard to put this on deserve a pile
of credit for it," Wallace says. "I re-
lied on a lot of people to step up and
boy, they did."
Wallace also says that for next
year's fall fair, the Ag Society will
need more, younger volunteers to
help organize the event.
"The average age of our board of
directors would be in their late 50s,"
he says. "We need some new mem-
bers to step up and help us out and
get involved."
Mary Jane Wlliemse and her daughter Cathleen, 2, are all wiles at the end of
the slide at the Seaforth Fall Fair over the weekend.