Fair Board to assist with Grayson Christmas Tree

The search is on for a big old spruce tree (or another full fir of some sort) to serve as the Grayson Christmas Tree. You'll recall that some of those trees in the past were whoppers! "Bruce the Spruce" shown in the photos was nearly 35 feet in height. While a tree doesn't have to be that big -- this is one time when size DOES matter.

If you have a fir tree that has outgrown your yard or have one on your farm that would be perfect -- we would like to give it a new purpose and make it the centerpiece of downtown activities for the holidays. Give Jill a call at 606-474-7263 with the details about the location and size and such. Now, that tree you call about... it actually needs to belong to you. No fair offering up trees that belong to other folk. Santa Claus would never approve of such behavior.

Put the Corn Maze in the record books

What an amazing season at the fairgrounds! Great festivals, super fairs, spectacular fireworks and then -- the big bad corn maze. The final visitors made their way through the maze at around 11:00 pm on Nov. 1st. That marked the last of the Haunted Maze and after a few hours of sleep -- the FFA and Fair Board was back on the grounds cleaning up and gathering up all the materials that were used for this seven-week project.

All in all, the maze was a great success. Literally thousands of people toured the field and enjoyed the great family-oriented fun in a beautiful fall setting. If you were one of them, we hope you signed our "guest book" that was at the ticket counter and that you left us a comment or two about your maze experience. Maybe you were a brave soul who ventured through on the Haunted Nights and would like to make a suggestion or leave a compliment.

We need feedback! Take the Corn Maze poll...

If you will look to the column at the left, you will get the chance to rate different parts of the project for the organizers. We learned a lot from our first season in the maze, pumpklin and spooky maze business and if we choose to build another maze, you can bet we'll make it even better. Please, share your thoughts with us. Thanks in advance for your help!