| Sunday, August 15, 2010 |
| All Day |
Des Moines University Day |
| 10:30 AM |
Silver Ring Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1-2 hours; $40 materials fee; pre-registration suggested; also at 2 & 5:30 p.m.) |
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| Across from Grandfather's Barn |
| 09:00 AM |
Grape Getaway (until 9 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
Grape Getaway Kids’ Activities (until 2 p.m.) |
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| Administration Building |
| 10:00 AM |
National Anthem sung by “Oh, Say Can You Sing?” contest winner – Porch of the Administration Building |
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Anderson Erickson Dairy Stage sponsored by
KCCI NewsChannel 8 |
| 09:30 AM |
Mirage Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, Ames |
| 10:30 AM |
Step into Swing, Johnston |
| 11:30 AM |
Pride of Iowa Barbershop Chorus, Windsor Heights |
| 1:00 PM |
Dance Magic Kids, Des Moines |
| 2:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Denise Shipler |
| 3:00 PM |
Deborah’s School of Dance, Earlham |
| 4:00 PM |
Onyx2 Christian Contemporary, West Des Moines |
| 8:00 PM |
Legends of Hip Hop featuring Vanilla Ice and Tone Loc |
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Anne and Bill Riley Stage sponsored by
Pepsi |
| 10:00 AM |
First Presbyterian Church Choir, Conrad |
| 11:00 AM |
Betty Hill Dancers, Des Moines |
| 12:00 PM |
Bill Riley’s Talent Search |
| 2:30 PM |
Iowan of the Day Presentation sponsored by Cookies Food Products |
| 4:00 PM |
Ankeny Community Chorus |
| 7:00 PM |
Fastball (also at 9 p.m.) |
| 9:00 PM |
Fastball |
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| Boulevard of Dairy Breeds |
| 4:00 PM |
I Milked a Cow sponsored by ISU Dairy Science Club (2 hours, $2 fee) |
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Bruce L. Rastetter 4-H Exhibits Building sponsored by
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives |
| 09:00 AM |
Science, Engineering and Technology Hands-On Activities (until 4 p.m.) |
| 09:00 AM |
Robotics Challenge |
| 1:00 PM |
Share the Fun (also at 5 p.m.) |
| 1:30 PM |
Educational Presentations and Working Exhibits |
| 5:00 PM |
Share the Fun |
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Budweiser Stage sponsored by
ABC5 |
| 09:00 AM |
Micro-Mini Tractor Pull |
| 4:00 PM |
Dance Extreme and the Baxter Star Stoppers |
| 7:30 PM |
The Buckinghams (also at 9:30 p.m.) |
| 9:30 PM |
The Buckinghams |
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Country School sponsored by
Mrs. Clark's Food |
| 09:00 AM |
School Activities (until noon) – Country School sponsored by Mrs. Clark’s Foods |
| 3:00 PM |
Story Time |
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| DNR Building |
| 10:00 AM |
Trash to Treasure Demonstrations (until 5 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
Fall Fly Fishing |
| 1:00 PM |
Project Bobcat |
| 3:00 PM |
Trapping and Fur Preparation |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room I |
| 10:30 AM |
Johnsonville Italian Sausage 101 |
| 11:30 AM |
The Great American Spam Championship and Kid Chef |
| 1:00 PM |
North “40” French Silk Pie |
| 2:00 PM |
Desserts for Jake |
| 3:00 PM |
Savory Pies |
| 4:00 PM |
“Decorate Iowa” Celebrating Iowa’s Birthday |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room II |
| 10:00 AM |
Pulled Pork |
| 11:00 AM |
The Vibrant Vegan |
| 12:00 PM |
Sam and Gabe’s Lasagna |
| 1:00 PM |
Egg-ceptional Eggs |
| 2:00 PM |
Kids’ Edible Egg Decorating |
| 2:30 PM |
Grandma’s Molasses Munchies |
| 3:30 PM |
Kerry’s Kreative Brownies |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room III |
| 09:30 AM |
Yummy’s Young Decorators |
| 10:30 AM |
Clabber Girl Biscuits |
| 11:30 AM |
Cooking with Lamb |
| 12:00 PM |
Eating Well with La Quercia |
| 1:30 PM |
Birth in a Chicken House |
| 3:00 PM |
Indian Summer Applesauce |
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| Expo Hill |
| 1:00 PM |
Sinbad High Dive Show (also at 3 & 6 p.m.) |
| 3:00 PM |
Sinbad High Dive Show |
| 6:00 PM |
Sinbad High Dive Show |
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| Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall |
| 07:15 AM |
