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00:00:001900S. BUT YEAH, I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN
00:00:03TELL HOW BUSY LIVESTOCK PAVILION OFTEN IS BECAUSE THERE ARE
00:00:07VENDORS BUILT IN TO THE OUTER RING OF IT SO YOU CAN GET YOUR
00:00:09SNACK BEFORE YOU GO INSIDE AND
00:00:12ENJOY HORSE SHOW COW, SHOW SHEEP SHOW.
00:00:16AND AGAIN, OVER THE TEN DAYS YOU EXPECT A MILLION VISITORS, MAYBE NOT A MILLION.
00:00:20I DON'T KNOW. THEY THEY PUBLISH THE NUMBER
00:00:23EVERY YEAR IN THE REGISTER.
00:00:26RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE A LOT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT HERE A
00:00:30LOT OF PEOPLE I THINK I'D HANG OUT RIGHT HERE. I KNOW.
00:00:33NICE AND SHADY ON THE DAY WITH A BREEZE, TOO. JUST COMES RIGHT THROUGH.
00:00:36WE GOT OUR.
00:00:40THE TRIO OFF TO THE SHOW. THAT'S GREAT.
00:00:47OH. SHE SHEEP ARE MY FAVORITE.
00:00:51HANNAH HOWARD IS THE STATE
00:00:53CURATOR OF IOWA. THE STATE OF IOWA.
00:00:56AND SHE'S GIVEN US A HISTORICAL
00:00:58TOUR OF THE IOWA STATE FAIR.
00:01:02THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THANKS FOR THE LEMONS. MAKE SURE WE CHEERS. THERE WE GO.
00:01:04THERE YOU GO.
00:01:12YES, WE CAN SEE THE UNDONE BUTTER.
00:01:16YEAH YEAH, WE HAVE A JERSEY.
00:01:19HOW? AND THIS. THIS THEME THIS YEAR IS MEET ME
00:01:23AT THE PEPSI BLOCK.
00:01:26SO WHICH STATES FAIR? AT THE STATE FAIR.
00:01:28WE HAVE A PEPSI BLOCK AND SO YOU
00:01:32CAN SEE THAT OUR PEPSI IS NOT DONE YET. BUT THE PEPSI COLA OUT HERE ON
00:01:36THE FAIRGROUNDS GOT A FACELIFT, GOT AN A BRAND NEW PAINT JOB.
00:01:40BUT FOR OUR FAMILY AND, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE PEPSI PARK IS
00:01:43A SYMBOL OF A PLACE TO MEET
00:01:46BECAUSE TALL IT'S RECOGNIZABLE,
00:01:48IT'S BRIGHTLY COLORED AND, IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED.
00:01:51SO PEOPLE HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THE SCULPTOR?
00:01:54THE BUTTER COW? I STARTED SCULPTING AS THE LEAD SCULPTOR IN 2006.
00:01:59THIS IS MY 20TH YEAR AS A LEAD SCULPTOR, AND I STARTED AS AN
00:02:03APPRENTICE AT THE AGE OF 14, IN 1991, AS AN APPRENTICE AS AN
00:02:07APPRENTICE. AND WHAT WERE YOU ALLOWED TO DO AS AN APPRENTICE?
00:02:11OH I SAW THE APPRENTICE.
00:02:12I THINK BUCKET IS BASICALLY STOP AND BUTTER.
00:02:16I POLISHED AND I LIKE THERE'S
00:02:19THESE LITTLE GREEN FLAGS. THERE USED TO BE GREEN, GREEN,
00:02:23ASTROTURF IN HERE. SO MY JOB IS TO GET THOSE OUT AND THEN CATCH UP.
00:02:28IS EDIBLE BUTTER. THIS BUTTER IS 20 YEARS OLD.
00:02:32THAT'S WHY THIS WHITE BUTTER IS 20 YEARS OLD, BUT IT WAS WHEN IT
00:02:36WAS NEW FOOD, RIGHT? BUTTER. YEAH.
00:02:40THE YELLOW BUTTER IS THE NEWER
00:02:42BUTTER ALSO IN VARYING AGES.
00:02:47SO SOME OF IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD, SOME IT IS JUST FROM THIS SUMMER I WENT TO THE ACROSS
00:02:51IOWA AND GET A CHANCE TO SCULPT
00:02:53BUTTER AND THEN BUTTER GETS ADDED IN.
00:02:56SO THAT'S ONE WAY WE HAVE NEW BUTTER EACH YEAR AND THAT'S IT DOESN'T GET THROWN AWAY.
