“It was a school project,” said Ryan Clark, 17, Mayville, Wis. “I wanted to use the SOLIDWORKS program at school, and I wanted to get more experience with the CNC plasma table, as well. So, I came up with the idea of making a decoration for [...]
“I grew up exhibiting at the Dodge County Fair (Beaver Dam, Wis.). My maiden name is Sielaff, and we dairy farmed in Ashippun. There were five of us kids: four girls and one boy. We were members of County Line 4-H Club, and every last one [...]
The Dodge County Fair Association invites you to showcase your interests and talents by exhibiting in Open Class at the Dodge County Fair. Entry areas include: Dairy and Beef Cattle, Crops, Vegetables, Apiary, Dairy Products, Flowers and Plants, Foods, Clothing, Knitting, Crocheting, Home Furnishings, Cultural Arts, [...]
Animals are exhibited in the farm progress arena by adults or children wearing white pants and a white or colored shirt, belt, and close-toed shoes. Back tags will be provide and should be displayed on the back of each exhibitor.
Open-class sheep showing is available at the Dodge County Fair for numerous breeds: Shropshire, Corriedale and Colombias, Dorset, Horned Dorset, Hampshire, Suffolk, and a class for any other breeds.
One of the most popular open-class categories is amateur photography. Entries in four different classes are judged on composition, clarity, and presentation.
Entries in this division are judged on suitability to purpose and design, evenness and perfection of stitches, neatness of blocking, and quality of seams and joinings.
Breeds include Shorthorn, Angus, Hereford, and a class for other beef breeds together. Age classifications include junior calf, senior calf, summer yearling, junior yearling, senior yearling, and cows two years and over.
Dust off your brushes, sharpen your cutting blades, and replenish your paint selection, because the open-class cultural-arts division is calling all exhibitors with an artistic flair.
The open-class clothing division features two basic classes: children’s garments, consisting of about 20 different categories, and adult garments, which includes more than 25 categories.
