Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Evening falls on the carnival rides and games at the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days on Thursday, August 28, at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds.
Waitsburg's Kayla Kuykendall earned novice swine showman champion.
This youngster rode low but hung on to win the mutton bustin' event.
A bullfighter is doing his job to protect a fallen rider. Bullfighters, rodeo clowns, and rodeo protection athletes are rodeo performers who get between a bull and a dismounted or thrown rider.
The demo derby action got a little too close to the writer's front row seat.
WALLA WALLA - This year, the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days lived up to its theme "Hotter than Ever" with high temps and blazing excitement at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds from August 27 to 31.
Despite the heat, crowds came to enjoy the show animals, carnival rides, live entertainment, and family-friendly activities. "The Sea Lion Splash!" and the "All-Alaskan Pig Races" were big hits.
The farm center's hands-on activities for kids, were updated with the addition of a combine harvester simulator. The pavilion offered a cool space with big fans blowing. It was filled with art, photography, food, Lego creations, and other handicrafts. There was also a wide selection of vendor booths to visit.
Throughout the five days, there was music. Foreigner was the fair's headliner on Wednesday night. Music continued throughout the fair with local and Northwest entertainers, including Ty Lane, Voodoo Alley, The Junebugs, Michelle Lambert, and Latin solo artists for 'Fiesta Caliente! '
The Underriner Honda of Walla Walla Demolition Derby brought car-crunching chaos on Thursday night at the P1FCU Arena.
The "Let 'em Kick" rodeo at the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days is the second of the Big 4 Rodeos Association's line-up with Horse Heaven Roundup, Lewiston Roundup, and the Pendleton Roundup.
Before the pro-rodeo on Friday night were "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" events with barrel racing and mutton bustin' for contestants aged 7 to 12. Eight-year-old Sydney Smith from Waitsburg and Rylee Stowers of Prescott qualified to compete in the barrels. Emmett Kibler of Waitsburg competed in mutton bustin'.
Despite the heat, Grange, 4-H, and FFA students worked hard in the show ring to show their goats, sheep, hogs, horses, cattle, rabbits, and chickens. Their friends and families were on hand to cheer, take pictures, and support the kids who worked for months preparing their animals for the fair. Market animals were sold at auction on Sunday afternoon.
The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days ended the successful week "Hotter than Ever."
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