Visitor count down a bit at Manitoba Summer Fair
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This article was published 13/06/2016 (3513 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
After 134 years, the Manitoba Summer Fair remains a popular summer kickoff.
According to organizers on Sunday evening, this year’s attendance stood at 94,000 visits over the fair’s five-day run, down slightly from the 2015 tally of 95,000.
That number includes new and returning ticket holders.
“We had great crowds yesterday and of course today things started out a little cool and damp this morning, but people are still coming in strong,” Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba general manager Ron Kristjansson said.
Sunday’s dreary weather made for an extra muddy demolition derby and caused the heavy horse show to be moved into the Westoba Credit Union Agricultural Centre of Excellence in the afternoon.
Saturday, on the other hand, was an “ideal” fair day.
“It was a sunny afternoon with just a gentle breeze … and of course we had Aaron Pritchett in our beer garden stage last night and that was a great show,” Kristjansson said.
One of the highlights for Kristjansson was hosting
a Canadian citizenship ceremony at the Display Building No. II — or Dome Building — during the fair.
“It was a huge honour for me, personally, to represent our organization and we welcomed about 90 new citizens to Canada and had them as guests at our fair,” he said, adding that this isn’t the first time a citizenship ceremony has happened at the fair. “We looked into it again and this year the timing was right. It was people from right in Brandon and outside of Brandon … I believe it was 17 different countries that they had originated from.”
More than 100 people volunteered during this year’s fair, which Kristjansson says is the backbone of the event.
“We’ve got such great groups that come out and volunteer,” he said. “The support we get from people who come out is just huge.”
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