(10/1) Blue and Gold Champion ribbons were earned by many in the Walkersville Feeder School District at the 78th Glade Valley Community Show, which took place on September 26–28 at Walker’s Overlook. There were 1,578 entries in all, ranging from baked goods, knitted items, photography, crafts, agricultural farm products, and garden products, all displayed by 197 exhibitors, of which over 50 were new exhibitors.
The first night was full of excitement as the show kicked off with the selection of Maddie Peterson as this year’s Walkersville FFA Ambassador. Following immediately afterwards came the annual cake and baked goods auction under the watchful eye of Jimmy Summers. The Junior Grand Champion Cake was sold in memory of Mr. Meryl McLeaf, per the request of the McLeaf family. The proceeds from the sale split three ways, supporting the Walkersville FFA Chapter National Convention Trip, the Clayton Lenhart Memorial Scholarship, & the Maryland State Grange Scholarship.
The Junior Grand Champion Cake was a Blueberry Layer Cake baked by Eva O’Hara that was purchased for $375 by longtime supporters, the Mountain Gate Family Restaurant. The Open Grand Champion Cake, a German Chocolate Cake baked by Jichaela Cutshall, was sold to JJ&P Plumbing for $1,900. This year’s cake auction brought in $30,010, of which $13,015 was given back to various funds and organizations within the Walkersville Community.
Kids Day was on Thursday, with 125 5th grade students from Walkersville Elementary School learning about Agriculture and touring the show. FFA members and Leo Club members taught various lessons to the 5th graders - from learning how to make butter, to how to make a garden in a glove, to ’egg-ology’ - to show how much of the earth’s soil is agriculture. Students with entries in the show had the opportunity to show their friends and teachers how they did.
New to the show on Thursday was a mini carnival for families to come enjoy. There were various carnival games, face painting and a petting zoo with cows, alpacas, goats and chickens. The show had the biggest crowd on kids/family night than it had in years. "Being it was the first time doing the carnival, I think it turned out to be a huge hit and we plan to expand for next year," said the show chair, Brittany Sanders.
The show ended with the 2nd Annual "Shake it up" Milkshake Contest. Organizations within the Walkersville Community had to sign up in advance to make their signature milkshake. They had to bring all their materials and ingredients. Whole milk was donated by Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers and vanilla ice cream was donated by Trout’s Market of Woodsboro. The winning youth team was the Kaleidoscope 4H Club with their ‘Shamrock’ shake and the adult team was the Town of Walkersville with their ‘Almond Joy’ shake.
The Glade Valley Community Show Committee would like to thank all the exhibitors, sponsors, patrons, cake buyers and Walkers Overlook for helping to make the show such an overwhelming success!
We look forward to seeing everyone next year!
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