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events & activities schedule

Thursday

​2:00 pm           Commercial Vendor Booths Open
5-6:30 pm       Fair Kick-Off Supper
5:30 pm           Hermosa Roping Club  Goat Roping Entries Open

6:30 pm            Hermosa Roping Club Goat Roping

9:00 pm            Live Music by WWE

 

Friday

8-9 am              Ranch Horse Show Registration

9 am                  Commercial Vendor Booths Open

9 am-4 pm      Ranch Horse Show

4 pm                 "Baked Goods" Sale (Fine Arts Building)

5 pm                 Blazin' Barnyard BBQ Competition Check-in

5-6:30 pm       BBQ Appreciation Supper

6:30 pm            Grittin' All in Ranch Rodeo & Ranch Bronc Calcutta

7 pm                  Grittin' All in Ranch Rodeo & Ranch Bronc Riding

                            Produced by M&M Cattle

9 -12 pm          Live Music - Dance in the Dirt to "Midnight Sun"

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Saturday

8 am                  Custer County Fair Ranch Sort Registration  
 

9 am                  Custer County Fair Ranch Sort Competition Begins

                            (Cattle donated by H&T Cattle Co,)

                           

                            Commercial Vendor Booths Open

                           

                            Good Old Driving Days Registration Open

                           

                            Cornhole Tournament Registration Open (Hermosa                                   American Legion)

                           

10 am               Blazin' Barnyard BBQ Youth Competition Check-In

                            Cornhole Tournament (Hermosa American Legion)

 

11 am                Food Vendors Open

                           

                            Blazin' Barnyard BBQ Youth Competition Turn-in
 

2 pm                 Live Music by Colter Gerard

                           

                           Blazin' Barnyard BBQ Competition Turn-in

 

4-7 pm             American Legion Beers & Ears Dinner (Hermosa                                            American Legion)
6:30 pm          Trio & Deal Cowboy/Cowgirl Triathlon Calcutta

 

7 pm                 Trio & Deal Cowboy/Cowgirl Triathlon Competition

                            Produced by M&M Cattle Company

 

9:00 pm           Live Music-Dance in the Dirt to "Tristan Scofield &                                     Drive by Night

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Sunday

 

8 am                  Commercial Vendor Booths Open

 

8-9 am              Plant Swap Check-in

 

8-10:00 am     Pancake Breakfast

 

9:30 am           Custer County Country Church Service

 

10 am                Parade Line-up & Judging

 

10-11 am          Plant swap Pick-up

 

11 am                Parade

                           

                            Food Vendors Open

 

12 pm               Award Presentations 

 

12-3 pm           Show & Shine Classic Car Show          

 

12:30-2 pm     Release of 4-H Exhibits

 

12:30 pm         Play Day Foot Races

 

1:00 pm            Play Day Horse/Livestock Events

                             

                             Ice Cream Crank-off

                            

                             Black Hills Cloggers Performance

 

2-4 pm               Pick Up Entries & Premiums

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All start times are approximate and are subject to change

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events & activities information

