D4-UncMtw'Farming, Saturday. June 11, 1994
Kempton Country Fair
Forty years and still going
strong perhaps it’s not the old
est nor the biggest, but certainly it
is one of the liveliest fairs you’ll
ever find. And one of the friendli
est.
It’s the Kempton Country Fair,
that opens Fpday evening, June 17
and continues through Sunday,
June 19.
Located at the Kempton Com
munity Center with Hawk Moun
tain and rolling hills as a back
drop, where blue skies and fresh
air give the feeling of a million
miles from nowhere, comes this
fantastic weekend of simply good
country music, tractor pulls, off
road races, rides, and even a scho
larship pageant to select “Es Licb
lichsl Macdcl,” the fairest one.
When the gales open at 5 p.m.
on Friday, ihe food stands and
other concessions will roll full
speed on ahead. And by 6 p.m.,
die tractors will rumble on the
grounds to begin an evening filled
with farm slock tractor pulls in
three classes from 5,500 to
15,500 pounds m a 31-year tra
dition as well as with single wheel
4x4 sanctioned stock pick-ups, a
local 4x4 non-sanctioncd class
from Lehigh, Berks and Schuyl
kill counties, and two modified
slock sanctioned classes.
But lor the music buffs, the eve
ning begins at 7 p.m. under the
open air covered stage with Tom
my Schaefer and the Blue Moun
tain Ramblers and Sherry featured
on the fiddle. They’ll appear again
at 9:15 p.m.
At 815 and again at 10:15 p.m.
Vicki Bird will make her debut in
Kempton. Appearing on the Aca
demy of Country Music Awards
in Nashville, Video Country and a
regular on Hoc Haw, her records
include “Memories” and “Moan
ing the Blues.” She has appeared
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in state fairs and festivals over the
country.
A display of fireworks will light
the sky (in case of rain, they’ll be
fired off on Saturday) at 11 p.m.
all in celebration of Kcmpton’s
40lh anniversary.
Once the fair opens at noon on
Saturday, the entertainment is
again non-stop. Mountain Mad
ness Off-Road Races begin with
Figure B’s at noon, and at 6 p.m,
they’ll hold drag races. All arc
sanctioned E.C.4 W.D.A. events.
And, as always, it’s Children’s
Day for kids 14 years old and un
der. From 1 until 4 p.m., rates on
amusement rides arc reduced with
the same offer being made for
Sunday during the same lime slot.
At 4 p.m., a bicycle will be pre
sented to a lucky child at an on
stage drawing.
Garfield and Lee, a new duct
direct from Nashville, will per
form favorite country music at 3
and 5 p.m.
At 6 and again 9:15 p.m., the
country Rhythm Band will appear
on stage with old and new favor
ites.
Rex Allen highlights the Satur
day evening shows m two pro
grams 7:15 p.m. and again at
10:15 p.m. with a string of lop
hits. Allen has one of the most
sensational voices on the music
scene today. Beginning as a mem
ber of the Townsmen, a California
folk trio, he quickly established
himself as a lop talent and moved
into solo stands.
The Miss Kcmpion Fair Scho
larship Pageant dominates the
Sunday afternoon program. Start
ing at noon, a bevy of lovely lass
es will exhibit their talents, de
monstrate poise in individual in
terviews, and their charm in
evening gowns. They’ll appear to
gether in an original production
number and finally, “Es Licblichst
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Macdcl,” the fairest one, will be
crowned and her court presented.
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The Mountain, Madness Off-.
Road Races, a sanctioned
E.C.4W.D.A. event, will begin at
noon in a series of obstacle races.
The Children’s Pedal Tractor
Pull or teeter-totter has been sche
duled for kids 4 to 10 ydars old at
I p.m.
The Remnants will appear on
the main stage in two Sunday af
ternoon programs at 4 p.m. and
5:15 p.m. for their very first per
formance in Kempton.
For 27 years, this top trio, The
Whites, have gained a reputation
as the new first family in country
music. They’ll feature some of
their best songs at 7 and 9 p.m.
