11 October 2010

Alberta Children benefit from Pumpkins & Percherons




Pictures & Story by Larry

It was all hands on deck for the annual Pumpkin Festival at the Blue Grass Nursery and Sod Farm near Balzac.  The gig started with an appearance for Blue Grass on the morning show of Global TV which meant mustering at 07:00.  Once the TV appearance was complete, the horses were unhooked and had a rest period until the guests started arriving at 11:00.

The morning show feature was successful and together with balmy fall weather attracted a steady stream of cars to the gate.  The gate admission and 10% of everything sold by Blue Grass was donated to the Alberta Children's Hospital.

Features of the day included the horse drawn wagon rides, the petting zoo, baked goods and market garden items from Fairview Colony [our Hutterite neighbours], Alberta BBQ, face painting, pumpkin carving and the giant pumpkin drop.

By 13:30 hrs all the parking lots were full and cars were being parked along the service road as well as back in the construction area.  Thousands attended and contributed to the cause. 

Jason, Val, Eathan and Levi Bexson along with Kacey Ferguson crewed the Percheron horses from Legacy Stables and wagon from Paradigm Corporation.  Here are some of the pictures:


07:30 Hrs - the Big Boys hooked, waiting for Global, holding onto Tim's for dear life!


Lookin' good first thing in the morning



Still waiting, thought we might as well take a promotional picture for Highway Services the Case dealer next door.



Local TV celebrity, Astrid Kuhn, shoots a horse segment for Global TV's breakfast show.  It was worth the wait and brought hundreds out to the event!



Setting up for the Pumpkin festival's main attraction - the pumpkin drop!   What does 700lbs of pumpkin landing on a car look like??

  

Pumpkin released with pyrotechnical pizzaz! These guys did a great job.



Pumpkin landed!  Car flattened!  Pieces of pumpkin everywhere!



15:45 hrs - Everybody tired, mission accomplished, client happy!

1 comment:

J Wideman said...

Looks like a fun time Uncle Larry :) The horses and wagon are beautiful