Park County Fair 2015

PIG MUD WRESTLING • ‘KNIGHTS OF VALOUR’ • ENDUROCROSS • CHRIS CAGLE CONCERT • DEMOLITION DERBY

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Chris Cagle Country musician takes stage Thursday

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■ R eed siblings show steers.......3 ■ Chris Cagle performs...........4 ■ Fair newcomers...5 ■ Sauers sisters full of creativity.......6 ■ Williams busy with pig, horses........7 ■ Montana bands play..................8 ■ Hypnostist takes stage .............12

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Sisters Julia (left) and Jade Peterson walk their lambs during showmanship in 2014.

News Editor: Amber Peabody Design: Cassie Capellen Sam Jones Editorial: Deva Bailey Elisha Smith Photography: Raymond Hillegas

Adelle Ostrom (right) of the Shoshone Rough Riders 4-H Club shows her rabbit Buddy to Celes Watson and daughter Kacyn, 2, at last year’s Park County Fair.

PARK COUNTY FAIR

July 21–25 2015  Powell, Wyoming

pig wrestling Tuesday, July 21st 7:00 pm Free Admission Gates open: 6 pm

Chris Cagle

Thursday, July 23rd 7:30 pm $20 Per Seat Gates open: 6 pm

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REEDS feel Fair is more than hobby

By ELISHA SMITH Staff writer Some people come to the Park County Fair for the rides, but showing their animals and entering cooking projects are how siblings Sara and David Reed spend their fair week.

Sara, a 2015 Cody High School graduate, and brother David, a seventh-grader, have been competing in the Fair for many years.

Sara started her career in 4-H at age 8 and said she has enjoyed expanding her knowledge in 4-H. “My favorite part of 4-H is the range of activities and skills young adults can learn through the program,”she said. “I grew up in 4-H and I learned to cook and sew from my 4-H leaders who taught me things I use in everyday life, skills that most young people don’t know.”

She has always enjoyed the Fair.

“The most enjoyable thing about the Park County Fair is to be able to show off all of my hard work,” Sara said.

“And enjoy all the activities one can watch or participate in with my friends and family.”

Sara participates in cooking, art and showing her steer.

“My Aunt Emmanuelle is from France and each year we discover an amazing French recipe that she teaches me how to master and I enter it in the Fair,” she said.

“It’s a big learning process and it always wows the judges when you enter something they have never heard of and can’t pronounce.”

She was drawn to show steers at an early age.

“One of the reasons I enjoy showing steers is because they have the huge personalities whereas other livestock projects, in my opinion, don’t,” Sara said. “They are a huge time commitment if you want your animal to be competitive. I have been feeding my animal twice daily since

David and Sara Reed say steers are their favorite animal to show at the Fair.

November. In the summer, I wash it every day to cool it down and to help its hair grow.”

David, who has been in 4-H for four years, shows steers and enters cooking

projects as well. He also shows goats and chickens.

“My favorite part is washing [my animals] and just spending time with my animals,” he said. “My favorite animal to show would have to

be my cows because you put so much work into getting them ready and it is fun.

“For cooking I like to be able to take the leftovers and eat them throughout the week of fair.”

Even though they’re busy, the siblings both take time out to look at other people’s projects.

“The most interesting part of Fair is looking through all of the exhibits,” Sara said.

“I see so many creative ideas and it inspires me to see such a talented community.”

(Elisha Smith can be reached at elisha@codyenterprise.com.)

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CAGLE ready to ‘get rowdy’ during show

Ask Chris Cagle what’s most important to him and you can bet he’ll answer this way: “Family, ranch, music.

That’s it.”

This response is seemingly simple for a man whose professional credits include two gold albums, two No. 1 albums and 12 charted songs. From 2000-08, Cagle released an almost nonstop catalog of hits.

Born in DeRidder, La., and raised “all over,” Cagle set off for Nashville after trying his hand at college in Texas and finding the pull to pursue music too strong to ignore. Like many young artists, he spent several years working odd jobs in Nashville and scraping up enough cash to record four original songs for a demo tape.