Catholic Mass |
| 08:30 AM |
Ecumenical Worship Service |
| 10:00 AM |
Fiddlers’ Contest, ages 51 and over (until 3 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Banjo Contest |
| 12:00 PM |
C.W. Hobbs Band Traditional Country, Des Moines |
| 3:00 PM |
Fiddlers’ Championship |
| 4:00 PM |
Four Mile Creek Bluegrass Band, Central Iowa |
| 5:30 PM |
Mike Ochanpaugh A Little Bit of Everything with Mike on Accordion, Des Moines |
| 7:00 PM |
Fiddlers’ Dance |
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| First Church |
| 11:30 AM |
Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing sponsored by GuideOne Insurance |
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| Grandfather's Barn |
| 11:00 AM |
Kids’ Grape Stomp |
| 1:00 PM |
“How to Start and Industry,” Ron Mark, Summerset Winery |
| 2:00 PM |
Adult Grape Stomp (also at 6 p.m.) |
| 4:00 PM |
“Wine Etiquette,” Luann Alemao, Alemao and Associates, L.L.C. |
| 6:00 PM |
Adult Grape Stomp |
| 7:00 PM |
GG Bard Americana Music, Polk City |
| All Day |
Wine Sampling (all day; $1 per sample) |
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| Grandstand |
| 8:00 PM |
Jeff Dunham |
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| Horseshoe Courts |
| 09:30 AM |
Horseshoe Pitching: Men’s Iowa State Championship, Lower Classes (also at 1:30 p.m.), Men’s 30 Ft. and Junior Championships |
| 1:30 PM |
Horseshoe Pitching: Men’s Iowa State Championship, Lower Classes |
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| Hy-Vee Fun Forest |
| 09:00 AM |
Got Milk? Tour Display (all day) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Carnival: Balloon Sculptures, Ricky Rowray (until 5 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Carnival: Face Painting, Kathy Kooyman (until 5 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Carnival (until 4 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Carnival: Full Face Painting, Twyla Brede (until 4 p.m.) |
| 1:00 PM |
Art Under the Tent Demonstration: Bruce Gordon, Colored Pencil |
| 3:00 PM |
Art Under the Tent Demonstration: Jenipher Sutherland, Jewelry |
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| Hy-Vee Fun Forest Stage |
| 11:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Doc Anderson’s Traveling Medicine Wagon Show (also at 1, 3 & 5 p.m.) |
| 11:30 AM |
The Fast Horses (also at 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop (also at 2 & 4 p.m.) |
| 1:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Doc Anderson’s Traveling Medicine Wagon Show |
| 1:30 PM |
The Fast Horses |
| 2:00 PM |
Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop |
| 3:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Doc Anderson’s Traveling Medicine Wagon Show |
| 3:30 PM |
The Fast Horses |
| 4:00 PM |
Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop |
| 5:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Doc Anderson’s Traveling Medicine Wagon Show |
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John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by
Alliant Energy |
| 10:00 AM |
Bonsai Show |
| 10:00 AM |
“Gardening Today” Radio Show, Mohamad Khan, ISU Extension Urban Horticulturist – Discovery Garden |
| 12:00 PM |
Ice Carving Demonstration, Bill Gordish – Outside Agriculture Building |
| 12:00 PM |
“Iowa’s Wind Energy Potential,” Bill Haman, Iowa Energy Center |
| 2:00 PM |
“Learn about Bonsai,” Ron Heinen, Bonsai Association |
| All Day |
Butter Sculptures (all day) |
| 5:00 PM |
“How to Become a Christmas Tree Grower,” Iowa Christmas Tree Growers Association |
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| Maytag Family Theaters, Homemaker's Theater |
| 11:00 AM |
“Identity Theft,” Trooper Doug Cutts, Iowa State Patrol |
| 12:00 PM |
Pampered Chef Cooking Class, Diane Ward |
| 1:00 PM |
“How to Skin and Cook Fish Properly,” Dennis Weiss, Bellevue Fisheries Station, Iowa DNR |
| 2:00 PM |
We’ve Got a Secret Ingredient Contest |
| 4:00 PM |
“My Kind of Cooking,” Linda Burgett, My Kind of Cookbooks |
| 6:30 PM |
“Trial by Jury,” Iowa State Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division |
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| Maytag Family Theaters, Variety Theater |
| 1:00 PM |
