PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: BECKY BRASHEAR, CFE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 15, 2003

Kids’ Day Returns to The Great Frederick Fair in 2003

FREDERICK, Md. — Friday Kids’ Day at The Great Frederick Fair is back in 2003 on Friday, Sept. 19, featuring special ride promotions and educational exhibits. The 2003 fair, "A Country Tradition in the Heart of the City" will be held Sept. 12-20.

Children ages 18 and under will receive free admission to the fair from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. All rides will be reduced by one ticket until 5 p.m. Regular prices will be charged after 5 p.m.

Special exhibits will be featured in the City Streets, Country Roads exhibit, Building 44, in honor of Kids’ Day. The Fourth Annual Ag Careers Fair will be held from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Various hands-on activities will also be available. The Frederick County 4-H program will provide traditional and non-traditional demonstrations from noon - 6 p.m.

A Birthing Center planned for this year’s fair is an extension of City Streets, Country Roads. Visitors will have the chance to experience the live birth of various livestock and watch as the animal mothers care for their young. Organizing the exhibit is Dr. Cindy Burnsteel, a member of the Western Maryland Veterinary Association. The Birthing Center is co-sponsored by American Radiology Associates.

The fair will again be distributing 25,000 copies of the Ag-Venture Passport Educational Programs which will feature 10 stations throughout the grounds. A map inside the passport assists fair goers where to find the 10 stations. The passports have information to answer questions at each of the 10 stations, and stickers are included in the passport to paste on the correct corresponding page.

The LegenDAIRY Celebration will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday in Building 32, the dairy show ring. Supreme champion dairy animals will be selected at this time. An ice cream making competition will be held immediately following the LegenDAIRY Celebration.