Thanks to a couple of chance meetings and the opportunity to be heard by Scott Hendricks, he was signed to Virgin Records in 2000 – that first album featured the unaltered version of his demo songs.

Cagle quickly earned critical and commercial success and attracted a legion of fans. His first number one smash, “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out,” remains a fan favorite.

For Cagle, the professional success and sales were gratifying, but his personal life blistered under the spotlight.

“I was tired of who I was in this business,” he says. “I had become somebody who I didn’t want to be.”

He bowed out and retreated to Marietta, Okla., a place where he could distance himself from the industry, reconnect with his roots and take back control of his life.

He spent the next couple of years staking his claim on home life and embracing a lifelong dream: building his family’s home, “Big Horse Ranch,” with his own two hands, nail by nail.

Cagle also met his wife

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Chris Cagle takes the stage at the Park County Fair on Thursday, July 23.

The gates open at 6 p.m. with the Copper Mountain Band opening the show at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at parkcountyfair.com.

Kay, who he describes in the song “Let There Be Cowgirls”: ‘Something you can’t tame/She’s a mustang/The heartbeat of the heartland.’

“The worst days we’ve had together are better than the best I’ve had with other people,” he says.

He also found a new identity as a father. On the birth of his daughter in 2010, Chris says “she made me want to be better at everything. Period. I’ve never cared enough about myself to take responsibility for my faults; she made me man right up.”

Cagle’s 2012 release “Back in the Saddle” was his homecoming – a rekindling of his creative flame and a roaring reminder of his rockinfused country roots.

“I want my music to be an environment, to strike chords, passions, memories, faults, loves, angers and redemptions,” he said.

“Imagine my music just on the outside of town right where the road turns to the rural route. A dirt road culde-sac with trucks all parked in a circle. I would love to see my music fit into that.”

This Chris Cagle now looks a little different to those who are used to a louder, harder-partying version of the star. Rest assured, he still gets “as rowdy as a redneck can get,” but these days he confines himself to a smaller space – the 40 foot by 40 foot stage. And when the show’s over, he puts on a

When Chris Cagle is not on stage, he enjoys training and raising cutting horses at his ranch in Oklahoma. different hat and heads back to hearth and home.

Today his biggest offstage thrill is training and raising cutting horses, and when he puts on his cowboy boots and favorite hat, it is because he’s living the true cowboy lifestyle, not because

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he’s putting on a show.

“I’m at a place in my life where I think about everyone I’m working with, especially the fans,” he said.

“I thank God that I’m in a place in my heart where I am grateful and aware. I am very, very, very lucky.”

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I thank God that I’m in a place in my heart where I am grateful and aware.

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Chris Cagle, Musician

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NEWCOMERS excited to show in Fair

Lillie Truitt will show rabbits and horses during the Fair. She says she enjoys everything about her animals.

Truitt, Magargal take pride in working with, showing animals

By DEVA BAILEY Staff writer Showing animals in the Park County Fair can take months of preparation.

But for newcomers to 4-H showing, Allison Magargal, 9, and Lillie Truitt, 10, it’s worth the challenge.

“I’m showing my horse Rosie,” Magargal said.

“I’ve never done it before.

I’m learning how to ride her and stuff, so I thought it would be fun to show her and learn more about horses.”

Truitt, who will show her quarter horse Doc Holiday in the aged gelding category, said her bond with her horse is very special.

“I just got him about four months ago,” she said.“He follows me around [the house].”

She picked Doc Holiday, who is 14 years old, for a reason.

“For one, he has more experience and so he will be more tame,” Truitt said. “I do halter showmanship to make his feet square.”

Magargal said she loves spending time with her horse Rosie to prepare for Fair.

“I ride her and work with her on all the different things I am doing in Fair,” she said.

She adds the judging process is very technical.

