Brooklin Spring Fair
Daily Program 1999

Check farther down on this page for admission prices, and directions to the fairgrounds. Quick jump on this page to Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday events.

THURSDAY, JUNE 3
INSIDE ARENA EVENTS
9:00 - 12 noon All exhibits placed in Arena
7:00 pm Official Opening
Brooklin Spring Fair Ambassador contest
THURSDAY, JUNE 3
OUTSIDE EVENTS
3:00 pm Children's Pony Show
5:00 pm Midway Rides Open
Bavarian Tent Opens
8:00 pm Demolition Derby


Overview of the grounds

Loading up the sheep

Scouts pizza booth

FRIDAY, JUNE 4
INSIDE ARENA EVENTS
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Exhibits Open to the Public
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Spelling Bee (registration 6:00 pm)
8:30 pm - 10:45 pm Square Dancing
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
OUTSIDE EVENTS
1:00 pm Agricultural Tent and Midway Rides Open
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Crayola® Colouring Contest in the Agricultural Tent
5:00 pm Bavarian Tent Opens
6:00 pm & 7:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration at the Agricultural Tent
7:00 pm Truck and Tractor Pull. See the Great Lakes Truck & Tractor Pullers Assoc. web page for 1998 results and more on tractor pulling.


Kids' pet show

Antique steam engines

SATURDAY, JUNE 5
INSIDE ARENA EVENTS
10:00 am - 10:00 pm Exhibits Open to the Public
10:00 am - 10:00 pm Craft Show & Sale
12 noon - 1:00 pm "Get in Line" Country Dancers and "The Outback Cloggers"
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm "The Just Kidding Band"
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Baby Show
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm "The Stylamanders"
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm "The Happy Wanderers"
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Jim Cushnan International Folk Song
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
OUTSIDE EVENTS
9:00 am Rabbit Show
9:00 am All Breed Horse Show
10:00 am Agricultural Tent opens
10:30 am Parade (starting at North Street) Parade Theme: "Looking Back on the 20th Century"
10:30 am Draft Horse-Judging Line Classes
11:00 am Midway Rides Open
11:00 am Light Horse-Judging Line Classes
12:00 noon Bavarian Tent Opens
12:00 - 7:00 pm Crayola® Colouring Contest in the Agricultural Tent
12:30 pm Junior Dairy Show
1:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration (Agricultural Tent)
1:00 pm Pet Show (16 years & under)
1:00 pm 4-H Dairy Show
1:00 pm Light & Heavy Horses - Hitch Classes
1:30 pm Horse Pulling Competition
1:30 pm Speaking of Wildlife
1:30 pm Goat Milking
2:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration (Agricultural Tent)
2:30 pm Goat Milking
3:00 pm Bear Hug Band
3:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration (Agricultural Tent)
3:30 pm Speaking of Wildlife
3:30 pm Goat Milking
4:00 pm Lincoln Leapers
5:30 pm Bear Hug Band
8:00 pm Demolition Derby


Log Sawing Contest

SUNDAY, JUNE 6
INSIDE ARENA EVENTS
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Craft Show & Sale
12:00 noon - 12:45 pm Magic Time Productions Co. presents "Princess Karma & Co. Inc." Magic Show
2:00 pm Fiddling Competition
SUNDAY, JUNE 6
OUTSIDE EVENTS
10:00 am Jack Russell Terrier Races
10:00 am Agricultural Tent Opens
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Crayola® Colouring Contest in the Agricultural Tent
12:00 noon Welsh Pleasure Driving Show
12:00 noon 4-H Beef Show
12:00 noon Sheep Show
1:00 pm Log Sawing Contest
1:00 pm Beef Show
1:00 pm Speaking of Wildlife
1:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
1:30 pm Harness Horse Races
1:30 pm Goat Milking
2:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
2:30 pm Goat Milking
3:00 pm Speaking of Wildlife
3:00 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
3:30 pm Goat Milking

Admission Prices:

Adults $6.00 - Weekend Pass $12.00
Children 5-12 $1.00 / Under 5 Free
Seniors & Students 13-18 $5.00
Parking $2.00

How to get to the fair:

From Whitby and Toronto: Exit the 401 at Highway 12 in Whitby (Brock St., not Brock Rd.). Go north about 11 km to the junction of Highway 7 at the edge of Brooklin, and turn right at the lights onto Winchester Rd. Go over the bridge and you'll see the fairgrounds shortly on your right. For the parking lot turn right on Anderson St. just past the grounds.
From Oshawa and east: Exit the 401 at Thickson Rd. in Whitby. Go north about 11 km to Winchester Rd. and turn left onto Winchester Rd. The fairgrounds are a short distance away on your left. For the parking lot turn left on Anderson St. just before the fairgrounds.

If you have questions, call Anne Marie Werry, Fair Secretary-Treasurer, at (905) 723-8602


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