Featured Fair Events

Ransom County Fair

2011 Featured Events

4-H Pig Show

4-H/FFA/Open Class

Exhibits and Shows

Cattle

Grandstand Events

Beer Garden Entertainment

Contests

On Grounds Entertainment

Arena Events

Kids Day

Grandstand Events

Stock Car Races Sheyenne River Speedway will be holding races on Thursday night at 8 p.m. Come and join in the excitement!

Demo Derby Bring your family and friends to this action-packed event on Sunday 1:00 p.m. NEW! Come watch the Herby Derby along with car and truck demolitions. Rules & Regulations

Bull-a-Rama Core Sponsor: Titan Machinery The Bull-a-Rama will be back on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. by popular demand! At intermission young riders can take their chance at hanging on to the Junior Bulls provided by Bar S Rodeo. The Rodeo Queen will also be crowned at the event.

Red River Valley Modified Truck & Tractor Pull Be one of the hundreds of fans to see what the excitement is all about! Truck classes include Prostock 4 wheel drive, Super Stock, Open Class - alcohol injected, Street Legal Diesel and two wheel drive class. Tractor classes include Single Engine and Open Class. This is NOT your ordinary truck and tractor pull! Don't forget your earplugs!	Visit the Red River Valley Truck & Tractor Pullers website and go to the gallery for more photos.

Spectacular Fireworks! Core Sponsor: Ottertail Power Company This will be the best professional fireworks show you have every seen! Hundreds of beautiful fireworks will be lit off in a spectacular and colorful show after the Bull-a-Rama. You won't want to miss this one!
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Samantha Madison & Wildcard Wildcard Samantha Madison will be playing Saturday night after the Truck & Tractor Pull. The band plays a variety of music and is sure to please everyone's musical interest. Listen to songs by Samantha Madison & Wildcard on YouTube.
WildCard is a brother and sister duo from Nashville, Tennessee, consisting of Samantha Madison and Stacey Leighton and their backing of some of the best musicians in the country. Rooted in the hotbed of country music, their combined talents forge a performance that exhibits a broad spectrum of styles with conviction. Samantha's vocal prowess has brought her to the National Finals of the Colgate Country Showdown and won her a series of awards, as well as an array of full opening slots for top recording artists such as Travis Tritt, Mark Wills, Danielle Peck and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her brother, Stacey, shares the lead mic and plays both piano and guitar, and also completely produces their original material in his own studio. Together they share performances that rivet audiences across the nation. Drummer Steve Hines provides a rock-solid foundation and comes from an exhaustive educational background from S.D.S.U., Music Tech in Minneapolis, and Musicians Institute in Hollywood. Being 6' 8", he also doubles as the band bodyguard. 6-String guru, Charlie Knobloch, employs a multitude of effects in his live performance, essentially making him a "lead chameleon" where he covers electric guitar, pedal steel, and fiddle instrumentation. Daniel George is their primarily self-taught bassist who grew up in Pittsburg, cheering on the Steelers and building his own instruments. This collage of unique influences, coupled with the fact that they're all great friends (and/or related!), makes WildCard an exhilarating presence with a dynamic personal feel. Brace yourself! This year they have played at the Shooting Star Casino; Sargent County Fair; Valley City Fair; Lincoln, Nebraska; Las Vegas, Nevada; and many more places throughout the United States. Their play list contains a wide variety of songs that everyone will enjoy. Some songs that they play are: Crazy – Patsy Cline; Down In Mississippi - Sugarland; House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert; I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll – Joan Jett / Britney Spears; Back In Black – AC/DC; Gambler – Kenny Rogers and many more songs. To view a list of the 135 songs they play visit their website at: http://www.wildcardduo.com/epk/.

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Contests


Beef Fitting Contest This is a new event for our fair. Three member teams for age divisions of 13 years old or younger; 14-18 years old and 19 years old and older. Heifers will be provided. Click here for a registration form and contact information. Show Equipment and Tack Sale If you have show equipment or tack that you simply just are not using bring them to the sale on Friday or Saturday of the fair. The sale will be held in the Horse Arena Barn. This is a consignment sale so a 10% mark up will be added to sale prices which will be given towards the Fairground Maintenance fund. For more information click here.

Ransom County Car & Motorcycle Show Bring your prized possession to the fairgrounds on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Three categories will be awarded in each the car division and the motorcycle division. Call Joel Penberthy at (701) 683-5723 for more information.

Community Olympics Come and join the fun! Bring a 6 person team (3 female/3male) to join the Community Olympics! Participants must be 18 years of age or older. Kids games will be held after the adult games. Event starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Events include a lawnmower race, obstacle course and Nordic skiing. Each event is timed, with the team with the best time wins 6 tickets to the Modified Truck & Tractor Pull or Demo Derby! For more information call Scott Schell at 680-8916.

Junior Point Show This two day show (Saturday & Sunday) is available for youth to show beef, swine and sheep. Rules and entry forms are on the Junior Point Show page.

Miss Ransom County
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Teens and young girls compete in a variety of areas to win the title of Miss Ransom County.

The contestants for the title of Queen will compete in evening gown, talent and interview.

The contestants for the title of Princess compete in dressy dress and interview contests.

All of the contestants will perform a dance number.

A Queen and Princess will be chosen along with a runner-up for the Miss Ransom County Queen contest.

The pageant will be held on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m.

