Gates open Thursday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m., to commemorate the 63rd Annual St. Mary’s County Fair in Leonardtown. A fun filled weekend of entertainment, parades, livestock, carnival rides, great food and good company is on the horizon.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009- “OPENING DAY”
3:00 PM Gates open to public
4:00 PM Exhibit buildings open to public
5:00 PM Carnival opens (ride all evening for one price)
5:30 PM 4-H Livestock Judging Contest
6:00 PM 4-H Goat Show
6:30 PM Masters of the Chainsaw (FM)
7:00 PM Official Opening (New AUD)
Color Guard by Cub Scout Pack 1203
“The Star Spangled Banner” Spring Ridge Middle School Chorus
Introduction of the Queen of Tolerance Court
Welcome, John Richards President St. Mary’s County Fair Assoc.
Crowning of the Queen of Tolerance
7:00 Mitchell Showboat Marionettes
7:30 PM Masters of the Chainsaw (FM)
8:00 PM The Wanderers (PAV)
9:00 PM Exhibit buildings close
10:00 PM Carnival closes


Friday, September 25, 2009 – “SCHOOL DAY”
8:00 AM 4-H Livestock show starts (SR)
8:00 AM 4-H Horse Show
9:00 AM Exhibit buildings open
9:00 AM So. MD Robotics Demo (FM)
10:00 – 12:00 MD Birthday Cake Decorating Contest (new AUD)
10:00 AM 4-H Horticulture Judging Contest (4-H building)
10:00 AM Decorated Wagon Contest (PAV)
1:00 PM Leonardtown Middle School Jazz Band (New AUD)
1:00 PM 4-H Consumer judging contest (4-H Building)
2:00 PM Speech contest – (New AUD)
“The Star Spangled Banner” Great Mills High School Chamber Singers
3:00 PM Registration for Kiddy Tractor Pull (PAV)
4:00 PM Kiddy Tractor Pull (PAV)
4:00 PM St. Mary’s County Sheriff Dept. K-9 Demonstration (GS)
4:00 -6:00 WMDM live remote broadcast
5:00 PM Ice Carving (Doug Mackey, NAS Executive Chef) (EXT)
5:30 PM Xtreme Athletics (PAV & TENT)
6:00 PM Bicycle drawing – school day activities end
7:00 PM Gracies Guys and Gals (FSA)
7:00 PM Horse pull – light weight (GS)
7:30 PM Boot Scooters line dancing PAV)
9:00 PM Exhibit buildings close
10:00 PM Carnival closes

* Eddie Robbinette Magic show 12:00, 1:30, 3:30 and 5:00 (TENT)
* Barnyard Runners Pig Races 11:30, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:30
* Masters of the Chain Saw 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00
* Mitchell Showboat Marionettes 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00
*Dick Haines, Stilt-walker
*Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales on display
Oakley Forge Blacksmith working at Farm Museum
Small Craft Guild Boat Building demonstration at Farm Museum

*Saturday, September 26, 2009- “PARADE DAY”
8:00 AM Open class livestock shows begins
9:00 AM Exhibit buildings open
10:30 AM Fair Parade, “The Star Spangled Banner” Leonardtown High School “Potomac Voices”
11:30 AM Songs of St. Mary’s, Robin Guyther and Friends
12:00 PM Daughters of Vida Mid-Eastern Dance Troupe (PAV)
1:00 PM Jousting (GS)
1:00 PM McKay’s Stuffed Ham Demonstration, Bill Price (FSA)
1:00 PM Interlocking Building Block Competition
1:00 PM Super Magic Man, Illusions (New AUD)
1:30 PM Syncopated Rhythm Dance Team (PAV)
2:00 PM Bay-Wise Landscape Practives (MG Linda Crandall) (FSA)
3:00 PM Building and Using a Cold Frame (MG G. Baroniak)(FSA)
3:30 PM Making Hypertufa Stone Pots (