Plate of Bars Contest

Agriculture Building
Thursday, August 10
Entry time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Judging: 12:15 p.m.
3 bars per category on a small paper plate. Recipe with exhibitor's name (and age if 17 & under) on back of the recipe. Limit one entry per category per exhibitor.
Category A: Baked Bars (Adults 18 & over)
Category B: Unbaked Bars (Adults 18 & over)
Category C: Baked Bars (Youth 17 & under)
Category D: Unbaked Bars (Youth 17 & under)
Prizes: 1st: $10.00; 2nd: $8.00; 3rd: $6.00

Baked and/or Non-baked Bar Guidelines:
No mixes

• Each entry should consist of 3 bars (approx. 1½″×2½″ each) on a small paper plate, covered by clear plastic or clear plastic bag.
• Entries to be judged on appearance and taste by a panel of judges.
• Recipes for entry must be made available to the culinary superintendents and to the sponsor at the time of entry.
• Contest open to any amateur baker, male or female, or senior citizen.
• Limit of one entry per exhibitor per category.
• Entries to be entered and in place in the Agriculture Building.
• Prizes will be awarded at the completion of judging.

Recipe Rules:

• Submit recipe, neatly typed or printed, on a card or paper, one side only.
• Name of recipe first.
• List all ingredients in specific amounts.
• Give method, including bowl/pan size, oven temperature, and baking time.
• Include name, address, and daytime phone number.
• Bring copy of recipe along with the entry.

Cookie Jar Contest:

Agriculture Building
Friday, August 11
Entry Time: 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Judging: 12:15 p.m.
Bring 12 homemade cookies in a quart jar. Require the recipe and your name (and age for youth division) listed on the back side of the recipe. Limit one entry per category per exhibitor.
Category A: Adults 18 & over
Category B: Youth 17 & under
Prizes: 1st: $10.00; 2nd: $8.00; 3rd: $6.00

Cookie Guidelines:
No mixes

• Each entry should consist of 12 cookies in a clear quart jar with lid.
• Entries to be judged on appearance and taste by a panel of judges.
• Recipes for entry must be made available to the culinary superintendents and to the sponsor at the time of entry.
• Contest open to any amateur baker, male or female, or senior citizen.
• Limit of one entry per exhibitor per category.
• Entries to be entered and in place in the Agriculture Building.
• Prizes will be awarded at the completion of judging.

Recipe Rules:

• Submit recipe, neatly typed or printed, on a card or paper, one side only.
• Name of recipe first.
• List all ingredients in specific amounts.
• Give method, including bowl/pan size, oven temperature, and baking time.
• Include name, address, and daytime phone number.
• Bring copy of recipe along with the entry.

Flower Arranging Contest:

Where: Entertainment Center
When: Friday, August 11
Approximately 3:30 p.m.
Pre-register by calling Fair Administration: 952-442-2333
Adults only

• Limited to 10 contestants. Contestants should arrive 15 minutes before start time to check in and hold their spot.
• Fair will provide flowers & vases. Individuals will be given a short time frame to create an arrangement using only the provided materials. Contestants may take their arrangement home.
• Flowers and prize money have been donated by Carver County Horticultural Society.
• Judging will be done by fairgoers voting for their favorite arrangement.

Top five arrangement premiums: 1st: $25.00; 2nd: $20.00; 3rd: $15.00; 4th: $10.00; 5th: $5.00

Rooster Crowing Contest:

Show Tent
Saturday, August 12
1:00 p.m.
No entry fee
The rooster having the most crows within 10 minutes.
Champion of Crowing Contest: $10.00 and Ribbon
Reserve Champion Crowing Contest: $5.00 and Ribbon

2017 Carver County Sheriff’s Office Coin Hunt:

Find the hidden coin at the Fair to win an Annual Carver County Parks Vehicle Permit!

Clues will be posted two times daily during the Carver County Fair on the Carver County Sheriff’s Office Facebook and Twitter pages and will lead you to a specific location. The websites are public—you do not need to sign up. The ten clue locations given will lead to the location of the hidden coin.

If the coin is found early, continue to play the daily clues for prizes until the end of the Fair! There will be a limited number of daily clue prizes, so once you find the answer for a clue head to the public safety building to collect a prize from the deputy at the booth!

The coin, clues etc. are NOT buried, so please do not damage fairground property. There is no climbing necessary.

Follow the notification instructions included with the coin if you believe you have found it.

Carver County Sheriff’s Office employees and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.

Military Service Recognition March – Friday, August 11

For all persons who have served in the U.S. Military, Auxiliary, Boy & Girl Scouts. We encourage marchers to bring and carry American Flags.

1:30 PM – Line up at Bayview Elementary parking lot on south side of building. The Fair will provide a wagon ride for veterans unable to march to fairgrounds.

2:00 PM – March into Fairgrounds.

2:30 PM – Veterans Program in the Entertainment Center featuring speaker Peggy Uecker, who will share her experiences with the loss of her daughter, Sgt. Kari Ann Uecker. The program will be approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

Minnesota Minn-E-Rod Tractor Pull: Wednesday, August 9, 6:00 PM

Brought to you by the Minnesota Garden Tractor Pulling Association

FREE with gate admission
Grandstand Gates open 1 hour prior to the start of the event

Motokazie: Thursday, August 10, 7:00 PM

FREE with gate admission
Grandstand Gates open 1 hour prior to the start of the event

High-flying, fast paced dirt bike and atv racing is coming to Waconia! You'll see racers jump 70-ft triples, navigate bermed corners and pound thru the whoops. Local racers are invited to sign up – as young as 4 years old and as old as 50. Pit gates and sign-up will open at 3:00 PM, practice will start at 6:00 PM (for race entrants only), and the racing will start at 7:00 PM.

