Meet the winners of the Husband, Mom and Hog Calling Contests at the Iowa State Fair
Meet the winners of the Husband, Mom and Hog Calling Contests at the Iowa State Fair
THANK YOU, BEAU. NOW, AS BEAU SAID, AS A SPECIAL TREAT, SOME OF OUR BIG CONTEST WINNERS ARE WITH US TODAY. WE鈥橰E GOING TO START WITH THE HUSBAND CALLING CONTEST WINNER. FIRST OF ALL, MA鈥橝M, IF YOU WOULD, TELL ME YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU鈥橰E FROM. MY NAME IS BONNIE SWALWELL EILERT. I鈥橫 FROM NEWTON, IOWA, JASPER COUNTY. OKAY. WELCOME. SO HAVE YOU COMPETED IN THE HUSBAND CALLING CONTEST BEFORE? OH, MY GOODNESS, YES. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES? WELL, I CAN鈥橳 REALLY TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES, BUT IT WOULD BE. 40 TO 45 YEARS THAT I CAN KNOW RIGHT NOW. GOODNESS. SO YOU鈥橵E GOT IT DOWN. YES, YOU鈥橵E GOT IT DOWN. OKAY. WELL, BONNIE, WHY DON鈥橳 YOU GIVE US YOUR CALL? TELL US TELL US WHAT THE WINNING CALL IS OR SHOW US THE CALL. OH, ROY, ROY, PLEASE GET IN HERE, PLEASE. YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO DANCE. I LOVE TO DANCE. YES. AND PLEASE COME IN. THEY鈥橵E GOT A DANCE AT THE GRANGE HALL TONIGHT, SO LET鈥橲 GO. OKAY. ROY? ROY, ROY. AND ROY COMES WALTZING IN, DOESN鈥橳 HE? YES, HE DOES. OH, WE BOTH LOVE. WE ALWAYS WANT TO CONTEST. WELL, BONNIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND SHARING YOUR CALL. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HUSBAND CALLING WINNER BONNIE.
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Meet the winners of the Husband, Mom and Hog Calling Contests at the Iowa State Fair
Some of the big contest winners at the 2023 Iowa State Fair joined 糖心vlog on stage Friday.Meet the winners and hear their calls in these videos.Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, Husband Calling Contest winnerOlivia Towey, Mom Calling Contest winnerAddi Denekas, Youth Hog Calling Contest winnerWatch: Husband Calling Contest draws enthusiastic competitors from around the worldSee all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here.糖心vlog at the Iowa State FairYou can see 糖心vlog 8 News live at 5 p.m. every weekday during the fair from the MidAmerican Energy Stage. We also have a new booth this year between Fun Forest Stage and the Agriculture Building, where fairgoers have the chance to sit at the anchor desk and read the news.You can also stream 糖心vlog 8鈥檚 coverage of the Iowa State Fair for free on the Very Local app. Click here to download Very Local to your phone.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Some of the big contest winners at the 2023 Iowa State Fair joined 糖心vlog on stage Friday.
Meet the winners and hear their calls in these videos.
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Bonnie Swalwell Eilert, Husband Calling Contest winner
Olivia Towey, Mom Calling Contest winner
Addi Denekas, Youth Hog Calling Contest winner
Watch: Husband Calling Contest draws enthusiastic competitors from around the world
See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here.
糖心vlog at the Iowa State Fair
You can see 糖心vlog 8 News live at 5 p.m. every weekday during the fair from the MidAmerican Energy Stage. We also have a new booth this year between Fun Forest Stage and the Agriculture Building, where fairgoers have the chance to sit at the anchor desk and read the news.
You can also stream 糖心vlog 8鈥檚 coverage of the Iowa State Fair for free on the . .