“When you show her you might have to walk her to a cone and trot her to another cone and then make all her four feet be lined up with each other,” she said. “And then have the judge walk around and look at her and how well you can show your horse.”

Magargal’s mother, Sarah, said Allison has always had a passion for horses.

“She has always loved horses and this past year she has been really working hard with lessons and riding,” Sarah said. “So it was kind of her next adventure to join 4-H. There is so much more to her having the horse than just riding it.

I would say daily she is out there working with her.”

Truitt’s mother Kammy

said her daughter has wanted to have a horse since she was 3 years old and now she finally has the opportunity to show one.

“When she was at the rodeo she would always say ‘I’m going to be in the rodeo,’” said Kammy, adding that showing has been a learning experience for her.

“Finding out what we are supposed to do and what we are supposed to wear [has been challenging]. Because each category has different things you have to wear.”

In addition to showing Doc Holiday, Lillie will show a Mini-Lop buck and Lionhead buck rabbit.

“You have to train them when you get them and make them more tame,” she said. “When you get them they aren’t really bonded to you.”

She enjoys everything about her animals.

“They are just really loving things,” Lillie said.

Allison Magargal is working hard with her horse Rosie to get her ready to show.

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You have to train them when you get them and make them more tame.

When you get them, they aren’t really bonded to you.

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Lillie Truitt, fair participant

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SAUERS sisters hit the mark with their creativity

By ELISHA SMITH Staff writer For Jordan and Genevieve Sauers, competing at the Park County Fair is a major part of their summer.

Both girls compete in multiple events including visual arts, photography, gardening, sewing, jewelry, crafts, poetry, wildlife, food and nutrition, rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting, fashion and fabric, and child development.

With so many categories to compete in, each year might be different. Jordan and Genevieve have been competing in the Fair for five years.

“I am competing in the visual arts category, which includes paintings, drawings, sketches and different crafts,” Genevieve said.

She enjoys the fair for many reasons.

“I think it’s fun to be creative and explore new opportunities,” Genevieve said. “[I also] find it challenging and enjoyable.”

Both girls compete in the shooting category, but they said they enjoyed visual arts.

“It’s such a peaceful thing to paint and listen to music,” Jordan said. “I’ve always been pretty artsy and it’s just something that I’ve always enjoyed doing and learning.”

Each year it’s exciting for the girls to come up with new ideas and projects.

“My favorite part about competing in the Fair is making new memories with friends and getting to see what ribbons my projects get each year,” Jordan said. “I also enjoy meeting with the judges because they help you fix things you need to work on or things you can do better for next year.”

“My favorite part about competing is meeting with the judges and seeing what they say about my projects,” Genevieve added.

They also enjoy the competition.

“I love competing in the Fair because it is so much fun to compete in the same categories as other people,” Jor-

Jordan Sauers practices pistol shooting. Both sisters compete in rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting. dan said. “You get to compare how different your views are from a unique perspective and [getting to see] the various ways that everyone accomplishes the projects differently.”

Both girls are involved in 4-H. “I enjoy it because to me, 4-H is a great place to learn new things and test my creativity,” Genevieve said. “I’m truly blessed to live in a place that has such a strong 4-H program.” “ M y m om e n cou r aged me to do 4-H when we first moved here from South Carolina about five years ago,” Jordan added. “I’m so thankful she helped me get involved with it because I absolutely love being a part of 4-H.” The Park County Fair

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Like most family activities, there is much support from the community and family.

“I can’t thank God, my teachers, instructors and parents enough for all the support and encouraging things they said to build my confidence,” Jordan said.

Jordan is glad she chose to participate in 4-H and has loved it from the beginning.

“If you don’t do 4-H, I really encourage you to try it out,” she said. “You won’t regret it. There are so many categories to choose from and you will have a blast. 4-H has changed my life.”

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WILLIAMS uses ‘Brezzie Wear’ to support passion

By DEVA BAILEY Staff writer For 15-year-old Brye Williams, spending hours riding her horses in preparation for the Park County Fair is not a sacrifice as much as it is a way of life.

