FAIR DIGEST || 2010 attendance hits 327,631, tops 2009 by 8,883

2010 attendance hits 327,631, tops 2009 by 8,883

Canfield

Attendance at the Canfield Fair through its six-day run was 327,631 compared to 318,748 in 2009 — an increase of 8,883 people.

Attendance surged on Monday with 58,490 people coming through the gates and on Sunday, when crowds pushed 100,000.

Timm Schreiber said 95,382 people came to the fairgrounds Sunday, making it the highest Sunday attendance on record since 2001, when 101,282 people visited.

Schreiber said Sunday’s figure also topped any Saturday attendance since 1995.

Schreiber had said previously that because of comedian Jeff Dunham’s Monday night show in the Grandstand, he expected to easily surpass the total attendance from the 2009 fair. In 2009, there was no Monday night Grandstand show.

Robinson Family

Canfield

The Robinson Family attended the Canfield Fair Board of Directors final meeting of the season.

The family has been performing at the fair for 19 years.

They performed the song “Happy Trails.”

Board President Jim Brown made a motion to bring the family back for its 20th year in 2011. The motion was approved.

83 crows in 30 seconds

Canfield

The Canfield Fair’s “Rooster Crowing Contest” was a success.

Donald Snyder Jr., fair board director, said Sunday marked the 49th year for the contest.

Snyder said the winning rooster crowed 83 times in 30 minutes.

The record number of crows in that time is 138, he said.