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Nevada County Fairgrounds & the Food Bank of Nevada County Team up to Feed Those in Need

By Wendy Oaks

It’s three for three! Bring three cans of food to the Fair on Sunday and receive $3 off adult ticket.

Imagine being able to visit the annual Nevada County Fair at a discount, and be able to help the local Food Bank at the same time? At this year’s Fair, you can! The Nevada County Fairgrounds and The Food Bank of Nevada County are teaming up to help feed those in need.

This year, it’s three for $3.  All you have to do is bring three cans of food to the Fair on Sunday, August 12, and you will receive a coupon for $3 off an adult admission ticket to the Fair on that day!  The Food Bank will have food collection bins available at the Fairgrounds from
10 am – 5 pm at Gates 1, 3 and 5, which is also where you’ll receive your coupon. You must donate at least three cans of food to receive the discount; no partial discounts given.

All food collected on that day will be given to The Food Bank of Nevada County, which distributes food to those in need in our county.

It’s the best of both worlds – fun at the Fair, while helping out in the community. It’s all part of Community Involvement Day, sponsored by YubaNet.com, on Sunday, August 12, at the Nevada County Fair.

Also on happening at the Fair on Sunday – the Junior Livestock Auction, the Barbershop Quartet Contest, Gold Country Gymnasts performing, the Diaper Derby, America’s Winning Hypnotist Michael Mezmer, and the Demolition Derby in the Arena.

This year’s Fair is August 8 – 12. Visit www.NevadaCountyFair.com for more information or call the Fair Office at (530) 273-6217. For more information about the Food Bank of Nevada County, visit www.foodbankofnc.org or call (530) 272-3796.

 

Wendy Oaks
Publicist, Nevada County Fairgrounds
(530) 273-6217
wsoaks@gmail.com

Website: www.NevadaCountyFair.com
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Nevada County Fair August 8 – 12, 2012
Draft Horse Classic September 20 – 23, 2012
Halloween at the Fairgrounds October 27, 2012
Country Christmas Faire November 23 – 25, 2012

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Rodeo & Bull Riding Light up the Arena at the Nevada County Fair

Bull riding Nevada County Fair Photo credit: Nevada County Fair
Tickets are on sale now for the Donny Martin Memorial Bull Riding event and the Professional Rodeo, both taking place at next week’s Nevada County Fair. Photo credit: Nevada County Fair.

By Wendy Oaks

Action-packed, family-oriented events happening on Thursday and Friday at the Fair

Next week’s Nevada County Fair, August 8 – 12, will feature a rodeo on Thursday evening and the Donny Martin Memorial Bull Riding on Friday evening – both in the arena at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.

On Thursday, August 9, watch as contestants from California, Oregon and Nevada – as well as some of the finest bucking stock around – provide a family-oriented traditional rodeo for Fair-goers of all ages to enjoy. Watch as cowboys and cowgirls complete in traditional bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, bull riding, and barrel racing. In between competitions, there will be specialty acts, including Brian Potter, a rodeo clown visiting from Alabama.  Chad Nicholson will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Don’t forget to check out Mutton Bustin’ and Calf Scramble – two crowd favorites – also happening at the Rodeo.

On Friday, August 10, don’t miss the Donny Martin Memorial Bull Riding – where riders attempt to stay on a bull for at least eight seconds while the animal tries to buck off the rider! Thirty bull riders from across the western United States will compete in this fast-paced, action-packed event. This event honors Donny Martin, a local bull fighter who was killed four years ago at the California State High School Finals.

Tickets to the Rodeo and Bull Riding are on sale now. If purchased before August 7, the cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children under 12. If purchased during the Fair, cost is $12 for adults and $8  for kids under 12.  Ticket price does not include admission to the Fair. For both events, gates open at 6 pm and the excitements begins at 7 pm.

These events are presented by The Nevada County Pro Rodeo Association, created this year and comprised of individuals who believe in the Nevada County Fair’s deep agricultural heritage and community roots.