For more questions contact Iris Oeder at 701-437-2451

Miss Ransom County

Rodeo Queen & Princess

Contestants compete in horsemanship, speech, interviews, and modeling.

The horsemanship competition is at 9 a.m. Each contestant will run a pattern and ride a switch horse.
Interviews, Speeches, and modeling will be held between 1-2 p.m. at the Expo Center. Contestants will also have a private interview with the judges.

In the Princess contest, the participant with the best horsemanship will be presented the Kelsey Wilson Memorial Plaque. The plaque is given in memory of the first Miss Rodeo Ransom County Princess Kelsey Wilson.

Awards for both the Princess and Queen are horsemanship, personality and appearance. The people receiving the title of Princess and Queen will be award with a crown and a belt buckle.

The Princess and Queen will be announced before the Bull-a-Rama on Friday at 8 p.m.

For more information contact
Jane Hammer at 701-924-8279
Stacey Erdmann at 701-683-5992

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On Grounds Entertainment

FREE Corn Feed

The Lisbon Rural Fire Department will be preparing the meal.
Don't miss this great supper on Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. Grilled corn will be served with a pork sandwich, brownie, chips, and milk.

Rocky Top Petting Zoo
Core Sponsor: Elijah Ranch

The petting zoo is a popular attraction to both young and old. The zoo will be available Friday through Sunday.

The Balloon Buffoon

Joe Thompson is a Balloon Artist Extraordinaire who travels around the country and performs at various Fairs, Conventions, Festivals, Private Parties and Corporate Events.
He has been performing for over 30 years and has a repitore of over 800 different balloon creations. He was once asked to create a balloon Dragon and succeeded in doing so thus earning him this Cartoon.

Joe is a Top Rated Performer located in Texas and is rated for all ages.

Kid Fiddlers
The Kid Fiddlers will be entertaining on Friday and Saturday throughout the day. Not only are they quickly becoming one of the "hottest" nationally acclaimed kid bands and clogging sensations, KID FIDDLERS can raise the roof at your next event, attracting audiences of ALL ages!

When "mom" and 5 children, ages 9-20, take the stage, audiences will be spellbound. Kid Fiddlers have an ability to draw crowds wherever they go, featuring America's Little Yodeling Sweetheart, Skyler!

Dakota Corner
Demonstrations and hands-on activities will be provided in the West Wing from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday!
The Woolly Women will be demonstrating spinning, knitting and needle felting and will finished items for sale as well.

Demonstrations all day in the West wing on Saturday

Goat Cheese Demonstration                    Butter Churning                              Wheat Weaving                      Primitive Rug Hooking
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.                                    11 a.m. and 3 p.m.                            10 a.m. to 2 p.m.                       10 a.m. to Noon
Laurie Olson - Demonstrator                        Kacy Smith - Demonstrator                Holly Froemke - Demonstrator     Kristie Reinke - Demonstrator

BOOK SIGNING
Mattie Richardson, Sheldon N.D. is the author of her second book, Dusty's Trail.
Mattie will be available to sign your copy of her new book on Saturday in the West Wing!

Jack Sand Comedy & Magic Show
Sunday - 11:30 a.m.
West Wing

Jack has been a professional magician for over 38 years. Jack was also a television weatherman for 25 years

on WDAY-TV Fargo and WDAZ-TV Grand Forks, ND. A magic trick was often part of his weather show.

In addition to this, Jack also hosted a number of other local TV shows and has been TV spokesperson for many companies.

Many people in the TV viewing area ask about Gwendolyn the Weather Duck and Willie the Weather Rabbit. They often helped Jack "grade" the daily weather forecast.

Jack is now retired from broadcasting, leaving him more time to entertain at events such as yours. He has performed thousands of shows for all ages and types of events.

Jack joined the cast of Jasper's Theater in Park Rapids. They perform during July and August each summer. Jasper's is a high-energy family show of music, magic, comedy and dancing.

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Arena Events

Open Class Horse Show

Saturday, August 27

Registration is 7:30-9 a.m.
Show starts at 9 a.m.

Team Roping

Sunday, August 28

The registration for Team Roping will begin at 11:00 a.m. Event will start at 12:00 p.m.

WTRC Numbering system.

Pick 1, Draw 2 - $60 (4 head - progressive; enter 3 times; handicapped)

Incentives will be paid (AMS only) for Fastest #3 team on 2 steers and fastest #2 team on 1 steer.

Buckles will be given to high $$ header/heeler (excluding AMS only roping)

Handicap Format Example (2 sec)
#5 teams = -2 sec
#6 team = straight
#7 team = +2sec

Amateurs Only!!
Pick 1, Draw 1 - $40 (capped at #2 ropers & below)
Enter 4 times
3 head - progressive

Contact: Brandon (701) 320-5641 or 320-4123
Mitch (701) 368-1374

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Kids Day Events

Events will be held for kids 17 and under on Saturday! Core Sponsor: Nick Storhaug, CPA -- Kiddie Tractor Pull for youth ages 4-10. -- Money Scramble -- Balloon Baffoon -- Bike Give away, sponsored by Pheasants Forever

Tie Dye! Saturday 10-11 a.m. Make your own special creation. Sponsored and organized by the Open Door Center, Lisbon

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Other Events and Activities Include:

4-H & FFA Premium Sale
Fair Parade - contact Joel Wiltse (701) 683-5112

Go to Ransom County Fair page