And if the entertainment schc-
ALEXANDRIA, Va. For
ihcir achievements as national
proficiency award winners, 29
FFA members from across the
United States will be traveling to
Europe for a 12-day seminar.
The award winners, announced
last November in Kansas City,
Mo., during the 661 h National
FFA Convention, will be leaving
the Washington, D.C., area on
June 19. Highlights of the tour in
clude stops in Germany, Poland,
and the Czech Republic.
During the seminar, the stu
dents will observe typical agricul
tural practices in Eastern and
Western Europe. As a part of their
European cultural experience, the
FFA members will:
• Visit agricultural cooperatives
(collective farms) in the Czech
Republic and Germany.
• Explore the city of Berlin.
• Receive a briefing on German
agriculture by a member of the
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Forestry.
• Visit small private farms in
Poland.
• Visit a Land O’Lakcs Devel
opment Project near Swionica,
Poland.
• Slay with a host family at
Grossenham, Germany (formerly
East Germany).
• Visit a former WWII Concen
tration Camp at Terrazin, in the
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dule weren’t enough, more than
100 exhibitors will be showing
their .wares .with everything from
flea markets to pole buildings, hot
tubs, to Pennsylvania Dutch meats
and candles, cars and farm imple
ments, and the list goes on.
The food? Well, it’s the stuff
fairs are made of. Homemade
hamburgers, soups and chili made
famous by the Kempton Com
munity Center cooks, hot dogs on
the grill are available, and other
favorites from steak sandwiches to
tacos and spun sugar candles are
discovered in niches along the
midway.
There are the amusement rides
and a midway. Truly, there are so
many things to see and do that this
fair becomes something special.
National FFA Winners
Tour Europe
Czech Republic.
• Have dinner and a social ga
thering with German Young
Farmer* at Bayreuth, Germany.
To give them a more accurate
taste of European life, the students
will stay with host families for
pan of their trip. They will also
participate in the families’ daily
activities.
Before leaving the National
FFA center, the participants will
attend a training course by Dr.
Charles Vetter, a cross-cultural
communications specialist. Vet
ter’s seminar is designed to help
the students cope with the com
munications challenges they will
encounter while traveling abroad.
The travel seminar is only one
pan of each proficiency winner’s
award package. The seminar, in
addition to the cash awards and
plaques presented last November,
is made possible by business and
industry contributions to the Na
tional FFA Foundation, Inc.
“American agriculture has a
great opportunity today in interna
tional trade,” said Dr. Larry Case,
national FFA advisor, “and we
need to be aggressive. There is no
Pound for Pound, Dollar for Dollar
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Manned by volunteers, all pro
ceeds are returned to the Kempton
Community Center, a non-profit
organization All entertainment at
the fair is free and goes on rain or
shine except for tractor pulls and
fireworks, which have a Saturday
raindate, same lime.
Parking is controlled and is
free. Admission is $4 per person.
Children 6 through 12 are 'A price
and children under six are free.
Kempton is located 35 miles
north of Reading and 30 miles
west of Allentown. Take Rts. 143
or 737 north from 1-78 or Rt. 143
from Rt. 309 to Kempton.
For more information, call the
Kempton Community Center, Box
43, Kempton, PA 19529, (610)
756-6030.
subslitute tor lirsi-hand experi
ence in learning to work wnh
other cultures, and the investment
we make today in these top young
leaders will help secure our future
in the global marketplace.”
According to Case, the travel
seminar follows closely the goals
of the Strategic Plan for Agricul
tural Education. “This activity is
one way the National FFA Or
ganization fulfills some goals of
the strategic plan. A global per
spective is a vital ingredient in
education today. This trip will il
lustrate the similarities and differ
ences in agriculture worldwide
and help these students develop
creativity in entrepreneurship.”
Accompanying the students on
this overseas trip will be National
FFA staff members Robert Sce
fcldt, teacher services specialist
and Lawinna MeGary, managing
editor for FFA New Horizons
magazine, as well as Carl Bee
man, professor and chairman of
Agricultural Education and Com
munications at the College of
Agriculture at the University of
Florida, Gainesville. Beeman also
serves as a consultant to the Na
tional FFA Board of Dirtvtnrs