The annual Thresher-man's Show and Seniors Festival has been celebrating our rural history for 55 years.
Happening at the Yorkton Western Development Museum over the long weekend this year's event featured a variety of agricultural demonstrations and exhibits, including threshing, plowing and blacksmithing. The event used equipement and methods from before and during the time when machinery was first introduced to the farm, with a wide variety of antique equipment, both from the museum's own collection and private collectors.
Susan Mandziuk with the Thresherman's Show says that the Thresherman's Club and the East Central Seniors have put in a lot of hard work to make the event a success every year. She adds that the 2010 show's acheivement is an example of the hard work everyone has put into it.
"Everything has gone off quite well, and the weather has cooperated, so we're happy... Everyone's safe, and we look forward to everyone enjoying what we put on," Mandziuk says.
This year, one of the themes was what happens during seeding, with exhibits exploring how seeding has changed throughout the years.
"There was something for the kids, something for the seniors, and something for people who wanted to explore the history," Mandziuk notes.
One of the goals is to get kids involved, Mandiuk emphasizes, and many events are geared towards children's games, exhibits and events to make history alive for them.
"I think it's very beneficial for our children to know how hard our pioneers worked to make the province what it is today," she concludes.
