Event features tractor pulls, antique farm equipment, historic buildings
By Holly Neumann
The Symco Thresheree will take place Friday through Sunday, July 26-28, at the Union Thresheree Grounds.
The site is located at E6375 State Highway 22, Manawa.
“This is a great event,” said LuAnne Knuth, who helps with the organization. “It’s a way of preserving history and the camaraderie of the people over the years.”
The gates open at 7 a.m. Friday, July 26.
Breakfast will be served from 7-9 a.m., followed by the Minneapolis Moline tractor pull in the afternoon.
Entertainment will be provided by The Now, a Milwaukee rock band, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
On Saturday, the gates will open again at 7 a.m.
Breakfast will be served from 7-9 a.m., followed by weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. and the children’s pedal pull at 9:30 a.m.
An antique tractor pull will follow at 11 a.m.
Bingo will take place from 1:30-3 p.m., on the north end of the grounds.
A dance will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight, with music provided by Derek Joseph.
An adult pedal pull will be held at 9 p.m., at the Unionville Saloon.
On Sunday, July 28, there will be a church service at 7 a.m. at Unionville Church, breakfast from 7-9 a.m. and a parade at 11:30 a.m.
The Sawdust Symphony will entertain guests from 1-4 p.m.
Demonstrations in combining and thrashing grains, baling, rock crushing, plowing, silo filling and more will take place throughout the weekend. Basket weaving demonstrations will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
There will be displays at the blacksmith shop, old log houses, the farm machinery museum, a quilt display at the church and wool spinners in the log cabin.
Visitors may also tour Unionville buildings, including a church, school, bank, fire and police station, saloon, tractor repair shop, barbershop, post office, print shop, blacksmith shop, general store, shoe shop, sawmill and water-powered feed mill.
Admission is $5 per day for adults.
There is no charge for children age 12 and under.
Veterans are admitted free with a valid ID.