A Supercross Race contains 23 different classes, 5 atv classes and 18 dirt bike classes. The program consists of a Heat Race and a Main Event, and every person that signs up will race twice. The Heat Race determines what gate pick the rider gets for the Main Event; and the Main Event will determine what trophy the rider gets. There will also be an intermission race for Pit Bikes. For racing information, check out www.motokazie.com and click on the SX menu.

NTPA Tractor Pull: Friday, August 11, 6:30 PM

FREE with gate admission
Grandstand Gates open 1 hour prior to the start of the event

Classes:
Super Stock 4WD Pickups
Modified 4WD Pickups
Pro-Farm Tractors
Super Farm Tractors
Pro-Stock Semis

Out-of-Field Tractors, Semis & Pick-ups Pull: Saturday, August 12, 5:30 PM

FREE with gate admission
Grandstand Gates open 1 hour prior to the start of the event

Rules & Entry Form

Classes:

Tractors:
Antique tractors 5500 and older
Open Super Farm (Weight class 9500)
11,000 LB Hot Farm
16,500 LB Hot Farm

Pick-ups:
6500 LB Street Legal Pick-up
8200 LB Diesel Pick-up

Semis:
Street Legal Semi Trucks
Modified Mechanical Semi

Demolition Derby: Sunday, August 13, 4:00 PM

Gates open at 3:00 PM

Tickets are available online (for pickup at the Administration Building) until 1:00 PM Sunday and in the Administration Building until 1:30 PM Sunday. After 1:30 PM, tickets must be purchased at the Grandstand. Credit cards accepted.

Rules & Entry Forms

Classes:

80s & newer: 1 heat
Old iron: 1 heat
Chain stock: 1 heat
Trucks: 1 heat
Mighty minis: 1 heat
Compact cars: 1 heat
Battle of the builders: 1 heat
Midsize front wheel drive 104–113": 1 heat

Log Roll with Carver County Parks!

Saturday, August 12, 10 AM to 8 PM at Shady Oak Ridge

Get in touch with your inner lumberjack! Hop on the log and try for yourself or enjoy watching your friends & family learn! Carver County Parks instructors will demonstrate log rolling technique and provide instruction while you roll. Log Rolling combines Minnesota Northwoods traditions and modern water sports, providing great benefits for your balance, core strength and aerobic abilities!

Ages 5+. Waiver required for each participant; parents must sign for minors.

Art in Motion: Interactive Canvas

Friday, August 12, 11 AM to 4 PM under the tent between Commercial Building & Entertainment Center

New this year! All-inclusive, interactive community art experience. Artists and Fair-goers will work together to create 5 giant canvases within 5 hours. Join the fun—this is a FREE event!

Art in Motion: Parkour & Dance Jam

The parkour portion of tonight's Art in Motion event has been cancelled due to unsafe conditions after today's rain. Livewire DJ will still be in the Show Tent from 7–10pm!

Friday, August 12, 7 PM to 10 PM in the Show Tent

New this year! Demonstrations and audience participation in parkour and breakdancing + DJ-inspired dancing/fun. Led by Laketown Gymnastics. Parkour participation will require a release form.

Sponsored by the HERO Coalition.

Have you ever wondered what herbs you should plant or use in cooking? Or maybe how they are used in oils, health, or household needs, or even to spruce up the air? Wonder no longer—we'll have Dawn from the Watertown Floral Shop here to give her input on herbs and their uses. She'll answer all your questions and guide you to create your own herb garden at home. Where it can go from there is only known by you.

Ever wonder how they make the fancy roses or add the decorations to your party cake? Well, here is your chance to come watch and enjoy as Mackenthun’s demonstrates decorating cakes. They'll show you how to take a 9×13 cake and make it a masterpiece. Who knows, after some practice maybe you can enter your cake at the fair next year!

You have a piece of wood carved out and looking like what you want—now what? Join us for a demonstration of detailing and finishing your carving. Let Henry tell you how he finishes off one of his beautiful carvings. He will help you understand the art of detailing a simple piece of wood into a finished masterpiece. Something you don’t want to miss if you enjoy working with wood. And who knows, maybe next year you can exhibit a piece of wood that you created.

Would you like to see a patchwork lion or dolphin being hand built from clay? Sue Christensen, who owns the pottery shop Sideshow Gallery at the Minnesota State Fair, will demonstrate building original pieces that will later be covered with plaster to make molds for slip casting lightweight porcelain wall art. You will see the tools and processes used in clay work, hear an explanation of mold making and slip casting, see examples of the colorful finished products and have the opportunity to ask questions.

You have that favorite pet or you want to try drawing some of the animals you see when hiking in the parks. Well, here is your opportunity to learn the fundamentals, along with how to finish it off once you have the basic design. Mary and Cathy are here to help you, whether it is in pencil, water color pencils or another tool they have to show. Make sure you stop in and try your hand at drawing.

Carver County Fair
501 W. 3rd St.
Waconia, MN 55387
Phone: 952.442.2333
Fax: 952.442.2996
Email: info@carvercountyfair.com

Want to help out at the fair as a fundraiser for your group?
Contact us:
Phone: 952.442.2333
Email: info@carvercountyfair.com