My mom took me and one of her Chinese friends to the Dane County Fair today. It was hot, so we started with the indoor exhibits first before going to the barns to see the animal exhibits.
This fair is in my opinion, the best one in Madison. It is a youth fair, so the main exhibits are shown by children. Woodworking, rabbits, horses, natural science, and sewing are just few of the many catagories of exhibits at the fair. My little brother and I have both shown exhibits at the Dane County Fair in previous years. However, neither of us is in 4-H anymore so we stopped showing exhibits at the fair (which is a real shame because showing an exhibit at the fair is a lot of fun).
The animal exhibits are in the barns across from the exhibition halls. Kids show horses, sheep, rabbits, and other animals. On a certain day of the week during the fair, the kids show their animals to the judges to see whether or not animals are well cared-for. For example, the rabbits must have good teeth, healthy fur, clean ears, etc.. Or, for another example, kids showing horses must be show that they can control the horse, even if the animal gets fussy.
The natural science posters are always interesting. This year someone made a poster on different kinds of bullets in a hunting gun. Another child made a poster on bees, and another one exhibited a bug collection.
Cake decorating is the really fancy one in my opinion. They exhibitors don't frost real cakes because they won't last very long exposed like that. Instead, they decorate a box. This is just to show how well they can decorate a cake. And some of those cakes can be pretty wild. This year someone made a Scooby-Doo cake complete with model of Scooby about to have a peice of the cake, and the cake itself is a rotating disk.
We didn't do the rides because we didn't have time.
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