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18th Annual
Antique Show Celebrates History
Posted on March 17,
2011
Tulare, Calif.
- The 18th Annual California Antique Farm Equipment
Show, showcasing the agriculture industry's heritage,
will be held April 15-17, 2011, at the International Agri-Center. This year's show highlights Holt, Best and
Cat, along with many one-of-a-kind antique tractors that
you will only see in Tulare.
This show features
over 900 exhibitors from throughout California and the
United States, displaying their antique tractors,
engines and other antique farm equipment. Each year the
daily Antique Tractor and Truck Parade draws over 400
entries, and the parade has become one of the highlights
of the show.
This family event
features a Kiddie Korral and Pedal Pull Tractor Contest,
an arts and crafts area, performances by local
organizations from karate to dance, a very popular swap
meet of tractor parts, a steak barbecue and concert on
Saturday night and more.
The annual rib
cook-off has also become a hot item during the antique
show, as contestants vie for top honors and cash in beef
and pork divisions.
"This event has met
the original objective - to honor and learn from our
past - but it's also done much more," noted volunteer
Chairman Doug Peltzer. "The antique show is now great,
affordable family entertainment, a chance to recognize
local youth groups and a fun way to raise funds for the
Antique Farm Equipment Museum."
The California
Antique Farm Equipment Show began in 1993, as part of a
vision to celebrate the region's rich agriculture
heritage.
Long-time
International Agri-Center volunteers George Watte and
Robby Soults traveled to Vista, California, to attend an
antique farm equipment show. On their journey home, they
said, "We oughta have a show like this, we've got the
place."
Watte had a few
pieces of antique equipment he had been collecting over
the years, and a number of other Agri-Center volunteers
shared the same passion. Their dream was to host an
event featuring antique farm equipment to show today's
generation the equipment of yesterday and give them the
opportunity to learn about how farming has changed
throughout the years.
Watte served as the
chairman for the first two years the California Antique
Farm Equipment Show was held. The first show was a huge
success, and by the third year, it had tripled in size.
Today, in addition
to the annual antique show, the Antique Farm Equipment
Museum is open year-round at Heritage Complex on the
grounds of the International Agri-Center. The museum,
and AgVentures! Learning Center, provide visitors of all
ages the chance to learn about agriculture of the past
and today. A fundraiser for the museum is held during
the Antique Farm Equipment Show each year.
Admission to the
California Antique Farm Equipment Show is $8; children
under 12 are admitted free of charge.
For updates and more information
on the California Antique Farm Equipment Show, visit
antiquefarmshow.org
or call 800-999-9186.
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