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What was your favourite moment from the International Plowing Match? Rick Mercer Made a Visit and Tried Square Dancing with a Tractor

With the Eligin - St. Thomas International Plowing Match over for another season, what did you take away from the event? What was your favourite part?

 

Rick Mercer is certainly always entertaining. This is him square dancing with a tractor. The show should air sometime in the next 2 - 3 weeks.

 

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This video of CBC's Rick Mercer pitching wheat sheaves into the threshing machine at the 2010 International Plowing Match was on YouTube.....
Just to let everyone know, the International Plowing Match video for the Rick Mercer show will be on Tuesday October 5th @ 8:00 pm on the CBC!
Hi Mackenna:

Great appearance on Rick's show....we saw it on CBC.




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