“I really like to have animals because they are fun to have, but they also teach skills like how to be responsible,” she said. “You can learn the hard way. If you don’t put the time and effort into them then you don’t do as well at Fair.”

Williams has shown animals at the Fair for the past seven years. This year she will show four horses and her market pig.

“I ride every day, riding with the other 4-H kids, which really reminds me of things I need to practice and work on,” she said. “For my pig I take it on a walk for at least 15 minutes a day.”

Williams said she has qualified for state for four years and hopes she will be able to again this year.

“I usually win showmanship and I really hope to win showmanship this year again for horses,” she said.

Williams said showing a horse is full of technicalities.

“You have to set your horse up so you have to make sure both of their feet are parallel together,” she said. “As in, you have to walk and trot your horse and pivot them.”

The maintenance and care of animals at Fair can have its difficulties.

“The most stressful part about it is taking so many horses because you are constantly getting on and off or changing equipment to go to the next class,” she said.

Williams has two horses she uses for showmanship and is taking two new horses in different events.

“I’m most excited to take both of my new horses this year because I think it will be a fun experience having them at the next level,” she said. “I like riding horses so much because there are so many opportunities you can have with them. They’re very diverse.”

Williams not only trains her horses, she also finances them through her business Brezzie Horse Wear. She makes and sells polo wraps, tail bags and wither straps.

“A couple of years ago she was in a horse accident and she shattered her kidney,” Brye’s mother Stephanie Williams said. “During that time she started Brezzie Wear.”

Stephanie said she is very proud of Brye for starting this business.

“A lot of kids see the pretty things Brye wears,” Stephanie said. “It’s not because Mom spoils her. She made this business and she supports her own habit.”

With the proceeds from her business, Brye said she bought herself a new barrel horse and saddle.

“It also helps me look very glamorous in the barrel racing world,” she said.

“It makes me feel a little more independent and less spoiled because a lot of people can see you in all the nice things you have and think you got it from your parents, but then can real-

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Williams is showing four horses at the Fair this year, including two new ones. ize that you worked hard for it.”

In order for her business to be successful, Brye said she has to give up a lot of free time.

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“I wouldn’t say it’s a big sacrifice of my time.”

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Nestled among trailer houses that had been stapled together to form trailer mansions, four musicians came together to create an insanely catchy, melodic, and powerful blend of rock and roll.

Regardless of the eclectic inspirations and backgrounds of Marshall Catch, in this world it has always been about the music. And the music speaks.

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The other members, Aidan Foshay (bass), Aaron Dan-

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reuther (guitars and harmony vocals), and Jared Denney (drums, keyboards and harmony vocals) feel the energy and together the band gallops through each song.

Their songs are rooted in meaning and personal reflection. Seeking to capture emotions as though they are an elusive object to hunt, the other members surround Lautaret in his bid for honesty, each piece of the puzzle lining up perfectly to communicate the feeling and serve the song.

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When it all boils down, Marshall Catch is just four regular guys with wives and children and dreams of a life making music. They don’t take themselves too seriously, but they recognize the power and influence behind the music that they are making. Maybe that is because, in some ways, the music is making them and not the other way around.

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The Knights of Valour will be back for the second year. The exciting show, which features knights jousting, will be in the main grandstand on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

july 21

• Noon – Free stage acts begin.

• Noon-6 p.m. – Open class floriculture and agronomy due and in place.

• 6:30 p.m. – Open class floriculture exhibits judged.

Youth pig wrestling teams report to arena.

• 7 p.m. – Pig wrestling, main grandstands.

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• 8 a.m. – Gate admission charges begin.

All youth livestock except beef cattle must be stalled.

•8:30 a.m. – Market hogs weighed.

• 9 a.m. – Judging jackpot at weighin time.

• 10 a.m. – Market, feeder and orphan lambs weighed.