Additional arena events take place on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Fair. There’s Battle of the Bands on Wednesday, Tough Truck Racing and Monster Trucks on Saturday, and a Demolition Derby on Sunday. Tickets to all arena events are on sale now.

Tickets to all arena events are available at  NevadaCountyFair.com , by calling the Fair Office at (530) 273-6217 (by August 6 at 5 pm), or stopping by the Fair Office.

The Nevada County Fairgrounds is located at 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley, 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, off Highway 49. For a complete schedule of events, visit  NevadaCountyFair.com, or call (530) 273-6217.
Wendy Oaks
Publicist, Nevada County Fairgrounds
(530) 273-6217
wsoaks@gmail.com
Website: www.NevadaCountyFair.com
Facebook: Nevada County Fairgrounds

Nevada County Fair August 8 – 12, 2012
Draft Horse Classic September 20 – 23, 2012
Halloween at the Fairgrounds October 27, 2012
Country Christmas Faire November 23 – 25, 2012
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Drive A Car In The Nevada County Fair’s Demolition Derby

By Wendy Oaks

Drive a car in the fair’s demolition derby and you could win $1000 for your favorite charity.

Back by popular demand, the Nevada County Fair is providing organizations and businesses the opportunity to sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s popular Demolition Derby, while at the same time raising money for a favorite charity or service organization.

Organizations and businesses can purchase a car for $500 and the Fair will provide a Derby car to use in the Demolition Derby. The organization can choose to provide its own driver or the Fair will provide a driver for the car. Additionally, the car can be picked up on August 5 to customize the car or it can be left at the Fair, where it will have a number painted on it.

The sponsored Derby cars will participate in their own event at the Demolition Derby, held on Sunday, August 14, at 7 pm in the Arena. The last of the sponsored cars moving will receive $1,000 towards the charity or service organization of their choice. Last year’s winner was Dokimos’ Pharmacy, who received $1,000 for their charity, Hospice of the Foothills.

There are only a limited number of cars available. Call the Fair Office at
(530) 273-6217 to reserve your car and obtain a list of rules. Forms are also available at www.NevadaCountyFair.com.  This year’s Nevada County Fair is August 10-14.

 

Wendy Oaks
Publicist, Nevada County Fairgrounds
(530) 273-6217
wsoaks@gmail.com
Website: www.NevadaCountyFair.com
Facebook: Nevada County Fairgrounds

 

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Sponsor and Drive a Car in the 2010 Nevada County Fair

Sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s Demolition Derby and you could win $1,000 for your favorite charity

Back by popular demand, the Nevada County Fair is providing organizations and businesses the opportunity to sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s popular Demolition Derby, while at the same time raising money for a favorite charity or service organization.

Organizations and businesses can purchase a car for $500 and the Fair will provide a Derby car to use in the Demolition Derby. The organization can choose to provide its own driver or the Fair will provide a driver for the car. Additionally, the car can be picked up on August 6 to customize the car or it can be left at the Fair, where it will have a number painted on it.

The sponsored Derby cars will participate in their own event at the Demolition Derby, held on Sunday, August 15, at 7 pm in the Arena. The last of the sponsored cars moving will receive $1,000 towards the charity or service organization of their choice.  Last year’s winner was Mark Andreus, who received $1,000 for his charity, Christian Encounter Ministries.

There are only a limited number of cars available. Call the Fair Office at
(530) 273-6217 to reserve your car and obtain a list of rules. Forms are also available click here: NevadaCountyFair.

This year’s Nevada County Fair is August 11-15

Source: Wendy Oaks
Nevada County Publicist

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Sponsor and Drive a Car in Nevada County Fair

Sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s Demolition Derby and you could win $1,000 for your favorite charity.

Back by popular demand, the Nevada County Fair is providing organizations and businesses the opportunity to sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s popular Demolition Derby, while at the same time raising money for a favorite charity or service organization.

Organizations and businesses can purchase a car for $500 and the Fair will provide a Derby car to use in the Demolition Derby. The organization can choose to provide its own driver or the Fair will provide a driver for the car. Additionally, the car can be picked up on August 6 to customize the car or it can be left at the Fair, where it will have a number painted on it.

