We'll close out Lorain County Fair Week here on the blog with a look at the 1975 edition. As usual, the promotion started weeks before the fair started.
The Lorain County Fair has always brought in the big names in country music and 1975 would be no exception. Below is the announcement of the grandstand headliners: the Statler Brothers, and Tammy Wynette and Sonny James. The listing appeared in the Journal on July 1, 1975, and the follow-up ad ran on July 30th.
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| 1975 promotional photo of Tammy Wynette |
The full-blown ad for the Fair appeared on August 18, 1975, the day before it opened.
That same edition of the
Journal contained the schedule and a tall ad highlighting fan favorite
Dan Fleenor and the
Hurricane Hell Drivers.
The next day, the
Journal ran an interesting article designed to reassure fairgoers that the amusement rides were safe.
And as usual, tall ads ran in the Journal daily informing readers what the attractions were for that day. This one ran in the
Journal on August 20, 1975.
As expected, the Statler Brothers, and Tammy Wynette and Sonny James were big hits with the Fair crowd.
Those rides... I worked in an amusement park that used a few carnival-style rides. I was always reminded of what the Wizard called the Tin Man, a "clinking, clanking, clattering collection of collagenous junk?!"
ReplyDeleteTammy Wynette, Sonny James and the Statlers were among the greatest country acts of the time. The Statlers had a wacky streak, which they showed in their LP "Alive at the Johnny Mack Brown High School," where they assumed the identity of Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys.
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