Favorites at the fair

The kids loved the petting zoo best, but their second fav. was the horses. Just beautiful in halter show. We were amazed the owners were so friendly, with the stress of upcoming competition and all. Owner of "Dutchess" (black minature pony) let the girls pet her, and owner of "Axel" (draft horse) let us watch him get a bath. Really exciting! The girls were surprised during the halter show when a small young girl lead in a big, elegant American Saddle Bred that just took your breath away. LJ

I spoke with some people who attend several county fairs around the state. There are a couple of them that stopped charging at the gate in order to increase attendance. It seems this could help in several ways. Increased attendance would seemingly increase the concession sales, ride ticket sales, etc. If the attendance increased maybe you could replace the lost revenue from the gate entrance fee's through increased exhibitor fee's. I'm not sure how exhibitors would feel about paying a higher fee but maybe it wouldn't be bad if attendance increased by 30% - 50%. I'd like to see them try it. $5 doesn't seem like a lot but if you've got a couple kids and you want to go 3 nights it adds up fast. Any other thoughts?

One person near me when I saw Corndog said she was going to call PETA. Another person said it very sad that a pig was allowed or forced to get so fat. And one more person said, "That is mean. Why would you do that to a pig?"