Are there fairs in every county in America? It certainly seems so. The "Alabama National Fair"* opened last night in Montgomery, with perfect fair weather. Lots of police everywhere, including one of those eye-in-the-sky observation platforms they use at shopping centers at Christmas.
The crowds seemed a little smaller than I recall from previous years, thought it has been a few years since I last went.
Lots of wide-eyes kids, men guessing weight and age and, month of birth, games that look way too easy to win-- and of course are not, and expensive food that just has to be bad for you.
Hard times caused the Garrett Coliseum to lay off all of its employees last month, but the Kiwanis Club, which benefits from the fair, gathered up volunteers, and they seemed to have everything in control.
The crowds seemed a little smaller than I recall from previous years, thought it has been a few years since I last went.
Lots of wide-eyes kids, men guessing weight and age and, month of birth, games that look way too easy to win-- and of course are not, and expensive food that just has to be bad for you.
Hard times caused the Garrett Coliseum to lay off all of its employees last month, but the Kiwanis Club, which benefits from the fair, gathered up volunteers, and they seemed to have everything in control.
(*The Alabama State Fair is in Birmingham. Some years ago Montgomery and Birmingham got into a legal fight over who could call theirs The State Fair, and Montgomery lost. Thus the odd National in the title.)
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