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Top Comments: Oregon County Fair 2022 (Photos) [1]
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Date: 2022-08-18
The paths are lined with booths selling wares of various sorts: clothing, food and drink, art, etc. (I bought hand-made toys for my great nieces and nephew, including a pair of wings for the 6-year-old.) But you never know who or what you might encounter as you walk on these paths…
A parade of people dressed in lime green.
..or would you prefer pink?
How about dragonflies and daisies?
Then there was this:
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The young woman in a very tall hat:
The big bad wolf:
I didn’t video-record any performances (save the ones above) so as not to violate the fair policy, but I did take some photos. One performance that is always must-see is the Royal Famille du Caniveaux (Translation: the royal family of the gutters—it sounds much more sophisticated in French). Their shows are generally wildly imaginative pastiches of funny nonsense, and they always come up with a surprising visual trick of some kind. This year, it was simulating a Zoom meeting with real live people (and, yes, they threw in a mute error and a freeze). Still not quite sure how they pulled this off.
Royal Famille du Canveaux
Just one additional photo from their performance to demonstrate how odd they can get:
Royal Famille du Canveaux
One of our favorite music acts was Julia Chigamba and the Chiyakare Ensemble, playing Zimbabwean marimba music at the dance tent (of course).
Julia Chigamba and the Chiyakare Ensemble
As I mentioned before, a lot of the acts are acrobatic. We saw a performance by a troupe that calls itself Girl Circus. Unfortunately, only one of my shots of their performance was in focus, but we were deeply impressed with the strength and grace displayed in their feats:
Girl Circus
Also, there were a few open areas where kids could run around and people could learn and practice juggling. This event is very kid friendly.
Juggle practice.
Bubbles.
And there was also some arresting environmental art scattered here and there:
We greatly enjoyed our weekend, and reconnected with some great friends of ours. Hope you enjoyed the photos. Comments are below the bubble.
Top Comments (August 18, 2022):
From elfling:
This reply, by TSinSF, to my comment thanking Hunter for using a picture of an egret in his diary (with an egret-related pun) rather than a picture of TFG made my day. And that’s not just a snowy egret, that’s a great egret. Some say it’s the greatest egret in history. I’ve had important birders say — with tears in their eyes — “sir, that’s the greatest egret, and probably the greatest bird, ever encountered in the history of birds.”
From ericlewis0:
Two comments from ericlewis0’s diary today, this comment from FiredUpInCA, and Glen The Plumber’s funny response.
From Denise Oliver Velez:
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