Household Pet Cat Show (check-in begins at 11:30 a.m.) |
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| Next to First Church |
| 1:00 PM |
Marble Shoot (until 5 p.m.) |
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| North of Gate 11 |
| 09:00 AM |
Perry’s Petting Zoo sponsored by Cellular Advantage (until 9 p.m.) – North of Gate 11 |
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| North of Little Hands on the Farm |
| 09:00 AM |
Butterfly House sponsored by KIX 101.1 (until 9 p.m.) – North of Little Hands on the Farm |
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Outdoor Arena sponsored by
Vermeer |
| 1:00 PM |
Pony Pulls |
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| Patty and Jim Cownie Cultural Center |
| All Day |
Sandscapes Sand Sculptures (all day) |
| 09:30 AM |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested; also at 1, 4:30, & 8 p.m.) |
| 09:30 AM |
Barbed Wire Art – Vicki Jo Ferriss (also at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
Rubber Stamp Art Techniques – Judi Zimmerline (also at 2 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Fest Artist Demonstration: Mixed Media/Paper – Janet Ahrens |
| 10:00 AM |
Ceramic Animal Figurine Make and Take (30 minutes; $3 materials fee; also at noon & 2 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims (also at noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.) |
| 10:30 AM |
Loom Weaving – Teresa Burkhalter (also at 2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Tie-Dye Techniques – ‘Nita Allen (also at 3 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Blown Glass Ornament Make and Take (30 minutes; $7 materials fee; also at 1 & 3 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Rubber Stamp Art Make and Take – Judi Zimmerline (30 minutes; $2 materials fee; also at 3 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 12:00 PM |
Ceramic Animal Figurine Make and Take (30 minutes; $3 materials fee) |
| 1:00 PM |
Wheel Thrown Pottery – Sheri Heiland (also at 4 and 6 p.m.) |
| 1:00 PM |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 1:00 PM |
Art Attack sponsored by Sprint Stores at Ames, Southridge and Valley West Mall (free crafts for kids; until 5 p.m.) – Courtyard |
| 1:00 PM |
Blown Glass Ornament Make and Take (30 minutes; $7 materials fee) |
| 1:30 PM |
Barbed Wire Art – Vicki Jo Ferriss |
| 2:00 PM |
Rubber Stamp Art Techniques – Judi Zimmerline |
| 2:00 PM |
Silver Ring Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1-2 hours; $40 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 2:00 PM |
Ceramic Animal Figurine Make and Take (30 minutes; $3 materials fee) |
| 2:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 2:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest Artist Demonstration: Creative Writing – Al Anderson |
| 2:30 PM |
Loom Weaving – Teresa Burkhalter |
| 3:00 PM |
Blown Glass Ornament Make and Take (30 minutes; $7 materials fee) |
| 3:00 PM |
Rubber Stamp Art Make and Take – Judi Zimmerline (30 minutes; $2 materials fee) |
| 3:00 PM |
Tie-Dye Techniques – ‘Nita Allen |
| 3:30 PM |
Barbed Wire Art – Vicki Jo Ferriss |
| 4:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 4:30 PM |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 4:30 PM |
Loom Weaving – Teresa Burkhalter |
| 5:30 PM |
Silver Ring Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1-2 hours; $40 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 6:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 6:00 PM |
Wheel Thrown Pottery – Sheri Heiland |
| 6:30 PM |
Loom Weaving – Teresa Burkhalter |
| 8:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 8:00 PM |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
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Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center sponsored by
Christensen Farms |
| 10:00 AM |
Ag Magic Show sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers (also at noon, 2 & 4 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Are You Smarter than an Iowa 4-Her, Iowa 4-H |
| 12:00 PM |
Ag Magic Show sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers |
| 1:00 PM |
Ag Craft Hour, Iowa State Fair and Iowa’s Farmers |
| 2:00 PM |
