Most people come to the fair and sadly never take time to
come the Art Exhibitor’s Hall. It’s too bad because you’ll find everything
there: from pencil drawings to canned soup, quilts to radishes, dried flower
arrangements to muffins. Best of all, everyone over 8 years old, is welcomed
and in fact encouraged to compete. There is a chance you can get a ribbon and a
premium!
The Art Hall allows exhibitors to release their inner
“Martha.” In all seriousness, the Art Hall has several departments: Agricultural
Products, Floriculture, Textiles, Fine Arts, Art and Photography, Antique Collections
and Vintage Articles, Culinary, Baking, and two Junior Shows just for ages 8-13
and 13-19.
Then there are classes in each of the departments. Let me
clarify. For example, in 2012 I entered
a two crusted Sweet Potato Pie that was exhibited in the Culinary Baking department,
in the Two Crusted Pie class. To figure out the department and classes you will
want to compete in, I will post each department and class in separate posts at
a later time.
The recently appointed Exhibition Hall Superintendents Tamra
and Eva Dynes, are trying to update some of the Art Hall portion of the fair.
Some of the new classes will be a selfie, potted plants, and the oldest and/or
most interesting item before 1930. To figure out the department and classes you
will want to compete in, I will post each department and class in separate
posts at a later date. The entire fair book should be online at http://www.henrycountyfairil.com/ around
April 1st. If you desire a hard copy, the fair book will be available at local
banks around Henry County about the same time.
