Date: 7/24/2003 6:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 60052
Well, I have never been to a fair, believe it or not. I have heard about them, but never went...  |
Date: 7/24/2003 6:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 45948
I used to love going to the fair here but five years ago another company bought out the one that came here and now it's just terrible!!! They charge outreagous prices for the things now (I know it wasn't cheap to begin with but now it's gotten rediculous) and all the rides are crappy now. I quit going about 2 years ago because of this. Love,  |
Date: 7/24/2003 6:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 56293
The County Fair is held in my town. It just ended on Saturday. They always have Demolition Derbys (which are my favorite), Stunt Shows, Tractor Pulls, generally a 'famous' country singer and some other entertainment. They have tons of food stand and about 10 rides I'd say. I don't ever get on them rides. Scare me to much...Just like you said, how they rip them apart and put them up so often. . . I love going to fairs!   |
Date: 7/24/2003 6:47:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
To Die for... get your butt to a fair... lol  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 6:48:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
aneleyez.. i hear ya.. the prices can be ridiculous.. even more so , i find.. now that i have kids..they both want to do EVERYTHING there 4 times... |
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Date: 7/24/2003 6:49:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Social slacker.. that sounds like our festival in the fall.. the Migration Fest ..we have shows like that |
Date: 7/24/2003 6:54:00 PM
From Authorid: 59385
Well here in Philadelphia,we have some small carnivals that come here,but otherwise no we have nothing like this fair  |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 54084
I love my fair! I have tons of friends that show their horses in the 4-h part. I'm too old unfortunately, but I do love going to the beer tent! I usually know about 1/2 of the people there. I've been going to it since I was a kid. I don't think I've missed a year in 35 years!!!  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 54084
Oh, I forgot to mention the cotton candy. I have to have it!! LOL!! |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 36704
We have the state fair and the county fair in the city I live in every year but was never allowed to go to either when I was growing up because my parents said they were dirty and disgusting. I went to a concert at the state fair two years ago and went a few hours early and walked around and my parents were right.  |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
We have the Fredericton Exhibition here..Its a week long HUGE fair with every ride you can possibly think of..Variety shows, horse shows, Impersonators..the whole nine yards..LOL..only thing is..it costs an arm and a leg to take the family to it..I LOVE the Candy Apples though, so I go just for them!  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:05:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Base.. they are dirty.. but that is a part of it... lol... |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:06:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
LL.. our little fair is nothing more but for the town folk... it reminds me as if i was watching little house on the prairie its so small. lol |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 53689
I grew up in a small town that didn't have a fair, but did have festivals..like fire and rescue day, there would be a parade and a dance and booths set up with crafts. But I did go to the NC state fair every year. My Dad was the Watkins vender there for years and I would get in for free, help him for a few hours and then go ride the rides and play the games.  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:08:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Silent... it sure makes for great memories.. especially when you have been going for that long |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:10:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
TG... thats cool .. so having your dad as one of the vendors.. did ya get in free? LOL
We also have the water barrel fights.... those are always fun |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 36704
they could at least do a better job of cleaning up the blood after a gang stabbing, that's too disgusting for me |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 37872
We have the Del Mar Fair. Go every year. They have tons of vendors, tons of food, tons of exhibits, tons carnival rides and some pretty good bands ranging from classic rock, country,rock and rasta. It's all fun, just another something to do in the summer in southern cali.  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:11:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Raxaos.. i bet it is a whole other world out there ... |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:12:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Base... yeah i can see their point... blood spewed everywhere aint to good |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 3125
Hi SK8R..Yeah..There are three of them plus another one in a nearby town. First there is the Ox Roast Fair, then the Potato Festival then there's the Ballon-A-Fair. These have been around since I can remember and they keep growing every year. My favorite though is the one in a nearby town. They are have grown so much and they have everything. I love the demolition derbies more than any of the rides, etc.   |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 54084
You aren't kidding! The best thing was when I could finally get into the beer tent. My parents would escape in there until the fair closed. We weren't allowed in, the stinkers!! |
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Date: 7/24/2003 7:18:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Rusure.. the best fair around here is in the town next to me... its like shipshwana... just huge flea market stuff |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 15677
We have the Ox Roast an we have all the slip together-tare down rides. Of course they have all the canival food an tehy children all enjoy it.  |
Date: 7/24/2003 7:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 15997
The Kern County Fair is held in my hometown...Our county is of course, Kern County and since Bakersfield (my city) is the biggest city in the county we have the fair here...so people from all over the county come its huge and a lot of fun.  |
