Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 10:7.mp3 Air date: 2026-10-07 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 26.8 MB to 5.4 MB --- transcript --- Ring, ring, goes the bell I'm talking county fair, I'm talking draft horse, I'm talking Cornish Christmas This is what I think is one of the sweetest things to be involved with and have a kind of ownership on It's a wonderful event It really is and it's such a long standing tradition I'm just so proud to be part of it But it's been going on for more than 50 years And what's so nice about it is that it builds on that tradition And in fact, Pat Kobler, who was one of the original founders, is still involved in it So we stay true to the tradition and yet it evolves We add new things every year and it's a little bit different over time But it's different but the same too It's probably become even more important You know, it's kind of funny because you and I were just talking, my kids are 42 and 40 They went as little kids They didn't have, obviously, phones, maybe digital devices But things were changing I think there were... Pat, what was happening? VHS tapes, maybe? And movies to watch on TV Became like babysitters But this is back to old-fashioned type of fun Yeah, it really is There's nothing here that's digital No iPads, except my own of course Because I have to keep track of who goes where But for the kids, it's good old-fashioned fun Lots of arts and crafts Activities that give the kids a little bit of exercise We've got Dungeons and Dragons We've got live action role play Painting the castle All sorts of things What my kids still talk about Because when you're a little kid, it looks massive over there in Pioneer Park This castle gets built every year, right? It does It used to get built every year out of cardboard Out of refrigerator boxes and that kind of thing And that was really difficult and time-consuming So a friend of mine built a plywood castle during COVID So it's made out of sheets of plywood that we can put together And take apart every year So it goes up surprisingly fast I think they get it up within an hour, hour and a half or so But it takes a lot of muscle to do it too It takes a whole team of people to get that up But now the castle is even bigger than the old refrigerator box castle It's like 800 square feet with a maze inside So the kids can paint it inside and out We were talking about volunteers That's always a need going into this event It sounds like you're pretty good on volunteers But just since we're talking about the castle We need some help getting that thing down at the end of the event as well Yeah, we do We have quite a team of people that come in on Friday night Before the festival on Saturday and put it up We don't have a lot of people that have signed up To help us take it down on Sunday morning After the festival, the reason we don't take it down right away Is because we wash the paint off Then it dries overnight And we need some people on Sunday morning To come in and help us take it down So if anyone is interested in helping us out on that Give me a call My cell number is 925-285-5948 It's been such a long running event As you said, for half a century Do you need to publicize much Or do we still have to beat the bushes About getting the word out there to kids Parents, grandparents That this is a very fun event and it's still going on Well, I really like to get the word out Primarily because they'll be missing out on a whole lot of fun If they don't hear about it But one thing we've done Since we moved the festival to October a couple of years ago We put little postcards in the hands of all the school kids So everyone from kindergarten through third grade Gets a little advertisement coming home And of course their older brothers and sisters are welcome to come too But that's really a targeted kind of advertising And we have joined the new millennium We're on social media and that kind of thing So we're getting the word out every way we can It's still a renaissance based type of fair, right? The best way to put it? It is A lot of people, volunteers as well as attendees Love to dress up It's not required of course But a lot of the arts and crafts have a renaissance theme So kids make magic wands and crowns They make their own tunics So they have their own costume And there's swords and shields and coat of arms All sorts of things with that kind of theme How about you? Do you have your costume all ready to go? I do I got a new costume this year Just because I wanted one in fall You are beaming when you're saying this So what's it look like? Oh, it's a long gathered up red and white dress And that kind of thing Just so people can find me if they need me If they need something replenished at their booth or whatever I'll stand out in a crowd Are there knights in shining armor and things like that too? We do have an actual knight in shining armor It is real shining armor In fact he was one of the main reasons we wanted to move it to the fall The last time we had it in July It was about 126 degrees or something It felt like that anyway And he said he felt like a baked potato in that costume So we have Sir Trevor Will be our knight in shining armor And Queen Misha Misha has beautiful queenly outfits It is just stunning So she'll be there all day too I have to take a deep breath on Queen Misha Because that was the name of my German shepherd growing up So Queen, I don't mean to take a shot at you But I'm sure it's absolutely beautiful You have a Queen Misha, I love that We do and we've got a throne And there's a little place for kids to come in And get a little gift and have their photo taken with her And that kind of thing The festival has two sessions That's one thing I think is kind of nice Kind of a morning session The best way to put it in the afternoon, right? Yes, 9.30 to 12.30 And then we close up And replenish all the