Authored by Michael Soucek
The 109th Annual Ringwood Community Watermelon Festival will be taking place at various locations within Ringwood. KNID will be there on Saturday 2nd, broadcasting live from 10 am to noon.
EnidLive also recently had an interview with Junior and Brazney about the Community Fair. Both gave their response to a question about how smaller towns need to have events such as this. He stated, “The small communities suffer when we don’t have the people come out and support it.” As stated by Brazney, “It really helps. We’re the next generation of adults now. Our kids are growing up . . . so we’re really trying to keep this something for us to continue with our families.”
They also stated their favorite parts about the fair. Quoted from Brazney, “My favorite thing is always the big Saturdays. So the big Saturday will not only have one bounce house, but we’ll have a double slide water bounce house as well. This is a new small local business that started this year so we really wanted to support them.”
Upon the question about this year being the full comeback for the fair after COVID-19, Junior gave his response. “I definitely think the community . . . now that everything pretty much settled and everything is getting, for the most part normal, I think the community is ready to get out and explore the fair and enjoy everything that it used to be.”
Here is the schedule for the events:
Monday, August 29th
HS Band Donation Dinner – Fair Building – 5-7 pm
Bingo – Fair Building – 6:30 pm
Tuesday, August 30th
Ringwood HS Junior Class Donation Dinner – School Cafeteria – 5-7 pm
Ringwood Alumni Basketball Game – HS Gym – 7 pm
Ice Cream Social by the JH & HS Cheerleaders at the BB Game
Wednesday, August 31st
Back-to-School Bash, Meet the Devils – HS Parking Lot – 6 pm
Ringwood High School Carnival – HS Parking Lot 5-8 pm
Thursday, September 1st
Ringwood FFA Local Stock Show – Ringwood Ag Barns – $-H to Serve concession
Ringwood HS Football Game vs. Timberlake (Chriss Field)
Friday, September 2nd
Fair Building Opens for Exhibits at 8 am and closes at Noon for judging
Fair Building is open to the public from noon – 4 pm
Saturday, September 3rd Fair Day!
7:00 Annual 5K Melon Dash and Fun Run – 7 am Registration – Races start at 7:30
8:00 Free Breakfast provided by Lora’s Mexican Restaurant
8:45 – 9:45 Parade Line-up and Check-in see Map in Booklet
10:00 Judging Parade Floats
10:30 Parade Begins – Exhibits Hall Opens after the parade
11:00 Cornhole Tournament (Downtown Ringwood)
11:00 Bounce Houses, Sidewalk Chalk Contest
11:00 Food Trucks set-up will shut down at 5 pm
11:00 OBI Blood Drive Begins (Ringwood Town Hall)
12:00 Free Watermelon served by the Major County Sheriff’s Office
12:00 Volleyball Tournament (HS Baseball Field)
1:30 Turtle Races and Children’s Games (Downtown Ringwood)
3:00 Tractor Pulls (Great Plains Coop Grounds)
4:00 Baby and Teeny Tot Show (Downtown Ringwood)
6:30 Dinner is Served by Donation (Fair Building)
7:00 Watermelon and Pie Auction (Main Street)
@Dusk Firework Show
DJ “Rural Living Entertainment” playing music on Main Street until 11 pm
