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Adult / Open Prize List

Please read Rules and Regulations for the 2021 fair. You will see many changes in the way entries are made, when exhibits are brought to the fairgrounds and when entries may be picked up.

Prize money 1st: $5; 2nd $4; 3rd: $3 for all classes

ANTIQUES DEPARTMENT - Section 1

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Linda Clare 519-463-5280

RULES:

  • Antiques must be at least 75 years old, owned by the exhibitor and have never been exhibited at Drumbo Fair. Judging will be based on age and condition.

CLASSES:

  1. Framed sampler
  2. An example of milk glass
  3. Pickle fork
  4. Hand held tobacco planter
  5. Hip flask
  6. Nutmeg grater
  7. Food tin i.e. tea, or honey
  8. Oldest wedding photo, date and names please

BAKING AND CANNING DEPARTMENT - Section 2

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Laurie Cadwell 519-761-7268

RULES:

  • Judged on appearance only. Bread in plastic bags. Smaller items on plate inside plastic bags.

CLASSES:

  1. Brown or White bread, 1 loaf, not from a bread machine
  2. Tea Biscuits, 3
  3. Apple Pie, double crust, no commercial filling
  4. Decorated Cupcakes, 3 (papers on)
  5. Peanut Butter Cookies, 3
  6. “Fall Harvest of Preserved Products”- Your choice of 6 sealed jars in a decorated basket or box. Jar sizes 250 or 500 ml only.
  7. Cookie Mix in a Jar - Your choice, recipe attached

COUNTRY CUPBOARD DEPARTMENT - Section 3

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Eileen Hartig 519-463-5282

RULES:

  • Entries must be produced or made by exhibitor. Amateur entries only. Judged on appearance only

CLASSES:

  1. Maple Syrup – 250 to 500 ml in a sealed, clear glass container
  2. Dried herb, your choice, labelled and packaged in a small preserves jar or spice bottle
  3. Homemade soap, 2 bars

CROPS DEPARTMENT - Section 4

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Dan Van Weerdhuizen 519-463-9656

RULES: All must be grown in 2021

CLASSES

  1. 6 Stalks ensilage corn, give name and number
  2. 6 Stalks of grain corn, give name and number
  3. 12 Ears of grain corn, give name and corn number
  4. Hamper of 2nd or 3rd cutting hay. Includes first cutting of new direct seeding.

HANDICRAFTS AND HOBBIES DEPARTMENT - Section 5

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Judi Meadows 519.463.5463

RULES:

  • Exhibits must be your work and completed in the last 2 years. Exceptions noted.

CLASSES:

Handicrafts

  1. Any hand woven article
  2. Hand hooked rug
  3. Trash to treasure – useful
  4. Two placemats
  5. Two pot holders
  6. Any article of hand embroidery
  7. Embroidered pillow cases (2)

“Grandma’s Closet” (not new work)

  1. Table cloth – embroidered
  2. Pillowcases – pair

Special Days Cards

RULES: Must include inside greeting

  1. Baby
  2. Birthday
  3. Wedding

Machine Sewing

  1. Any sewn garment

Golden Age (65 plus)

  1. Hand knit socks
  2. Hand knit mitts

Knitting and Crocheting

  1. Lady’s or man’s sweater
  2. Lap or baby blanket

Outdoor Items

RULES: Must be made by exhibitor

  1. Birdhouse
  2. Outdoor feeder
  3. Garden ornament

QUILTING DEPARTMENT- Section 6

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Quilted Wall hangings

Maximum size 192” measured on the perimeter

  1. Pieced, hand quilted, ready to hang
  2. Pieced, machine quilted, ready to hang

Crib Quilts

Minimum size 140” measured on the perimeter

  1. Pre-printed panel, hand quilted

Child Quilts

Maximum of 240” measured on the perimeter

  1. Quilt, machine or hand quilted

Lap Quilts

Maximum of 160” to maximum of 260” measured on the perimeter

  1. Machine quilted

First Quilt

  1. Machine or hand quilted pre-printed panel

Art Quilts

Note to Judge: Homecraft judging standards for Ontario Fairs do not apply to this category. An Art Quilt for purposes of this competition will be defined as a creative visual work that is layered and stitched. Any technique(s), predominantly fibre, any shape. Suitable for hanging.

Note to Exhibitor: On a piece of paper, attached on the back, briefly describe materials, techniques, theme or inspiration used in your creation.

  1. Wall hanging, original composition under perimeter 100”
  2. Wall hanging, original composition over perimeter 100”
  3. Wall hanging, fused or raw edge appliqué, commercial pattern may be used

PHOTOGRAPHY - Section 7

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Joan Stevenson 519-463-5456

Details:

  • Mount photos on black or white Bristol board or similar material. No frames.
  • Photos to be about 4”x6” and no larger than 5”x7”.
  • Professional photographers who earn more than 40% of their income from photography may not enter.

CLASSES:

Colour Photography

  1. A misty morning
  2. Wildlife
  3. Selfie
  4. Candy Toss
  5. A sunset
  6. A waterfall
  7. Windmill
  8. Snowman
  9. Footprints

Black and White Photography

  1. Forgotten barn
  2. Wheels
  3. Spring flowers

PLANTS AND FLOWERS DEPARTMENT - Section 8

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Susan Elmes 226-899-2622

CLASSES:

Cut Garden Flowers

Must be grown by exhibitor. Bud showing colour count as a bloom.

  1. Dahlia, 1 bloom
  2. Hosta, 1 variety, three leaves, plain, under 6”, measured from stem to tip of leaf
  3. Hosta, 1 variety, three leaves, plain, 6” and over, measured from stem to tip of leaf
  4. Hydrangea, 1 stem
  5. Rose, single bloom
  6. Sedum, 3 stems, one variety
  7. Sunflower, small, 6” or under, 1 bloom
  8. “Floating Flower”, single bloom of any variety floating in a suitable container
  9. Three Varieties of Cut Flowers, 2 stems of each. To be shown in one container

Floral Design

Flowers do not have to be grown by exhibitor

  1. “A Walk in the Country” an arrangement using wild flowers, weeds, etc. in a unique container
  2. “Tea Time”, an arrangement using a cup and saucer

House Plants

  1. Dish Garden, cacti or succulent, at least 3 varieties, accessories may be used
  2. Houseplant in bloom, any variety, named

Hanging Baskets and Outdoor Planters

  1. Boston Fern in a hanging basket

15. “Your Choice!”, planter with any varieties of plants, at least two different types of plants

 

VEGETABLES AND FRUITS DEPARTMENT - Section 9

  • Read General Rules and make your entries online at drumbofair.com by Saturday, September 18
  • Bring your entries to the fairgrounds on Monday, September 20 between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
  • Pick up your entries on Sunday, September 26 between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Director in Charge: Nellie Pynenburg 519-532-7145

RULES:

  • Vegetables and Fruits must be grown by exhibitor

CLASSES:

Vegetables

  1. 3L Basket potatoes, named , washed
  2. 3L Basket onions, named
  3. Carrots, 4, topped leaving ½” stem
  4. Sweet peppers, 3
  5. Pie pumpkin, 1
  6. Butternut squash, 1
  7. Tomatoes (not cherry),  stems on, 4

Fruits

  1. Apples, fall variety, named , 4 on a plate
  2. Watermelon, 1