Date: 7/24/2003 8:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 8184
We have this big fall fair pretty close to me. I went to work at this one health occupations booth with some friends for school at the fair last year. I love going (food, ride, guys....)! Haha!   |
Date: 7/24/2003 8:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 33573
Yeah we have a fair ... not a real big one or anthing. We have rides and stuff at the grand stands. This year we have Travis Tritt, Kelly Clarkson, and Three Doors down performing.  |
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Date: 7/24/2003 8:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 3125
All of the ones I mentioned has rides, parades, games of all sorts, fireworks, etc. The Balloon-A-Fair also offers ballon rides and hot air balloons fills the skies for two days. It is very pretty. Balloonist comes from all over the world to be there. Main Street is closed for one weekend. LOL I still prefer the one in the next town that has the demolition derby's. A couple of my sons enters demolition derby's and I love watching them. |
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Date: 7/24/2003 10:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 52215
well, we have the Lanesville Heritage Festival...and let me tell you, that gets WILD! |
Date: 7/24/2003 10:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 24319
We don't really have fairs, just small or large carnivlls (sp?). However, I use to go to PA every summer as a child with my family. It was the country part, I believe it was called 'rattle snake country' or something like that. And every year we would go when the fair was and walk down to it. It was mainly about snakes (mostly rattle snakes). They had this ring type thing and there were all different types of age groups. And every age group had a certain type of snake (none posionous) and a certain size. And there would be about 10 snakes in a bag and they would dump them in the middle of the ring and you had to go around and pick up the snakes and put them back in the bag. The last year we went there was this 4 year old girl and she went NUTS picking up the snakes. LOL one snake was so scared he squeezed his head underneath the bottom of the wood fence that was nailed to the bottom of the ring and the little girl grabed him by the tail and was trying to yank him out. They had to stop her before she ripped his head off. They also had a very very tiny parade. And on the back of the fire truck were 4 old ladies LOL. It was fun though, even for being a kid. I think I would have more fun now being an adult and actually being able to go and look at all of the cool things they had.  |
Date: 7/24/2003 10:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
We went today to our county fair and had a great time. We only go during the daytime because we take little ones. The weather was great, the shows, the rides and THE Food! It was fun!  |
Date: 7/24/2003 10:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
yup ours was called "riverboat days" and it's held in august  |
Date: 7/24/2003 10:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 54968
The only thing even close to that that we have here is an Easter egg hunt. And it's hosted by the soon-to-be built church in my city. lol They said they were gonna build it 6 years ago and still haven't even started!  |
Date: 7/24/2003 10:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 54570
Yep we have one every year. It covers about five acres and last's about a week. From the headline I was laughing and thinking of town drunk...... but I will let it be.  |
Date: 7/24/2003 11:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 53558
Nothing exciting happens in the town where I live, sorry to say. Great big hugs. Take care.  |
Date: 7/25/2003 12:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 53909
I've never seen a soap box race before!! *pouts* They don't have any in the town where I'm at, or that I know of.  |
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Date: 7/25/2003 12:07:00 AM
From Authorid: 53909
Sometimes we get a small thing called The Taste of Beaverton. Where they play music, have beer, contests, fruits and other stuff in the town next to me. In the town next to me, there usually have fairs during the summer. |
Date: 7/25/2003 3:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 52746
Our home town has a fair every year but we only walked among one as kids as mum wouldn't let us go on any of the rides. It was only when I was a teenager that I went with a friend to the fair and participated. It was fantastic.  |
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Date: 7/25/2003 3:56:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 46069
Thanx for your comments all... every town varies from a little fair to a huge fair... its great to see the diversity of them... |
Date: 7/25/2003 4:39:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
We have the Celtic Festival... it's a new thing, only in it's 7th or 8th year... and I've yet to make it. My family always seems to schedule the family reunion for the same weekend. If my family leaves it open for us, Chris' family takes it back. I hear the bagpipes all night long though In the fall (early September) we have the local 4H fair... animal judging, concerts (sometimes featuring ACTUAL celebrities!), a talent show for the locals to show off, demolition derby, tractor pull, rides (no roller coasters), lots of fair food and tons of vendors. We usually celebrate my daughter's birthday by taking her to the fair... she thinks the whole town parties just for her  |
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Date: 7/25/2003 4:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
oh... we have "Shipshawana on the Road" in the spring, too In Ann Arbor (next town over) there's a street art fair (actually 3 or 4 of them going at the same time) that makes passage through the city impossible, but the inspiration it provides is priceless. It's right on campus so you get a lot of performance art, music and REALLY good food, too And we have an Antique Fair that shows up the last weekend of every month from spring through fall. I hadn't realized how many fairs we actually have! |
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Date: 7/25/2003 4:49:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
And the Strawberry Festival in Belleville (next town over the other way!) One of the largest small town festivals I've ever been to... starts out with a HUGE parade (almost 2 hours long) and free strawberries |
