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

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