4-H Fair and BBQ Slated July 15, 16, 17

COURT HOUSE — The 4-H Fair and Chicken BBQ has been an annual family favorite in Cape May County for 65 years.
The celebration, to be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 15, 16, and 17 at the 4-H Fairgrounds features 4-H project displays, small animal and livestock shows and exhibits, live entertainment, horse shows, commercial exhibitors, a pet show, amusement rides, games, great food, and inter-esting and informative demonstrations.
There is no admission fee to the fair.
Wizard’s Festival of Fun Amusements is always a favorite with the kids, featuring clean and safe rides for the whole family. Wizards will debut a brand new ride at this year’s fair. “Hog Wild Choppers” is a flashy motorcycle raceway -themed children’s ride featuring four colorful custom chopper cycles and a spectacularly illuminated bridge backdrop.
“Hog Wild Choppers” is joined by “Dizzy Dragons,” the “Zamperla Kite Flyer,” the “Dragon Wagon,” a “Disney Bounce” inflatable activity moonwalk, strolling entertainers and much more.
Amusement rides will be open Thursday and Friday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 10 p.m. Wizards features a special Saturday Family Night offer, with unlimited rides just $15 from 6 to 10 p.m.
The fair’s traditional, tasty barbecued chicken dinner will be served all three evenings of the fair from 5-8 p.m. by the Cape May County Board of Agriculture. Always a crowd favorite, Friday’s menu adds a choice of delicious filet of flounder or chicken. Bar-b-que diners will enjoy live entertainment on the main fair stage throughout the evening.
The cost of the dinner is $10 for adults and $6 for children. Tickets are available prior to the fair at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension office, at 355 Court House–South Dennis Rd. and during the event on the 4-H Fairgrounds at the Bar-b-que Ticket Booth beginning at 4 p.m. each evening.
The public hours for the fair are noon to 9 p.m. each day. General admission to the fair is free, as is public parking and shuttle service to the 4-H fairgrounds on Cape May County Fare Free buses.
The official fair parking area is located at the Cape May County Technical High School, off exit 11 on the east side of the Garden State Parkway, on Moore Rd. from the official fair parking area at the Cape May County Technical High School, exit 11 on the east side of the Garden State Parkway on Moore Road.
Shuttle buses will run from 11 a.m. in the morning until the last car leaves the lot after closing approximately every 15 minutes to transport fair goers to and from the event. Buses are fully handicapped accessible.
There is also limited, premium parking available for a $5 donation in the Atlantic Cape Community College’s parking lot next door to the fairgrounds, at 355 Court House-S. Dennis Rd. For visitors’ convenience, an ATM machine will be located on the fairgrounds.
For a 2010 Cape May County 4-H Fair brochure and daily schedule of events, call 609-465-5115, ext. 605, or visit capemaycountygov.net, click on “Departments,” then “Rutgers Cooperative Extension.”
The 4-H Fair is the major fund raising effort of the 4-H Foundation, Inc. Applications are still available for exhibit space. Contact Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 609-465-5115 ext. 656. For more information about the 4-H Fair or any of the programs and services offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, please call 609-465-5115 ext. 605.