162nd Brown County Fair - Georgetown, Ohio
"Brown Co. Fair- a county reunion"
September 23-28, 2013
Chris Higbee - September 24 @ 7:00 P.M. (Main Ring)
When’s the last time you heard a high-energy lead singer blow you away on the fiddle? If your answer is Charlie Daniels, great! . . . Then you definitely need to see the one and only Chris Higbee in concert!
Higbee grew up a farm boy with a musical curiosity and a diligent mother and father. That curiosity quickly became a passion that drove his dreams. “Fiddles Rock,” the first track on Higbee’s new album, tells that story and was inspired by his late father. It was co-written with Higbee’s producer Tommy Harden and Don Rollins (“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”) Higbee founded the PovertyNeck Hillbillies (PNH) in 2000, delivering uniquely wild and energetic concerts across the country on stages, rooftops, and anything else Higbee could fathom a way to play from! PNH performed for seven years before disbanding, acquiring an international fan base, distributing two records and releasing a No. 2 nationally rated video, “Mr. Right Now,” starring “Big Ben” Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For the last five months, Higbee has been working diligently on his new album in Nashville, recording the kind of music that reflects his energy and enthusiasm! After co-writing five tracks on the album, Chris is anxious to deliver it to his fans. Other writers on the record include Brett James, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby and Paul Overstreet.
Read more: Chris Higbee - September 24 @ 7:00 P.M. (Main Ring)
Darryl Worley - Tuesday, Sept 24 - 8:00 P.M.
Throughout a career that has produced nearly twenty hit singles, including three # 1s, as well as chart-topping albums and sales in the millions, Darryl Worley has set himself one primary goal.
"I've always set out to make sure every song on every album is a good one," he says. "I want every cut to be a potential single."
It is an approach that has helped to make Darryl a mainstay of modern country music. His unquestioned musical integrity earned him an enviable connection with the American public and a reputation as a genuinely traditional country artist who doesn't follow trends or fads, but rather his own bedrock convictions as an artist and a person. It doesn't hurt that he is a distinctive singer and first-rate songwriter whose music chronicles life, love and the world situation with equal facility.
Entertainment Schedule (Cont)
Thursday Sept. 26
- 12:00 P.M. - Good Time Cloggers (NE Building)
- 1:30 P.M. - The Waynoka Dandyliners (NE Building)
- 4:00 P.M. - Harkies Hoedowners (NE Building)
- 6:00 P.M. - POW-MIA Memorial Services (Main Ring)
- 7:00 P.M. - Brown County Fair Talent Show (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- 8:00 P.M. - The Liberty Band (Floral Hall)
Friday Sept. 27
- 12:00 P.M. - Blodd Bought Trio (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- 4:30 P.M. - Kenner Old Time String Band (Floral Hall)
- 6:00 P.M. - David Wayne (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- 8:00 P.M. - The Vandells (Danny Gray Building)
Saturday Sept. 28
- 12:00 P.M. - Andy Sims (Floral Hall)
- 1:30 P.M. - Beverly Grover (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- 3:00 P.M. - Elvis A Tribute to a King Jo-el (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- 6:00 P.M. - Brown County Fair Talent Show (Danny Gray Activity Center)
- In 1985, the first Cake Auction of champion cakes of Floral Hall....
- In 1972 the fair planned its first Demolition Derby for a Friday night event....
- In 1969 the Brown County Fair became a 5-day event lasting Tuesday through Saturday. ...
- In 1961 skydivers from Williamsburg, Ohio were hired to make nine jumps onto the fairgrounds for $125....
- In 1952 School Day was established with County Superintendent H.D. West, allowing school buses to bring students to the fair....
- In 1945 a Memorial Service for all men and women who lost their lives from Brown County in WW II....
- In 1923 at 3 o'clock each day all horse winners of any premium for that day paraded in the ring or forfeited their premiums. ...
- In 1939 the fair book boasted of the "Little State Fair" and so it has ever since....
- Today's center ring gazebo was erected sometime between 1902 and 1908....
- In 1988 with the elmination of the Sunday fair, the opening was held on Monday rather than Tuesday. The schools let out all week for the fair....
- In 1981 the Russellville Kiwanis Club sponsored Homing Pigeon races....
- In 1972 the fair planned its first Demolition Derby for a Friday night event....
- In 1967 was the first year the fair book cover contest was sponsored by the fair board....
- In 1965 a rule was set into place that no pop was to be sold in cans because of the danger of people slipping on them....
- In 1960 general admission prices were raised to $1.00....
- The 100th Brown County Fair was held in 1951....
- In 1931 single admission was $0.25...
- By 1925 or 1926 is was first heralded as the "Little State Fair"...
- In 1919 membership tickets were $2.00...
- In 1860 instead of tickets, a badge was issued to fairgoers to move in and out of the fair....
- In 1978 the Pork Producers began selling pork tenderlions sandwiches at the fair. They have sold over 1/2 million ternderlions....
- In 1965 some Preble County fair board members brought the makings of the first speed tractor pull to the Brown County Fair. The initial weight - A Tractor!...
- In 1979 the larger wooden grandstand burned three days after the close of the annual fair....
- In 1964, the small wooden grandstand which housed cattle underneath burned to the ground one week before the fair opened....
- The first Junior Fair Board was organized in the early 1960's by 4-H agent Ralph LaRue....
- In 1943, during World War II, a two-day Junior Fair was held in place of the county fair....
- In the 1920's and 1930's the Cincinnati Gas and Light Band would entertain from a stage in Floral Hall....
- Floral Hall houses over 4,000 exhibits of domestic arts, farm and garden produce, antiques, and creative arts during fair week....
- In 1853, approximately four acres were purchased at present location ...
- The fair was held late in the year because of harvesting and housing of tobacco....