art supplies And that kind of thing And then come back from 2 to 5 p.m. So people can come to either session Or both if they want to come back in the afternoon That's fine too And you're going to time it right Obviously if it was today The last couple of days It's going to be pretty warm But the weekend It is literally going to be beautiful on Saturday Yeah, I've been sweating it Because last year We had rain the night before the festival So we had some mud puddles And it was a mess So having it in October Is a little bit risky But this year we ordered fall weather And our application was approved It's going to be beautiful That's a good way to put it Alright, so what time should people get there Say for the morning session? And it's at Pioneer Park So there is parking But they should think about that too Maybe carpooling and stuff Definitely carpooling Parking is a challenge in Nevada City And around Pioneer Park But if you park on the street You're just getting some more steps in So it's okay The gates open at 9.30 But get there early To get in line for the entrance gate And to get parking And that kind of thing And you were telling me off air Kiwanis is involved with this, right? Putting this on? That's right Gold Country Kiwanis is our sponsor They provide insurance They provide all of the banking and financial stuff So donations to the festival go through Kiwanis And they've been a great partner Because they also provide a lot of the volunteers In fact, I think four members of our board Are from Kiwanis So there's a real strong link there It's only $3 for a session? $3 per session I like to tell parents It's more smiles per dollar than Disneyland You can't have this much fun for $3 anywhere So I'm picturing a family Like I had on Taylor Wolf from the county She does a little news report with me in the morning She has a very precocious, I'd say, 4-year-old She also has about a 2-year-old Do things for both those kids And maybe even older kids than that? Yeah, you bet A lot of the things are I would say ages 5 to 9 But we have purposely added things The last couple of years So we have a Wee Ones Adventures That is designed specifically for 2- to 5-year-olds And then we've added live action role play And Goblin Forge For activities for the older kids So nobody is going to be bored Goblin Forge, did you come up with that name? Nope Goblin Forge is a thing that goes on in Nevada City He runs this Dungeons & Dragons program for kids It's fabulous And he does it free of charge at the festival Wow, Dungeons & Dragons type of thing Okay, this might sound like a funny thing Does he also get involved with the summer camps And doing that in Nevada City? Yes, he does It's the same guy, Guillaume Yeah, he's fabulous We've got live action role play So kids go on a quest It's a little bit like a scavenger hunt They have to find things We've got live entertainment Izzy Tewinski He entertains everyone of every age He's fabulous That's the thing, for years If you're the parent that's hanging out Grandparent hanging out He'll entertain you just as well as the kids For sure He has an incredible gift Yeah, he is fabulous We also have refreshments booths And our refreshments are priced For a family friendly kind of thing Most of the snacks are $1 or $2 We get tri-tip sandwiches for only $6 Hot dogs for $3 So these are not Disneyland prices A family can come and have a good time How does that happen? Are they local businesses that make that happen or what? Some of them are Steve and Susie Walker from Remax Gold They donate all the meat They do all the barbecuing They get the rolls from Save Mart Save Mart donates them Everything else We get some donations But we just sell it a tiny bit of a profit And we just want families to have fun Wonderful thing That's the one thing I was asking Judy off the air She's been doing this so long If there's ever a time That maybe you think about stepping away But this is part of your soul at this point, isn't it? It really is My husband and I were considering moving last year But the Children's Festival was one of the things that held me here I love this area I love the community I love everything except the fire insurance But I can't leave the Children's Festival If you ever move, would you take it with you? Or start another one? I would try I've actually given thought to how to start one up in another area But it's hard Because it really has to evolve over time You can't start with something this big It takes 200 volunteers to pull this off So it would be hard to start up You have to find a community like Nevada City That embraces that type of thing too, right? 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Pirate school, you gotta see it to believe it But they actually shoot off cannons They teach kids to swear You know, in a family friendly way They teach kids all the pirate lingo And that kind of thing It's a fun place to be I had an Uncle Joe that taught me how to swear a little bit And then I got soap in my mouth It's not that type of swearing It's really just more pirate swearing It's good old family fun We also have a group of fencers Who come in and teach kids How to do sword fighting Nobody gets hurt But we've got some real professional Kind of fencers coming in There's a fencing club here So it's that group that comes in And really teaches them how to be Swashbuckling type of pirates, huh? Yeah, this is Diamond Rose Fencers They might be out of Sacramento I'm not actually sure But it's a fun thing to see How do you line up the people? Do you work on this all year? To line these people up? We do But the entertainment lineup Has actually been We've had a pretty steady roster Of entertainers over the years And we have one member of our board That takes care of getting in touch with them Again every year And they've stayed pretty steady I guess this is what's remarkable about it It's one thing if you