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Exhibitions

SUMMERLAND FALL FAIR EXHIBITION

SECOND FLOOR OF THE RYGA ARTS CENTRE, 9525 WHARTON STREET. 

COME JOIN US!

 

  1. The key objective is to have fun and build community.

  2. Entering the exhibition is free.  Trophies and ribbons will be awarded.

  3. Get your exhibit entry cards at the Arts Center, 9525 Wharton Street during office hours, after August 25.  Or pick them up September 12, noon-6:00 pm at the Exhibit Hall.

  4. Please drop off your entries on Friday September 12th, noon to 6:00 pm at the Exhibit Hall.  Judging happens the evening of September 12, so the winners are known when the Fair opens Saturday morning.

  5. All exhibit entries must be personally made by the Exhibitor.

  6. Only one entry per class per Exhibitor.  Plates supplied. Bowls not supplied.

  7. Summerland Fall Fair is not responsible for lost or damaged Exhibits but will take reasonable care of exhibits.

  8. Please do not remove your entry/ribbons before 4:00 pm Saturday September 13th.

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Children and Youth Categories—Age 5-15

SECTION 1: YOUNG CHILDREN’S CATEGORIES

Ages 5 and 6

 

1A – Art creation

My Best Friend: a picture or creation about your best friend (human or otherwise)

Or

My Family:  a picture or creation about your family

 

1B—My Beautiful bucket garden

Grow your favourite fruits and vegetables in a pot or bucket, all spring and summer long.  Bring a poster with drawings or photos of all the beautiful things you grew to feed your family!

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SECTION 2:  JUNIOR ARTS and CRAFTS

Age 7-15

Note:  Artists/crafters can enter “All Ages” categories if they wish

 

2A - Themed Art Creation

“Out of This World: a picture or creation about space, aliens or fantasy creatures”

Or

“The Land Around Us: a picture or creation about the land, climate change or land use”.

 

Can include any medium including Lego, clay, paint, photography, found objects, or anything that fits on a table!

 

Fibre Art creation

Any creation made from fabric, yarn, felt—any type of fibre

 

2B - Upcycled Garment

A new piece of clothing made by re-making or upcycling clothing or other fabric or fibre items.

 

2C - Hat or scarf

 

2D - Socks or slippers

 

2E - Home décor 

E.g. macrame plant hanger, blanket or throw, tablecloth, etc.

 

2F - Decorative ornament 

E.g. dream catcher, tree ornament, felted figure

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2G - Woodworking creation

Any creation made from wood

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2H - Beadwork creation

Any creation made using beads or beadwork

 

SECTION 3:  JUNIOR FRUIT, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, EGGS

Age 7-15

Growing, choosing, and arranging must be the unassisted effort of the child.

 

Trim carrot and beet tops to 2.5 cms or 1 inch.

 

Be sure to display number of items requested.

3A—Vegetables

  1. Any vegetables, all one colour (minimum three different items)

  2. Zucchini creation (any way to decorate, carve, adorn your zucchini)

  3. Vegetarian food bowl (minimum of 5 items)

  4. Biggest vegetable

  5. Strangest vegetable oddity

 

3B— Junior Kripps Cup Golden Fruit Bowl award 

Any creative combination of local fruits, vegetables, nuts, grapevines, herbs, or edible flowers, arranged in a bowl.  Please bring your own bowl no larger than 12 cm/10 inch in diameter.  **Trophy presentation at 3:30**

 

3C:  Junior Fruit/Berries/Melons

  1. Any fruit (three items on a plate) 

  2. Strangest fruit

 

3D:  Grade 5 Gardening Summer Project

Please register by June 1, 2025, online at www.summerlandfallfair.ca. Contact gradefivegardens@gmail.com for more information

**Prizes to be awarded at 3:30 pm**

 

3E:  Junior Eggs

One dozen eggs of any colour

 

SECTION 4:  JUNIOR FLOWERS

Age 7-15

 

Junior flower arrangement

  1. “Figurines in the Flowers”:  an exhibit of figurines and blooms (accessories allowed)

  2. “Where in the World?”: an exhibit of blooms and accessories with a theme of a culture or country (accessories allowed).

