Raleigh Public Record’s Karen Tam went to the fair this week to talk to the people behind the lights and rides and fried foods.
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- Gil Roberts, left, and Matt Newhard work the crowd at the Big Water Race Wednesday afternoon.
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- Dale Boggs twirls a basketball on his finger, as he kills time at the Basketball game, during a slow Wednesday afternoon.
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- After Wednesday’s rain showers, Keith Richardson waits for some customers at the State Fair in Raleigh.
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- Mary Gordon drums up business for the Raleigh Jaycees Turkey Shoot.
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- Folks wander through the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, as the sun breaks through after Wednesday’s rain showers.
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- Charles Hayward keeps an eye on the riders of the Wave Swinger Wednesday afternoon.
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- Officer Kathy Weind, right, holds hands with Michelle Harrell, left, who performs as a living statue known as StatueViva.
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- Gerorimo Andres of Wade Shows sits in the center as operates the Merry-Go-Round Wednesday evening.
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- Amanda Stephens, an NC State grad student, volunteers to sell ice cream to fair goers.
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- Eddie Folberth of Summerville, S.C., waits for customers at his Toy Express booth.
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- Mobile homes and campers that house the State Fair workers line up behind the rides on the grounds.
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- Donna Martin of Mt. Airy, N.C. takes her dinner break and enjoys a pork chop sandwich while she works at a concession stand.
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- Dustin Queen’s job is to wave in new customers for the Ferris wheel.
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- A dog waits for his human outside one of the campers some fair workers call home while in Raleigh.
