The Month of Fall Fairs…

October is the month of freshly harvested produce, autumn colours and fall fairs! One of the best fairs is coming up soon. The Rockton World’s Fair will be held on October 9-12, 2009! The fair was originally known as the Beverly Agricultural Society Fair. Back then the prize money was a whopping $194.50! Since then the fair has grown and changed and so has its name. So how did it become the “World’s Fair”? The story, according the fair’s website goes something like this, “In 1878 Andrew Kernighan commented that the fair should be called the "World's Fair" because all of the world comes to it. The next day local newspapers carried an article about the fair entitled "The World's Fair at Rockton". In 1966 the fair officially became the Rockton World’s Fair. It may not be a “World’s Fair” as we have come to know them, but is certainly a “world class fair”! The fair now has 500 volunteer members, 1,200 exhibitors and $80,000 in prize money and it hosts over 100,000 visitors! This year’s fair looks bigger and better then ever! From the calf judging to the horse jumping and from The Gathering Place to The Meeting Place, the Rockton World’s Fair has everything a family would want and expect from a Fall Fair! Take a ride back in time and find out why the Rockton World’s Fair is a “world class fair”! Check out their website at http://www.rocktonworldsfair.com/index.htm.