The Brazoria County Fair

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The Brazoria County Fair
A Special Edition of
The Bulletin
0ctober 7, 2014
Complete BCFA Schedule
Entertainment
Old-Fashioned Fair Parade
BCFA Scholarships
Admission Prices
And Much More...
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Message from the president
It is my pleasure to welcome
everyone to the 2014 Brazoria
County Fair. As the 76th President, I would like for everyone to
know what a privilege it is for me to
work along side the numerous volunteers, supporters and sponsors
to better the future for our youth.
With prideful dedication and untiring efforts, our community has built
this fair. I chose “Country Pride,
County Wide” as my theme for the
2014 fair. As one of the largest
counties in the state and growing
rapidly in population, industry and
agriculture, I believe that we all
continue to hold on to our “Country
Pride”.
At BCFA, we urge you to
continue to encourage our youth
to take pride in their accomplishments for the betterment of
themselves as future leaders of
our county, state and nation.
Thank you to all of our sponsors, volunteers and supporters.
We could not continue to be so
successful without your help and
hard work.
I invite you to come join the fun
and carry on the tradition!
Glen Bell, President
2014 Brazoria County Fair Association
Little Miss, Mister
Karolyn Green won last year’s
Little Miss Contest, while
Landon Thornberg was named
Little Mister. Joe Lashley, BCFA’s
2013 president, presented their
awards. This year’s event will be
held Friday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m., in
the auditorium. Contestants will
be judged on personality, poise
and attire.
Calf Scramble
Last year’s Calf Scramble
sponsors have made it possible
for 56 youths to show their calves
this year. This year’s event will
take place during each rodeo
performance. Children 12 and over
will be using various ways to pull
their calves over the finish line.
Tickets and Admissions
ADMISSION PRICES & PEDESTRIAN GATE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Adults (12 years and older) $15.00
- 2:00 PM -11:00 PM
Youth (6 through 11 years of age)
$5.00 - 2:00 PM -11:00 PM
SATURDAY
- 8:00 AM -12:00 Midnight
$5.00 - 8:00 AM -12:00 Midnight
SUNDAY – Free Admision Day
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
$5.00 -10:00 AM-11:00 PM
THURSDAY
Free Admission Day - Sponsored
by Brazoria County Fair Assn.
FRIDAY
- 10:00 AM-11:00 PM
$5.00 - 10:00 AM-11:00 PM
SATURDAY
- 10:00 AM-12:00 Midnight
Youth (6 through 11years of age)
$5.00 - 10:00 AM-12:00 Midnight
Kindergarten and below - Free
- 10:00 AM-12:00 Midnight
PASSES
Youth Season Pass (6 thru 11yrs
of age) $15.00 -10:00 AM-12:00
Midnight
Adult Season Pass (12 years and
older) $55.00 - 10:00 AM-12:00
Midnight
Reserved Parking Season pass
$15.00 - 10:00 AM-12:00 Midnight
Gatekeeper will allow no person to
enter the gate without exhibiting
correct fair-authorized permit.
