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To be Dedicated
The silo placed next to the Brunn Barn on the Woodstock Fairgrounds will be dedicated on July 17. Linda Lemmon photo.
WOODSTOCK --- It’s been a dream of Harold Foskett’s, a dream that has been realized in an unlikely place, on the grounds of the Woodstock Fair.
“My stepson, Russ, and I wanted to start an antique farm equipment museum years ago,” Foskett said.
But the realities of opening a museum, both physically and financially, can be taxing and Foskett’s dream had to be put on the backburner until the turn of this century. In 2000, a committee was designated by the Woodstock Agricultural Society, with Foskett as the chairman, to find an early 20th century barn and recreate it in all its glory on the site of the Woodstock Fair. That became reality on Labor Day weekend in 2005 with the opening of the Brunn Barn.
At 6:30 p.m. July 17, the newest addition to what has become an agricultural museum will be dedicated; a 24-foot tall, 12-foot wide silo that was moved from its former home on Joy Road in Woodstock to the Fairgrounds last October 7. The dedication ceremony will honor Bob and Myra Anderson for the contribution of the silo. Everyone is welcome to the dedication which will include a brief speaking program with refreshments to follow.
The silo, which is thought to have been built in the 1940’s, now stands proudly aside the Brunn Barn on the Fairgrounds.
“It’s a dream come true,” Foskett said of the growing museum on the Fairgrounds. “Working on the Brunn Barn museum has been an honor and a privilege.”
Other members of the Brunn Barn committee include Scott Horanzy, George Looby, William Moseley, Calvin Neely and Dexter Young.
Foskett is hopeful that those who attend this year’s Woodstock Fair, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, will be able to see what a silo is actually used for as the plan is to blow corn into the structure at different times during the Fair. The addition of the silo is not the last project of the committee. Foskett said they are still investigating other ideas including adding a chicken coop that may function as a library for the museum and possibly a milk room.
Fairgoers this year not only can tour the barn and view the silo, but can also enjoy other attractions surrounding the Brunn Barn. Foskett said there will be 80-to-100 antique tractors on display as well as up to a dozen antique trucks, over 50 antique cars and working gasoline engines.
In addition, blacksmith Steve Yawes from Pottersville, R.I., will put on four exhibitions per day, with his unique brand of humor included, and there will be a baler demonstration three times per day during the course of the four-day Woodstock Fair.
General admission to The Woodstock Fair on Labor Day weekend is $12, senior citizens $8, under 10-years-old free. Parking at the Woodstock Fair is $5. In addition to the Main and South Stage entertainment, featuring Bachman-Turner, Easton Corbin, Tony Orlando and Livingston Taylor, the Woodstock Fair offers a wide array of agricultural exhibits from animals to foods and crafts, animal and farm equipment competitions, a birthing center, carnival rides by Fiesta Shows and a wide variety of food that can be found nowhere else. For more information, call (860) 928-3246 or go online at Woodstockfair.com.