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The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair

March 2011

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A Look Back

Devon

Our Presidential Past

Calvin Coolidge

Just about a year before he became our 30th President in 1923, Calvin Coolidge, then Vice President, was a winner at Devon, though not in the usual sense.

Calvin Coolidge at the Show, 1922

According to a May 28, 1922 New York Times article, Mr. Coolidge was at Devon to watch the Corinthian Challenge hunter event. While visiting the Country Fair, he laid down a quarter and took a spin at the "Wheel of Fortune." When the lucky VP's number came up, he won a box containing 100 cigarettes.

Sixty-one years later, the Surgeon General determined that giving cigarettes to the Vice President of the United States was hazardous to his health.

Country Fair History

If you would like to learn more about the history of the Devon Country Fair, please join the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society at 2:00 on April 17th at the Easttown Library. Former Country Fair Chairman, Bobbi Cowley will be the speaker, offering a glimpse at the long history the of Fair with many interesting tidbits and amusing anecdotes.

Want to Get Involved?

Become a Volunteer!

It's never too early to think about volunteering. The Devon Country Fair is one of the largest volunteer fundraising efforts in the country. Nearly 2000 volunteers come together each year in support of Bryn Mawr Hospital. If you would like to explore volunteer opportunities at Devon please click here.

Photos courtesy of:

Brenda Carpenter
Bryn Mawr Hospital
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Archive

Tredyffryn/Easttown Historical Society
Meg Wiederseim

Tickets on Sale April 11:

Get Them While They're Hot!

It's that time of year again, the rush to get the best tickets has begun! Ticket fliers have been mailed and you can bet that hundreds of order forms are already at the ticket office, waiting to be filled in the order they were received. Never fear! Great tickets are still to be had and here's how you can get them...

All Performance Ticket Packages: These tickets are available for purchase TODAY and offer the most sought-after reserved grandstand seats for every performance of the show, including GRAND PRIX! At $210 per package, you save 25% over the individual ticket prices.

Walk Up Sales: The Advanced Sales Ticket Office will open on Monday, April 11, hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 - 2 and Saturdays, 10 - noon.

Mail Order: See Above...send it in NOW! Ticket orders will be filled in the order they are received. Mailing will begin Monday, April 11. Need an order form? Click Here

Telephone Sales: Begin Wednesday, April 13, phone orders will also be filled in the order they are received. Call 610-688-2554.

Internet Sales: Available via www.devonhorseshow.org beginning Wednesday, April 13, additional fees apply.

And now a word about GRAND PRIX...

We all know that these are THE hottest tickets of the show. The best ways to get your hands on them are:

1. Join the devoted crowd who make the pilgrimage to the Advanced Sales Ticket Office opening day, Monday, April 11.

2. Purchase a Grand Prix Plus package. The only way to order Grand Prix tickets online is by purchasing one of these packages.

3. Send your order in NOW!

New corporate ticketing packages are also available. For complete ticketing information, please call 610-688-2554 or visit our website,

www.devonhorseshow.org

Every year a crowd gathers, axiously awaiting the opening of the Advanced Sales Ticket Office.

Devon's Gift to Bryn Mawr Hospital in Action

Last month, we featured an article on the 2010 donation to Bryn Mawr Hospital. This month we thought it would be great to take a look back at the 2009 gift and see just what these annual donations mean to the hospital and its patients.

In 2009, $320,000 raised by Country Fair volunteers was earmarked to fund equipment for the nursery and NICU. In April of 2010 a new state-of-the-art infant security system was installed. The system is called HUGS and works via a tiny radio transmitter installed on the wrist or ankle band of infant and pediatric patients. Electronically monitored exit points throughout the hospital detect any unauthorized removal of a patient. The system also prevents accidental infant/mother mismatching which actually occurs 20,000 times a year in the United States.

Bryn Mawr Hospital's new HUGS security system ensures peace of mind for new parents.

"We're very grateful for the Devon Horse Show's generosity in supporting the needs of our pediatric patients," says Robert Stavis, PhD, MD, Chairman of Pediatrics and Clinical Director of the NICU at Bryn Mawr Hospital. "This system gives parents and staff great comfort knowing that babies are safe in Bryn Mawr Hospital."

Become a Part of Devon

The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair offers sponsorship opportunities at all levels. Rewards of sponsorship may include but are not limited to; advertising, marketing and promotion, entertainment packages and passes to multiple Devon events. Sponsorship of Devon offers the opportunity to support an event that is vital to its local community and prestigious in the national equestrian community as well. If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship, please contact the Horse Show office at 610-964-0550

Devon Horse Show and Country Fair

May 26 - June 5, 2011

Call 610-964-0550 or visit www.devonhorseshow.org

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