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Annual Events Include:
Antique
Tractor Show | Antique Tractor Parade
| Arts & Crafts | Breakfast |
Classic
Car Show | Crazy Daze Sidewalk
Sales | Discovery Mime
Theater | Horseshoe
Tournament | Kid's Coloring Contest
| Kid's Coin Dig |
Kid's Tractor Pull |
Little Miss & Little Master Tater
Tot & Potato Sack Contests |
Mashed Potato Wrestling |
Parade | Medallion Hunt | Potato
Guess Contest |
Potato Recipe Contests |
Potato Sculpture & Decorated
Potato Contests | Quilt Show | Mile Walk/5k Walk or Run/10K
Run  ,
Above, In 1972 Frank Osowski, president of the Clark Chamber of Commerce, awards
Mavis Uecker as the first winner in the recipe contest. Rose
Geise is runner-up.
Courtesy: Centennial History:
Clark County, South Dakota
100 Potato Day Buttons will be
sold for $10 each, $400 in Clark Bucks!
Chamber Booth at Dickenson Park
Discovery Mime
Theater |
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The potato is king
in Clark, South Dakota where local farmers grow bushels of the
tasty tuber. That's why, each year, the town throws a
party in honor of its favorite over-used, under-appreciated
starch.
Mr. Potato Head is proud of Clark's
celebration, and will be making an appearance at this year's
festivities. The locals vie for top honors in a Potato
Sculpture and Best Decorated Potato Contest. Past winners
included an astronaut, farmer, race cars, and tooth. The
Potato Dish Cooking Contests always bring out the best cooks in
the county. And, the highlight of the celebration involves
grown adults wrestling each other in mashed potatoes!
Due to unavailability of mashed potatoes,
there will be NO Mashed Potato Wrestling this year!
Besides all the potato stuff, the event
features those small-town festival activities that keep families
and regular folks coming back year after year.
Potato Day Headquarters will be located at the
Dickinson Park. Information on activities and eating
places for the day will be available, as well as souvenirs.
Did you know. . .
The first Potato Festival in
Clark was held in 1972. This year
marks the 17th anniversary for Clark Potato Day,
sponsored by the Clark Area Chamber of Commerce. |
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Featuring World Famous Mashed
Potato Wrestling!
Due to unavailability of mashed potatoes, there will be NO
Mashed Potato Wrestling this year!
Parade
Fun for Everyone!
Antique Tractor Show
Roam through the
interesting displays of exhibitors.
Classic Car Show
Clark Potato Day Souvenirs available at the Clark Area Chamber of
Commerce Booth in Dickinson Park. Get your T-shirts, caps and
koozees and show off your Potato Day spirit!
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