Royal Manitoba Winter Fair

4 THE BRANDON SUN • WINTER FAIR • MARCH 2022 We are so excited to bring to you the 2022 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. We are looking forward to hosting you March 28, 2022 to April 2, 2022. The Royal will be the first major fair or exhibition in Manitoba since March 2020. This event will be different. You have a different attitude toward your personal space and health. We are following Manitoba Health Public Health orders as they will be in place as of our fair week. We are confident you will join us at our event being respectful and understanding of in- dividual preferences while in public. We have a great line of equestrian events lined up. We will have one of our largest heavy horse entry fields that we have had in years. We are pleased to have Wawanesa Insurance as our anchor sponsor for both our Monday Gambler's Choice and the Saturday Grand Prix. We thank our many horse event sponsors, Tim Hortons, The Brandon Sun, the Government of Manitoba, Prairie Dodge Dealers, Atco Rent- als, and RBC Canada are a number of our major sponsors. We thank the dozens or other sponsors that fill a critical role in making it possible for the Provincial Exhibition of Manito- ba to bring the 2022 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair to you our patrons, ex- hibitors and sponsors. Horse shows and competitions are only a part of the week-long show we put on. Brandon University and Manitoba Credit Unions sponsor en- tertainment and event for Family & Kids day. We are happy to announce Tom Bishop's Wild West Show & Fu- sion Credit Union Woof Jocks as headline entertainers in the Amphi- theatre on the Manitoba Hydro Stage for these days. Our fair would not be complete without Doodles and we are happy to announce Doodles is back with his AMAZING entertainment. We are happy to announce the Woof Jocks dog demonstration team sponsored by Fusion Credit Union will enter- tain you in the main arena and the Ag Education stage. We have a full schedule on the Ag Education stage with dog, horse, cattle, and bison demonstrations. Thank you to TD Canada Trust For their continued sponsorship of this stage. Our cattle shows and sales are back, while the youth in the show are working, do not be afraid to ask them questions, they are great am- bassadors for the beef industry. Our Royal Farm Yard has many industry groups back. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is one of the few places in Canada where you can see a ful- ly functional dairy, chicken layer, or chicken broiler facility. Please come and enjoy this opportunity to learn about the industry that continues to keep each of us fed. The primary agriculture industry in Manitoba has continued to be dil- igent through COVID to ensure each one of us has access to good safe food. Use this opportunity to thank each producer for their work to keep our food supply available and safe, especially these last two years. Please note that the petting zoo sponsored by Westoba Credit Union will have a different look this year as the health and safety of you and the animals has increased importance. One of the differences this year is that the Royal Manitoba Win- ter Fair will not have access to the entire Keystone Centre facility. As Manitoba transitions out of the pandemic mode the fair will not be using the Manitoba and UCT rooms. We ask you to be aware of directional signage as parts of the event are in different places. Our main tradeshow room for 2022 will be the MNP hall. Welcome to the 2022 Royal Mani- toba Winter Fair. Join us 7 a.m. Mon- day March 28, 2022 for the Sunrise Breakfast at the Dome Building. Breakfast will be great. We will also kick off the day with some of our entertainers — the show starts at 10 a.m. in the Keystone Cen- tre on Monday March 28, 2022. Let's Make this Fair the best fair to remember. Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Co-Chairs Clint Swain & Wayne Buhr Greetings from the 2022 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Co-Chairs Royal Manitoba Winter Fair co-chairs Wayne Buhr, left, and Clint Swain.

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