The Fair with Nothing There

What a shame - I bet the kids were upset! WE don't really have school fairs and it has been quite a while since I have been to any at all that I couldn't really say what any local fairs are like now - perhaps since I still have the wheelchair for a little while I should try getting out to a couple! xxx

We have fantastic fairs in this area especially at the school, though sometimes the stalls can be a bit light on items but then a lot of the time this is the parents fault for not donating or baking more but in general it is a pretty good show. Ours don't really have much more than stalls though, maybe a few tombolas and a cocnut shy, definitely no bouncy castles or tractor rides. Sorry to hear that you were disappointed by it and the kids also. I don't think I have ever been to one that has turned out to be a disappointment though. Ellie :D

Wow, this sounds like a bad fair!! When my kids were small and they had these annual fairs at their school, it was always fun. They had dunking booths, cake walks, the duck pond, darts, basketball dunk, ring toss and all kinds of other games! The shopping arena was also nice. They rented spaces to local craftsmen/women. So there was a nice variety of vendors to shop at also. You would find handmade clothing, crafts, Avon, other makeup, jewelry, etc. The school usually had donations for the concession stands of lots of cookies and cakes. That was all 100% profit for the school. They also rented popcorn machines and served hot dogs and hamburgers, as well as nachos. The afternoon event for the fair was an auction where they solicited donated items from all involved in the school and also the local community and businesses. This was always a huge event and well attended with the auditorium filled to capacity. I can remember buying some nice things at this auction! I wouldn't mind going back again just for the auction! I'm sorry your school's fair turned out so bad. Maybe they could use some new suggestions for next year. Why don't you call them up and see if you can get a committee going to improve the school fair?

gemini rose we have the orange county fair coming up this month and lasts three weeks with all sorts of produce on display,and arts and crafts building,new inventions, horticulture building, photograhy, and film, paintings building, farm machinery, animals display, four h animal sales and a rodeo, and all sorts of side shows, and oddles of food stalls of all kinds. it would take a whole day to visit all the different venues and its well worth your time to do so. also various bands will be performing and there will be a carnival and midway. everybody and his dog comes to the orange county fair.oo

I don't believe that I have ever been to one that was as bad as this one seemed to be.. I don't believe that I would have stayed for very long.. I know it had to be dissapointing to the children, as they had been looking forward to it, I am sure.. Any fairs that I have been to, and we do have a huge one each Septemmber, are over the top with rides, displays, fireworks, food stalls, games, and so much more.. You end up staying from the time that you get there, which in our case was about 2:00 in the afternoon until after the fireworks which were set off at 10:00 in the evening.. And then you wanted to go back the next day.. But the one that your children went to sounded horrible..

This sounds much like the lavendar festival we went to last weekend which I told you about in another discussion. We have a few fairs and carnivals throughout the year here and there. I've never been to a school fair. But every year at the end of August we have "The Great New York State Fair". This fair is so awesome, you literally can spend an entire day there and still not see everything. It's huge! They have 2 concerts each day, a paid one with a really big name in music, and a free one, which is usually a "has been" like the Temptations or Cyndi Lauper, they were here last year. There are livestock shows, street performers, petting zoos, many buildings with things in them, like the dairy building has a 4 foot by 4 foot sculpture made completely out of butter. The horticulture building has flower displays and a sand sculpture as big as a house! The food is to die for, and the rides... there is a kiddie land of course, but the main midway is at least a mile long! We look forward to it every year.

Wow!! This one does sound like it would not be worth going too. All of the ones I have ever been too in the past have been interesting. Sometimes they may not be as Good as the yr. before, or the last one I went too, but they have all been worth going too. A lot of the problem anymore, is that a lot of them now tend to charge too much or are too far to travel to get to them. With the high price of gas, etc. we end up having to pinch pennies usually to where we never can get there much. I actually miss the Good ole days now as well.

it sounds really terrible and i'm not blaming you and your kids to be so disappointed... i will be as well if i were in your position... it had been ages ago since i go to a fair and i never go to one that sounded so horrible... i'm glad to hear that you will help out next year to make it better... i hope it will be a much better one for you and your children next year... take care and have a nice day...

Wow, that was sad, Maybe not a lot of people participated and only few were working for that..I have not been in any Fair that disappoint me but if ever I will experienced that, maybe I will just stay up to 10 minutes..LOL! I hope it will be great next year! Cheers!

That sounds like a real dissapointment. The should have had more games for the kiddies. Were there any refreshments available at all? I've been to fairs before that have been really good, and to others that have been not so good. i love going to them in the summer.

O! how is it your kids got reconciled to the disappointment?.. I think the disappointment for them will me more than that of yours.. And only i wonder that.. though these Fair kind of things, occur in various countries.. but quite often it is the same thing every where, irrespective of places, leading to the disappointment.

Oh, that's sad! Especially for the little ones. I am sure that I have been to my fair share of lousy carnivals/fairs. But I don't remember any. Once I went to a PTA meeting at school and won a cake. It was lots of fun.