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5 planning continues, and it is possible that the initial fair may not incorporate all of these ideas for budgetary reasons. Live Music— Range of music genres and styles, bands, including school bands, local bands. Battle of the Bands (school jazz or concert bands — let schools decide set-up). Music from 10 am —6 pm Friday and Saturday. No "headliners" or paid entertainment = no cost to listen to music acts. Infrastructure needs —stage, basic lighting and sound, electricity (or generators). A different type of musical act or band could be scheduled at the top of each hour, for example. Food — Have area for local restaurants, food trucks that want to come. Work with restaurants and trucks that already have licenses and necessary permits and approvals. Sampling (seating) tent and chairs. Requirement: each restaurant or food truck must provide one traditional "fair food" in addition to other fare of their choosing. The fair would rent space, tents and seating. If desired, there could be a beer garden area/local wines section (to be determined)?Two baking contests —a pie-baking contest and a second baking contest (type to be determined) would be held at specified time in main tent. Offer prizes to top 3 winners in the contests. Infrastructure needs: electricity for vendors, tent for eating, contests, tables and chairs, recycling, water? Environmental Health will need to approve onsite food preparation and issue other needed food permits. Agriculture— Do not duplicate prize shows or animal judging events, as part of the Piedmont Junior Livestock Show or State Fair. Instead, orient around basic demonstrations —sheep- shearing, sheep herding demonstration, cow-milking, and other similar activities. Allow experts to demonstrate the activities, and provide interpretive signage of farmstead buildings (as is planned for the park) describing what happened in each building and how it was used when a working farm. Offer hayrides. Infrastructure needs: open spaces, area for animals, fencing, water. Games —Try to create a "local midway" — our own version of midway games (soccer shootout, basketball goal, dunking booth, bounce houses, baseball pitching, LEGO building booth, face painting, balloons, etc). Include "old-timey" games for children and some rides, perhaps including pony rides. Dedicate portion of Friday as Schools Day and invite schools to allow classes, grades to attend during designated time. Volunteer-staffing for these activities. Infrastructure needs: open space for activities, equipment and games stations. Arts/Crafts — Local artisans only, with booths and arts displays. Ask Arts Commission and local arts community to help work out details. May need lottery or annual rotation to decide which artisans may have booths (limited space). Look at possibility of including all forms of art, including "poetry slams" and comedy skits. Infrastructure needs: Space for booths and tables, performance area (small stage), electricity. Non-Profits / County organizations — Booths to provide information on community services, County services (social serve-type organizations). May need selection lottery or process to designate booth space. Infrastructure needs: space for booths and tables, chairs. History— Hold a story-telling activity in and around front porch of Blackwood house with stories on schedule. Show how to do oral histories and preserve family artifacts. Provide opportunity to scan old photos and make digital images? Involve Historic Preservation Commission, local historical organizations, Southern Oral History Project, etc. Infrastructure needs — restoration of front porch of house (planned), space for booths and tables, electricity.