CREELMAN — The Creelman Agricultural Fair has been billed as the “Biggest Little Fair in Saskatchewan.’’
This description of the fair in a village of 120 people south of Regina, is more than a promotional slogan.
The Creelman fair is still like all small town fairs once were like with a full slate of events.
Many small and city fairs have lost their cattle show competitions.
This fair has a strong cattle show and an English and Western horse show.
The lifestyles section filled most of the curling rink with competitions in garden produce, canning, baking, sewing and crafts.
The fair even has a competition for grain sheaves.
A trade show with around 10 tables had woodwork, baking and several authors as vendors.
The curling rink lobby was the site of a cold plate buffet and a table with home-made pies.
The spacious fair grounds required a lot of walking to view the livestock shows, burger kiosk, beer tent, and the kids’ area which highlighted a portable rock climbing wall.
The pig scramble was one of the most popular events.
Visitors lined three deep around the 4,000 square foot pen to watch the races twice daily.
The object of the two-member race team was to catch one of the pigs, tuck it in a bag and run back to the start position.
Some people will think the pig scramble is hard on the pigs, but this is how pigs were handled on small mixed farms that dotted the Prairies.
The half-mile long parade route through the village had 59 entries with quite a number of highly decorated floats from the region.
The fair draws visitors from nearby towns, southern and eastern Saskatchewan as well as Weyburn, Regina, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