 

SECTION 5:  JUNIOR BAKING

Age 7-15

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 Junior baking

  1. Cookies--Any type, 6 per plate

  2. Decorated cupcakes—6 per plate

  3. Other baked product—use your imagination!

All Ages - Fruit

4A:  Apples (5 per plate)

  1. Heritage variety

    1. Red

    2. Green

    3. Yellow

    4. Pink

    5. Bi-colour

  2. New variety

    1. Red

    2. Green

    3. Yellow

    4. Pink

    5. Bi-colour

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4B:  Pears (5 per plate)

  1. Heritage variety

    1. Red

    2. Green

    3. Yellow

  2. New variety

    1. Red

    2. Green

    3. Yellow

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4C:  Peaches (5 per plate)

  1. Heritage variety

  2. New variety

 

4D:  Cherries (10 per plate)

  1. Heritage variety

    1. Purple

    2. Red

    3. Yellow

    4. Pink

  2. New variety

    1. Purple

    2. Red

    3. Yellow

    4. Pink

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4E:  Kripps Cup Golden Fruit Bowl

Any mixed fruit and nut variety in a bowl (no more than 25 cm/10 inches in diameter)  **Trophy presentation at 3:30**

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All Ages - Vegetables 

4F:  Above-ground vegetables

  1. Cherry tomatoes (6 per plate)

  2. Larger tomatoes (3 per plate)

  3. Pepper, any type (3 per plate)

  4. Eggplant, any type (3 per plate)

  5. Corn (3 per plate)

  6. Other vegetable (3 per plate)

 

4G:  Root vegetables

  1. Beets (6 per plate)

  2. Carrots (6 per plate)

  3. Potatoes (6 per plate)

  4. Leeks (3 per plate)

  5. Other root vegetable (3 per plate)

 

4H:  Squash family

  1. Cucumbers—pickling (12 per plate) or slicing (1 per plate, 20 cm or 8 inches long)

  2. Squash—any type other than cucumber or zucchini (2 per plate)

  3. Zucchini (2 per plate)

  4. Melon—any type

  5. Largest squash—any type

  6. Strangest squash/melon

 

4I:  Miscellaneous vegetables

  1. Fresh herb arrangement

  2. Other novelty vegetable (2 per plate)

All Ages - Eggs, Honey, Pollinator Friendly

5A:  Eggs

1 dozen, any colour

 

5B:  Honey

  1. Honeycomb in a container

  2. Honey, extracted, minimum 250 ml in a clear jar

 

5C:  Pollinator-friendly

  1. Bee or pollinator-friendly plant or flower, named and displayed on a plate or in a vase

  2. Bee home

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All Ages - Preserved Foods

Please bring jars with metal lids and rings only, minimum 250 ml/1 cup

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6A:  Jam

  1. Apricot

  2. Peach

  3. Raspberry

  4. Any other jam, named

 

6B:  Jelly

  1. Grape

  2. Raspberry

  3. Hot pepper

  4. Any other jelly

 

6C:  Pickles and relishes

  1. Cucumber dill pickles

  2. Mustard pickles

  3. Bread and butter pickles

  4. Vegetable relish, any type

  5. Any type of pickled vegetable or mixed vegetables

  6. Any type of pickled fruit (e.g. watermelon rind, lemons, cherries)

 

6D:  Canned fruit

  1. Cherries

  2. Apricots

  3. Peaches

  4. Pears

  5. Other fruit or mixed fruit

 

6E:  Canned sauces

  1. Salsa, any type

  2. Chutney, any type

  3. Traditional sauce from your ethnic heritage

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6F:  Fermented foods

  1. Sauerkraut

  2. Kombucha

  3. Kimchi

  4. Other fermented food

 

6G:  Dried foods

  1. Dried fruit arrangement (15 per plate)

  2. Dried tomatoes (10 per plate)

  3. Other dried vegetable (10 per plate)

All Ages - Baking

7A:  Pies

  1. Any fruit or combination

  2. Any savoury pie

 

