Cliffhanger


August 17, 2008
Cool Pool

Pool kids


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Imagine you're a kid and your within fifty yards of a carnival midway every day - and then they tell you you have to go to school just like all the rest of the kids your age do. I'm not sure how many of the shows still provide school for their kids, but a few of them do.

This photo hasn't anything to do with school but it is the biggest inflatable pool I've ever seen.


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Galleries: Backlot, Wilson County Fair



August 17, 2008
Step Class 7

stepping


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This is a shot from last year's set-up of the Crazy Mouse, that I overlooked.

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Galleries: Setup/Teardown, Wilson County Fair



August 17, 2008
Nice Shirt

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I was lucky to have dinner with this gentleman last Wednesday night at the Wilson County Fairgrounds. The call him Casanova. That may be lost on you at first, having only the photo, but if you met him, you'd totally understand. This week he's working on the Fireball.

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Galleries: Teardown Shirts, Wilson County Fair



August 16, 2008
Step Class 6

Step Class 6


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Here's a guy who might have been a tree frog in a former life. Or Spiderman. He's walking on a ledge of bent metal, less than the width of his foot. And then there's Britney.

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Galleries: Setup/Teardown, Wilson County Fair






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This is a story about carnies, living and working on the road. It's about a culture of people in America who get less respect than they deserve because of the entertainment industry and other media, who continue to either promote the same shallow stereotypes or sensationalize them, with their own imaginations. They're already sensational. This brief web journal is about them and for them.

Text and photos ©SUSAN ADCOCK unless otherwise noted. Thanks for looking.

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