ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, August 14, 1996 TAG: 9608140074
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 4 EDITION: METRO
Admission: $6 (Children under 11 free)
Attendance: 250,000
Size of fair: 35 buildings, 130 acres.
Number of rides: 40
Largest animal: A Percheron draft horse, weight 2,100 pounds.
Number of food concession booths: 40
Cost of funnel cakes: $3
Cost of cotton candy: $2 and $4
Celebrity performers: Tanya Tucker, Pam Tillis, Aaron Tippin, Lee Roy Parnell, Sawyer Brown, Diamond Rio, Clay Walker and Don Williams.
Most dangerous pursuit: It's a toss up between the ``California Hell Riders'' at the ``Wall of Death'' midway attraction, and the high-wire motorcycle act at the George Carden Circus.
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