  • Horse Show
  • Car Show
  • Hermosa Roping Club Goat Roping
  • Youth Small Animal Showmanship Round Robin
    4-H SMALL ANIMAL SHOWMANSHIP ROUND ROBIN - THURSDAY AUGUST, 8TH 12:00 PM Senior, Junior, and Beginner Champions and Reserve Champions are eligible to compete. FIRST PRIZE: $50 Savings Bond and Buckle Sponsored by Rowdy Ranchers 4-H Club SECOND PRIZE: $25 Savings Bond sponsored by B&D Enterprise Each showman must show every species or will be disqualified. Showmen will be scored individually based on their showmanship ability, not on the animal. Scoring will be 1 -10 (10 being highest). Species to be shown: RABBIT, POULTRY, DOG, CAT
  • Pee Wee Show
    PEE WEE SHOW SATURDAY AT 10:00 THE PEE WEE STOCK SHOW IS FOR YOUNGSTERS UNDER 8 YEARS OF AGE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXHIBIT LAMBS, PIGS, CALVES, DOGS, CATS, RABBITS, OR GOATS AT THE CUSTER COUNTY FAIR. Show will be held at the Livestock Show Ring Register Saturday by 9:00 am Show Saturday @ 10:00 am Waivers required
  • Plant Swap
  • Trio and Deal Triathlon
  • Parade
    PARADE SUNDAY, 11:00 AM SUPERINTENDENT: STAN NEUGEBAUER COMMITTEE: CONNI VIRTUE & JASON VIRTUE, MARVIN NEUGEBAUER, WYONNE LEONARD & GREG NEUGEBAUER LINEUP – 10:00 AM JUDGING – 10:30 AM No pre-registration is required. Write on a 3 X 5 card what you want the announcer to say when your entry passes in front of the grandstand, and give this card to the committee when you line up. Any entries not lined up by 10:30 AM cannot be judged. Entries will be judged on originality, portraying an idea, and beauty. If an entry is the only one in a lot, it will be judged according to merit, not necessarily given first place. PARADE PRIZES: Lot 1: RELIGIOUS $10 each entry Sponsor – Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Lot 2: CHILDREN & YOUTH 1st – $10, 2nd – $5, 3rd thru 6th – $3 each Sponsor – Custer County Fair Association Lot 3: 4-H CLUBS 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Sponsor – Custer County 4-H Leaders Association Lot 4: OTHER CLUBS 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Sponsor – Hermosa American Legion Lot 5: GENERAL 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Sponsor – In memory of Jo & Harold Hasselstrom Lot 6a: ANTIQUE CARS –Participation Only– Lot 6b: ANTIQUE MACHINERY 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Lot 6c: HORSE DRAWN 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Sponsor – BJ’s Lot 7: COMMERCIAL 1st – $15, 2nd – $10, 3rd – $5 Machinery exhibits and fire departments are welcome to join the parade, but are not eligible to compete for prizes and ribbons. –NO SIRENS PLEASE–
  • 777 ALL AROUND YOUTH PARTICIPANT AWARD
  • Corn Queen Cornhole Tournament
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  • Beers and Ears
  • Youth Livestock Showmanship Round Robin
    4-H LIVESTOCK SHOWMANSHIP ROUND ROBIN SATURDAY AUGUST 10TH FOLLOWING THE 4H BEEF SHOWMANSHIP Senior Champions and Reserve Champions and Junior Champions and Reserve Champions are eligible to compete FIRST PRIZE: $50 Cash sponsored by Black Hills Oil (BJ’s), Black Hawk Buckle sponsored by Jack & Penny Dye, Hermosa SECOND PRIZE: $25 Cash sponsored by Dikoff Ranch, Hermosa Each showman must show every species or will be disqualified. Showmen will be scored individually based on their showmanship ability, not on the animal. Scoring will be 1 -10 (10 being highest). Species to be shown: -- HORSE – BEEF – SHEEP – SWINE – GOATS – DAIRY CATTLE –
  • Ranch Rodeo
  • Ranch Sort
  • Ice Cream Crankoff
    ICE CREAM CRANK-OFF SUNDAY @ 1:00 PM SPONSORED BY: AMANDA CARLIN Hand or Electric Freezers PRIZES: 1st 2nd 3rd ****SERVE TO THE PUBLIC @ 2:00 PM**** 50¢ A SCOOP For more information: AMANDA 605-673-5322 or 307-629-1580 No Registration Required Come ‘n’ Crank!!!
  • Sunday Driver's Hitch Competition
    OPEN TO ALL TEAMSTERS CLASSES ARE DIVIDED INTO MEN, WOMEN, AND YOUTH PONIES AND MINIATURES TEAMS AND SINGLES ( men, women, youth) FOUR WHEEL WAGONS & TWO WHEEL CARTS AWARDS TO: Overall Teamster Man Overall Teamster Woman Overall Youth (16 & under) CONTACTS: CLUB PRESIDENT: Dan Barcus 605-890-7777 VICE PRESIDENT: Dennis Crowley 605-673-2646 CLUB SECRETARY / TREASURER: Laura Inman 605-745-6365
  • Play Day
    SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2024 - CHECK-IN BY 12:20 FOOTRACES START AFTER THE PARADE PLAYDAY STARTS AT 1:00 ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JULY 27TH. NO LATE OR ON-SITE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED, SORRY! MAIL TO ROBIN WHITE 26567 S FAIRBURN RD BUFFALO GAP, SD 57722
  • Live Music
  • Blazin' BBQ Competition
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