“Welcome Back” is the theme of the 2021 Galt Community Fair, scheduled for July 8-11, with street games, two street dances, a prince and princess contest and fireworks highlighting the annual summer event that had to be cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event will feature inflatables all weekend, with activities beginning Thursday, July 8, with the Galt Fire Protection District Ladies Auxiliary serving hamburgers, hot dogs and sides from 5 to 8 p.m. at the fire station. Grundy R-5 FFA members should have their shopwork entered into the farm mechanics exhibition by 9 a.m. that morning.
Activities continue on Friday, July 9 with 4-H exhibits to be entered by 10 a.m., with all entries to be this year’s work. Judging will be held that day. Quilts, crafts, flower arrangements and garden entries must be entered by 10 a.m. at the fire station. No previous blue-ribbon winners may be entered in the contest and items must be picked up by 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 10. Vendor booths will also open Friday evening and remain open on Saturday. For more information on vendor booths, contact Reta Smiley at 660-654-3454. The lunch room will also open on both Friday and Saturday at 11 a.m. and will be closed during the parade on Saturday. A street dance featuring “No Apology” will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. with those planning to attend that event or others asked to bring a lawn chair.
It will be a big day for kids on Saturday, July 10, as street contests will be held at 10 a.m. The kiddie parade will be held that evening, with entries to be lined up by the bank building by 5:30 p.m. for judging. Prizes will be awarded in the pet parade (under 12) bicycle (under 12), best costume (under 12) and best clown. The “Welcome Back” theme will be utilized for the big parade scheduled for 6 p.m. Again, all entries should be in line at the ball park by 5:30 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to float (related to the theme), best old car or truck, best old tractor, best decorated horse and rider and horse or mule hitch (two or more). Several drawings, sponsored by the Galt Lions Club, Galt Firefighters Ladies Auxiliary and Grundy R-5 FFA, will be held Saturday night as will the prince and princess contest. Contestants in the penny-a-vote contest include Addisyn Sinklear and Anderson Christy, kindergarten; Tucker Lentz and Grayson Buckner, first grade; Ethan Smiley and Anna Neff, second grade; Joseph Burroughs and Josie White, third grade; Brayden Reed and Jorden Gannon, fourth grade; and Kruiz Allnutt and Lily Eddy, fifth grade. For more information on the prince and princess contest, contact Jolene Grindstaff at 660-359-7579. The evening will close out with a street dance featuring “Riker” scheduled from 6:30 to 11 p.m. with a fireworks display set for 10 p.m.
The fair will conclude with a community church service, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 11 at the city park. Again, those attending should bring a lawn chair.
For more information on the fair, contact Brian Smiley at 660-654-3567.
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