Day 3...August 25, 2007

So last night I was talking to Becca Fenlason, a techie for the State Arts-in Show. This year the show is titled "Let's Work Together" and it's about a tribe of cavemen who need to build a wall the protect themselves, but no one wants to be left to do all the work. But through the magic of song and dance the neanderthals realize that if they work together they can build the wall with minimal individual anxiety. Becca says that the show has been going wonderfully so far. Only one show has has technical difficulties, but the rest have been perfect. In between shows the Artsies amuse themselves by running around the fairgrounds, and "accting like fools," according to Miss Fenlason. She also says that staying in the dorms has been wonderful except for people waking her up at 6:00 a.m.
Today one of the major 4-H activites at the fair is the 4-H Dairy Show. This morning most Dairy exhibitors got up at 4:00 and were down to the barns at 5:05 (not allowed to leave dorms until 5:00). My wonderful sister, Jennifer Bartholomay of Scott County shared with me via cell phones the fantastic experience of washing cattle this morning. I myself show chickens, and she says that cows are much easier to wash than chickens. All she had to do was walk her fall calf to the wash rack, suds him up, spray him down with a hose, and walk her back to the hitch. The Dairy show begins this morning at 9:00.

Marsha Bartholomay

2007-2008 MN State 4-H Ambassador