1. The Nebraska Wheat Board gives out free samples of cinnamon rolls that made with wheat. They are extremely delicious!
2. RFDTV set a guinness record today with having over 1,000 tractors in a parade. Great job and thanks to an old classmate of mine Kelli who works for RFDTV for the t-shirt and hat!
3. Case International Harvester is doing a hat swap so I swapped two hats and got a Case IH hat and a New Holland hat! I am sure my grandpa will like these.
4. I had one of my favorite treats from the fair and that is a chocolate nut sundae on a stick!
5. The Kearney Catholic High School marching band was my favorite band of choice from today. Their drumline’s cadence was awesome and I liked the little jig that he rest of the band did along to the cadence.
1. The Wilber-Clatonia Alumni Band did a fantastic job playing in the opening day parade.
2. I rode the tram for $3 just one way, it was nice to see a view of the fair from above.
3. Someone riding a big bull through the opening parade.
4. Eating the rocky road ice cream from the Ice Cream parlor.
5. Giant pig made out of cans of beans. The pig can feed 20,834 people at 3 oz each!
The Nebraska State Fair begins this Friday August 24th and runs until September 3rd. I will be out there all week, so I will have a new blog each day with 5 things that I have discovered or have found interesting at the fair! I am excited and I hope everyone will have some time to come check out the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island, Nebraska!
The 51st Annual Willber Czech Festival took place this past weeked in Wilber, Nebraska. The event is hosted each year by the Nebraska Czechs of Wilber and is always the first full week in August. I have gone every single year of my life and I will honestly tell you that it does not get old. There is always something to discover and memories to be made at Czech Days.
Wilber is the Czech Capital of the United States and this year the town built a new cultural center that was used to host their art show and demostrations during the weekend festival. Czech Days also hosts the National Miss. Czech-Slovak US pageant. The pageant is split up on two nights, I was able to sit and watch Sunday night of the pageant. There were many great talents showcased and the new Miss. Czech-Slovak US was crowned; Jennifer Salva from Kansas.
I hope everyone will take the time to make it to next years Wilber Czech Festival which will be August 2nd-4th!
This weekend the Haymarket Park in Lincoln is having it’s first annual Beer Fest! It’s only $20 for regular admission and $30 for a VIP ticket in advance. The day of the event regular admission is $30 and VIP is $40. VIP’s can come at 4pm and for regular tickets the gates will open at 5pm. The Lemon Fresh Day will perform live 8pm-Midnight. The best part of is everyone gets a free beer mug!
No need to worry about who will get you home, because you purchase a $10 pass for a DD.
Check out more information on their website: http://haymarketparkbeerfest.com/
I hope to see everyone there!
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