{"id":5053,"date":"2011-10-03T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2011-10-03T09:46:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:46:05","slug":"denim-diamonds-kicks-off-successful-fair-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5053","title":{"rendered":"Denim &#038; Diamonds kicks off successful fair weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5059\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5059 \" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"UFair-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-1-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle Chamberlain, Bonnie Musser and Denim &amp; Diamonds co-chair, Liz Brown enjoy a moment during Thursday night&#39;s dinner event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Fundraiser dinner gets Unionville Fair off to excellent start<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It takes a village&#8230;to make a party!&#8221; according to Alison Frey, along with Liz Brown and Berta Raines, Denim and Diamonds co-chairs.<\/p>\n<p>The third annual fundraiser dinner, held last Thursday evening at the Red Barn on the grounds behind Landhope Farms, went off without a &#8220;hitch&#8221; and ended up raising thousands of dollars to help support the Unionville Community Fair.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5057\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5057 \" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"UFair-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-3-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carol Apicella and Denim &amp; Diamonds co-chair, Alison Frey.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The highlight of the evening occurred when Special Advisor to the Governor, PA Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Boots Hetherington presented the Fair Ambassador award to Bonnie Musser. Musser was recognized for her endless dedication and for donating countless volunteer hours to the fair. She also played a large part in the fair&#8217;s resurgence in popularity over the past four years &#8211; since moving to its new home on the grounds of the prestigious Willowdale Steeplechase. She said she was very surprised to receive the award and admitted, &#8220;for the first time in my life, I was speechless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5055\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5055\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5055 \" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"UFair-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/UFair-2-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silent auction items on display during the Denin &amp; Diamonds event, kicking off the Unionville Fair.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>About 80 guests dined among more than 3500 exhibit entries and were the first to view the 2011 blue ribbon winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundraiser dinner gets Unionville Fair off to excellent start &#8220;It takes a village&#8230;to make a party!&#8221; according to Alison Frey, along with Liz Brown and Berta Raines, Denim and Diamonds co-chairs. 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