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Ribbons. Rides. Roots.
Chances are, if
you meet someone at the fair
who can’t tell
a story about
their parents or grandparents going or being involved
with it somehow, that person
didn’t grow up around here.
But chances are, as long as
their children and grandchildren live in the area, the fair
will be part of their lives. The
Sandwich Fair is undeniably
part of the area’s culture.
Talks with people whose
families have been involved
for generations make it clear.
Children who help their parents with the fair usually
pass the experience on to
the generation after them.
Sometimes, it takes a
while. Doug Brandow started entering the fair’s cooking contests just two years
ago. His mother won the
Grand Champion Cook title
in 1950 when Doug was 昀椀ve
years old. His grandmother
won third place that year.
He, his brothers, and their
father harvested vegetables
from the family garden. “We
showed a lot of vegetables in
the junior fair and the senior
fair and the horticulture area
at the fair.” Doug’s mom and
sister cooked. His children
dish out helpful criticism as
he prepares for the contests.
tember and October for pigs
to be born usually around the
1st of January to February in
order to be able to have pigs
for all the county shows next
year.”
Sometimes, an adult follows in a parent’s footsteps.
Gwen Fox’s husband was a
night watchman at the fair
Jackie Dannewitz’s grown as was his father before that.
children and grandchildren
Roots waiting for shoots
help her with the coloring
Not everyone can pass on
contest. “So we’re out at the
their
own fair tradition, so
fairground two weeks before
getting things arranged and they have to be content to
putting up the boards for the know their kin enjoy the fair
in other ways. Karen Campcoloring contest.”
bell says she got hooked
Dave Rogers is the second (her pun, intended) on neeof four generations to show dlework when she won 昀椀rst
pigs at the fair. His grand- prize for a knitted sweater
daughter, Courtney Lesko in the 1960s. After countless
Rogers, had a Reserve Su- entries over the decades, no
preme Champion Overall en- one else in her family has
try last year. Though these taken up the hobby. If one
shows happen once per year, good pun deserves anoththey are part of life year- er, the author suggests she
round. Preparation for next keep needling them about it.
year’s fair will begin as soon
Or maybe some people just
as this year’s ends. He says,
“You have to breed in Sep- get the point while others
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After many years of entering sometimes 40 or more
cross stitch and 昀椀ne embroidery pieces and winning, Jan
isn’t sure about the craft’s
future. Younger people just
don’t seem interested. With
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don’t. For as
many of her
82 years that
she can remember, Jan
Abens recalls sewing. But
she doesn’t remember how
she learned the craft, whether someone taught her or she
saw a method in a pamphlet.
She doesn’t believe anyone
in her family sewed.
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