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After a busy opening at day the 2016 Middletown Grange Fair, the festivities are set to continue Thursday.
The Grange Fair opens to the public at 10 a.m. and will remain open until 10 p.m. at night. The day’s festivities include a variety of entertainment and agricultural displays and demonstrations. Rides from Skelly’s Amusements will be at the fairgrounds and open from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m.
The always popular chicken dinner will be offered starting Thursday evening. Tickets for the meal cost $10 and go on sale at 3:30 p.m. A child size meal can also be purchased for $10.
The cost per a carload to enter the Grange Fair is $10. No dogs are permitted.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service are calling for mostly cloudy skies and a high near 87 degrees. There will be a light wind and a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. By evening, a threat of showers continues through the overnight with a high around 69 degrees.
For more information on the fair and updates, visit their website.
Entertainment Schedule:
Stage
12:00 p.m. #4 Sue Wee Pig Racing
12:15 p.m. #2 “Big Tiny Young” Show
1:00 p.m. #1 Dynamo Dogs
2:30 p.m. #4 Sue Wee Pig Racing
3:00 p.m. #3 Magic of Belmont
3:30 p.m. #2 “Big Tiny Young” Show
4:30 p.m. #1 Dynamo Dogs
5:00 p.m. #4 Sue Wee Pig Racing
5:30 p.m. Dancing Diggers
6:00 p.m. #3 Magic of Belmont
6:30 p.m. #1 BucksMont Squires of Song
6:30 p.m. Dancing Diggers
7:00 p.m. #4 Sue Wee Pig Racing
7:00 p.m. #2 “Big Tiny Young” Show
7:30 p.m. #1 29th Annual Talent Show
7:30 p.m. Dancing Diggers
8:30 p.m. Dancing Diggers
9:00 p.m. #3 Magic of Belmont
9:30 p.m. #4 Sue Wee Pig Racing
4-H and Animal Show Schedule:
SA – Show Arena / EQ – Equine Area / S&PB – Sheep & Pig Barn
10:00 a.m. SA 4-H Goat Show
11:00 am – 8:00 pm Bldg 2 Penn State Extension “Ask a Master Gardener” Booth
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Bldg 2 Penn State Extension Kids Project
11:00 a.m. EQ Oxen Demonstration
11:30 – 1:30 pm EQ Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
2:00 p.m. EQ Oxen Demonstration
3:00 p.m. EQ Mule Demonstration
4:00 p.m. EQ Meet the Belgian Draft Horses
4:00 p.m. SA Rachel H. Gross Memorial- 4-H Judging Contest
4:30 p.m. SA Stockman’s Contest
4:30 p.m. EQ Oxen Demonstration
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 pm EQ Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
6:00 p.m. SA 4-H “Speaks Out” Public Speaking Contest
7:00 p.m. Bldg 2 4-H Project Judging
7:00 p.m. SA 4-H Sheep Fitting/Showmanship Contest
9:00 p.m. SA Sheep Kiddie Class and Adult Novice Class