CARNIVAL WRISTBAND
SPECIALS
Sunday, October 12 - Food
Pantry Wristband Night; Wristbands $10.00 with 3 cans of food;
Regular $20.00 on grounds without
special
Monday and Tuesday, October 13 - 14 - WalMart Wristband
Nights; (Alvin, Angleton, Lake
Jackson & West Columbia
Wal-Marts); $12.00 pre-sale at
participating Wal-Marts, deadline
for wristband night tickets will be
Noon on Tuesday, Oct. 14; Regular
$20.00 on grounds without special
Wednesday, October 15 “Buddy” Night; Sponsored by Sonic
Drive Ins and Coca Cola; Buy one
(1) wristband for $20.00 – buddy
rides free with Buddy Night Sticker;
Regular $20.00 on grounds without
Buddy Sticker
Daily Wristbands on grounds at the
Carnival without a special: $20.00
The 2014 complete Brazoria County Fair schedule
Friday, October 10
8:00 am - 2:00 pm: Commercial
Exhibits Set Up
8:00 am - 7:00 pm: Arrival of Livestock (See Dept. for specific arrival
and check-in times)
9:00 am: Judging Extension Education Department Entries
11:00 am: Concession Booths Open
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Ag Mechanics
Arrival and Check-in
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Admission
Gates Open
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Petting Zoo
Open
2:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Hall of Exhibits
& Commercial Exhibits Buildings &
Country Store Open
5:00 pm: Carnival Opens
6:00 pm: Opening Ceremony - Main
Gate
6:00 pm: Little Mr. & Miss Contest
– Auditorium
6:30 pm: PRA Rodeo, Calf Scramble & Mutton Bustin –Arena
8:00 pm: Brazoria County Fair Mom
– Auditorium
8:00 pm - 12:00 am: Beer Garden
Concert – Courtney Flynn Band
9:00 pm: Open Air Concert: Jason
Cassidy & Whiskey Myers
Saturday, October 11
9:00 am: Market Rabbit Show
8:00 am - 12:00 am: Admission
Gates Open
9:00 am: Judging Market Turkeys
10:00 am: Parade – Downtown
Angleton
10:00 am: Jr. Breeding Rabbit Show
10:00 am - 10:00 pm: Hall of Exhibits & Commercial Exhibits Buildings & Country Store Open
11:00 am: Concession Booths
Opens
11:00 am: Carnival Opens
Open
1:15 pm: Tricycle Races – Auditorium
2:00 pm: Rabbit Judging Contest
2:30 pm: Judging Swine
4:00 pm: Hall of Exhibits Awards
– Entertainment Hall
6:00 pm: CPRA Rodeo, Calf
Scramble & Mutton Bustin – Arena
7:00 pm: air Queen Coronation
– Auditorium
Concert - La Sombra De Tony
Guerrero & Xelencia
9:00 pm: Open Air Concert - Cole
Degges and Merle Haggard
Sunday, October 12
Free Admission Day • Hometown
Heroes Day; Food Pantry Night
9:00 am: Twirling Contest - Auditorium
10:00 am: Market Broiler Show
10:00 am: 10:00 pm: Admission
Gates Open - FREE ADMISSION
11:00am: Concession Booths Open
12:00 noon: Ag Mechanics Projects
Judging
12:00 pm: Student Art Awards – 9th12th – Entertainment Hall
Open
1:00 pm: Student Art Auction
Review & Reception – Entertainment Hall
Country Store Open
1:30 pm: Hometown Heroes’ Celebration – Arena
2:00 pm: Student Art Auction
3:00 pm: CPRA Rodeo, Calf
Scramble & Mutton Bustin – Rodeo
Arena
4:00 pm: Youth Talent – Auditorium
5:00 pm: Judging Steer Show
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Beer Garden
Concert - Catfish Mafia
Monday, October 13
Carnival Wristband Night - WalMarts – Alvin, Angleton, Lake
9:00 am Market Goat Show
10:00 am - 11:00 pm: Admission
Gates Open
2:00 pm: Carnival Opens - Wristband Night
Country Store Open
3:00 pm: Judging Market Lamb;
Judging Breeding Sheep Show
(immediately following Market
Lamb Show)
Open
5:30 pm: Pet Parade Registration
– Auditorium
6:00 pm: Pet Parade - Auditorium
6:30 pm & 8:30 pm: Micheal
Mezmer – Comedy Hypnosis Show
Tuesday, October 14
Senior Citizen’s Day
