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Steamboat Springs — Halle Hamilton, 6, doesn’t remember the Sonny and Cher television show, but she’s learned a few of Cher’s moves anyway.

“I watched Sonny and Cher on YouTube,” she said Friday at the Routt County Fair.

Hamilton and her border collie, Colt, also 6 and too young to remember Sonny Bono, had just wrapped up the grand champion ribbon in the Dress Your Animal contest.

It didn’t hurt that Halle had learned to mimic Cher by placing her right thumb under long black tresses and casually flip them over her shoulder before fixing Sonny, er, Colt with an impatient look.

All that remained was to persuade Colt to put on a brightly printed vest (the real Sonny Bono wore a shaggy caveman vest, if I’m not mistaken) and rehearse “I got you, Babe.”

“They say we’re young and we don’t know,

We won’t find out until we grow,

Well I don’t know if all that’s true,

Cause you got me, and baby I got you…”

Dog, I got you dog.

Lauren Ehrlich, 8, turned to the classics for inspiration in the Dress Your Animal contest. Not classic as in classic rock, but classic as in Greek mythology. Lauren’s male sheep played Apollo, the Greek God of music and healing, and she portrayed his sister, Artemis.

Where did that come from?

“We studied Greek mythology in school,” Lauren said.

As everyone recalls from third grade, Artemis was the goddess of the hunt.

Which led a reporter to ask Artemis why she was wearing cowgirl boots instead of sandals in the show ring on Friday.

“I do have sandals, but I was afraid (Apollo) would step on my toes,” came the reply.

And the beat goes on.

County fair special awards

■ Most outstanding exhibits

Superintendents award: Troy Allen

Best of Wool award: Bonnie Madderson

Outstanding Animal Fiber exhibit: Carthy Borland

Outstanding Crop award:

Youth: Shelby Archuleta

Adult: Mike Lang

Senior: Walt and Ann Trout

■ Judges awards

Flowers: Jackie Grimaldi

Needlework: Betty Kuntz

Canned goods: Colleen Hilling

Crafts: Robert Moore

Clothing: Barbara Cannizzo

Baked goods: Horizons Specialized Services

Art: Tracie Temple

Photography: Tessa Lindahl

Quilts: Theresa Rankin

■ Quilting awards

Colorado Quilt Council Award of Excellence: Jackie Grimaldi

Colorado Quilt Council First Time award: Theresa Rankin

■ Home canning awards

Fruits

1. Linda Long

2. Marguerite Anderson

Vegetables

1. Marguerite Anderson

2. Linda Long

Pickles

1. Barb Tuchlinsky

2. Eileen Grover

Soft spread

1. Youth: Rachel Rolando

■ Hay contest results

Alfalfa

1. Susan Hart

2. Tim Appel

Grass/Hay

1. Shawn Warrant

2. Susan Hart

3. Frosty Acres Ranch

County fair schedule

OA: Outdoor Arena

MPB: Multipurpose Building

EX: Exhibit Hall

F: Field

SAB: Small Animal Barn

T: Track

DC: Dry Creek Park

■ Today

8 a.m. Exhibit Hall opens

8:30 a.m. Roping (OA)

10 a.m. Lion’s Club Parade, downtown Hayden

10 a.m. Bev Mason Memorial Carriage Show (Dry Creek)

11 a.m. DeLine Land and Cattle Co./North Forty Fencing mutton bustin’ (T)

11:30 a.m. NWCC open gymkhana (OA)

Noon. Forster Trucking/Tuff Enuff Rodeo calf/bull riding (OA)

Noon. Community Agricultural Alliance horse shoe pitching contest (F)

Noon. 4H/FFA round robin showmanship (MPB)

3 p.m. 4-H Presale/Bobby Robinson Memorial Barbecue (F)

5 p.m. Junior livestock sale (MPB)

8:30 p.m. to midnight. Barn dance with live music by Dokajovi (F)

■ Sunday

8 a.m. Exhibit Hall opens

9 a.m. Pretty baby contest (EX)

9 a.m. Chuck Fulton Memorial Open Draft Horse Contest (OA)

10 a.m. Team pull auction (T)

10 a.m. Mayor's Brownie Contest and Commissioners’ Cookie Basket Contest (EX)

10 a.m. Coloring contest judging (EX)

10:15 a.m. Flat Tops Ranch Supply team pull competition, immediately following the draft horse contest (T)

1:15 p.m. Ranch rodeo team auction (T)

1:30 p.m. Mountain Valley Bank ranch rodeo (OA)

1:30 p.m. Forster Trucking/Tuff Enuff rodeo calf/bull riding (OA)

2 p.m. DeLine Land and Cattle Co./North Forty Fencing mutton bustin’ (T)

2 to 6 p.m. Open class payout, home arts exhibits released (EX)

3 p.m. Adopt-a-pig, immediately following ranch rodeo, pre-entry required