•11:30 a.m. – Market goats weighed.

• Noon – Free stage acts begin.

• Noon-midnight – Carnival (Wednesday through Sunday).

• 1-10 p.m. – Exhibit halls open.

• 1-2 p.m. – Market beef weighed and measured.

• 5 p.m. – 4-H beef showmanship (Sr., Int., Jr., Beginner) • 5-7 p.m. – Rabbit weigh-ins.

•5:30 p.m. – 4-H swine showmanship followed by feeders and breeding swine.

• 6 p.m. – All poultry must be in their pens.

All rabbits must be in their pens.

followed by Pee Wee, market shows.

All open class livestock must be in place.

Open class and 4-H wool judged.

Youth and open class sheep wool entries due.

• 7:30 p.m. – Chris Cagle concert, main grandstand.

• 7:30 p.m. – Knights of Valour, main grandstand.

• 9 p.m. – Mandatory milk-out, all dairy goats must be milked.

THURSDAY

july 23

• 7:30 a.m. – Poultry showmanship.

Youth and Open poultry judged immediately following poultry showmanship.

• 8 a.m.-noon – 4-H, FFA and Pee Wee youth rabbit showmanship.

Youth and open meat goat show.

• 9 a.m. – Youth market beef show.

Park County steer futurity.

FFA beef showmanship following market beef show.

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – All exhibit halls open.

• Noon – Free stage acts begin.

• Noon-midnight – Carnival.

• 1 p.m. – Kids’ day races.

FRIDAY

july 24

• 7:30 a.m. – FFA sheep showmanship followed by youth market sheep show and open class market sheep show.

july 25

• 9 a.m. – 4-H and FFA round robin showmanship.

• 9:30 a.m. – Kids’ Day Parade.

• 10 a.m. – Park County Fair Parade.

• 8 a.m. – Youth dairy goat showmanship and show.

• Noon-midnight – Carnival.

Open class dairy goat show, followed by dairy goat youth show.

Pee wee goat open showmanship followed by dress a goat.

• Noon – Free stage acts begin.

• 1 p.m. – Junior livestock sale.

• 4 p.m. – Horseshoe pitching.

• 6 p.m. – Demolition Derby, main grandstand.

Open class dairy cattle show.

SUNDAY

Youth dairy cattle show.

• 6 a.m. – Livestock released.

Youth and open class feeder lambs, pens of three and orphan lambs judged following best fitted.

• Noon-midnight – Carnival.

•5:30 p.m. – Swine showmanship,

SATURDAY

• 11 a.m. – Livestock buyers lunch.

• Noon – Free stage acts begin.

• 5 p.m. – Youth beef showmanship.

• 7 p.m. – Park County Endurocross, main grandstand.

Breeding sheep (youth and open) follows production ewes.

Best fitted follows showmanship.

Supreme female beef show.

• 6 p.m. – Sheep lead contest.

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – Exhibit halls open.

• 1:30 p.m. – 4-H sheep showmanship. (Sr., Int., Jr., Beginner)

Open class breeding beef show following youth show.

• 5:30 p.m. – Carcass entries judged.

Production ewes follows market lambs.

Rabbit show.

Youth breeding beef.

• 5 p.m. – Horseshoe pitching.

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – All exhibit halls open.

• 1 p.m. – Pee Wee sheep show for kids younger than 8.

Break in breeding sheep – balance of breeding sheep will follow Pee Wee show.

Drawing for junior livestock sale order.

• 3 p.m. – Small animal round robin.

july 26

• 9-11 a.m. – Exhibits released, doors locked at 11 a.m.

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Jim Adams learned ventriloquism from watching performers on TV as a child.

Ventriloquist, hypnotist ready to dazzle Fair crowd

By DEVA BAILEY Staff writer Magic, hypnosis and ventriloquy will all be part of the shows Michael Mezmer and Jim Adams will perform during the free stage acts at the Park County Fair on July 21-25.

