Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Samuel Causey, 6, tends to, in front, Ms. Piggy, and Albert Einswine, the market swine that he and his sister will be showing in the Youth Fair on May 14.
Madison Causey, 9, milks her dairy goat, Velimint, which she is preparing to show in the Youth Fair.
This year’s Youth Fair, presented by the Fallbrook Ag Boosters at Fallbrook High School’s Ag department with the theme “Cowboy Boots and Country Roots,” will kick off on Friday, May 13 with a tri-tip dinner and bluegrass concert, at 2400 S. Stage Coach Lane. The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and costs $10 per person. Tickets need to be purchased in advance for the meal by calling (760) 723-6300, ext. 2508, while admission to the concert by The Girlz is free.
Friday night’s activities also include an FFA officers’ dessert auction to benefit Relay for Life and, new this year, Cow Patty Bingo. Also new, Ag teacher Doug Sehnert said that 4-H and FFA goat group members will be offering samples of barbecued goat meat as appetizers at the dinner.
Starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, the 56th annual Youth Fair will offer a variety of activities displaying the talents and skills of local students. Residents will find an array of trees, bushes and house plants at the FFA student plant sale. They can watch FFA, 4-H, and Grange kids present more than 150 animals in the livestock show, and help the 4-H swine group raise money with their Kiss the Pig contest. Besides pigs, the animals on display will include steer, sheep, goats and chickens.
Youthful creativity will be enjoyed at the kids’ art show in the old gymnasium on campus, and at the 4-H group’s chicken costume parade that afternoon after the livestock show. There will also be student-run booths at the event, to raise money for and awareness of their groups.
For ASB advisor Josh Way, who grew up in Fallbrook, the Youth Fair has changed from the way it was 15 years ago, “Over the years, it’s definitely become more focused on the FFA and Ag department. I think it’s a testament to the commitment and energy of the parents, community, and staff that make the Ag program tops in the nation.”
The Youth Fair, according to Sehnert, “showcases the livestock and horticulture projects of the kids in the 4-H and FFA programs, promotes Fallbrook’s really rich heritage in agriculture, helps maintain the vitality of those programs, and helps [the kids] prepare for the [San Diego County] Fair.”
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