Sherry McCall and her family have been supporters of the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) for many decades and the talent for song writing has been in her family for generations. It was then only natural that Sherry started to investigate in the Spring of 2016 if there was a song written in honour of the IPM. A quick investigation uncovered that there had yet to be a song written.
The idea percolated in the back of Sherry’s mind for a few more weeks and suffering from jet lag after returning from a vacation in Europe the first lyric came to mind.
“It all started with ‘We’re plowing it down, we’re working it up’” says Sherry, “Once I had that line it all started coming from there. I kept thinking about what does the IPM offer and started thinking about words that rhymed. I did not share it with Jacquie [Bishop, Chair of IPM 2017], right away. I shared the song with a few ladies who understood the IPM as much as I did and they encouraged me to share it”
Sherry enlisted the local production company, Fauxpop Media, to record the song and produce the music video. In the music video and singing the song are Amanda McClure, Isaiah Sills, and Jack Storey. Huron County born and raised, each singer is of a different generation – paying tribute that the IPM is an event for all to attend. Sherry credits the Sill’s Family for helping her tweak the tempo and offer ideas on musicality to make the song stronger.
Sherry concluded saying,
“My hope is that the song is used as a tool to explain what the IPM is all about and will get people excited about the 100th IPM being hosted here at home in September.”
Source: Plowing Match and Rural Expo