Carnival Wristband Night - WalMarts – Alvin, Angleton, Lake
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Senior Citizens
Day Registration (Doughnuts &
Coffee)
9:30 am - 1:30 pm: Senior Citizens
Day Activities (lunch provided)
8:00 am: Judging Scramble Steer
9:00 am - 10:00 pm: Hall of Exhibits
Country Store Open
10:00 am -11:00 pm: Admission
Gates Open
10:00 am - 10:00 pm: Petting Zoo
Open
11:00 am: Judging Scarecrow
Contest
1:00 pm: Judging Commercial
Heifer Singles
2:00 pm: Carnival Opens - Wristband Night
6:30 pm & 8:30 pm: Micheal
Mezmer – Comedy Hypnosis Show
Wednesday, October 15
Special Children’s Day • Carnival
Buddy Night
7:00 am - 9:00 am: Arrival Commercial Heifer Pen of Threes
Open
10:00 am: Breeding Beef Show
Gates Open
2:30 pm: Youth Rodeo Series
Shoot-Out – Rodeo Arena
Country Store Open
6:30 pm: Micheal Mezmer
– Comedy Hypnosis Show – Entertainment Hall
Concert – DJ Express, Dennie
Hernandez
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Free Admission Day • Youth Home
Night
9:00 am: Judging Carcass Contest
– Ladd’s in Needville
10:00 am: Judging Commercial
Heifer Pen of Three
Gates Open - FREE ADMISSION
Country Store Open
Open
6:00 pm: Junior Livestock Auction
– Auditorium
Band – Southland Romeo
Friday, October 17
6:00 am - 8:00 am: Open Beef
Check-in (Ranches, Out of
County, & Bulls) Show Arena
8:30 am: Open Beef Pee Wee
Showmanship – Show Arena
9:30 am Judging Open Beef
Gates Open
Open
12:00 Noon: Judging BBQ CookOff – Fajitas
2:00 pm: Judging BBQ Cook-Off
– Beans
2:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Hall of Exhibits & Commercial Exhibits Buildings & Country Store Open
Open
– Comedy Hypnosis Show
7:00 pm: Ranch Rodeo – Rodeo
Arena
- Friday Night Feast
Concert – Junior Gordan Band
Opening for Doug Stone
Saturday, October 18
6:15 am - 7:15 am: Registration
Junior Livestock Judging – Auditorium
7:30 am: Junior Livestock Judging
9:00 am: Team Roping – Rodeo
Arena
8:00 am - 12:00 am: Admission
Gates Open
Open
10:00 am - 10:00 pm: Hall of
Exhibit & Commercial Exhibits
Buildings & Country Store Open
10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Clown Face
Contest – Entertainment Hall
11:00 am: Carnival Opens
Open
11:30 am: Judging BBQ Cook-Off
– Chicken
12:00 am: Livestock Awards Program – Show Arena
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Arrival – Rice
Plus Cook-Off & Kitchen Pride
Bake Show – Entertainment Hall
1:00 pm: Commercial Heifer Auction – Auditorium; Ag Mechanics
Projects Auction - following Commercial Heifer Auction
1:30 pm
Judging BBQ
Cook-Off - Pork Spare Ribs
2:00 pm: Chick-Fil-A Chicken
Scramble – Livestock Show
Arena
2:30 pm: Judging Rice Plus CookOff & Kitchen Pride Bake Show
– Brisket
5:00 pm: Awards - Kitchen Pride
Bake Show & Rice Plus Cookoff– Entertainment Hall
6:00 pm: BBQ Cook-Off Awards
– BBQ Area
Concert - Horace Trahan, Zydeco
9:00 pm: Tejano Concert - Auditorium - TBA
Sunday, October 19
7:00 am - 11:00 am: Release of All
Junior Livestock Animals
8:00 am - 11:00 am: Release of
Commercial Exhibits
8:00 am - 11:00 pm: Release
Extension Education Association
Club (EEA)
8:00 am - 11:00 pm: Release of
4-H Home Economics
8:00 am - 11:00 am: Release of
Home Canning, Crafts & Hobbies,
Needlework, Student Art, Adult
Fine Arts, Sea &
Shore, Photography, and Scarecrow Contest Entries
10:00 am - 11:00 pm: Release
Scarecrow Contest & Sea &
Shore entries
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Release 4-H &
FFA Cattlebarn Displays
On the cover
This year The Bulletin decided
to feature the Fair Queen and
Rodeo Queen candidates on the
cover of this special section. Congratulations to all the contestants.
