Foster Old Home Days 2008
Friday - Sunday, July 25-27, 2008


Kit Mayers is the well established and volunteered organizer for our presence at this Fair. As always we put out a call for volunteers to help out - and also enjoy the day. There is no particular schedule to be filled but just let him know roughly when you'll be able to be there. I speak from personal experience that the fried dough at the Fair is probably the best in the State.


Admission: $4.00. Under 12: Free

Directions:
Route 6 to Route 94 South to Fairgrounds
Route 102 to Route 94 North to Fairgrounds

Bicycles are not allowed on the Fairgrounds


Here is the events schedule for the weekend:

Friday

4 PM
4-H Scavenger Hunt (forms in the supper shed)
Flower Contest Winners in the Town House

5-7 PM
Chowder & Clam Cake Supper
(Tom Swanson & Jim VanGieson Music entertainment during dinner)

Master Gardeners’ Dressed Zucchini Entries Accepted (in the supper shed)

5:30 PM
Oxen Pull

6 PM
4-H Cookie Decorating contest (forms in the supper shed)

Fiber Art Competition Entries Accepted

6-9 PM
Old Time Fiddlers

7 PM
Open/Youth Dog Show

AWARDS
Foster Town Council
Citizen of the Year Award
Foster Preservation Society

8 PM
Bingo in the supper shed
(Foster Center VF Ladies Aux.)

9 PM
Foster Idol


Saturday

8 AM
Breakfast in the supper shed
(Sponsored by the 4-H Leaders)

8:30 AM
Old Home Days Horse Show

9 AM
Master Gardeners Dressed Zucchini
Entries accepted (in the supper shed)

4-H Rabbit Show
4-H Poultry Show

10:30 AM
4-H Swine Show
Rabbit Showmanship
4-H Poultry Showmanship

Noon
4-H Chicken B-B-Q
4-H Sheep Show
Atwater & Donnelly (music)

1 PM
Sheep Wool Competition
Pie Baking Contest (in the supper shed)
4-H Chicken Dance

2 PM
Children’s Pie Eating contest (in the supper shed)

3 PM
Bingo in the Supper Shed
4-H Bunny Race

4PM
4-H Dairy Show
Women’s Skillet Toss (in the riding ring)

3-5 PM
American Martial Arts Demo

5 PM
4-H Rooster Crowing Contest
Foster Idol

5-7 PM
Ham & Bean Supper (S. Foster VF Ladies Aux.)
(Tom Swanson & Jim VanGieson Music entertainment during dinner)

6 PM
Tractor Pulls

6:45 PM
Paine School Green Team (recycling program)

7 PM
Super Chief Trio (music)

8 PM
Bingo in the Supper Shed (Foster Center VF Ladies Aux.)

Sunday

8 AM
Breakfast in the Supper Shed
(Sponsored by the 4-H Leaders)

8:30 AM
The Kenneth Lane Draft Horse Show and Demonstration

9 AM
Ecumenical Church Service (on stage)

11 AM
American Martial Arts

12:30 PM
Pine Creek Blue Grass

1 PM
4-H Chicken B-B-Q
4-H Chicken Dance
Cooking Baking Contest (in the supper shed)
4-H Dairy Goat Show
4-H Chicken Dance

2 PM
Children’s Pie Eating Contest (in the supper shed)
Cow Chip Bingo in the riding ring (South Foster Vol. Fire Co.)

2:30 PM
Ray Cooke—Singer/Songwriter

3:30 PM
4-H Sheep Lead Line Show

4 PM
Future Farmers of America Woodsman Contest (in the riding ring)
Foster Idol

5 PM
Friday Night Live (sing along)


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Bring a sample of your garden soil and have it tested free by the Master Gardeners (in the supper shed)
Crafters:

Randy Peckham—Potter
Frank Reedy—Woodcarving
Barbara Ahliquist—Basket Weaving
Cindy Schofield—Rug Braiding
Mary Jo Chretein—Scrapbooking
RI Spinners Guild—Spinning & Weaving


Contests:
Two divisions for each contest are Children, 14 and Under, and Adults

10th annual Flower Arranging Contest
1st Category: “Foster”ing Farmers (best arrangement with a farming theme)
2nd Category: “Rah! Rah! Rhode Island” (best arrangement celebrating Rhode Island)
3rd Category: “Basket of Gold” (design in a basket using predominantly Gold or Yellow flowers)
Size limit: 18 inches wide, 18 inches long, and 3 feet high
(Bring your arrangements to the Town House, Thursday, July 24th between 6 & 8 PM)


Pie Baking Contest
Bring your cream or fruit pie(s) in a disposable pie plate to the supper shed Saturday, July 26th at 12:30 pm sharp.
Extra points if you bring your recipe.
Be sure to attach your name and address to your pie plate.

Cookie Baking Contest
Bring six cookies from the same recipe on a disposable plate to the supper shed on Sunday, July 27th at 12:30 pm sharp.
Extra points if you bring your recipe.
Be sure to attach your name and address to your plate.

Zucchini Dressing Contest
Dress and decorate a zucchini and bring it to the supper shed on Friday between 5 & 7 pm, or Saturday morning at 9 am. (CHILDREN only.)