00:03:00HOW MANY POUNDS OF BUTTER WE THROW IN THE IN THE ENTIRE
00:03:05SCULPTURE ABOUT 1300 POUNDS OF BUTTER. 1300 POUNDS OF BUTTER.
00:03:07IS IT IOWA BUTTER?
00:03:11IT IS FROM FROM MIDWEST DAIRY
00:03:15ASSOCIATION AND IT COMES FROM
00:03:18AMBI IS THAT DONATED THE IDEA THE BUTTER COW COME FROM.
00:03:22WELL, THERE WAS A SCULPTOR.
00:03:24HER NAME WAS CAROLYN BROOKS
00:03:26STARTED SCULPTING BUTTER IN 1867
00:03:29AND SHE BROUGHT BUTTER SCULPTING TO A NATIONAL AND WORLD LEVEL AS
00:03:35A AS AN ART FORM. BUTTER SCULPTING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR CENTURIES BEFORE THAT.
00:03:39BUT AT THE TURN OF THE NINTH TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUTTER
00:03:43WENT FROM BEING MADE ON FARMS TO
00:03:45BEING INDUSTRIALLY OR LIKE MADE
00:03:49IN CREAMERIES. SO CAROLYN MADE IT AN ART FORM
00:03:53THAT WAS NOTABLE ACROSS THE
00:03:55COUNTRY AND THEN FAIRS TOOK THAT
00:03:57AND STARTED WORKING WITH CREAMERIES TO MAKE IT A NEW
00:04:04ADVERTISE. WELL SARAH PRATT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU A WEEK BEFORE THE FAIR
00:04:07OPENS AND LC IS NOT FINISHED HERE IS YOU?
00:04:11WELL, HER NAME IS PEPPER. PEPPER. SORRY.
00:04:15THAT'S OKAY. SO HOW WOULD YOU KNOW HER NAME
00:04:18IS PEPPER AND SHE'S NOT FINISHED.
00:04:20WE ARE HERE TODAY TO AT HER TAIL FOR ONE.
00:04:23AND TO GET SOME MORE BUTTER ON HER.
00:04:25AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON GETTING THE REST OF THE DISPLAY.
00:04:29THEN WE'LL SCULPT LIVE FOR PEOPLE THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF THE FAIR.
00:04:32SO WE'LL IN HERE DAY ONE AND
00:04:34TWO, I AM CALLING DETAILS ON MY.
00:04:40COLEMAN HAIR. I FEEL GOOD, SO I DON'T THERE'S HOT OUT THERE. THE BEST JOB ON THE FAIRGROUND. YOU MENTIONED I MET YOUR
00:04:44DAUGHTER, SARAH'S FRIEND. YEAH. GRACE PRATT. SHE HAS A TWIN SISTER. HANNAH.
00:04:47THEY ARE MY APPRENTICES. BEEN WORKING SINCE THEY WERE 14.
00:04:51NOW THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR DEGREES IN THE ARTS AND JUST
00:04:55THIS PAST SPRING AND THEIR
00:04:57BROTHER DEAN ALSO IS A BRAND NEW APPRENTICE.
00:05:00HE JUST TURNED 14, SO HE'S JOINING THE FAMILY.
00:05:04AND, OF COURSE MY HUSBAND AND MY DAD. AND JUST IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
00:05:09GRACE, WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON TODAY WITH THE TODAY?
00:05:13I WILL BE PRIMARILY WORKING IN THE OTHER WINDOW. ACTUALLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO
00:05:18FINALIZE THEIR POSES OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. YEAH, OKAY.
00:05:21THE WAIVERS. WHAT'S THE TOUGHEST PART FOR YOU? TOUGHEST PART FOR ME IS WORKING
00:05:26WITH YOUR MOTHER. WORKING WITH MY MOM IS GREAT.
00:05:29SHE'S VERY UNDERSTANDING OF MY SCHEDULE.
00:05:34SO THE TOUGHEST PART, USUALLY
00:05:36LIKE I LOVE DOING FACES FACES,
00:05:39IS WHEN, LIKE MY MY JOY IN OUR
00:05:44FIELD AND. SO I DOING THEM.
00:05:48IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, THOUGH, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE
00:05:52PROPORTIONS LOOK RIGHT AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ONE.
