Celebrate Senior Appreciation Day, sponsored by Sedalia Democrat, at the Missouri State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14! Thanks to the Sedalia Democrat, adults and seniors can enjoy $2 off gate admission with a special coupon featured on the front page of their newspaper.
Highlights of the day for seniors include activities in the Mathewson Exhibition Center starting at 9 a.m. Vendor exhibits and booths, free Bingo and line dancing lessons will be offered. The Senior Dance Contest will start at 1 p.m. with the awards presentation starting a 4 p.m. Dance categories include Missouri Waltz, Polka, Jitterbug, Two-Step, and Line Dancing. These events and the contest are sponsored by Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
A Day of Dancing will be in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. Come watch dancers strut their stuff from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be square dancing, cue round dancing, line dancing and clogging.
Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer blood pressure screenings and Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind will offer free vision screenings for seniors in the Senior Lounge on this day.
Other activities to add to your day’s schedule:
- Prizes – Seniors, stop by the Senior Lounge and get a ticket good for a chance to win a prize! The drawing takes place at 3 p.m. You must be present to win.
- Lunch Bunch Admission Deal – Take a break from the workplace and grab your friends/coworkers for lunch at the Fair! Stop by the Lunch Bunch Booth, located at the Centennial entrance ticket booth. Purchase a lunch bunch gate admission ticket for the day’s price starting at 11 a.m., grab lunch and enjoy the Fair for a few hours, and then return to that booth by 2 p.m. to receive a full refund of your admission price.
- Livestock shows and building competitions all day including the 4-H/FFA Rabbit Meat Pen Show, Fastest Fingers contests in the Home Economics Building, Federated Garden Club Show in the Floriculture Building and the “Old and Wow” Tractor and Equipment Show, sponsored by Crown Power and Equipment, east of the Mathewson Exhibition Center; Tractor Parade starts at 2 pm.
- Military Flag Retreat Ceremony honoring Greg McManus of Rogersville – 5:30 p.m. at the flagpole in front of the Historic Administration Building.
- Tauren Wells with Jordan Feliz – 7:30 p.m. in the State Fair Grandstand, presented by CFM Insurance; Tickets on sale now.
Join us in celebrating our senior citizens and create your Summer’s Best Story now through Aug. 18 at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.