Ag Magic Show sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers |
| 3:00 PM |
Non Stop Honey Bee Funtime, Iowa Honey Producers |
| 4:00 PM |
Ag Magic Show sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers |
| 5:00 PM |
Gobble-Off, Iowa State Fair and Iowa’s Farmers |
| 6:00 PM |
Wool Packing Contest, Iowa State Fair and Iowa’s Farmers |
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| Penningroth Media Center, Cattle Barn |
| 1:00 PM |
Monster Arm Wrestling Tournament (weigh-ins 10 a.m. until noon) |
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| Pigeon/Poultry/Rabbit Building |
| 10:00 AM |
Rooster Crowing Contest |
| 11:00 AM |
Chicken Washing and Blow Drying Demonstration (also at 1 p.m.) |
| 1:00 PM |
Chicken Washing and Blow Drying Demonstration |
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Pioneer Livestock Pavilion sponsored by
Prairie Meadows |
| 10:00 AM |
Horse Show: Miniature (also at 6 p.m.) |
| 6:00 PM |
Horse Show: Miniature |
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Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center sponsored by
Chevrolet |
| 08:00 AM |
Horse Show: Quarter Horse |
| 6:00 PM |
Horse Show: Belgian and Miniature ($5 adults, $2 children ages 6-11; Available at the door) |
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| Rock Island Avenue |
| All Day |
U.S. Marine Corps Display (all day) |
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| Sheep Barn |
| 10:00 AM |
Spin & Knit |
| 1:00 PM |
4-H Sheep Premier Exhibitor Contest |
| 3:30 PM |
4-H Sheep Showmanship |
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| South of First Church |
| 10:00 AM |
Chainsaw Carver A.J. Lutter sponsored by Ziegler Rentals (also at noon, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
Chainsaw Carver A.J. Lutter sponsored by Ziegler Rentals |
| 3:30 PM |
Chainsaw Carver A.J. Lutter sponsored by Ziegler Rentals |
| 5:30 PM |
Chainsaw Carver A.J. Lutter sponsored by Ziegler Rentals |
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| Strolling |
| 10:00 AM |
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored by Mountain Valley Water (also at noon, 2 and 4 p.m.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Rock-It the Robot (also at 3 & 5 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored by Mountain Valley Water |
| 2:00 PM |
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored by Mountain Valley Water |
| 3:00 PM |
Rock-It the Robot |
| 4:00 PM |
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored by Mountain Valley Water |
| 5:00 PM |
Rock-It the Robot |
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| Susan Knapp Amphitheater with media sponsor KDSM FOX 17 |
| 09:00 AM |
Dance X-pressions, Centerville |
| 10:00 AM |
Star Spangled Swingers Square Dancing, Clive |
| 11:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Denise Shipler |
| 12:00 PM |
Becky Nalevanko’s Dance and Tumbling Studio, Pleasant Hill |
| 1:00 PM |
Bound 4 Him Gospel Quartet, Altoona |
| 2:00 PM |
Charlene’s Dance Studio, Des Moines |
| 3:00 PM |
Los Ninos del Tepeyec Mexican Folk Dance, Des Moines |
| 4:30 PM |
On This Rock Christian Rock Music, Urbandale |
| 7:30 PM |
Jason Brown (also at 9:30 p.m.) |
| 9:30 PM |
Jason Brown |
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| Swine Barn |
| 08:00 AM |
Swine Show: Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire |
| 2:00 PM |
Swine: Sales of Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire |
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| Walnut Square (North of Walnut Center) |
| 12:00 PM |
Shenaniguns Wild West Comedy Show sponsored by Community Choice Credit Union (also at 2 & 5 p.m.) |
| 2:00 PM |
Shenaniguns Wild West Comedy Show sponsored by Community Choice Credit Union |
| 5:00 PM |
Shenaniguns Wild West Comedy Show sponsored by Community Choice Credit Union |
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William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building sponsored by
Principal Financial Group |
| 09:30 AM |
Quilt Block on a Stick (also at noon) |
| 12:00 PM |
Quilt Block on a Stick |
| 12:00 PM |
State Fair Sew-In (free; volunteers needed; until 5 p.m.) |
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