00:05:54I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO 11
00:05:57THESE GUYS ALL HAVE VERY DEFINED
00:06:01FACES. I SAW THIS WITH THE FACES FOR THE MOST PART. THERE'S STILL LIKE SOME THEY ALL
00:06:05NEED MORE DETAILS IN THE EARS AND THEY NEED NOSTRILS.
00:06:08BUT FOR MOST PART, YEAH, THEY'RE
00:06:11PRETTY SHAVED OUT.
00:06:13WHAT DO YOU ABOUT THE TRADITION
00:06:15OF THE THE BUTTER IN THE BUTTER COW.
00:06:19OH I, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING A PART OF IT.
00:06:22IT'S SUCH A JOY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S.
00:06:26YEAH, I CAN'T IMAGINE NOT BEING A PART OF IT.
00:06:29IT'S BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN.
00:06:32SO LIKE, TO EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT
00:06:36BEING HERE OVER THE SUMMER AND IN THE SCHOOL OR AND STICKING MY
00:06:39HANDS INTO BIG BUCKETS OF BUTTER IT'S LIKE, WHAT ELSE WOULD I BE DOING?
00:06:45I SO GRACE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE CHILDREN, RIGHT?
00:06:49WELL GRACE YES, GRACE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE FACES.
00:06:51HANNAH HER DEGREE IS IN COSTUME SO WE PUT HER TO WORK A
00:06:55CHARACTER IN THE COSTUMES. SO SHE WAS HERE ON FRIDAY
00:06:58PUTTING EACH OF THE COSTUME ON IN BUTTER.
00:07:02SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY
00:07:05TEAM EFFORT AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS ARE.
00:07:08PEOPLE STAND IN LINE FOR LONG TIME TO SEE THE BUTTER DOWN.
00:07:12YES THEY DO YEAH. DO YOU IS THAT A POINT OF PRIDE
00:07:16YOU I LOVE I, I DON'T KNOW.
00:07:18PRIDE IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT IT
00:07:20IS I, IT IS HOW A SWELLING OF
00:07:26THE IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A CARRYING OF A TRADITION. AND I FEEL HONORED TO PART OF
00:07:30THAT AND.
00:07:32I LOVE THEIR FACES.
00:07:34AND SO THIS YEAR WITH THE MEET ME AT THE PEPSI BLOCK, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE MEETING AND THEN
00:07:38YOU'LL SEE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
00:07:40ARE WAVING OUT TO THE CROWD, BECKONING THEM. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
00:07:44SYMBOL OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, ALL WALKS OF LIFE ALL
00:07:47OVER THE AND THE NATION AND
00:07:50REALLY THAT BRINGING IT BRINGING IT TOGETHER, BRINGING IT HOME
00:07:54AND BEING A SYMBOL OF TOGETHERNESS. PEPPER'S FACE LOOKS DONE.
00:07:58YEAH, HER LEGS LOOK DONE. YEAH.
00:08:01AND WHAT BESIDES OPENING HERE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED?
00:08:06WELL YOU'LL NOTICE HER TAIL IS JUST KIND OF A GLASS OF BUTTER, RIGHT?
00:08:10YES, YES, YES, IT IS. AND THERE IS A FAMILY THAT WILL BE COMING SHORTLY.
00:08:13THEY DONATED TO THE BLUE RIBBON
00:08:15FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WORKING TO RESTORE THE FAIRGROUNDS AND.
00:08:19SO THEY WON AT THE AUCTION THE
00:08:21RIGHT TO COME AND HELP MAKE THE TAIL SO THEIR FAMILY WILL COME
00:08:25IN AND WE'LL CUT STRIPS TO DECORATE THE TAIL. SO THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE'LL
00:08:29BE ADDING TO THE COW, WHERE DO
00:08:31YOU KEEP BUTTER COW DURING THE YEAR?
00:08:35DOES IT DOES IT GET MELTED DOWN OR DOES IT BECOME A GLOB AGAIN?
00:08:40YEAH, EVERY YEAR. YEP. NEW BUTTER. NOW, EVERY YEAR THE BUTTER GETS
00:08:43OFF IT AND PUT BACK INTO THESE FIVE GALLON BUCKETS.
00:08:46YOU OVER HERE BEHIND ME AND
00:08:48STORED IN A COLD STORAGE JUMPER
00:08:51THAT OVER THE WINTER. DID YOU GROW UP GOING TO STATE FAIR? YES.
00:08:55YOU'RE IN IOWA. ARE YOU FROM? IOWA? I AM. AND BOTH MY PARENTS DID TO. YEAH.