Like a fair reunion tour? :)

Oh, the fond memories of the fairs!! I grew up in Ohio going to the Medina County Fair (comparable, I believe,to the Walworth County Fair).

I was in 4-H, did horse and food projects. I can't remember what my sisters did, but it was a family affair. We also worked each year at our church food booth, which had the best location of them all--- right behind the Grandstand!!

Each year I try to go back. It just is not the same going to the fairs here (even though I still love them). There is always something special of the Fair you grew up with.

Can we do an alumni Fair get together?

I have been going to County Fairs most of my sixty plus years. My family moved from Janesville to Illinois before I was born. One of the first things I remember is coming up to Elkhorn and staying overnight with relatives so we could go to the Walworth Co Fair. After these relatives passed on we started go to the Kane Co, IL Fair. In my twenties a Fair wasn’t the cool place to be (unless there was a beer tent). Thirty some years ago we moved to Delavan and have gone each year to Elkhorn.
One year at the Walworth Fair when the kids were in early grade school, they thought it was time to move up to the “bigger rides”- the Tilt-a-Whirl seemed to be the best choice. I would go with since the Tilt-a-Whirl was mainly a little old ladies ride, and I in my youth had been on every ride known to man. Everything was fine the first time around, then I noticed some teenage boys who didn’t get the whirl part. I had to show my girls how it’s done. By the third round, we are going so fast my hat flew off! The girls were screaming faster - and I’m yelling no one move!! We left shortly after, and on the way home all I heard was “Why do we have to go home just because dad’s sick?!”

I, too, have fond memories of the fair. I am a "graduate" of the Newark-Beloit 4-H Club (after getting started in 4-H with the Beloit Clovers 4-H club) and even participated in the Fair Royalty contest (as a Beloit Clover) - I couldn't win because I was only 14 when I represented my club, but it was a great experience regardless. I remember the royalty coronation that year was in the stock pavilion because we got hit with a torrential downpour about 2 hours before the coronation was to begin. All those girls in pretty dresses and high heeled shoes standing around in the sawdust covered floor of the stock pavilion. It was a night to remember, that's for sure!

Even though I was a farm kid, I never showed animals at the fair. I was more into the foods, photography and craft projects. But I lived at the fair during fair week helping my friends with their animals. My mom worked in Janesville, so she'd drop me off at the fair on her way to work and pick me up after work or I'd stay until after the concert if mom and dad were coming back to the fair that night.

One of my fondest memories of the fair was having lunch with Kris Kristofferson. Kris was the main stage entertainment that evening and I, taking a break from helping my friends get their animals ready for judging, wandered over to the First Lutheran Church food tent for some lunch. I was sitting at a table eating my burger and fries when this gentleman approached and asked if anyone was sitting in the chair across from me. Nope! Help yourself. We engaged in a little bit of small talk -- I wasn't into striking up a conversation with total strangers back then -- and it wasn't until he got up to leave and told me that he hoped to see me at the show that night that I realized that it was Kris Kristofferson. Who'd have thought?! And I never did get his autograph...I was too stunned to ask!