Frog derby and truck pulling kick off Rochester Country Fair
Aug 17, 2012
It was BYOF, bring your own frog, at the annual Frog Derby. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
After the Frog Derby, Kaylee Glidden, left, got fake mustache tattoos with a friend. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
Who's walking who? Emma Dias, 6, showed her dairy cow Sparkler along with her sister Lily. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
The best part of a fair is always the food! Besides the usual fair fare, there were fresh peaches and apples and a variety of fresh baked cookies. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
For Cow Chip Bingo, the audience didn't have to wait long to see the chips fall. In five minutes flat, the three cows had plopped their goods on the gridded field, making three people winners. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
The fair, which opened a day early this year, drew crowds in their country best. BY GEORGIA SPARLING
With its new and improved location on Pine Street, the Rochester Country Fair kicked off a long weekend of festivities on Thursday.
Kids came with buckets of hopping frogs to the annual Frog Derby. Frogs of the small, medium and large variety each got their chance to race while their owners hooted, hollered and beat the ground to push their amphibious friends to the finish line.
At the same time, a battle of the brawn was taking place on the other side of the fair grounds as members of the Southern New England Truck Pullers Association took their turn dragging a trailer full of cement.
Watch clips from both of the events below!
