Northeast Fair opens June 21, Family Day June 24
June 12, 2011
from: The WilkesBarre, PA Times Leader
People from all walks of life will visit Pennsylvania state fairs this summer and fall, enjoying the entertainment, delicious food, thrilling rides, agricultural exhibits, animals, educational opportunities, motor sports, to participate in the friendly competitions, and just to take in some of the family fun and excitement.
One of Northeast Pennsylvania’s biggest and most affordable annual family events, the Northeast Fair, a Pennsylvania State Agricultural Fair, will open on Tuesday, June 21 and continue through Sunday, June 26, at the 42 acre fair grounds located off Route 315 in Pittston Township.
The Northeast Fair offers more than 1,500 contests with thousands of dollars in prize money to be awarded, allowing plenty of opportunity for Pennsylvania residents to enter their favorite contests and show off their talents.
Contest categories in the 2011 Contest Guide include special baking contests, floral exhibits & horticulture, needlecraft, arts, photography, crafts, wine & beer making, home produced foods, vegetables & tomatoes, 4-H, rabbits, evergreen trees, grain & hay, fruits & nuts, group exhibits, antique farm equipment, fair queen contest (limited to Luzerne and Lackawanna County residents), apiary & maple products, home grown music, special categories limited to youth under 19 years of age, beautiful baby contest.
First place blue ribbon winners of several contests will represent the Northeast Fair at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show, competing against the first place winners of other Pennsylvania Fairs for the title and cash prizes of Pennsylvania’s best. The Northeast Fair Contest Guide includes simple instructions of how to register for a contest, how to exhibit, and how to claim awards.
Don’t know what contest to enter? The 2011 Northeast Fair Contest Guide is available on the fair website www.northeastfair.com or by calling the fair office at 654-2503.
Entertainment includes a Demolition Derby and Figure 8 racing, great concerts, community group performances, educational petting zoo and pig racing, Ron Diamond, hypnotist and magician, Buffo the World’s Strongest Clown and much more. And there will be a wide selection of food at this year’s fair.
There may still be one or two time slots open on one of the community stages, so if your group or solo act and would like to perform, call Community Organizations Chairperson, Mary Jo Searfoss at 654-0724. The fair committee knows that there’s a lot of local talent in the area and the Northeast Fair is a great place to showcase it.
June 12, 2011
from: The WilkesBarre, PA Times Leader
People from all walks of life will visit Pennsylvania state fairs this summer and fall, enjoying the entertainment, delicious food, thrilling rides, agricultural exhibits, animals, educational opportunities, motor sports, to participate in the friendly competitions, and just to take in some of the family fun and excitement.
One of Northeast Pennsylvania’s biggest and most affordable annual family events, the Northeast Fair, a Pennsylvania State Agricultural Fair, will open on Tuesday, June 21 and continue through Sunday, June 26, at the 42 acre fair grounds located off Route 315 in Pittston Township.
The Northeast Fair offers more than 1,500 contests with thousands of dollars in prize money to be awarded, allowing plenty of opportunity for Pennsylvania residents to enter their favorite contests and show off their talents.
Contest categories in the 2011 Contest Guide include special baking contests, floral exhibits & horticulture, needlecraft, arts, photography, crafts, wine & beer making, home produced foods, vegetables & tomatoes, 4-H, rabbits, evergreen trees, grain & hay, fruits & nuts, group exhibits, antique farm equipment, fair queen contest (limited to Luzerne and Lackawanna County residents), apiary & maple products, home grown music, special categories limited to youth under 19 years of age, beautiful baby contest.
First place blue ribbon winners of several contests will represent the Northeast Fair at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show, competing against the first place winners of other Pennsylvania Fairs for the title and cash prizes of Pennsylvania’s best. The Northeast Fair Contest Guide includes simple instructions of how to register for a contest, how to exhibit, and how to claim awards.
Don’t know what contest to enter? The 2011 Northeast Fair Contest Guide is available on the fair website www.northeastfair.com or by calling the fair office at 654-2503.
Entertainment includes a Demolition Derby and Figure 8 racing, great concerts, community group performances, educational petting zoo and pig racing, Ron Diamond, hypnotist and magician, Buffo the World’s Strongest Clown and much more. And there will be a wide selection of food at this year’s fair.
There may still be one or two time slots open on one of the community stages, so if your group or solo act and would like to perform, call Community Organizations Chairperson, Mary Jo Searfoss at 654-0724. The fair committee knows that there’s a lot of local talent in the area and the Northeast Fair is a great place to showcase it.
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