The Gilbert Plains Grand View Ag Society Fair and Rodeo made its much-anticipated return to Gilbert Plains this weekend, and the weather was nearly perfect. After a few years off because of the pandemic, President Kevin Boese said there were definitely some concerns.
"We had a little bit of a shower come through on Sunday but the stands were full on Saturday and almost full on Sunday so it was a wonderful weekend, everything went very smoothly." said Boese, "We were a little bit concerned if we remembered everything from not having a fair for the last three years, but everything went off without a hitch."
Boese said the parade was a huge hit on Saturday as well, with lots of great floats, and they couldn't have done any of it without all their great volunteers.
"Just a huge thank you to all the volunteers that came out and helped us. Everybody stepped right up." said Boese, "and also a huge thank you to all of the sponsors, the sponsorship money that we get from the great group of sponsors we have in the Parkland area, without them and without the volunteers, none of this is possible."
