Competition Entries

• Bring items to the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds Arts & Crafts Bldg. on Thursday, August 22, 2019 between 3-8 p.m.
• Exhibitors must enter through Gate 1 off Krause Road and exit through Gate 4.
• Do not block any road way - No vehicles are permitted on the midway. 
• Judging is closed to the public and begins Friday, August 23, 2019 at 9 a.m.
• Fair opens to the public August 23, 2019 at 5 p.m.
• All items must be removed Sunday, September 1, 2019 between 2-4 p.m.

Arts and Crafts List
Arts and Crafts Entry Form with Rules and Regulations

• Bring your home grown watermelon to the Fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.
• Exhibits will be accepted at the Arts & Crafts Building from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Signage will be posted at the Fairgrounds entrance directing contestants where to go.  Entries will not be received except during these times.
• The contest itself will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Arts & Crafts Building.
• The Fair opens at 5 p.m. so bring your family and friends to cheer you on!
• The watermelons entered in the contest will remain on display for the duration of the Fair without exception and may be picked up on Sunday, September 1, 2019 (2-4 p.m.).

Watermelon Rules, Information and Entry Form

• Competition is open to all interested parties.
  • 4-H Club members will be allowed to make exhibits in open classes.
  • All exhibitors are required to deliver their items on Thursday, August 22, 2019 from 3 PM to 8 PM.
  • Exhibitors are to remove items entered for judging on Sunday, September 1, 2019, from 2 PM to 4 PM.
  • No person or organization will be paid for an exhibit taken down before the stated hour.
• All entries in all departments must be the work of the exhibitor.
  • Farm crops, vegetables, flowers, etc. must have been grown and prepared under the personal supervision of the exhibitor.
  • All entries must have been made, grown, produced, drawn etc. during the past year (except quilts). Quilts must have been completed during the past year.
  • No professionals will be allowed into competition in a department which is associated with their profession, except in Department A.
    • A professional is a person who makes items for sale or who teaches others for profit.
  • Exhibitors will report to the superintendent of each department who will assign space.
  • The superintendent will present the items to the judges and make the proper entry of prize winners.
• No exhibit will receive more than one monetary prize.
  • No awards will be made on any except creditable exhibits in all departments.
  • The Association will secure the best judges obtainable and they will be experts in their line.
  • Decisions of the judges are final.
  • The Association reserves the right to withhold prizes if fraud, deception or interference with the judges is attempted.
  • Awards for entries will be designated as follows: first place – blue ribbon; second place – red ribbon; third place – white ribbon.
  • Judging will begin on Friday, August 23, 2019 as close to 9 AM as possible at the discretion of the Superintendent.
  • Ribbons will be placed by the judges at the time of judging in each department.
• The Association assumes no responsibility for damage or loss to exhibits from any cause whatsoever.
  • The Association will provide sufficient security from Thursday, August 22, 2019 starting at 8 PM through Sunday, September  1, 2019 until 4 PM.