“I really do get a kick out of just showing people a good time for the short time we’re together,” ventriloquist Jim Adams said. “Laughter is so refreshing.”

Adams, who has been performing for 40 years, was the stand-up comedian in Disneyland’s “Golden Horseshoe Revue” for 12 years. The show holds the world record for the longest running live stage show.

“I learned ventriloquism as a child watching Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on television,” Adams said. “I started to get a real kick out of making people fall in love with these imaginary characters. They really do seem to just come to life.”

Adams enjoys the people he meets traveling and performing.

“Since leaving there [Disneyland] we have traveled all over the world,” he said. “We

have met fascinating people and seen fascinating things.”

During his show, magician and hypnotist Mezmer will incorporate illusion and hypnosis to mystify his audience.

“Both Jim and I love working at fairs for the family audience,” Mezmer said. “I’m doing two different shows at the Fair.

One is my Trance Nosis comedy hypnosis show, which will be the final show everyday. It’s great because people who come to the Fair can become the stars of the Fair.”

Mezmer said the theme of his Trance Nosis show is “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.”

“It’s a really fun show and really uplifting,” he said. “I don’t ever embarrass anyone.

It’s about helping the people on stage have a very positive, awesome experience.”

Besides his Trance Nosis show, Mezmer will do one more additional show.

“The other show, my brainstorm magic phenomena show, is more cutting-edge,” Mezmer said. “It’s really interesting because it will show you things you don’t normally see in a magic-type performance. I don’t

categorize myself as much a magician as a phenomenalist.”

Mezmer said he anticipates the audience at the Park County Fair will leave with a sense of wonderment.

“Well with the phenomenalist show, I hope they leave thinking ‘wow how do you do that’ and as far as the hypnosis show I hope they leave laughing because laughter is the best therapy,” Mezmer said. “In the end, I hope everyone leaves happier and more positive, and getting away from the day-today worries.”

Both Adams and Mezmer are excited to share their talents together.

“Well, Michael Mezmer puts on an incredible show,” Adams said. “We are honored to be able to share the same stage with him. His shows are literally a scream.”

Mezmer shares the sentiment.

“Jim [Adams] does a fantastic ventriloquist show in that his characters really come alive,” he said. “When you watch him you really forget they aren’t real because of the way he creates the image of them being real people.”

Michael Mezmer incorporates illusion and hypnosis to mystify his audience.

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I don’t categorize myself as much a magician as a phenomenalist.

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Gill Castillo, also known as Kachunga, provides an educational, entertaining alligator show.

Alligator man hopes people gain better understanding of creatures

By ELISHA SMITH Staff writer Visitors to this year’s Park County Fair will be able to watch a man handle an alligator with his bare hands during Kachunga and the Alligator Show.

During the free ground act, people who attend the show will be able to be entertained by the alligators and handlers.

“Our efforts are to perform a well-rounded, educational, yet entertaining show about the American alligator,” Alligator educator Kachunga (Gill Castillo) said.

Often times, people who are not used to seeing an alligator might not know what to expect when near one.

“We hope that they will walk away with a better understanding of the American alligator,” Kachunga said. “We will clear up many myths and fallacies surrounding the species.”

He said most Wyomingites might not realize how big the alligators are. “[The people will enjoy] seeing an eight-foot alligator up close and personal in the

great northwest,” Kachunga said.

Similar to bear aware programs, the alligator show was created to make people aware of their surroundings when in an alligator’s territory.

“I created the show back in 1982,” Kachunga said.

“Back then, the alligator was an endangered species. I realized the need for an educational awareness program such as this.

“Alligators have since made a tremendous comeback and are no longer threatened nor endangered.

Their status now is largely due to good laws and awareness.”

Not only does the show inform people, it allows for them to be fully entertained.

Kachunga also enjoys interacting with the crowd.

“I am looking forward to meeting everyone,” he said. “[I enjoy] working with the many children that we meet.”

The show will be performed at various times each day during the Fair.

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