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Both shows will award buckles. Registration for both shows is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the livestock office. Entries for each show is separate at $25 per head; entry into both shows is $40 per head.

The show is open to all 4-H and FFA members with the order: Heifer show, Showmanship and Best 5 Head. Seven head makes a breed. Awards Buckles will be given to Division Champions and Reserves. Divisions will be American, English and European. Engraved tumbler cups to Breed Champions and Reserves.

The eighth annual Van Zandt County Spelling Bee is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in the Todd Berry Building. It is sponsored by the Canton Rotary Club open to fourth, fifth and sixth graders in Van Zandt County.

This is the second year for the VZ County Breeding Sheep (Wether Dam) Show and Breeding Goat (Wether Doe. Check-in is from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30. The sheep show will begin at 1 pm followed by the goats. Exhibitors must be apart of a Van Zandt FFA or 4-H program.

The AgriScience Fair, Container Grown Plants, Floral Cup, Public Speaking, and Robotics competitions all required a submission of entry by March 1. While they are closed to further entries for the 2022 Fair, the projects will be on display or take place during the fair.

Karo Buck Canton FFA Age: 17 Grade: 12What are you showing this year at the VZ Fair? This year I will be showing a market cross in the market show. What have you shown in the past? My junior year I exhibited a Purebred Berkshire Gilt in the market show, placing third in my class making sale.

The Junior Livestock Auction is held each year on Friday of the County Fair, and is scheduled for April 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Todd Berry Building. This is the culmination of the exhibitor’s experience with their perspective animal.

The Free Family Fun Night is back! Ten local ministries are sponsoring the event on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at the Zeke Burns Arena. There is a free chili dinner prepared by James Jester of Cedar Top Chuck Wagon Ministry.

The Canton Trail Riders Annual Open Rodeo Thursday, March 31, through Saturday, April 2 at the Zeke Burns Arena. Admission is $5 per car for entry to the fairgrounds, or a $1 per walk in, and an additional $5 per person for the rodeo, children under 3 free.

Admittance to the grounds: $5 per car or $ 1 walk-in CARNIVAL RIDES 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, March 30 $20 arm band 6 p.m.