have a county fair to put on There's a lot of formatics that go into it It's kind of a state-run fairgrounds Blah, blah, blah This has been a volunteer-driven thing Forever, for decades And it's still going strong Why do you think that is? It's just so much fun Anybody who's ever been part of it Wants to be part of it again One more thing I want to add Before I go The number one question I get is Will the troll be there this year? So what do you think about a troll bridge? A couple of years The troll was not available And people are sadly disappointed Because the troll is so wonderful Can you say why he wasn't available? Did you ever get an explanation why he wasn't? Well, one year it was because the bridge itself Was taken out That's Snowmageddon There was no bridge in the middle for him to tend And one year he had some health problems That came up But he will be there this year If you want to see the troll Come on out to the troll bridge You have to pay to get across And when I say pay I mean you have to give the troll a gift Like a rock or a leaf or a pine cone So again, it's something that every kid can afford Is he like an old troll? Will they see him or just hear him? They will see him And they will be amazed And some of the younger kids They might be frightened at first But he is so friendly This is the kind of troll That everyone would want to have under their bridge One of my favorite things for my kids I think that was the first time They had their face painted Was at the Children's Festival And that's still a big activity, right? It is In fact, we've recently gotten Quite a few additional volunteers For face painting And so we're going to try And set up some extra booths We'll have eight to twelve Different face painting booths Because the kids line up And we want to get the kids to the line So they can enjoy the rest of the festival This is like a reason To put down the phones And just go out there and play games What are some of the games That are going to be out there That kids maybe haven't played in a while? Actually, probably my favorite Is the catapults Where the kids launch Kids on the catapults, are you? The kids get a rubber hammer And they get to launch a rubber ducky Across the yard And we even have little swimming pools To see if they can get the duck In the swimming pool So that's one of my favorites And we've got beanbag toss At the Wee Ones Adventures And things like that Another big favorite Especially with the kids That are a little bit older Is the woodblock construction Where they've got hammer and nails And they can make anything they want They can stay there all day Or they can just make something quick And move along to the next booth Isn't that kind of fun To see kids do that? Because I remember When I used to visit my Uncle Duke What was his name? I would get a hammer and nails And just kind of fool around He'd teach me how to work out In the garage on different things Exactly, I remember when I was a kid My brother asked for wood for Christmas That's all he wanted Was a pile of wood And he's a contractor today So he learned well from that pile of wood But he got a truckload of wood Delivered to our driveway Alright, we're down to the last couple of minutes Again, you're pretty good on volunteers But again, at the end of it As far as tearing it down And getting things loaded up We need that, right? Yes we do Sunday morning It will only take Probably an hour An hour and a half maybe To take the castle apart And load it up on a trailer And we put it back in storage It's obviously totally family friendly And stuff I was just thinking For kids that maybe have Some physical limitations Whether they're in a wheelchair And stuff like that There's plenty of activities For them to do as well? Absolutely I think all of our activities They would be accessible Both for volunteers and for kids Alright There's food out there Face painting out there The mazes out there Any favorite art and craft thing That you have done over the years? The newest one that we have That I really like is spin art Where kids dribble paint on something Then we put it in one of those Salad spinners And make a mess out of it But it makes some really cool Colorful designs And the kids like it I love the idea of the kid catapult The reason I wondered If kids were being done I'm one of nine kids And so I can see my older brothers Kind of putting me on a catapult When I was small That doesn't happen though No it hasn't happened yet But we'll see How many more years Judy Mosley Do you think you're going to do this? Because you seem to gather energy When most people are slowing down You seem to gather energy every October Well I'll do this as long as we can Or until we find someone else That would like to team up And take it from here Because I do think that it's helpful Every few years To have someone new come in With new ideas And that kind of thing I tell you what It is a great tradition So if you haven't been to it before Please check it out It's this Saturday at Pioneer Park There's a morning session Starts at 9.30 Afternoon session starts at 2 It's only three bucks per session It's great for all the kids It would be good for your soul Just watching kids play Like an old fashioned way Right? That's right This will take you back To your own childhood I really urge everybody to come This from the KNCO B&C ACE Home and Garden Center Weather Center ACE is the place Here is your forecast on KNCO News Talk 830 Sunny and warm today With a heat advisory in effect Our high temperature in the low 90s Mostly clear overnight Tar low in the low 60s Sunny and dry for Thursday With a high 91 Thursday night Mostly clear Our low 62 Sunny and upper 80s Expected on Friday afternoon For weather anytime Click on the weather center at knco.com I'm meteorologist Dan Holiday On KNCO News Talk 830 For more information visit knco.com --- end of transcript ---