The sponsored Derby cars will participate in their own event at the Demolition Derby, held on Sunday, August 15, at 7 pm in the Arena. The last of the sponsored cars moving will receive $1,000 towards the charity or service organization of their choice.  Last year’s winner was Mark Andreus, who received $1,000 for his charity, Christian Encounter Ministries.

There are only a limited number of cars available. Call the Fair Office at (530) 273-6217 to reserve your car and obtain a list of rules.

Forms are also available at NevadaCountyFair.com.  This year’s Nevada County Fair is August 11-15.

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Nevada County Fair Calendar 2010

Mark your calendar for the event voted as “Nevada County’s Best” for 10 years in a row – the 2010 Nevada County Fair, August 11 – 15, at “California’s Most Beautiful Fairgrounds,” the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.

“Rooted in Tree-dition” is this year’s theme and five days of “tree-mendous” fun are planned for Fair-goers of all ages. Live entertainment will be available every day at five different stages throughout the Fairgrounds. There’s also carnival rides and games, barns full of livestock, thousands of community exhibits, special contests, an Idol Competition, nightly arena events, daily demonstrations, magic shows, gold panning, and food contests.  As always, Treat Street will be serving an array of delicious food and drinks – corn dogs, pasties, tacos, corn on the cob, beer, tempura zucchini, nachos, hamburgers, funnel cakes and caramel corn – just to name a few!

Long-time crowd pleasing events will soar into the Fair’s arena Wednesday through Sunday, presenting thrills ranging from a rodeo to Monster Trucks to the Demolition Derby.

The Ag Mechanics Auction will be held on Friday of the Fair, and the Junior Livestock Auction will be held on Sunday, August 15. These popular annual events will raise more than $400,000 for Nevada County youth in agriculture.

For those interested in entering competitions and projects for judging, the Fair’s Competition Handbook will be available June 1. At that time, all of the categories, as well as online entry information, will be listed on the Fair’s web site at Nevada County Fair.

Gates open each day at 10 am, and close each evening at 11 pm. Admission this year will be $8 for adults, $6 for seniors (65 and older), $3 for children 6 to 12, and free to children five years old and younger.

At one of the most affordable fairs in California, take advantage of one of several pre-sale packages available this year, including a special “Be A Kid” price of only $3 for a Thursday adult admission ticket; or a pre-sale Fair admission ticket for $5 for any one day of the Fair.  Kids Day will once again be held on Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm and during that time all children 12 years and under are admitted for free. Other pre-sale packages and coupons will be announced in June.

The Nevada County Fairgrounds is located at 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley, 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, off Highway 49. For directions, event details or general information, visit Nevada County Fair or call the Fair Office at (530) 273-6217. Our blog can be found at Nevada County Fair Blog, or you can follow us on Facebook or MySpace.

Source: Wendy Cox Nevada County Fair Publicist

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Sponser & Drive a Car in Nevada County Fair

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At the Nevada County Fair you can sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s demolition derby and have chance to win $1,000 for your favorite charity.

For the second year, the Nevada County Fair is providing organizations and businesses the opportunity to sponsor and drive a car in the Fair’s popular Demolition Derby, while at the same time raising money for a favorite charity or service organization.

Organizations and businesses can purchase a car for $500 and the Fair will provide a Derby car to use in the Demolition Derby. The organization can choose to provide its own driver or the Fair will provide a driver for the car. Additionally, the car can be picked up on August 7 to customize the car or it can be left at the Fair, where it will have a number painted on it.

The sponsored Derby cars will participate in their own event at the Demolition Derby, held on Sunday, August 16, at 7 pm in the Arena. The last of the sponsored cars moving will receive $1,000 towards the charity or service organization of their choice.

There are only a limited number of cars available, so call the Fair Office at
(530) 273-6217 to reserve your car, and obtain a list of rules and all the necessary forms.

This year’s Fair is August 12-16. Visit Nevada County Fair Grounds for more information.