Alaska State Fair - Alaska Mining Day
date:Sunday, August 24, 2008
venue:Alaska State Fair
address:2075 Glenn Highway
Palmer, AK 99645
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from:Alaska State Fair
Alaska Mining
Day Presented by Alaska's
Mining Industries and the Council of Alaska
Producers
Celebrate Mining in Alaska!
Pan for gold or let the kids try cookie mining. Exhibits
& vendors under the Farm Exhibits eaves will teach you about Alaska's
mining history & future. Alaska's
Got Talent open auditions (21 & over) at 1
p.m. in the Events Tent. Rock band Kansas
is here! Show begins at 7:30 pm. in
the Borealis Theatre.
AT&T Borealis Concert Series
KBFX 100.5 FM presents
7:30 pm-Kansas
Sluicebox - No Minors After 8
Pm
1:00 Snapping
Turtle Swing Band: Red-hot dixieland jazz & swing
2:30 Full Tilt:
Rockin' rhythm & blues
4:30 Last Train: Americana
with a kick
6:30 Carhartt
Brothers Band: Music to pound nails by
8:30 Tom Rigney
& Flambeau: Fiery Cajun fiddling
Alyeska Pipeline Colony Stage
12:00 Valley
Ballroom Dance Theatre
12:30 Aurora
Borealis: Mid-Eastern dance
1:00 Discover
Dance: Dynamite dancers
1:30 Valley
Ballroom Dance Theatre
2:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
3:00 Discover
Dance
3:30 Aurora
Borealis
4:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
5:00 Dance
Dynamics: Dance world-cup teams
5:30 Palmer Jazz
Choir with Class Act
6:30 Dance
Dynamics
7:00 ShaeLaurel
presented by Alaska Airlines
8:00 Palmer High
Jazz Band
9:00 Wildcat Trio:
Rock 'n' roll with rockabilly soul
ShaeLaurel: Fast-fiddlng Irish, bluegrass & contemporary
music with traditional clogging & Irish step dance.
Colony Theatre
12:00 & 2:00
Alaska Far Away Documentary Video presented by MVFCU
4:00 Randalljazz:
Poppin' syncopated improv
5:30 Snapping
Turtle Swing Band
7:00 Polychrome
Jazz: Kaleidoscope of jazz rhythms
8:30 Midnight
Starlight: Classic jazz standards
Farm Exhibits
10:00 Gold Panning
(under the eaves)
10:00 Cookie
Mining for Kids (under the eaves)
10-8:00 GCI Petting Zoo
10-8:00 Fowl Weather Friends
10-8:00 GoatMountain
11-4:00 Dairy & Beef Showmanship & Conformation
1:00 Master
Showmanship
Milking Parlor In Farm Exhibits Presented By Conocophillips
4:30 Goat Milking
Demonstration
5, 6:00 Cow
Milking Demonstration
Irwin Exhibits
10-8:00 Quilt Show, on the hour
10-9:00 Woodworking, quilting, fiber arts, handwork &
needlework demos
Hoskins Exhibits
12:30 Make &
Take Beaded Zipper Pulls
1:30 Wrapped
Fabric Placemats & Coasters
2:30 Spiral
Squash Bake & Minted Watermelon Salad
3:30 Almond Roca
Flower Exhibits
10-10:00 Children's Garden Maze presented by United Rentals
10-10:00 Bonsai Demonstrations
KendallToyota
Grandstand
1:00 & 6:00-Anchorage
Racing Lions Motocross-presented by Anchorage Press
Sbs Woodlot
1:00, 3:00 & 6:00
Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show-presented by Spenard Builders
Supply
Woodlot Stage
4:00 Homesteader
Games-presented by Alaskan Hardgear
7:30 Well Strung:
Alaska's hard-core bluegrass
8:45 Ginger
Boatwright & The Sipsey River Band: Bluegrass
extraordinaire
Anchorage Daily
News Corral
11:00 Hundesport:
Schutzhund working dogs
12:00 Alyeska
Canine Trainers
1:00 Obedience
Training Club of Chugiak
1:30Alaska
K9 Weight Pull
2:00 Alyeska
Canine Trainers
2:30Alaska
Dogs Gone Wild - Flyball Demo
3:00 Obedience
Training Club of Chugiak
3:30Alaska
Winds Coursing Club
4:00 Better
Companion Obedience Demo
4:30Alaska
K9 Weight Pull
5:00 Bernese
Mountain Dog Club of Alaska
5:30Alaska
Dogs Gone Wild - Flyball Demo
6:00 Better
Companion Obedience Demo
6:30Alaska
Herding Group Club
7:00 Hundesport:
Schutzhund working dogs
Bluebonnet Stage
12:30 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
1:00 Marijke Jane:
Acoustic pop folk
2:00 Picks &
Sticks: Teen bluegrass, folk & Irish
3:00 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
3:30 Spiff
Chambers: Modern folk
5:00 Lost Riders:
Eccentric bluegrass
6:00 Steve the
Pretty Good: Comedic Magic
6:30 Mountain
Waxwings: Soaring bluegrass harmonies
Grandstand Lawn
12-8:00 Toyota
PROVE IT! Test Drive Track
(Open to licensed drivers)
FREE with Fair Admission!
Grandstand Tent
1:00, 3:00, 5:00
& 8:00
King BMX/Skate Stunt Show
FREE with Fair Admission!
MTA Creation Station
10-10:00 "Outreach to Space" & "Space
Spot" presented by MTA
Hands-on space exploration & astronomy.
12:00, 2:00 & 3:30
Alaska - A
Musical Journey Through the 49th State featuring the songs of Hobo Jim
presented by Fred Meyer
PioneerPlaza
1:00, 4:00 & 7:00
Kid Davie: Entertainer
extraordinaire
2:00, 5:00 & 8:30
Northern Lights Dancers Blanket Toss Celebrating Alaska
BorealisPlaza
9:00 Luvpuppets:
Original grass-roots rock
Events Tent (New Location On Office Lawn)
1:00Alaska's
Got Talent Open Auditions
Around The Grounds
12-8:00 Valley Arts Alliance
& Wild Salmon On Parade, Alaska Craftsman Home
12-9:00 Alaska
Statehood Display, Wineck Barn
11:30 Garden
Tour, Wineck Barn
12-10:00 Art House Wine Bar,
Alaska Craftsman Home
1:30 Garden Tour,
Wineck Barn
FranceEquestrianCenter
10:00 Cal Gomes
Show Clinic
2:00Alaska
State Fair Rodeo
FREE with Fair Admission!
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