Dairy Days 2010 & Mascot Dance Off!

Being brand new in Meridian and furthermore in Ada County, IDADIV has a lot of firsts. One of our firsts was that it is our first year participating in Dairy Days and boy was it fun! This year we sponsored the Kid’s Corral. The Kid’s Corral was a fun booth where kids and teens could come by and make beaded bracelets or color. We also had our first entry in the Cow Wow Art Contest and this year we had “Moo”Lah from Money University. Another great event (and my favorite one) from Dairy Days was the Mascot Dance Off. Mascots from all over came together and had a little competition to see who had the best ‘moo’ves. This year’s contest included our very own Pee Wee, Texas Roadhouse Armadillo, Red from Red Robin, Humphrey the Hawk from the Boise Hawks and a few others.  Here are some pictures from this year’s Dairy Days, Cow Wow Art, and a Dance Off Video of Pee Wee. Enjoy!

Pee Wee Vs. Humphrey Hawk

Pee Wee Rockin’ Out!

Kids making bracelets in the Kid Corral

Chance helping the kids get started.

Pee Wee, Humphrey, & Red

Our entry for Cow Wow Art Contest, “Moo”lah from Money University!

Pee Wee & Brandi

Left to Right: Jo, Deb, Chance, Terry, Jill

Dairy Days and Cow-Wow! Contest

Every year at this time many things tell us that a new season is upon us. The weather starts getting warmer and town celebrations are underway. Emmett has the Emmett Cherry Festival, Star has Star’s Hometown Celebration, and Meridian has the Meridian Dairy Days.

This year’s Meridian Dairy Days runs from June 14^th through the 19^th and has all sorts of events for the whole family.

One event is Cow Wow Art Contest that is presented by the United Dairymen of Idaho.  What is the Cow Wow Art Contest you ask? Well the Cow Wow Art Contest is a contest where Meridian businesses, groups and individuals decorate plywood cows to show off their creativity and vie for prizes. Prizes are awarded for Most Creative, Theme, Best of Herd, Largest Herd, and The People’s Choice Award.

The Meridian Chamber chooses a theme each year and all the cows need to reflect this theme in some way. This year’s theme is Moo-scots, and IDADIV would like to introduce you to our very own Maribelle.

This year Maribelle will be dressed up as “Moo”Lah from Money University.  Come and stop by Storey Park and vote for your favorite cow and while you’re there stop by the Kids Corral which we are pleased to announce that IDADIV is sponsoring this year!

~Chance

Here are some other pictures of “the process of creating Maribelle”

Since the contest doesn’t officially start until Monday, we don’t want to give away all our secrets just yet.  Be sure to check back next week for updated pictures!