The lovely weather this past weekend made the Central Carolina Fair a fun place to spend the afternoon. This is the 115th year of our fair. Hard to believe that it has been going strong since the end of the 19th century. Now that's tradition! The fair is a combination of exhibits, midway rides, entertainment, and sinful food. The smell of funnel cakes, cotton candy, and sausage dogs adds to the ambience, as does the screaming of the people on rides. The fair is in full swing until next Sunday, September 22. It is fun to treat our Greensboro fair as a prelude to the North Carolina State Fair, which will be in Raleigh from October 17- 27.
Memories of the fair last a lifetime. Do you remember the first time you ever won a stuffed animal; the first time someone won a stuffed animal for you; seeing more varieties of chickens than you ever knew existed; trying scary rides that give you bragging rights for a long time? Call a friend, neighbor, classmate, or family member and head over to the Coliseum this week. It only costs five dollars to get in and absorb the nostalgia... cheaper than a movie! Senior citizens, college students, military, and patrons under 42" get in free. Everyone gets in free on the last day. It would be nice to have an NPR StodyCorps booth at the fair where people stopped by and told their fair memories over the last decades. It would be nice to find Greensboro's oldest living citizens who have early memories of going to the fair.
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