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July 30, 2021 (Windsor, NS) – The oldest agricultural fair in North America will move to a modified format in 2021 to safely operate within puoblic health protocols.
In March the Exhibition Association of Nova Scotia announced that all traditional ‘in person’ fairs and exhibition in Nova Scotia would be cancelled again in 2021 due to Covid-19. Indiidual fairs could go forward with scaled down events meeting public health protocols.
In January, the Windsor Agricultural Society was pleased to hold its Annual General Meeting of Directors. The Society undertook to review and approve its minutes of the previous year as well as a review of its operations and and its financial statements. This meeting was held virtually due to restrictions surrounding Covid-19.
The Windsor Agricultural Society continues to retain and attract an exceptional group of individuals in our community as members of its Board.
For the 2021-2022 we are pleased to welcome new directors and local business people Jon Strum and Jason Casey. We wish to thank departing directors Josh Dill, Rod Corkum, and Stephen Rafuse for their time and commitment to the Society.
Ryan Knowles, President,
Joel Rafuse, Vice President
Kim Frank, Secretary
Directors: Cynthia Duey, Janice Keith, Brad Hood, Wyatt Oulton, Jared Burgess, Peter Francis, Jennifer Lindsay, Bailey Collins, Jon Strum, and Jason Casey
Hants County Ex 2020 – Virtual Fair – THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of you for your support of this year’s 255th “New, Oldest Fair” – the Hants County Exhibitions first virtual fair.
“Five Days of Fair Life” ran as a video series on our Instagram and Facebook accounts. Hopefully these five short videos were able to help keep the spirit of our fair alive in your hearts.
We are really appreciative of all the comments we are receiving about the “Five Days of Fair Life” videos. For this reason we want to take a moment to share your appreciation and ours, to recognize the young (super tech savvy) people who brought this concept all together.
Gillian Davidson and Michael Congdon, our summer students, managed the on line competitions from top to bottom and created each class category slide show video.
The awesome marketing videos (as well as Casey/Hennebury, and intro videos) were created by Riley Strowbridge of Uncharted Creative Media and Brett Mosher from Catch the Wave Marketing.
Ian Swinamer of Swinamer Media handled all of the interviews, final editing, as well as production of the final product. He also produced the history video. Ian sat patiently with me for days paring down all of our footage to five 20 minute videos. I don’t know what I would have done without him.
We have very talented young people amongst us! I’m so proud of them. And Jane Lukerr was exactly as awesome as I expected her to be as intro host. Thank you for watching, and see you in person in 2021.
Five Days of Fair Life – 255th Hants County Ex – 2020 Virtual Fair.
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In January, the Windsor Agricultural Society was pleased to hold its Annual General Meeting of Directors. The Society undertook to review and approve its minutes of the previous year as well as a review of its operations and and its financial statements.
The Windsor Agricultural Society continues to retain and attract an exceptional group of individuals in our community as members of its Board.
For the 2020-2021 year we are pleased to announce new and returning Directors for the Windsor Agricultural Society / Hants County Exhibition are as follows:
Ryan Knowles, President,
Josh Dill, Vice President
Kim Frank, Secretary
Directors: Rod Corkum, Cynthia Duey, Janice Keith, Stephen Rafuse,
Brad Hood, Wyatt Oulton, Jared Burgess, Peter Francis, Jennifer Lindsay, Eugene Swinamer, Joel Rafuse, Bailey Collins
The Windsor Agricultural Society is pleased to announce Group ATN (GATN) as the successful proponent of our recent request for proposals for a Business and Concept Plan for Hants County Exhibition and HCEx Park.
Group ATN provides a diversified consultancy serving the public and private sectors, First Nations and Aboriginal Interests and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). Group ATN also specializes in tourism analysis, communications and marketing.
On January 29 2019, the Windsor Agricultural Society was pleased to hold its Annual General Meeting of Directors. The Society undertook to review and approve its minutes of the previous year as well as a review of its operations and and its financial statements.
At a time when many small not-for-profit Society’s are challenged to find and replace new directors, this year, the Windsor Agricultural Society was very pleased to secure the support of 6 new directors.
New and returning Directors for the Windsor Agricultural Society / Hants County Exhibition include the following:
Ryan Knowles, President, Josh Dill, Vice President
Harry Ullock, Melanie Francis, Rod Corkum, Cynthia Duey, Kim Frank, Jane Kerr, Janice Keith, Stephen Rafuse, Andy Woolaver, Brad Hood, Wyatt Oulton, Jared Burgess, Peter Francis, Jennifer Lindsay, Eugene Swinamer, Joel Rafuse.
The Windsor Agricultural Society is pleased to annouce that their facilities will be host to the Erin MacQuarrie Dressage Clinic – August 3 and 4 at Hants County Exhibition Park. The clinic will offer a limited number of spaces on a first come first serve basis for $250 +HST (includes two semi private 50 min lessons and weekend stabling).
Whether you are schooling to improve your performance in hunter/jumper or in the dressage ring, this is a great opportunity to work with an Equine Canada certified Competition Coach Specialist in a large indoor arena in a small riding group of two.
Erin has over 100 students competing at various levels including FEI Jr and NAYRC, and she’s brought many horses from training level through to Grand Prix with much success. It will be a great learning weekend in Windsor. Don’t miss it.
For more details contact: Hantscountyex@eastlink.ca for registration.
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On Thursday Dec 20th, Scott Brison, MP King’s South announced the funding being made available through the federal governments infrastructure and renewal program for a new arena to be built on the Windsor Agricultural Society grounds. 4.4 million dollars was announced federally coupled with an increased provincial allocation of $3.7 million. When combined with the funds allocated by the Municipality of West Hants 2.3 million and the Town of Windsor (1 million), total committed funds to date add up to $ 11.1 million.
The new facility will incorporate an ice rink, walking track and indoor soccer field. It was quoted many times during the announcement as a game-changer for the local area and a tremendous step forward in community and economic development.
During the announcement MP Brison also commented on the plans for the new equestrian and agricultural facility that are being worked on by the Windsor Agricultural Society. Its new facility is intended to provide the community with a much needed, year-round multi-purpose facility for their agricultural needs.
CTV Atlantic First at Five news story on the opening of the oldest agricultural fair in North America – celebrating 250 years.
CTV News Story – Hants County Exhibition Celebrates 250 years
CBC News carried a story this week covering lead-up the 250th Anniversary of the Hants Country Exhibition. In its opening line to the story it asks… “Do you remember the time Mike Duffy raced on an ostrich that could reach 56km/hour?”
It serves as a great point of recollection in looking back 250 years; of the recent changes in fairs and exhibitions and more importantly over the long term in the agriculture and farming industries. For more on the complete story: CBC News.ca
