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Show State Fair premium book available Utah State Fair preparations are i ,US swing for the mailing of i Sum books containing the rules p Trpaulations, plus a list of prizes ; rSbitors. This year's fair is j 1X: better and longer and fair ' "Sals believe they have created 1 fuoeatest line-up of big-name .rtainers in the state's history, J effing Charley Pride, Larry if the GaUin Brothers Band, ' Art Jones, director of expositions, 7 said the premium books are being mailed to all previous fair exhibitors. The fair will be held in Salt Lake City from Sept. 7 to 22. New exhibitors, requests for premium books and persons wanting detailed information about the fair, may call or write the Utah State Fair, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City 84116. Cash prizes, trophies and ribbons will be awarded in a variety of categories including cattle, sheep, poultry, pigeons, goats, rabbits, music, fine arts, photography crafts, floriculture and others. In addition there will be awards to Farm Bureau talent, 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA). The fair will also offer plaques and rosettes for outstanding commercial exhibits by Utah businessmen. Judging will be based on educational value, showmanship, selling message, make-up, originality and simplicity. A new stage built inside the fair's south gate will feature a grassy hillside seating several hundred spectators - part of a $1 million construction program by Western Food Services, the fairgrounds concessionaire. Barbara Busby, assistant fair director, who handles the booking of entertainment on the Bandstand and South stages - both free to fair goers, said the Jack D. Johns comedy musical act will perform two shows a day at the Bandstand Sept. 1M6. Riders in the Sky will entertain fair goers Sept. 17-22, in' addition to a constant schedule of other entertainers. |
