Now she has the coat
Moments earlier, the volunteer was wearing the black coat, now Kristen has it on, UNDER the ropes that still are tied around her. How did she do that?
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Pig Wrestling
The Pig Wrestling Contest is a favorite event during Fair. Photo by Pam McCulloch.
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Rhinestone Ropers
The Rhinestone Roper Show features the Mink family from Jerome, Idaho. They do award-winning trick roping, bullwhip cracking, knife throwing, gun spinning and quick-draw shooting. The show also includes tricks by Lucky Joe the Trick Horse.
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Fancy Shooting
Dan Mink shows off his talents with a six shooter by shooting two water ballons thrown up at the same time. Cody quickly moves out of the way after tossing them up into the air so he doesn't get soaked when they are shot and break.
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Showing how to twirl
After the show, the Mink family showed kids in the audience how to twirl the ropes.
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Big Snake
Safari Adventures Live had many intersting animals from the jungles around the world on display. This 7-1/2 foot albino Burmese python weights about 70 pounds. It is only about half grown and will eventually double its length.
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Holding the Snake
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Holding a Scorpion
The Safari Adventure Live exhibit let those who dared hold all kinds of creatures, including this scorpion.
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Pick Me!
Plenty of people wanted to volunteer to be hypnotized.
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Tyzen the Hypnotist
Tyzen, Master of Suggestion, entertained the audiences all weekend with his ability to hypnotize volunteers and get them to do zany antics.
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Sound Asleep
Volunteers are asleep and completely relaxed.
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Cody David - Bad Bart
Cody David, from Big Piney, goes from being "Bad Bart" from Mexico to doing a Karate Kid Strong Man pose, while under hypnosis.
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Tyzen and the Voodoo Doll
Tyzen brings out the VooDoo doll on his volunteers. He's holding a pin. Bet you can guess what happened next!
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Big Hug
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TJ Casey
TJ Casey, Montana's Singing Cowboy, also hosted the Pet and Talent Shows during the Fair.
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Pet Show
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Talent Contest
Morgan and Bernie Holz sang and played the guitar performing a Sheryl Crow song for the Talent Contest.
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Chandler Jones
Chandler Jones did a ballet/gymnastic routine for the Talent Show.
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Thinking of a card
An audience volunteer uses a thought projection device (an egg beater) to amplify her thoughts over to the audience on what card she picked out of a deck of cards (she is sitting on her card). Kevin Ridgeway holds a mirror for her to see how she looks. Now, how did the audience know which card I picked?
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Yup, that was my card
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Water Tank Escape
Kristen Johnson picks locks to escape from a water-filled tank. The escape trick was done in full view of the audience. She is one of the top female escape artists in the world. The escape is part of the Ridgeway & Johnson Grand Illusion & Escape Show.
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Picking Locks
Kristen must free her hands and feet from locks in order to make her escape.
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Final Lock
Kristen picks the final lock on the lid as she completes her underwater escape trick, amazing the audience.
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Rope Painting
Artist Kay Meeks shows the art of rope painting.
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KidZJam
KidZJam had high-energy games that appealed to kids. They combine high-energy, fun activities with the message of God's love and word.
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Inflataballs
Kids could play in the Inflataballs and roll around the grass. The soft plastic balls are blown up using a leaf blower. Once full, the ball is zippered shut and the kids start the rolling fun! The inflatable fun toys were part of the KidZJam fun activities.
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Inflatabounce Toys
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Throwing practice
This station let kids sit on a horse to practice throwing a rope at a moving calf.
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Caught it
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Fair Quilts
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3-D Paper Art
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Floating Geese
Devan LaMere won 1st Place Champion in the 8-9 year old category for "Floating Geese", a watercolor and transparent acrylic painting.
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Old Boots
Old boots entered in the Old Hat and Boots contest.
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Plants and Flower Displays
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Silent Auction
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Call and his Chiuaua
Call poses with Tito, his brown Chiuaua.
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3-Pot Meal
Steve Mitchell's three meals cook in their pots during the day for the Dutch Oven Cookoff.
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Appleberry Pie - Before
DeWayne and LeRae Rust's appleberry pie (before cooking) in the Dutch Oven Cooking contest. The Rusts are from Heber, Utah. They do gourmet Dutch Oven cooking.
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Nathan and Austin cooking
Nathan Barron and Austin Doyle, both 15 years old, from Marbleton, prepare Ham, Apple Cobbler and Cheesey Potatoes for their 3 pot entry in the Dutch Oven Cook-off.
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson, from Big Piney, prepares chicken, rolls and cheesecake for his 3-pot entry in the Dutch Oven Cooking Contest.
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Steve Mitchell
Steve Mitchell, from Marbleton, puts onions in the pot for his 3-pot entry of roast beef, potates, baked beans and rolls.
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Doc Beiermann
Doc Bob Beiermann, from Big Piney, prepared "Bean Goop", in tribute to Dean Luce, whom the Dutch Oven cookoff is named after.
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Appleberry Pie - After
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3 Seed Crown Loaf
Part of Dwayne and LeRae Rust's entry for the Dutch Oven Dean Luce Memorial cookoff.
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Livestock Guardians
Cat Urbigkit brought her livestock burro and dog, and their flock of bum lambs, to the Fair to show how livestock guard animals play a role on a working ranch.
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Horse Pull Opening
Fair Board member Steve James introduced the Rocky Mountain Horse Pullers Association Team Pulling Contest.
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Adding more weight
Each cement block adds 1,000 pounds to the 3,000 pound sled used in the competition.
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Lennie Campbell
The team of Bondurant rancher, Lennie Campbell, strains to pull an 8,000 pound load during the Rocky Mountain Horse Pullers Association Team Pulling Contest Saturday evening. The competition is a process of elimination. Teams must pull the sled 20 feet to advance. Depite a good try, this attempt at pulling the 4-ton load only made it 16 feet-1 inch.
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