Eyebrow and region residents flocked to the 25th annual Eyebrow Fair for one of the best attendances ever.
“I can’t believe it’s 25 years now,” said key organizer Wanda White, who started the fair rolling in 1994. “It seems like just a few years ago.”
The fair started when White, then a new Eyebrow resident, noticed there were no longer any small-town fairs with horse shows.
She remembered gaining experience and confidence as a youngster in horse shows at small town fairs. She and a few others organized the first Eyebrow fair to offer young riders that same experience.
The horse show has been a mainstay at the fair with more than 30 horses taking part in western and English riding events.
In the costume class Ella Malinowski of Moose Jaw did trick riding.
To make the show more fun, the fair introduced events like mini-chuckwagon races and stick pony races.
The fair is one of a few summer fairs left in the southern part of the province.
The household arts section is one of the few left in southern Saskatchewan fairs.
A Moose Jaw household arts competitor entered a cake pops contest vowing to never again bake them. The recipe uses crumbled cake, mixed with icing on a stick “if it sticks to the stick” covered with chocolate icing.
On the grounds, children bounced in inflatable castles, decorated cupcakes or hunted in loose straw for candy.
The home-made pie booth was busy.
Eight teams, twice the usual, competed in a slo-pitch tournament.
In mid-afternoon one mother left for the farm home with her misbehaving son. “I don't want to go,” he bawled. “I don't want to miss the fireworks.”
Several hours later his mother brought back the much-chastened boy.
The day concluded with anniversary cake, beef dinner, dance and fireworks. Plans for the 26th fair are under way.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
