Angels Camp, CA... Harmony Ranch BBQ and Barn Dance June 29 - Get Your Tickets Now!
Over $300k Raised at Fair Livestock Auction for 2013
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/09/2013 06:39 PM
Frogtown, CA...In another great display of community support and work ethic of our youth. The 2013 Calaveras County Fair Livestock Auction raised over 300k. We finally have over two hours of video from the event and photos as well. Great job and congratulations everyone!!!
"Reggae in the Hills" Music, Illumination & Arts Festival This Weedend at Frogtown!!
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/07/2013 10:50 AM
Frogtown, USA....3 Days & 3 Nights of Live Music and Visual Art with Steel Pulse, Capleton, Inner Circle, Ky-Mani Marley, Anuhea & many more. June 7th-9th 2013. Fire Dancers, Misting Areas, Camping, Vendors, Incredible Production, Sound & Lighting! Best way to Describe the 2013 "Reggae in the Hills" Music, Illumination & Arts Festival is "BurningMan Meets Reggae" Taking Place June 7-9 at the Luscious Grounds of Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp, California. https://www.facebook.com/reggaeinthehills
Angels Camp, CA...Local Amateur photographer Kate Shanley took these geat photos on Friday night at this year's Fair and Frog Jump. Thank You Kate for sending them in!!!
Out and About at the 2013 Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/31/2013 11:08 PM
Frogtown, CA....During the fair we tried to post as many photos and articles as we could as May comes to a close however we thought we would post the last batches of photos from this year. It was a great fair. Attendence ticked up just a bit from last year and the youth livestock auction brought in a stunning amount of over $300k again this year. Many years it is the second largest grossing youth auction after the State Fair...
The 2013 Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee Ribbbon Cutting, Tower Family and Veterans Quilts
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/21/2013 01:38 PM
Angels Camp, CA....The Tower Family was honored for their contributions at the ribbon cutting ceremony to get the fair officially underway on Thursday. Local veterans were also honored with quilts. We have video and photos from Lydia Stafford as well....
Photos Starting to Go Up....Frog Jump Finals Video and Photos
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/20/2013 06:08 PM
Angels Camp, CA...(Update We now have the complete Frog Jump Finals Video posted below. Over two hours) No it isn't a typo we shot over 1,000 frames at the Frog Jump Finals. The shots show how committed the jockeys are to spur the frogs on to greatness. And yes they are launching themselves towards the frogs on cement with just a bit of indoor outdoor carpet. Many, many, many duplicates as at the finals we usually shoot in bursts to get a few shots of each contestant and jump. The ones below have been cropped and we will be cropping and editing down many more for publicly acceptable shots. We have uploaded these at a 1024 x 768 resolution so if you were an entrant you will have a little larger image to play with for your own amusement...
Join Us Live for the 2013 Calaveras County Frog Jump Finals (Update Riley Kitchell Wins with a 20' 10" Jump)
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/19/2013 02:40 PM
Angels Camp, CA...(Update Riley Kitchell jockeying "SHHH! Don't Tell Morgan" takes the 2013 Frog Jump Finals with a jump of 20' 10". If that name sounds familiar it should as Riley Kitchell is the son of last year's winner Laura Kitchell. Laura also took second in this year's jump with a 19' 4" jump with "Slip Sliding Away", Caitlin Kitchell with "Das Tater Nater" hopped into third for an all Kitchell top three!! Lisa Fasano with "Green Frogs and Ham" hopped into the forth spot. It was the first win for the Foothill Froggers. Great job everyone!!! Lots of photos and video to come!!) The Celebrated Jumping Frogs of Calaveras County will take center stage for the Frog Jump Finals in a contest that made Calaveras County famous with Mark Twains story. Will "Rosie the Ribiter's" record jump of 21ft 5 3/4inches hold for another year. Last year's winner Laura Kitchell had a jump of over 21ft in qualifying so we will see what she can bring to the final!! We will be webcasting and also recording the finals with a separate camera for replay as well. We would like to thank our sponsors! Mark Twain Medical Center, Golden State Cellular, H-Star Wireless, Middleton's, Petroglyph Gallery, Cave and Mine Adventures and more...
Chelsea Ruthrauff is The 2013 Miss Calaveras. Now With All Pageant Photos & Video
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/18/2013 11:46 AM
Angels Camp, CA...The 2013 Miss Calaveras Pageant filled the stands to watch 10 young ladies vie for the coveted title. They join in the long tradition of pageant at a County Fair that stretches it's own lineage back to the Gold Rush. Chelsea Ruthrauff, Amanda Carlin, Shannon Hummel, Amanda Sheehan, Julia Weist, Shelby Reese, Nicole Huddy,and Amanda Norwood, Carleigh Bates and Jamie Lee Gehrmann were the contestants. Chelsea Ruthrauff is the 2013 Miss Calaveras with Nicole Huddy as first runner up, and Shelby Reese as second runner up. In our little corner of the world this show is a Big Deal every year. The local cable channel sends a mufti-camera crew and records the entire show for later rebroadcast. from Frogtown. We again this year pushed the show out with a webcast and recorded it with a second camera for playback. Lydia Stafford captured the event masterfully with her lens with over 300 photos in all. We would like to thank Sissy's Bella Salon, Small Town Girl an Bling in Murphys for sponsoring coverage of the 2013 Miss Calaveras Pageant.
There will be over 300 photos in the slideshow from Lydia Stafford (A former Miss Calaveras) Full video replay is enclosed...