2014 BCFA Fair Queen Candidates (top photo)
Top-L-R: Maria Ramos, Brazoswood H.S.; Bailea Plander,
Danbury H.S.; Paige Worfe,
Angleton H.S.; Valeria Madrigal,
Brazosport H.S.; Krislyn Barnett,
Manvel H.S. Bottom-L-R: Elizabeth Greer, Turner College and
Career H.S.(Pearland); Chandler
Simpson, Brazosport Christian
School; Kayla Herrera, Columbia
H.S.; Maddie Strickland, Alvin
H.S.; Autumn Beaupre, Pearland
H.S.; Madeline Richey, Pearland Dawson H.S.; Kelly Vargas,
Sweeny H.S.
2014 BCFA Rodeo Queen
Candidates (bottom photo)
Top-L-R: Natalie Hamlin, Kelsey
Lynn McDonald, Savannah
Hargrave, Kaitlyn Soell, Jessica
Santos. Bottom-L-R Samantha
Reichel, Payton Long, Kourtney
Kubala, Abby Jacks.
Old-fashioned fair parade to wind through Angleton, Saturday, Oct. 11, starting at 10
Let’s race tricycles
Tricycle races, sponsored by Vicki Melass Allstate Insurance, will be
held starting at 1:15 p.m. at the Brazoria County Fair auditorium. There
is a $2 entry fee per rider. The races will be divided into age categories.
Participants can be registered between noon and 1 p.m, anad will receive
participation ribbons.
Chicken scramble allows children to
have some fun, chase ... chickens
2014 BCFA winning logo contest entry
The winning entry was submitted by Addison Rodriguez of Lake Jackson
Intermediate School.
This year’s Chicken Scramble is
sponsored by Chick-Fil-A, of course,
and will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Oct,. 20, at the Livestock Show
Arena. Stop by and experience all the
fun that kids can have trying to round
up chickens.
The Chicken Scramble is a contest
designed to give younger chindren an
opportunity to participate and have
fun in a livestock department event.
The three divisions are: 3 years
old; 4&5 years old; 6&7 years old.
The scramble is open to Brazoria
County children only. The chickens
are provided by the fair association,
and participants cannot keep the
chickens they catch.
When a chicken is caught, it must
be taken to a fenced-in area and
released.
A Chicken Scramble T-shirt will be
awarded to all participants who catch
a chicken.
Early-day history of the Brazoria County Fair began in 1910
Back in 1910, several of Brazoria
County’s civic leaders decided the
area needed a forum for educating farmers and homemakers
by recognizing those who were
most outstanding in each area of
endeavor.
They visualized an event that
would provide competition, entertainment, enjoyment, and an opportunity to get together with friends.
They wanted to provide a standard
of excellence toward which county
residents could work, to encourage continued improvement of the
equality of life in the area. This was
why the first Brazoria County Fair
began.
Those early leaders would probably be astounded at the evolution of the fair since that first one
in 1910. They could hardly have
envisioned a 120-acre fairground
dotted with permanent buildings,
including a huge covered arena,
the site of a multi-faceted, nine-day
annual event attracting almost a
quarter of a million people.
History of the “modern” Brazo-
ria County Fair begins in 1938,
when Angleton Jaycees took over
operation of several of the annual
events. Although no fair organization officially existed that year, Jack
Phillips of West Columbia recalls
that “a little exhibition of livestock
was held…and the ladies showed
their jams and jellies” on the courthouse lot. Phillips, who has missed
only one Brazoria County Fair
since 1938 until his death – he was
attending the Olympics in Mexico
City during the 1968 fair – served
as president of the fair in 1957,
1967, and 1968.
After formation of the Brazoria
County Fat Stock and Fair Association, the group bought a 20-acre fig
orchard south of Angleton for use
as fairgrounds. By 1947, another
30 acres had been added to the
site, and throughout the years,
more land has been bought and
paid out as it became available.
The fair was canceled for three
years during World War II, and the
property was leased to the U.S.
government as the site for a U.S.
Signal Corps radar unit. After a little
more than a year, however, the
government decided to utilize the
facilities as a prisoner of war camp.
A high fence topped with rows of
barbed wire was placed around the
property, with guard towers built at
the corners. German war prisoners were moved to the site. At one
time, 200 of Rommel’s crack North
African Troops were among the
prisoners housed there. Those who
wanted to work for small wages
helped area farmers in cotton or
rice harvesting and other chores.
