Threshermen’s Show & Seniors Festival preparations underway [Video]

Yorkton, Sask. –

Volunteers in Yorkton are working hard in preparation for the 66th annual Threshermen’s Show & Seniors Festival.

In partnership with the Western Development Museum (WDM) in Yorkton, the August long-weekend event showcases demonstrations and displays of threshing, blacksmithing, chainsaw demos, and other old farming practices.

“We’re a group of people who are interested in reliving the past and working with the equipment the Threshermen’s Club and WDM has to offer,” explained Harvey Drotar, the president of the club.

“We run and maintain the equipment. There’s a clay oven there, we have people working on it to have fresh bread for the show.”

The event takes families back to a world of old farming practices, while also entertaining kids with various activities.

“It’s our chance to show off our equipment and how it works once a year,” Drotar expressed.

“We’ll have steam tractors, we’ll have horse drawn equipment, and we’ll be …