Thursday, July 26, 2012
This year, 4,000 more visitors attended the Waukesha County Fair as compared to 2011. Just how many people attended the fair?
Despite a stormy opening night at the Waukesha County Fair, the weather cooperated for the rest of the five-day event and organizers reported that attendance was strong. From July 18 -22 just over 125,000 fairgoers attended the 170th installment of the event. Attendance on Friday was the highest it had been since 2007, and Saturday’s attendance was the second highest total since 2006. The number of visitors in 2012 eclipsed 2011 totals by roughly 4,000 fairgoers. “The weather cooperated for us this year and we are extremely pleased with the high attendance we saw. The hard work of our Board Members and volunteers really paid off this year and we had a great Fair,” Executive Director Shari Black said in a news release Thursday. Whether it …
Friday, July 20, 2012
From photography and woodcarving to knitting and crocheting, senior citizens entered their work in a contest at the Waukesha County Fair. Grand champion winner Geri Coen describes her passion in this story with photos of winners.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
With five years practice weaving baskets, Geri Coen entered one of her designs in a Waukesha County Fair contest not for glory but constructive criticism. "I didn't care about the blue ribbon," said Coen of Waukesha. "I justed wanted the judges to tell me how I could improve and make it better." Apparently she can't. Coen won not only a blue ribbon, but a champion ribbon in the Senior Citizen contest's home furnishing category. And then her basket won the grand champion ribbon, the top award over all eight categories in the exhibit: cultural arts, photography, crafts, woodworking, knitting, crocheting, sewing and home furnishing. It was the first time she entered a contest. "I almost fell off my chair," she said. "I couldn't believe it. It…
Photos from Friday at the Waukesha County Fair. The annual event runs through Sunday.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate Tommy G. Thompson stopped by the Waukesha County Fair Friday, at which the band Foreigner played and there were contests for bubble blowing and longest hair. Brooke Myers, 6, and Elijah Schneider, 7, both of Waukesha, won biggest bubbles; and Lily Rodriguez napped the prizes for longest hair — 24 inches from the tip to the bottom of her pony tail. Did you take any pictures at the fair? Share them here by clicking the Upload Photos & Videos button.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Alyssa Voit will compete on Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 for the chance to sing on a major stage.
Alyssa Voit of Muskego remains as one of the hopefuls to become the Waukesha County Fair Top Singer, as garner the top prize of $250 and the chance to perform on a big stage at the fair. Voit had been competing against eight other contestants, and will advance to The finalists include: Alyssa Voit, Muskego Krystal Cooke, Burlington Becca Richter, Waukesha Jenna Lynne Scheiwer, Waukesha Lyssa Yehle, Nashotah Voit participated in Muskego Idol last year and tied for 1st, but lost the tie breaker. Her mom Roxanne said her decision to try for the County Fair's contest was pretty simple. "She just thought it would be fun to try. We saw a story on the news and i told her to just give it a shot," she explained. After the public judging, the …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Blood Center of Wisconsin and American Red Cross send out pleas to area residents to help with blood donations this summer.
Are you a fan of Culver’s food or are you looking for free tickets to the Waukesha County Fair? Maybe you just want to help out the community by donating blood, but you could score free stuff with a blood donation. Both the Blood Center of Wisconsin and the American Red Cross are pushing for area residents to donate blood this summer. They are each giving away free stuff for blood. “Every day, the Red Cross must collect more than 17,000 pints of blood for patients at more than 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. Of that, the Badger-Hawkeye Blood Services Region must collect approximately 600 pints per day,” said Greg Novinska, CEO of the American Red Cross Badger-Hawkeye Blood Services Region, serving Wisconsin, …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Awards were given out during the 169th annual fair.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Waukesha County Fair Association announced Tuesday the winners of its annual “Best of Show” competition held during the 169th Waukesha County Fair, sponsored by Aurora Health Care. Commercial vendors were judged in three categories: Best Outside Vendor, Best Arena Vendor and Best Food Vendor. Each was rated on booth appearance (inside and outside), cleanliness, professionalism and creativity. Judging took place throughout the Fair anonymously; winners were awarded certificates and ribbons on the last day of the Fair. This information was provided to Patch by the Waukesha County Fair.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
More than 100,000 people attended the 169th annual fair last week.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
The Waukesha County Fair, which concluded Sunday with a concert by The Beach Boys, had 121,441 visitors during the five-day fair, according to a news release from the county fair. Daytime attendance was low because of the extreme heat, according to the release, but evening numbers were higher. Thursday’s attendance was the highest Thursday attendance in 16 years, according to the release. “We are thrilled with this year’s attendance numbers,” said Shari Black, executive director, in the release. “Our Board of Directors and the many volunteers worked so hard throughout the year to develop an event that provides a great mix of family entertainment at an affordable price.” The fair was sponsored by Aurora Health Care. The Waukesha County Fair…
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Monday, July 25, 2011
The Waukesha County Fair has come and gone. We take a look at the sights from the fair on its final day.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
The Waukesha County Fair has come and gone. We take a look at the sights from the fair on its final day.
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On the final day of the fair, we wanted to give you a look at all the great rides. The rides are what really bring the crowds out in masses. If you were to scared to go on any rides, this is the next best thing.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
On the final day of the fair we wanted to give you a look at all the great rides. The rides are what really bring the crowds out in masses. If you were to scared to go on any rides, this is the next best thing. Enjoy the ride...or at least the video.
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From animals to cream puffs and from rides that "make you throw up" to The Beach Boys, there was plenty to see and do at this year's fair.
The Waukesha County Fair may be over, but the memories of spending time with family and friends remain. Of course, there’s next year’s fair to look forward to, but here is a look back at the Waukesha County Fair from Patch. Patch reporters, photographers and videographers were at the fair all week to talk with people about the different things that make the fair so great. Here are some of the stories from the past week: Photo Galleries Video
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