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....
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...
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...
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...
Kids 12 and under are Free Thursday and Friday at The Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/15/2013 01:13 PM
Frogtown, USA....The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee offers free admission for children who are 12 and under on Thursday and Friday of the Jubilee. Adults are only $8. There is free family entertainment such as Safari Sadi's Farmtastic Adventure, Doctor Solar's Show and Harmony in Motion...
Lindy Winkler and "Boot Scootn Croaker" Take the Government Frog Jump
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/15/2013 10:20 AM
San Andreas, CA...The Calaveras County Government Frog Jump Hopped into the record books on May 7th with the Assessors Office taking the win and going 1-2 this year. The Government Jump is a sanctioned jump and the winner is automatically qualified for the Frog Jump Finals this Sunday. Lindy Winkler took top honors Jockeying "Boot Scootn' Croaker"with a 13'9" jump. Adriane Parris, last years winner slipped a notch with a 11'9" jump jockeying "Toadly Awesome". The Library Hopped Strong with a 11'3" Jump for Marcia Thompson and "Icky Sticky"...
Save Money on Fair Carnival Wristbands and Admission Tickets!
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 05/14/2013 08:59 PM
Angels Camp, CA...Gold Miner Save money on Carnival Wristbands and Admission Tickets! The Calaveras County Fair is selling discount Admission, Barrel of Monkeez and Carnival tickets on line. You can also purchase advance tickets at the Fair office next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. To purchase tickets online visit frogtown.org.
Junior Miss Calaveras Crowned, Jr. Frog Jump Winners Announced
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/14/2013 10:24 PM
Angels Camp, CA... The Junior Miss Calaveras Pageant and Junior Frog Jump were held concurrently on Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Altaville Melones Fire District station in Angels Camp....
Angels Camp, CA... Apple Pie Eating Contest and more...
