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Lamoille County Field Days

July also brings the annual Lamoille Country Field Days, a 3-day agricultural fair offering the traditional farm animal exhibits, tractor pulls, horsemanship contests, folk and square dancing, clogging, carney booths, rides, agricutrual exhibits and the traditional Ladies Underhand Skillet Toss! The latter is a real crowd pleaser as local women and VSC artists and writers try to test their strength against farm women who train for the event by pitching bales of hay into the barn.

Last week a group of July VSC Residents (some of whom are pictured below) enjoyed a Saturday out of the studio and at the Fair. Resident Michelle Danforth (with small skillet plaque) upheld the honor of the artists by winning the Skillet Toss for women ages 21 – 39 with a near record toss of 57 feet! Residents Erica Plouffe and Liz Dittrick (with ribbons) also participated in the contest!

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- George Washington

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One Response to “Lamoille County Field Days”

  1. The Skillet Toss « Liz Ahl Poetry Says:
    July 26th, 2010 at 9:05 AM

    [...] the organizers mentioned that next year will be the 5oth birthday of the skillet toss. Last year, a VSC artist won, tossing the small and surprisingly hefty skillet 57 feet. She returned, of course, to defend her [...]

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