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16                                   THE BRANDON SUN • ROYAL MANITOBA WINTER FAIR • MARCH 25-30, 2019
           Winter Fair a Brandon tradition




          BY CHELSEA KEMP
            Showcasing talented horses
          and their riders, crazy clowns,
          dashing dogs, flying fiddles
          and everything in between,
          the Royal Manitoba  Winter
          Fair has a little something for
          everyone.
            With the final details set
          into place, the 112th annual
          Winter Fair will be heading to
          the  Keystone Centre  lighting
          up Brandon for six days in
          March, Provincial Exhibition
          of Manitoba general manager
          Ron Kristjansson said.
            “It’s looking  to  just be  a
          great lineup this year,” he said.
            Festivities kick off with the
          Sunrise Breakfast  on  March
          25. For $5, guests can enjoy
          breakfast and a day at the fair.
            One    of   Kristjansson’s
          favourite parts of the event
          is seeing the smiling faces
          of people as they enter the   Kids watch a performance at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair at the Keystone Centre last year. (File)
          fairgrounds.               people count down to the six-
            “It’s community pride, it’s   day extravaganza. The Winter
          history and it’s heritage,” he   Fair will see an estimated
          said.                      100,000 visits over the course
            The  Winter Fair has been   of the week.
          a staple in the community for
          more than a century, and many        » Continued on Page 17
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