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There are loads of choices for meals, enjoyable, and leisure in southwest Minnesota this weekend. The Yellow Medicine County Fair is underway in Canby, whereas organizers are preparing for Tyler’s Aebleskiver Days competition and for the Southwest Minnesota Toys 4 Tots Motorcycle Run.

While Aebleskiver Days is a celebration of Danish heritage, it’s additionally a time when individuals with connections to the Tyler group get again collectively, stated Diane Borresen, one of many competition organizers.

“People are already talking about it. Everyone loves to come back,” Borresen stated. Lots of highschool class reunions are deliberate for Aebleskiver Days weekend, she stated.

Traditions like serving aebleskiver, the ball-shaped Danish pancakes, are additionally a part of the competition. People can attempt some aebleskiver on Saturday morning, or take a look at the Aebleskiver Signature Bake contest this night. Borresen stated six bakers will compete to wow the judges with their very own distinctive spins on aebleskiver. Judging will probably be at 7 p.m., with free admission with an Aebleskiver Days button for the primary 50 individuals, she stated.

Borresen stated there may be some new musical leisure deliberate for this 12 months’s competition, together with performances by the Pipestone Community Jazz Band, and Bob and the Beachcombers.

“We always try to get somebody new,” she stated.

On Saturday night, the Aebleskiver Days parade may have a float contest with the theme of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” Borresen stated.

“I think the parade is going to be quite large,” she stated. “We have had a lot of calls.”

A journey to brighten the vacations

Area motorcyclists will probably be hitting the street Saturday, to assist help an space Christmas charity. The Toys 4 Tots Motorcycle Fun Run will begin in Amiret at 11 a.m., and can take riders to stops in Marshall and round southwest Minnesota and South Dakota. Toy donations are welcome, with drop-offs in Marshall and in Amiret.

The journey ends on the Balaton Community Center, with meals and a dwell public sale to learn Heart to Heart of Lyon County. Non-riders can even be part of the gathering in Balaton after 5:30 p.m.

One new function of the journey this 12 months is a separate route for individuals who need to drive UTVs within the run. Organizers stated side-by-sides received’t be capable to accompany the bike riders to their first cease in Marshall, resulting from freeway security legal guidelines. However, the UTV journey will nonetheless have a full route, taking riders to stops in Russell, Balaton, Lake Wilson, Hadley and Slayton.

Yellow Medicine Fair in full swing

Whether it’s crafts, 4-H exhibits, or races on the grandstand, there’s loads occurring on the Yellow Medicine County Fair in Canby. The honest kicked off Wednesday with occasions just like the open class entry day, however the bulk of the honest schedule is at present, Friday and Saturday.

Quite a lot of free occasions and leisure are deliberate in the course of the honest, starting from dwell music to crafting occasions and kid-friendly video games. Visitors can be part of within the watermelon consuming contest on Thursday, corn gap tournaments on Friday and Saturday, and farm-themed challenges on the Ag Olympics on Saturday.

There will probably be grandstand leisure Thursday by Saturday on the honest. The motion begins with the Renegade Speedway Races on Thursday night time, a tractor pull on Friday afternoon, and Baja races on Saturday night time.

Live music will spherical out nights on the honest, with RHINO performing Friday night time, and Roxbury on Saturday night time.

Schedules of occasions

Southwest Minnesota Toys 4 Tots Motorcycle Run

Saturday, July 26

Registration: 9:30-10:45 a.m. at Roaring Lyons clubhouse in Amiret

Kickstands up at 11 a.m. Toy drop-off is on the Hitching Post in Marshall. Meal at Hitching Post is $10 to learn Toys4Tots.

Food and Live Auction: Balaton Community Center after 5:30 p.m.

Aebleskiver Days, Tyler

Thursday

7 p.m. – Aebleskiver Signature Bake judging

Friday

8 a.m. – Aebleskiver days golf event

5-7 p.m. – Picnic supper at Tyler Swimming Pool. Free will donation.

5-7 – Chalk the stroll

6:30-8:30 – Free pool occasion and video games

Saturday

7:45 a.m. – Aebleskiver Amble run/bike

9 am.-12:30 p.m. – Aebleskiver served at fairgrounds 4-H constructing

9 – Danebod Sweet Shop at fairgrounds pavilion

9-3 – Vendors and crafters

9-1 – RTR barnyard on the cattle barn

9 – Kiddie Olympics by the ball fields

10 – Aebleskiver consuming contest beneath the tent

10:30 – Pipestone Community Jazz Band

10-3 – Mural portray

10-Noon – Family pleasant craft

10 – Model airplanes on the Tyler Airport

11-2 – Trolley rides, Jessica’s Little Ponies

11-3 – Bouncy homes

11-2 – Car present

Noon-3 – Bob & the Beachcombers

3-4:30 – Self-guided excursions at Danebod Campus

4 – The Singing Q’s at Bandshell Park

4-6 – Danebod Polser served at Bandshell Park

6 – Grand parade

8:30-12:30 – Free dance that includes Show Me Your Hits

Sunday

9:30 a.m. – Community church service by the Hallelujah Hooligans

Yellow Medicine County Fair, Canby

Thursday

1-9 p.m. – Bounce Around inflatables and video games

1-5 p.m. – Giant yard video games

1:30 – 4-H goat present

3-6 – Pony rides with Natalie Otto

3 – 4-H dairy present

3 – Watermelon consuming contest

3:30-5:30 – Billups Balloon Benders

5 – 4-H swine present

5-8 – Live music by Wendinger Band

7 – Races on the grandstand

8-Midnight – Music bingo

Friday

8:30-10 a.m – FFA tractor driving demo

8:30 – 4-H rabbit present

9:30 – 4-H poultry present

10:30 – 4-H beef present

Noon – Kids’ corn gap event

1-9 p.m. – Bounce Around inflatables and video games

1-8 p.m. – Tractor pull

2-6 – Face portray with Ms. Chevious

2:30-4:30 – Billups Balloon Benders

4 – 4-H lamb lead and sheep present

5:30 – Lego constructing contest

5:30-7 – Cattlemen’s meal

8-Midnight – Live music by RHINO

Saturday

8 a.m. – Farmers’ Share pancake breakfast

9 – 4-H ribbon public sale

11 – 4-H senior showmanship

1 p.m. – Corn gap event

1-9 p.m. – Bounce Around inflatables and video games

1 – Ag Olympics

2 – Pedal tractor pull

2:30 – 4-H style revue

2:30 – Small animal present

4-7 – Live music by Kayla Daniels

7 – Baja races on the grandstand

8-Midnight – Live music by Roxbury