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DRY, BUT DON'T COUNT ON THE 70S
STICKING AROUND!
NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST FAIR
BROUGHT IN BIG NUMBERS THIS
ATTENDANCE AT THE BIG E AND AS
22NEWS REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU
EXPLAINS, IT TRANSLATED INTO BIG
SALES FOR VENDORS.
17 DAYS AFTER THE START OF THE
BIG E, IT WAS TIME TO BREAK DOWN
WE DID REALLY WELL. THE WEATHER
WAS GOOD. THE CROWDS WERE
GREAT. IT WAS A CONSISTENT FLOW
OF PEOPLE. ELAINE FISHER AND
THEIR WOODEN CARVINGS OF
WILDLIFE TO THE FAIR FOR 10
WERE UP.
ABOUT 15-18 PERCENT BETTER OVER
ALONE....FROM CRAFTSPEOPLE TO
FOOD VENDORS, THE MONEY WAS
FLOWING AT THIS YEAR'S FAIR.
DID PRETTY WELL
10-PERCENT
BETTER THIS YEAR THAN I DID
EXPOSITION PRESIDENT AND CEO,
14-PERCENT INCREASE IN
ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR OVER
LAST...WELCOMING MORE THAN
SOMETIMES THE FAIR INDUSTRY CAN
FOOL YOU BECAUSE FAMILIES WILL
TO COME TO THE FAIR AND WHEN
THEY ARE HERE THEY MIGHT SPEND
SACRIFICED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT'S A RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR THE
DAYS FOR THE HUNDREDS OF
IN ORDER TO COME TO THE FAIR AND
WHEN THEY ARE HERE THEY MIGHT
SPEND MORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SACRIFICED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT'S A RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR THE
DAYS FOR THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO