Literacy Blog (Spring Break) Post

During my spring break, I am going to Brandon, Manitoba, and participating in the Brandon Winter Fair. I went last year with a couple of family member, including my grandma, and my brother, and  we absolutely loved it, because of all the excitement with all the races, events and displays, including the super dogs from President's Choice, that were happening! I saw a lot of racing and horses and I loved it (I bought $16 worth of Lemonade, and that's all I bought, besides a small key-chain!); and so I wanted to go back the Brandon Winter Fair this year because I had enjoyed going there and seeing traditional country holiday fun, and participating in it as well. I am also going shopping and doing a lot of driving, but I relax, not drive! During the Summer Holidays, I spend most of my time in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, so I'm used to being around horses and listening to Country music. (I prefer Country music genre over rock music genre, just sayin'!). I am most looking forward to spending time with my family and friends, because I have been so busy this year, I have not been able to connect with and just hang out with my family and friends, and just relaxing and enjoying myself, while having fun and just making the most out of my time here on this planet.

The photo I have chosen portrays barrel racing, which represents Brandon well because it is a very cowboy like town with so much stuff to do in it, including shopping, many restaurants, carnivals,and a lot of scenery. The Brandon Winter Fair has many activities that involve horses. One of these activities, Barrel Racing, is probably one of the most fun activity at the Brandon Winter Fair to go and see, because it is very fast paced, and the crowd gets rowdy when the horse beats the time of the previous horse. The race is usually over in about twelve to fifteen seconds.In Barrel Racing, the horse has to go around three barrels before the running down the middle to stop the timer. Horse racing is one of the hundreds of activities that see at the Brandon Winter Fair, including hackney, when the horses run, trot, gallop, walk, and do other different patterns around the stage. The Stage looks exactly as it does here in this photo, with wood shavings on the ground, and situated on a hockey rink. The BWF is usually jammed packed to the roof as it is portrayed in this picture.