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Meet Sam Dethrow, 2024 Senior Talent Contest Winner
Sam Dethrow was the final act in our Talent Contest, but her theatrical vocal performance to “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from the award-winning musical, Funny Girl, was one to remember. Sam’s expressive performance showed off both her vocal range and acting ability and highlighted that the stage is home for Sam. While she’s always enjoyed […]
Meet Abigail Grace, 2024 Junior Talent Content Winner
Abigail Grace, a nine year old McHenry County local, won over the audience and judges and had everyone clapping along with her upbeat vocal performance of “Wild Flowers & Wild Horses” by Lainey Wilson. Now she’s taking her performance to Springfield, IL to compete in the Illinois State Junior Talent Contest. Abigail began singing when she […]
Experience the Artwork of Mollianne K.
Mollianne K is one of our “Best in Show” Junior Art winners for the 2024 McHenry County Fair. However, her art career started much earlier. Mollianne was born into a creative home, where art is a passion shared by her mother and younger sister. She has loved drawing for as long as she can remember, and […]
Meet Legacy Brothers: Ben & Braden Wittum
Meet the Wittum brothers! Ben and Braden are a couple of our steer and swine exhibitionists with each of them competing since they were eight years old thanks to the encouragement of their mother and grandfather. However, these brothers are no strangers to livestock exhibitions. The boys have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and great grandparents who have […]
Meet Ella! Dairy Exhibitor
Meet Ella! She is 18 years old, from Marengo, and one of the McHenry County Fair’s dairy cattle exhibitor. Ella is easy to spot at a dairy cattle exhibition. She’s the blonde with a cow and smile that goes ear to ear. The joy she gets from showing her cattle is obvious and makes it no […]
Meet Wyatt! Swine, Steer, & Sheep Exhibitor
Meet Wyatt! Wyatt is one of our swine exhibitors. He thanks his dad for getting him into competing in livestock shows and got him his first pig 11 years ago. Wyatt has spent most of that time showing x-breed swine and competes in the junior, open, and 4-H swine exhibitions at the McHenry County Fair.But that’s […]
Meet Cory! Photography & Garden Exhibitor
Meet Cory! You might recognize the young man standing next to her. That’s her son Riley that we featured last month. Him and his sister have entered the fair’s exhibitions for the past nine years, but five year’s ago Cory finally decided to enter too! This year Cory entered her hot peppers in Grains, Veggies & Fruits, […]
Meet Riley! A “Best in Show” Exhibition Winner!
Riley is one of our Crafts & Needlework winners! His wooden cutting board earned him a Best in Show in woodworking, plus multiple first place ribbons for his additional entries. This is Riley’s 9th year competing at the McHenry County Fair. He’s been competing since he joined 4H, where he was encouraged to enter the Junior […]
Meet Your 2024 Food Show Winners!
Meet Steve! At 3 years old he’s our youngest Food’s entry and in our “Little Chefs” category. He shared his top secret chocolate chip 🍪 recipe from his fresh off the press cookbook. Meet Shiloh! She is one of our Jr. Foods winners. She wowed the judges with her “Yeast Bread” entry and took home […]