2017
Contests
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Chocolate
Cake Contest
The Cookie
Contest
Thursday • August 3
Friday • August 4
Bring your best chocolate cake,
frosted or unfrosted, to be
judged by a team of experts.
Yes, you can enter other
cookies besides chocolate chip.
Bring your favorite cookie recipe
on Friday and earn the honor of being
named Best Cookie Baker
of Thurston County.
Each contestant will receive FREE admission to the fair (parking
fees not waived). Ribbons provided for winners
in both Youth and Adult categories.
Each contestant will receive FREE admission
to the fair (parking fees not waived). Youth
and adult winners will receive ribbons and
prizes. Bring cookies to the Expo Center
from noon to 2pm. Please include name, address, phone
number, and a copy of the recipe. Judging will start at 2pm.
Bring cakes to the Expo Center on Thursday,
August 3, from noon to 2pm. Please include
recipe with name, address and phone number.
Judging will start at 2pm.
Cake slices will be distributed to
fairgoers after judging.
Cookies cannot need refrigeration and please use paper plates,
Bring between 6-10 cookies.
Cakes cannot need refrigeration and
please use disposable plates.
Thurston County Fair’s
Sunday’s Special
“Berry BEST Pie Contest”
Cupcake
Contest
Saturday • August 5
Sponsored by Spooner Berry Farms
Sunday • August 6
The name says it all.
Bring your best berry pie to the Fair.
Adult and youth prizes will be awarded with
the winning pie to be auctioned and pie
slices sold after the judging. Proceeds
benefit the Thurston County Food Bank.
Make a dozen cupcakes today and
bring four to be judged by our panel
of experts and be named the best
cupcake baker at this year’s Fair.
Each contestant will receive FREE admission
to the fair (parking fees not waived). Youth and adult
winners will receive ribbons and prizes.
Each contestant will receive FREE admission to
the fair (parking fees not waived). Youth and
adult winners will receive ribbons and prizes.
Bring cupcakes to the Expo Center on
Sunday, August 6, from noon to 2pm.
Please include recipe with name, address and phone number.
Judging will start at 2pm.
Bring pies to the Expo Center on
Saturday, August 5, from noon to 2pm.
Please include recipe with name, address and phone number.
Judging will start at 2pm.
Cupcakes should not need refrigeration.
Please provide a recipe (on 3 x 5 card) with name,
phone number, and address with each entry.
Pies cannot need refrigeration, and please use disposable plates.
Please bring a minimum of four cupcakes for judging.
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Father-Son
Look - Alike Contest
Diaper Derby
Friday • August 4 • 2 pm
Saturday • August 5 • 5 pm
On “The Green”
at the Thurston County Fair.
Come to the Heritage Hall Green
with your son or father in tow 15 minutes
before start time and participate in a
look-alike contest that will be fun for all.
Pre-entry is not required.
Start Training your baby now! Great prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place winners plus an extra prize for the “cutest diaper”.
Ribbon prizes for first three places.
How?
Contestants are encouraged to accent their
resemblance by dressing alike or wearing the same
hair style. There is no age limit. No entry fee.
You agree to allow your photo to be used in the
future on the Thurston County Fair website.
Prizes
Ribbon awards will be given to 1st place pair.
Judge’s decision is final.
Mother-Daughter
Look - Alike Contest
Rubber Chicken
Toss
Saturday • August 5 • 5 pm
Friday • August 4 • 5 pm
Come to the Heritage Hall Green
with your daughter or mother in tow
15 minutes before start time and participate
in a look-alike contest that will be fun for all.
Pre-entry is not required.
Come to the Heritage Hall Green
to participate in this fun event.
How?
The object is to throw the rubber chicken
into a bucket.
How?
Contestants are encouraged to accent their
resemblance by dressing alike or wearing the same
hair style. There is no age limit. No entry fee.
You agree to allow your photo to be used in the
future on the Thurston County Fair website.
Prizes
There will be a ribbon prize for the winners.
There will be four age groups. Judging results are final.
Prizes
Ribbon awards will be given to 1st place pair.
Judge’s decision is final.
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Slug Shooting
Contest
Hula Hoop
Contest
Friday • August 4 • 11:00 am
Saturday • August 5 • 3:30 pm
Come to the Heritage Hall Green to
participate in this fun event.
Come to the Heritage Hall Green to
participate in this fun event.
How?
Put a gummy slug (no, not a real one) on a spoon and let it fly!
Judge for distance.
Prizes
Ribbon Awards for top 3 winners
Bubble Gum
Blowing Contest
Watermelon Eating
Contest
Sunday • August 6 • 11:30 am
Saturday • August 5
Come to the Heritage Hall Green
to participate in this fun event.
First group: 2 pm – Second group: 2:30 pm
Participants less than 18-years-old
must have a legal guardian present.
How?
How?
There will be 3 age groups: 6-9, 10-13,
and 14-18. Entrants will be divided into
appropriate age groups. One piece of
bubble gum will be provided for each
contestant and they can have approximately
two minutes to chew gum and practice
blowing bubbles. At signal, final bubble for measurement
will be made. If bubble pops before measurement, bubble
won’t count and participant is disqualified. No “do-overs”,
except if done before measurement is made.
Contestant using any other gum will be disqualified.
Largest measured bubble in each age group wins.
Contestants will compete against each other.
The object is to finish a quarter of a watermelon in
the shortest amount of time.
Prizes
The winner of each contest will receive a cash award of
$50 and a blue ribbon. The second place prize in each
contest will receive a red ribbon and a cash award of $25.
Third place winners will receive a white ribbon and a $10
cash award. ALL PRIZES DETERMINED BY THE JUDGES.
Prizes
There will be ribbon prizes for the winners.
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Hay Scramble
Sunday • August 6 • 2:00 pm
The 2:00 time slot will be for ages 5-8
The 2:30 time slot will be for ages 8-10
Come to the Heritage Hall Green to
participate in this fun event.
How?
A pile of hay will be provided with money hidden
in the hay. At a given signal, all those participating
are free to search the hay for whatever they can find.
This is a timed event.
You’ve got five minutes to find your goodies.
Prizes
The prizes are whatever you can find in the hay!
All participants in Diaper Derby, and the Watermelon Eating Contest
will need to fill out a registration form for each contest.
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