As usual the reigning Miss Texas will officiate at the Rockdale Fair’s Children’s Pageant and Queen Contest, set for Saturday at the RHS Auditorium.
Chandler Foreman provided one of the most special moments in the 84 years of Miss Texas pageants recently when her name was announced as the winner recently at the event, held in Richardson.
Foreman, a 22-year-old Pearland resident, dropped to floor when her name was announced.
In the audience, her mother did exactly the same thing. “I missed seeing Chandler crowned or receive her sash,” Courtnay Foreman said. “When my nerves allowed me to get up, people said ‘she is definitely your child. Your reactions are the same’!”
Saturday is also the day for the 44th Rockdale Fair’s youth baked goods contest at the Fair Park Clubhouse.
After a day off Sunday, home economics entries will check in Monday. at the Fair Park (New Salem) Clubhouse.
Home economics judging is 12-noon to 5 p.m.
The calf scramble is Wednesday evening in the show barn and that’s also the official opening of the Fair’s carnival and an exhibitor kickoff party.
PAGEANTS—Doors open for the 41st annual Miss Rockdale Fair Queen Pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday in the RHS Auditorium with the pageant beginning at 7:30.
Foreman competed as Miss Park Cities, a Dallas-area title.
A flute player, she won both the talent and onstage question categories at the Miss Texas Pageant.
Foreman was also named “Miss Congeniality” but that’s no surprise. She was won that award at every pageant she has entered.
She will return to Rockdale for the “big Fair weekend.”
Doors for the Children’s Pageant open at 10:30 a.m. for the 11 a.m. pageant, also in the auditorium.
(See photos of children’s pageant contestants, page 7A.)
TICKETS—Pageant-goers are reminded they will need Fair tickets, either the all-day season passes, or one-day tickets, to attend the pageants.
Fair queen contestants, and their sponsors, are selling season passes priced as follows:
• Adult, $25.
• Child, ages 5-12, $15.
• Senior citizen, ages 60 and over, $15.
Children ages 4 and under are admitted free.
Deadline to purchase season passes, which admit the bearer to all Fair events both weekends (including dances with Michael Salgado, Mark Chesnutt and Pat Green) is midnight Thursday (after Thursday’s dance).
One-day tickets at the gate Oct. 18-19 will be $20 for adults and $10 for 5-12 and 60-and-above.
LOCATIONS—Season tickets may also be purchased at the following businesses:
Rockdale—The Rockdale Reporter, The Ranch, City Hall, Citizens National Bank Downtown, Citizens National Bank Drive-Through, Rock-dale Federal Credit Union, Brookshire Brothers, Rock-dale Signs and Whiteley Farm Supply.
Thorndale—Rockdale Federal Credit Union Thorn-dale Branch.
Cameron—Anderle Lumber.
BAKED GOODS—The children’s baked goods competition is set for Saturday in the New Salem Clubhouse.
Contestants may turn in baked goods between 8 and 10 a.m. and items should be picked up between 1 and 2 p.m.
Winners must prepare new entries to be sold in the Oct. 19 auction.
There’s a separate baked goods division in the home economics show.
PIGS, RIDES—The second Fair “weekend” opens on Wednesday, Oct. 16, with a couple of events at the park.
The annual pig scramble is set for 6:30 p.m. in the show barn.
Oct. 16 is also the first day for the Fair’s carnival, which will be open between 6 and 10 p.m.
Wednesday night is the only time the carnival will be accessible without the park entrance fee.
MORE TO COME—And that’s just the start of the 44th annual Rockdale Fair & Rodeo. The “big weekend” is Oct. 17-19.
On Thursday, Oct. 17, market animals begin arriving and there’s judging of market rabbits, turkeys and broilers.
Food booths open and there’s exhibition and 5-D barrels. Michael Salgado and Magali De La Rosa play for the dance.
The pace picks up even more Friday, Oct. 18, with arts and crafts, check-in and inspection for the barbecue cookoff and judging in ag mechanics, swine, breeding beef heifers, commercial heifers, market goats, market steers and breeding beef heifers.
That day concludes with the first rodeo performance and music by Johnny Lee and Glenn Templeton.
The biggest day of the big weekend is Saturday, Oct. 19 with a downtown parade, car show commercial heifer and market sales, all kinds of entertainment including western recreations by the Old West Rangers, the second rodeo performance, more arts and crafts, washers and horseshoes, barbecue judging and more.
It all wraps up with William Clark Green and The Emotions.
That’s also the day for the Fair’s two big sales, commercial heifers and the youth livestock auction.
Last year those two sales combined to raise $609,721 for Rockdale area 4-H and FFA youth.
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