Fair will add opening day parade on Monday
Today is deadline to notify fair officials of entry
KNOWLESVILLE – Opening day for the Orleans County 4-H Fair will include something new: a parade.
Fair officials welcome costumed characters, floats, tractors, vendors and walking groups. Today is the deadline to register. That can be done by emailing orleans@cornell.edu.
The parade will start at 6 p.m. on the west side of the fairgrounds and proceed around the grounds, ending at the Buzz Hill Education Center on the east side of the fairgrounds. The parade will conclude around 6:30, and will then be followed by the opening ceremonies with local officials and the Honor Guard.
Brandon Johnson, the entertainment chairman for the fair, said the parade is open to the general public.
“We’ve never done before,” he said. “This is the first of many.”
Parade participants should enter the fairgrounds from the Taylor Hill Road entrance, with the lineup assembling on the southside of the creek at the exhibitors’ entrance.
“We’ve seen other fairs do it,” Johnson said about the parade. “We wanted to make Monday night at the fair a little different.”