7B:  Bread

  1. Yeast leavened sandwich loaf, unsliced

  2. Naturally leavened (sourdough) loaf, unsliced

  3. Traditional bread from your ethic heritage (any type)

 

7C:  Cookies

Any type, 6 per plate

 

7D:  Cakes

  1. Decorated layer cake, with the theme “Expression of Fall”

  2. Traditional cake from your ethnic heritage (any type)

 

7E:  Hand-laminated dough

  1. Croissant (6 per plate)

  2. Other French patisserie (6 per plate)

 

7F:  Savoury dumpling

Any type of savoury dumpling, such as pot-sticker, gyoza, empanada, samosa, etc. Please bring usual sauce accompaniment

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All Ages - Fibre Arts & Crafts

Can be made by sewing, crocheting, knitting, felting, weaving, or any other technique that uses fibre.

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8A:  Upcycled garment

Any garment made with fabric, yarn, felt, or any other fibre, and any construction technique.

 

8B:  Socks

  1. Most interesting, patterned socks

  2. Infant or child booties or slippers

 

8C:  Sweater

 

8D:  Hat

 

8E:  Home décor

E.g. wall art, blanket or throw, woven basket

 

8F:  Felted creation

 

8G:  Beadwork creation

 

8H:  Any other craft creation

All Ages - Flowers

9A:  Flower Arrangements –Maximum height 25 cm/10”

  1. “Bon Appetit” - a dining table centrepiece of fresh flowers arranged in a bowl.  Accessories optional

  2. “Bloomin’ Green” - an exhibit of different kinds of foliage only in a recycled container. Fresh or dried.

  3. “It’s in the hat” -an arrangement of fresh flowers and foliage incorporating a hat.

  4. “Autumn Bounty” – an arrangment of flowers and foliage, of your choice featuring fall colours.

 

9B:  Cut flowers

  1. Asters, 5 stems, any colour

  2. Begonias - one bloom, any colour, floating in shallow dish of water.

  3. Chrysanthemums – Three stems of flowers with own foliage, outdoor grown, any variety.

  4. Dahlias - One bloom with own foliage including one full pair of leaves on each stem, decorative with blooms (diameter 14 cm/6” or over, any colour, any variety.

  5. Dahlias - Five blooms (diameter 14 cm/6” or over) with own foliage, one stem each with full pair of leaves on each stem, any colour, any variety.

  6. Geraniums (Pelargonium) – Three stems with own foliage, any colour.

  7. Gladioli - Three spikes, any colour, any variety.

  8. Marigolds – Three blooms with own foliage, any variety.

  9. Nasturtiums - Three stems with own foliage, any variety.

  10. Petunias – Five blooms with own foliage, any variety.

  11. Roses (Hybrid Tea) – One bloom 2/3 to ¾ open with own foliage, without side buds, any colour, variety named if possible. 

  12. Roses (Floribunda) - One spray with at least 3 open blooms with own foliage, without side buds, any colour, variety named if possible.

  13. Roses (Miniature) - Three blooms without side buds, any colour.

  14. Snapdragons - Three spikes with own foliage, any colour, any type.

  15. Zinnia - Five blooms, any colour, any variety

  16. Open – any flower not included in above classes with own foliage.

 

Definitions for Flower Categories:

  1. Exhibit: an exhibit is made of plant material with a base, if necessary, with or without accessories. Plant material must predominate over all components of the exhibit.

  2. Accessory: any item, other than fresh cut plant material which accents or adds feeling to the theme or purpose the arranger is interpreting. Accessories can be used only if stated in the show schedule.

  3. Stem: the major supporting part of a plant to which buds, leaves, and flowers are attached.

  4. Spray: stem with a cluster of blooms (fluorescence). A spray should have 3 or more open blooms.  Note: a bud is not a bloom.

  5. Spike:  a spike is an unbranched florescent with an elongated axis, bearing either stocked or stockless flowers, such as gladiolus, delphinium, or foxglove.

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