
Thursday, August 25
| All day | Brio Train Station, Colouring, Fish Pond, Balloons, Bubbles, Sidewalk Chalk Puppet Theatre, Wiggle Cars,Crafts with St.Thomas Art Centre, Crafts with Ontario Early Years Center. |
| 12:30pm | Entertainment with David Carruthers Children’s Author |
| 1pm | Legacy Karate Demonstration |
| 2pm | Toppers Pizza Eating Contest (ages 10 - 12) |
| 3pm | BFI Craft |
| 4 - 7pm | Canadian Youth Talent Search/ Kid’s Idol Junior Division ages 6 - 12 |
| 7:30pm | Toppers Pizza Eating Contest ( ages 13 - 15) |
Friday, August 26
| All day | Brio Train Station, Colouring, Fish Pond, Balloons, Bubbles, Sidewalk Chalk |
| 11:30 | Mini Disk Frisbee Golf presented by Waterworks Variety |
| 12:45 | Meet Rapunzel from Tangled and hear her sing! |
| 1 - 2pm | Princess Fashion Show - must bring own costumes! |
| 2pm | Story time with David Carruthers Children’s Author |
| 2 - 4pm | FREE Facepainting with Mary MacVoy & Balloon Twisting |
| 3 - 4pm | Suzi Bee’s student performances |
| 5pm | Jeff Jelfs Karate demonstration and free instruction for little Dragons 4 - 6 Demonstation and instruction for Kids 7 and up |
Saturday, Augst 27
| All day | Brio Train Station, Colouring, Fish Pond, Balloons, Bubbles, Sidewalk Chalk Puppet Theatre, Wiggle Cars, Crafts with St.Thomas Art Centre, Interactive Learing with Kumon, Crafts with Puddle Ducks Home Daycare and Ontario Early Years Center. |
| 11am - 1pm | Raptors Bird Show |
| 12pm | Crafts Canadale |
| 1pm | The Puppet Lady |
| 3 - 5pm | Baby & Toddler Contest |
| 5 - 7pm | FREE Facepainting with Mary MacVoy & Balloon Twisting |
| 6 - 7:30pm | Mattox Circus Company Demonstration and Silks Circus Demonstration! |
Sunday, August 28
| All day | Brio Train Station, Colouring, Fish Pond, Balloons, Bubbles, Sidewalk Chalk Puppet Theatre, crafts, story time, Wiggle Cars. |
| 11am | Dress Up - FREE Facepainting with Mary MacVoy & Balloon Twisting |
| 11:30am | Judging for Parade and Prizes Awarded |
| 12:15pm | Line up for Parade! |
| 12:30pm | Clown Parade!! |
| 1pm | FREE Shaws Icecream for all parade participants! Clowns entertain!! |
| 2 - 3pm | Suzi Bee’s Student Performances |
More Information/Details
Baby Contest sponsored by Beechey Photography
Baby Contest- Registrations must be in no later than Friday Aug 26. Sorry, no registrations will be accepted on Saturday morning. Registrations can be picked up at Kids Junction or in advance at Toppers Pizza .1010 Talbot Street (beside Dollarama)
Kid’s Idol Registration- must be in before August 15th, 2011
Rules and regulations are posted on the Western Fair Youth Talent Search website or contact wandataylor@ironhorsefestival.com Registration entries are to be e-mailed to wandataylor@ironhorsefestival.com. OR mailed to:Taylor Music Studios,
68 Vanier Place,
St. Thomas, Ontario ,
N5R 5S6
Kids Idol Winners will be presented awards on Thursday evening and then return on Sunday to do a Gala performance on the Community stage 2 - 3 p.m. Gala Participants will present themselves (with a prepared 1 paragraph introduction telling about themselves) , and perform 2 numbers on the community stage. Winners then will progress to the Western Fair Competition of the Youth Talent Search in September! Good luck to all!
Pizza Eating Contest -must be 10 - 15 years of age with a parent/guardian present. Signed consent/waiver form required.
Parade Contests - Must arrive no later than 11:30 am for judging. Everyone welcome, all ages!!
Catagories include: - Best decorated trike/bike/stroller
- Best clown costume
- Best Marching group ie: kazoo band, dance troupe, karate group,baton twirlers, etc.
- Most Creative
Be creative, invite your friends and family!! Most of all...Have FUN!! Don’t forget to stick around after the parade for free Shaw’s icecream!!
Coloring Contest - pick up your entries at Toppers Pizza,1010 Talbot Street (beside Dollarama). After you color your entry drop it off at Toppers before August 26th for judging.
(For kids 3 - 6 and 7 - 10)









