{"id":85960,"date":"2020-06-01T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=85960"},"modified":"2020-06-01T07:18:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:18:01","slug":"fall-fair-cancelled-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/fall-fair-cancelled-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall fair cancelled for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Huntsville Fall Fair is one of the latest local events to be cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>On May 29, the Huntsville and District Agricultural Society&#8217;s board of directors announced on the Huntsville Fall Fair Facebook page that the popular annual event, which was scheduled for Sept. 25-27 this year, will not take place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision was made due to the recent and possibly future difficult times that have been happening and our wish that everyone is kept safe,&#8221; the organization wrote. &#8220;We appreciate the support and understanding of this difficult decision as it was not an easy one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next year&#8217;s fall fair is scheduled for Sept. 24-26, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The society will be starting a weekly junior Facebook contest soon\u2014check the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleFallFair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huntsville Fall Fair Facebook page<\/a><\/span> for details.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville has had an agricultural society since 1876. The Huntsville and District Agricultural Society was founded in 1882, under the name of the North Muskoka Agricultural Society and has been hosting annual fairs for almost as long.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54803\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/09\/Wayback-Wednesday-2018-36-Fine-affair-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/09\/Wayback-Wednesday-2018-36-Fine-affair-scaled-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/09\/Wayback-Wednesday-2018-36-Fine-affair-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This ca. 1910 photo is of the former Agricultural Park and Hall, which occupied the site of what is now Fairvern Nursing Home, Mountainview Avenue, and the sewage treatment plant (details courtesy of <\/em>Huntsville: With Spirit and Resolve<em> by Susan Pryke)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Support Local News Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huntsville Fall Fair is one of the latest local events to be cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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