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Today’s Highlights
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Daredevil Frenzy at Monster Truck Show
Ramps, wheelies and doughnuts, oh my! Five oversized trucks fill the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand today for the Monster Truck Nationals, presented by Lucas Oil.
Standing more than 11 feet off the ground, these giant trucks compete in elimination style side-by-side drag races, wheelie shoot-outs and free-style contests where audience members choose the winner. In between heats, Transauraus, a 35,000 pound, fire-breathing dinosaur, thrills audiences as it crushes everything in its path.
Today’s competition is part of a 15 show national series with two shows that begin at 1 and 7 p.m. Admission is $5.
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After winning the Indiana State Fair Band Day title for the second year in a row, Winchester Community High School can again call itself “Indiana’s Best Band.” This is Winchester’s third Band Day championship overall.
Winchester’s show entitled “If It Is To Be…It Is Up To Me” also won first place in the preliminary class awards for Class AAA, the toughest class at Band Day.
“It feels so awesome to win it again,” sophomore Kolt Halcomb said. “I’m so happy I can’t even put it into words.”
Winchester students credit the band’s success to their director, Douglas Fletcher. With 12 championships at four different schools between 1989 and 2012, Fletcher holds the record for the most Band Day wins by an individual.
“I am so proud of this group, but I know we wouldn’t be here without Mr. Fletcher,” sophomore Lane Honeycutt said. “He pushes us to be the best and he inspires us to leave a legacy at our school.”
Muncie Southside finished second and Richmond, last year’s runner-up, finished third. Here is the complete order of finish for tonight’s “Sweet 16”:
(Photo: Richmond High School)
Boar weighs in at 1,303 pounds
In his third appearance at the Indiana State Fair’s World’s Largest Male Hog Contest, Tickle Me Elmo III tipped the scales at 1,303 pounds, winning the competition by a margin of 343 pounds.
Owner Cory Patton, 22, of Sellersburg, Ind., won the competition with Tickle Me Elmo in 2010, finished in second place in 2011 and earned a another first-place award this year. Tickle Me Elmo is four-and-a-half years old.
“I’ve been showing pigs since I was five or six years old,” Patton said. “I have a lot of fun with it.”
Patton’s competition was Jay Rulon of Arcadia, Ind. His boar, Zeus XL, weighed in at 960 pounds.
Guests can visit Tickle Me Elmo at the north entrance of the Swine Barn during the fair.
(Photo: Cory Patton (right) guides Tickle Me Elmo to the scale.)
311, Slightly Stoopid and The Aggrolites are playing at The Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park in Indianapolis on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 7PM.
Tickets are $27.00 , plus service fees, and can be purchased at LiveNation.com.
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Would you like to go see 311 for FREE courtesy of Live Nation?
To enter please fill out the form below or e-mail us with your full name,valid e-mail address by 9:59pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 and one (1) lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a pair of tickets.
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Today’s Highlights
Indiana Marching Bands Fight for Bragging Rights
Today one of the State Fair’s longest running traditions, the 66th annual Marsh Band Day Competition, features 45 high school marching bands from all over the state. Each school brings new music, costumes and choreography to the Hoosier Lottery Grand- stand in hopes that their countless hours of practice will pay-off.
During the morning session starting at 9 a.m., 8 judges will cri- tique the bands based on music, visual execution and general ef- fect. The top scoring bands will earn a spot in the “Sweet 16” and battle for the title of “Indiana’s Best Band” in the finals at 8 p.m.
Last year’s champion, Winchester Community High School, hopes to claim the title again with their show “If It Is To Be…It Is Up To Me!” with Director Douglass R. Fletcher, who holds the record for the most Indiana State Fair Band Day titles, with nine wins.
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Would you like to attend the 2012 Indiana State Fair Tickets for FREE courtesy of the Indiana State Fair?
We have five pairs of tickets to giveaway to the 2012 Indiana State Fair, which runs August 3-19.
To enter please fill out the form below or e-mail us with your full name,valid e-mail address by 11:59pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012 and five (5) lucky winners will be chosen at random to receive a pair of tickets.
Your information is confidential and will only be used for contacting the winner and for prize fulfillment purposes.
This Contest Has Ended
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The winner will be notified by Monday, August 6, 2012 via e-mail.