Several of these former prisoners
have visited Angleton in recent
years, bringing their families to see
where they were incarcerated and
where they waded through muddy
rice fields or stooped for hours to
pick cotton.
With the war’s end, the grounds
were returned to the fair association for use and in the years since,
in good times and bad, in economic
slumps and following devastating
hurricanes, the fair has grown and
expanded to the point that it is now
the largest county fair in Texas.
2014 BCFA officers and staff
2014 BCFA Officers:
President – Glen Bell
President Elect – Matt Burke
1st Vice Pres. – Greg Kresta
Secretary – Alex Martinez
Treasurer – Robert McNeill
Assist Treasurer – Darrel Bagley
2014 Executive Board:
Johnny Armstrong
Debbie Bingham
Kay Cole
Richard Foreman
Joe Geer
Kevin Gentry
JoAnn Griggs
Darla Helm
Richard Larson
Joey Lashlee
Christi McCracken
Michael Matz
Andrea Morrison
Cindy Parker
Bruno Reich
Jimmy Weaver
T.R. Williams
2014 Non-Executive Superintendents:
Lloyd Ayers
Greg Bryington
Mike Carter
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Richard Lee Daft
James Gillenwaters
W.F. Gonzales
David Hines
Linda Holt
Paul Kresta
Clint McGough
Dana McNeill
Gary Parker
Jackie Skipper
Susan Spoor
Ed Smith
Joe Tribble
Randy Viktorin
Howard Wardlow
2014 Staff:
Cheryl Peterson - Fair Manager
Elissa Coronado - Livestock
Secretary
Sherry Summers – Administrative Secretary
Shelly Lieurance – Bookkeeper
Ron Wright – Maintenance
Superintendent
Whiskey Meyers featured at fair Oct. 10
Texas country roots-rock quintet Whiskey Myers will steal the show at the
Brazoria County Fair on Friday, Oct. 10.
Opening for the band will be Texan country singer and songwriter Jason
Cassidy, who was born in Houston and grew up in New Caney.
Whiskey Myers is an American country music group from Tyler, Texas,
composed of Cody Cannon, Cody Tate, John Jeffers, Jeff Hogg and Gary
Brown. In 2008, they signed with Smith Entertainment and released their
debut album, “Road of Life.” Their second album, “Firewater,” was released
by Wiggy Thump in 2011 and debuted in the Top 30 on the Billboard Top
Country Albums chart.
Their latest Album, “Early Morning
Shakes,” released in February, “shows off
a range of influences ranging from country
to R&B to serious rock,” wrote Rolling
Stone.
Cassidy started his own band in 2007,
mixing cover songs with his own originals in the group’s sets. He never looked
back after that, touring Texas constantly,
growing a fan base, and getting singles
on the local charts. His debut album, “My
Redemption,” appeared in 2011, following
by a second, “Keep It Country,” two years
Jason Cassidy
later in 2013.
Whiskey Myers
A Degges/Haggard kind of night
For country-western music fans, Saturday, Oct. 11, will be a special treat
at the Brazoria County Fair. Local favorite Cole Degges will open the open
air concert at 9 a.m, followed by Merle Haggard, the “remaining black hat
rebel” of country music. If you go to http://merlehaggard.com/, in the middle
of his appearances in casinos and convention centers, you’ll find “Angleton,
Texas, the Brazoria County Fair.” How cool is that?
Beer Garden Concerts
Courtney Flynn Band
Friday, Oct. 10
8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight
Cole Degges
Merle Haggard
La Sombra De Tony Guerrera
Xelencia
Saturday, Oct. 11
9:00 pm to 1:00 am
Catfish Mafia
Sunday, Oct. 12
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
DJ Express Dennie Hernandez
Wednesday, Oct. 15
Southland Romeo
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Junior Gordon Band
Friday, Oct. 17
Doug Stone
Friday, Oct. 17
10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Horace Trahan - Zydeco
Saturday, Oct. 18
8:00 pm to 1:00 am
Beer Gardens
Doug Stone to perform at the Beer Garden on Friday, Oct. 17.

The Brazoria County Fair

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