| Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| All Day |
Extreme Sunday |
| All Day |
Veridian Credit Union Day |
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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 |
| 09:00 AM |
Joyenes Embajadores (Young Ambassadors) Ethnic Dance, Des Moines |
| 10:00 AM |
Country Vocalist Heather Dalbey, Winterset |
| 11:00 AM |
Mystic Motion Cloggers, Des Moines |
| 12:00 PM |
Rainbows of the Desert Belly Dancing, Des Moines |
| 1:00 PM |
Des Moines Capitol City Swing |
| 2:00 PM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Concentio Agnorum |
| 3:00 PM |
Tim Cooper and Friends Rock Band, Des Moines |
| 5:30 PM |
The Blue Band (also at 7:30 p.m.) |
| 7:30 PM |
The Blue Band |
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Anne and Bill Riley Stage sponsored by
Pepsi |
| 1:30 PM |
Bill Riley’s Talent Search Finals |
| 4:30 PM |
Not Home Yet Inspirational Band, Grimes |
| 8:00 PM |
The Grass Roots |
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| Boulevard of Dairy Breeds |
| 09:00 AM |
I Milked a Cow sponsored by ISU Dairy Science Club (2 hours, $2 fee; also at 1 p.m.) |
| 1:00 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 |
| 09:30 AM |
Extemporaneous Speaking Event |
| 1:30 PM |
4-H Hall of Fame Induction Program (also at 3:30 p.m.) |
| 3:30 PM |
4-H Hall of Fame Induction Program |
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Budweiser Stage sponsored by
ABC5 |
| 09:00 AM |
Carissa Jones Voice Studio, Ankeny |
| 10:00 AM |
Country Vocalist Jessica Lehman, Des Moines |
| 11:00 AM |
Flood Plane Band, Des Moines |
| 12:00 PM |
Vocalist Angie Rosener, Schleswig |
| 1:30 PM |
Pigtail, Ponytail and Braid Contest followed by Mullet Contest (registration begins at 1 p.m.) |
| 4:30 PM |
Richie Lee and the Fabulous Fifties (also at 6:30 p.m.) |
| 6:30 PM |
Richie Lee and the Fabulous Fifties |
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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 |
| 2:00 PM |
Story Time |
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| DNR Building |
| 10:00 AM |
Feathering a Nest: Birdhouse Basics |
| 11:00 AM |
Bird House Building (while supplies last) |
| 11:00 AM |
Kids’ Turkey Activities |
| 1:00 PM |
Fall Turkey Hunting (live animals) |
| 3:00 PM |
Clams and Turtles of Iowa |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny |
| 1:00 PM |
Food Sampling (until 5 p.m.) |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room I |
| 10:00 AM |
Shortcuts in Baking |
| 12:00 PM |
Tips on Improving Entries |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room II |
| 10:00 AM |
Tips on Canning |
| 10:30 AM |
Tips for Beginning Fair Entrants |
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Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by
Blue Bunny, Judging Room III |
| 10:00 AM |
Baking Tips |
| 11:30 AM |
How to Enter the Fair Foods Competitions |
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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 |
Homespun Traditional and Bluegrass, Ankeny |
| 11:30 AM |
Onion Creek Cloggers and Onion Creek Band, Ames |
| 1:00 PM |
Mother-Daughter Look-alike Contest |
| 3:00 PM |
Mike Ochanpaugh A Little Bit of Everything with Mike on Accordion, Des Moines |
| 4:30 PM |
50s and 60s Favorites with the R.B.J. Trio, Des Moines |
| 5:30 PM |
Sugar Creek Cloggers, Des Moines |
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| First Church |
| 11:30 AM |
Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing sponsored by GuideOne Insurance |
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| Grand Concourse |
| All Day |
Avenue of Motorcycles (all day) |
| 1:00 PM |
FMX and Ball of Steel Stunt Motocross Show (also at 5 p.m.) |
| 5:00 PM |
FMX and Ball of Steel Stunt Motocross Show |
| 5:30 PM |
Iowa Lottery 25th Anniversary Celebration and Silver Ticket Finale |
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| Grandfather's Barn |
| 11:00 AM |
Kids’ Grape Stomp |
| 1:00 PM |
“Explore Iowa Wine Country,” Barbara Rasko, Make Mine Wine Magazine |
| 2:00 PM |
Adult Grape Stomp (also at 6 p.m.) |
| 4:00 PM |
“Growing Table Grapes in Iowa,” Randall Vos, DMACC Viticulture Department |
| 6:00 PM |
Adult Grape Stomp |
| 7:00 PM |
B&B Cabaret Singers’ Broadway Review, Des Moines |
| All Day |
Wine Sampling (all day; $1 per sample) |
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| Grandstand |
| 08:00 AM |
Antique and Classic Antique Tractor Pull |
| 8:00 PM |
Sheryl Crow with special guest Colbie Caillat |
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| Horseshoe Courts |
| 09:30 AM |
Horseshoe Pitching: Men’s Iowa State Championship, Upper Classes (also at 1:30 p.m.) and Women’s Championship |
| 1:30 PM |
Horseshoe Pitching: Men’s Iowa State Championship, Upper Classes |
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| Hy-Vee Fun Forest |
| 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.) |
| 11:00 AM |
Art Under the Tent Demonstration: Jenipher Sutherland, Jewelry |
| 1:00 PM |
Art Under the Tent Demonstration: VSA Iowa Fest |
| 3:00 PM |
Art Under the Tent Demonstration: Jamie Carlund, 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 |
| All Day |
