SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: June 13, 2011

Media Contact: Candi Hettinger, (605) 353-7340

Sammy Kershaw Added to SD State Fair Grandstand Entertainment Roster 

HURON, S.D. – The South Dakota State Fair is excited to announce the addition of  Sammy Kershaw to the grandstand lineup.  Kershaw will be making his appearance as an opening act for Don Williams on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.

Since his country music debut in the early 1990s, Kershaw’s plan has been to  recapture the spirit that made country music great.

“Country music is not a formula, it’s a music with its own soul,” Kershaw said in a recent national interview.

Kershaw’s latest CD, Better Than I Used to Be, can be found in stores and is up to par with his previous hits, such as She Don't Know She’s Beautiful, I Can’t Reach Her Anymore, National Working Woman’s Holiday, Love Of My Life, Cadillac Style, Don’t Go Near The Water, and Haunted Heart.

Friends of the Fair tickets will go on sale Thursday, June 16 at 9:00 a.m.  For more information on becoming a Friend of the Fair, log onto www.sdstatefair.com

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, June 20 at 9:00 a.m. 

The 2011 South Dakota State Fair runs Thursday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Sept. 5. Pannar Preview day is Wednesday, Aug. 31.

The State Fair theme this year is Country Pride Statewide. You can find the South Dakota State Fair on Facebook and Twitter.  For more information on State Fair events, contact the Fair office at 800-529-0900 or visit www.sdstatefair.com

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