This is a list of past projects funded through the Legacy County Fair Grant program.
County |
Project |
Aitkin |
Portable staging |
Anoka |
New roof and repairs to one-room schoolhouse |
Becker |
Blacksmith and steam engine demonstrations |
Beltrami |
Repainted schoolhouse museum |
Benton |
Portable wood stages, portable tents, bands |
Big Stone |
Looney Lutherans, balloon artist, bands |
Blue Earth |
Pioneer photography, jazz music, Homeward Bound theatre |
Brown |
German heritage music, family friendly music |
Cannon Valley |
Country band, rock and roll band |
Carlton |
Straw hay bale maze, story tellers, band |
Carver |
Log building chinking, polka band |
Cass (Pillager) |
Update history building with new doors |
Cass (Pine River) |
Supplies for historical display, country music band |
Chippewa |
American entertainer, sound system for stage |
Chisago |
Electrical updates for stage |
Clay |
Pottery art class, historical photography, Sherwin Linton, Dariann Leigh |
Clearwater |
Hands-on activities with local artist |
Cottonwood |
Poppa Bear Norton, caricaturist |
Crow Wing |
Spinning/looming, chainsaw carving, photography building light fixtures |
Dakota |
Minnesota antique fire trucks, threshing demonstration, quilting demo |
Dodge |
Performing arts stage |
Douglas |
Fabulous Armadillos, Sherwin Linton |
Faribault |
Homeward Bound, Magic by Chaz, tent rental for entertainment |
Fillmore |
Kevin Lindh (balloon artist) |
Freeborn |
Draft horse show and historical farm class show, historical building signs |
Goodhue |
All American lumberjack show, Goodhue Co. Historical Society |
Grant |
Rusted Revolver country music band, Blonde and the Bohunk Band |
Hennepin |
Stage rental |
Houston |
Sound equipment |
Hubbard |
Teddy Bear Band |
Isanti |
Photographer Doug Ohman |
Itasca |
Chalk art demo, quilting demo, Itasca Strings music group |
Jackson |
Country and rock bands |
Kanabec |
Sapsucker Farm presentation, local musical act |
Kandiyohi |
Pioneer Photography |
Kittson |
Cathy Erickson polka band, materials and labor for new free stage |
Koochiching |
Feed sack history display, classic country music bands |
Lac qui Parle |
Street Talk Band, Time Music Agency |
Lake |
Singer, drawing workshop |
Lake of the Woods |
Woodworking demo, pottery demo, Sloughgrass Family Band |
Le Sueur |
Folk dancers, art wall, banners |
Lincoln |
Gary West Band, balloon artist |
Lyon |
Red Dirt Road Band, Hick Town Mafia Band |
Mahnomen |
Native American beading, musical arts |
Marshall |
Sound equipment |
Martin |
Entertainment area upgrades (canopies, table, chairs) |
McLeod |
Johnny Holm Band |
Meeker |
Electrical work for stage |
Mille Lacs |
Electrical for band shell |
Morrison (Little Falls) |
Haybale art, bands, cloggers |
Mower |
Local magician Adam Perry, wood carver, gospel music, country band |
Murray |
Larry Olsen Band |
Nicollet |
Music, wood demo, painting demo, storyteller, floral artist, barn quilt artist |
Nobles |
Music demonstration |
Norman |
Lumberjack/logging show |
Northern |
Build/purchase display structures needed for arts exhibits |
Olmsted |
Blacksmith, tinsmith |
Pennington |
Kezar Music, Tammy Lee and the Northern Lights Band |
East Otter Tail |
Shelter electrical upgrades and door, 110th commemorative banners |
Pine |
Sealcoat bandshell, sound equipment |
Pipestone |
Larry Olsen polka band, Sherwin Linton, hypnotist |
Polk |
Duelly Noted; children’s musical show |
Pope |
Repair arts building, stage microphone, balloon twister Janet Fossen |
Ramsey |
Macalester College Pipe Band, Irish step dancers, Asian dance theatre |
Red Lake |
Blanket making class supplies, local kids’ music performance |
Redwood |
Stage ceiling |
Renville |
Red Dirt Road Band, canvas painting, wool/yarn spinning |
Rice |
Wood turning demo, pottery demo |
Rock |
Cement for entertainment shelter |
Roseau |
Cathy Erickson Band, Tami Lee and the Northern Lights Band, sound stage |
Scott |
Locklin Road Band, Skippin Stones Band, polka band |
Sherburne |
Display cases, Blue Horse Theatre (interactive equine art and dance), paint for creative arts building |
Sibley |
Portable stage, electronic show |
South St. Louis |
Kids Power Pedal, rock and roll band |
Southwest St. Louis |
Floodwood Music Boosters, photographer Doug Ohman |
St. Louis |
History building signage, Bois Forte Dancers, art demo |
Stearns |
Sherwin Linton, family friendly band |
Steele |
Portable wall for photo display, Jerry Frasier (comedy magic show) |
Stevens |
Stage backwall with electric and tarps |
Swift |
Photographer Doug Ohman, balloon artist Janet Fossen, artist Heather Bren |
Todd |
Steel base guitar artist, Latino DJ |
Traverse |
Lumberjack show |
Wabasha |
Ag, arts and history center building |
Wadena |
Eric’s Dance Band, Sherwin Linton |
Waseca |
Looney Lutherans |
Washington |
Corn husk doll kits, lumberjack show |
Watonwan |
Local artist demonstration, clown, balloon artists, equipment rental |
West Otter Tail |
Dueling fiddlers, cultural food demo, lost skills of yesteryear, fiber arts |
Wilkin |
Musicians, 57 Chevy Band, updated sound system |
Winona |
Demonstration, Homeward Bound, chainsaw artist |
Wright |
Antique cars, bands |
Yellow Medicine |
Blue Barn Art Studio (painting classes), Sunday sunrise service music, crochet class, Ole and Lena Show, old time band |