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Freeborn County Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To enhance the Creative Arts building on the fairgrounds in order to improve the arts experience for fairgoers. The Freeborn County Fair will replace archaic lighting, add glass display cabinets, add a new display area of pre-school art, and provide musical performances.

Freeborn
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Freeborn Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To provide arts and heritage programming by local artists. Programming will include story-telling, ethnic music, demonstrations of period culture, lathe turning, spoon carving, and spinning.

Freeborn
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Hennepin County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To offer aspects of Minnesota’s heritage that fairgoers normally would not be able to enjoy. The Hennepin County Fair offered performances and demonstrations in storytelling, clogging, old time string music, blacksmith, potter, dog sled, textile creation, knitting, weaving and wood carving. The storyteller, Bob Gasch, told and acted out stories about Minnesota’s settlement period including Johnny Appleseed, and more and the cloggers demonstrated a historical style of dance from the early settlement of Minnesota.

Hennepin
Recipient
Hennepin County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,550

To offer several demonstrations throughout the fair to educate fairgoers on key parts of Minnesota’s history and how these aspects contributed to the economic and agricultural status of the state. Programming will include a lumberjack show and the Iron Will dog sled exhibit.

Hennepin
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Grant County Agricultural Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To provide events that highlight local culture and history. The Grant County Fair will feature the Iron Will dog sledding exhibit, host a performance by a local band, have a wool spinning demonstration, and display a seed sack exhibit.

Grant
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Rock County Free Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$27,000

To restore Rock County Fair's Floral Hall. Built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Rock County Fair will restore its interior. Funding will not only preserve this historic building, but also create an enhanced space to showcase regional artwork.

Rock
Recipient
Rock County Free Fair
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To provide an outdoor performance and demonstration space in the highest traffic area of the fairgrounds, which is located between the 4-H Exhibit, Open Class Exhibit, and the Rock County Historical Society Exhibits buildings. The fair plans to hold Dutch Oven cooking demonstrations, Buffalo Days celebrations, and dance performances in this area.

Rock
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Stearns County Fair Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To enhance art access by improving the sound system on the fair’s “Heritage Stage.”

Stearns
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Todd County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To increase access to Todd county history by improving ventilation and lighting in the Todd County Historical Society’s Satellite Museum.

Todd