Butter Sculptures (all day) |
| 5:00 PM |
Plant Sale |
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| Maytag Family Theaters, Homemaker's Theater |
| 12:00 PM |
“Come See What Is New with Pampered Chef,” Anne McMillan |
| 1:00 PM |
“How to Skin and Cook Fish Properly,” Dennis Weiss, Bellevue Fisheries Station, Iowa DNR |
| 3:00 PM |
"What's New with Pampered Chef," Anne McMillan |
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| Maytag Family Theaters, Variety Theater |
| 10:00 AM |
“Predator, Prey and People: Unbroken Survival, Instinct and the Spirit of the Wolf,” Pella Wildlife Company (also at noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
“Predator, Prey and People: Unbroken Survival, Instinct and the Spirit of the Wolf,” Pella Wildlife Company |
| 2:00 PM |
“Predator, Prey and People: Unbroken Survival, Instinct and the Spirit of the Wolf,” Pella Wildlife Company |
| 4:00 PM |
“Predator, Prey and People: Unbroken Survival, Instinct and the Spirit of the Wolf,” Pella Wildlife Company |
| 6:00 PM |
“Predator, Prey and People: Unbroken Survival, Instinct and the Spirit of the Wolf,” Pella Wildlife Company |
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| Milking Parlor, Cattle Barn |
| 11:00 AM |
Milking Demonstration followed by Butter Sculpting Contest (also at 3 p.m.) |
| 3:00 PM |
Milking Demonstration followed by Butter Sculpting Contest |
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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 |
| 08:00 AM |
Llama Show |
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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 |
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.) |
| 10:00 AM |
Rubber Stamp Art Techniques – Judi Zimmerline (also at 2 p.m.) |
| 10:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Fest Artist Demonstration: Oil Painting – Elsie Monthei |
| 10:30 AM |
Loom Weaving – Teresa Burkhalter (also at 2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.) |
| 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.) |
| 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 |
Blown Glass Ornament Make and Take (30 minutes; $7 materials fee) |
| 1:00 PM |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 1:00 PM |
Wheel Thrown Pottery – Sheri Heiland (also at 4 and 6 p.m.) |
| 1:30 PM |
Barbed Wire Art – Vicki Jo Ferriss |
| 2:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
| 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) |
| 2:30 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 |
Wheel Thrown Pottery – Sheri Heiland |
| 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 |
Silver Necklace Making Workshop – Rachel Sims (1 hour; $25 materials fee; pre-registration suggested) |
| 8:00 PM |
Glass Beads – Suzanne LaTour Stevens and Ken Sims |
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| Patty and Jim Cownie Cultural Center Courtyard |
| 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 |
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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 |
Moo-Off, Iowa State Fair and Iowa’s Farmers |
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| Penningroth Media Center, Cattle Barn |
| 12:00 PM |
Advanced Vet Camp sponsored by Agri-Pro (reservations required) |
| 3:30 PM |
Woodcarver’s Auction |
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| Pigeon/Poultry/Rabbit Building |
| 09:00 AM |
Angora Rabbit Wool Spinning Demonstration (until noon) |
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Pioneer Livestock Pavilion sponsored by
Prairie Meadows |
| 08:00 AM |
Dog Show |
| 09:15 AM |
4-H Dog Show |
| 6:30 PM |
Dog Agility Demonstration |
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Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center sponsored by
Chevrolet |
| 10:00 AM |
Horse Show: Farm Team |
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| Rock Island Avenue |
| All Day |
U.S. Marine Corps Display (all day) |
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| Sheep Barn |
| 08:00 AM |
Sheep Show: Oxford Down |
| 10:00 AM |
Angora Goat Show |
| 1:00 PM |
Sheep Show: Jackpot Lamb |
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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 |
Local Motion Dance Club, Des Moines |
| 10:00 AM |
East High Steppers, Altoona |
| 11:00 AM |
VSA Iowa Fest: Concentio Agnorum |
| 12:00 PM |
KDSM Chevy Key to the Silverado Contest |
| 2:00 PM |
Sugar Moon Band, Des Moines |
| 8:00 PM |
Eli Young Band |
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| Swine Barn |
| 08:00 AM |
Boer Goat Show |
| 09:00 AM |
Swine Show: Hawkeye Market |
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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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| West Grand Exhibit Square |
| 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 |
English Smocking (also at noon) |
| 12:00 PM |
State Fair Sew-In (free; volunteers needed; until 5 p.m.) |
| 12:00 PM |
English Smocking |
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| Youth Inn |
| 1:00 PM |
Cribbage Tournament (registration begins at noon) |
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