{"id":2098,"date":"2011-09-30T08:48:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.przyborski.com\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:08:47","slug":"scenes-from-a-summer-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.przyborski.com\/?p=2098","title":{"rendered":"Images from a Summer Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Summer Carnival\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqkEOT1oECU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>All across the country, traveling carnivals setup shop outside hundreds of small towns and cities. Within a day or so, workers transform an open field on the outskirts of town, into a midway with rides, games and lots of junk food. Where else can you enjoy chocolate funnel cakes and deep-fried ice cream?<\/p>\n<p>For many residents, a trip to the carnival&#8217;s an annual tradition. For the $5 admission, you can spend all day and night cruising the fair grounds. There&#8217;s groups of girls checking out the guys and catching up on mid-summer gossip. As day slowly dissolves to night, young lovers stroll the midway hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p>At a Midwest carnival, tractor and truck pulls are very popular. A powerful truck or tractor drags a weighted sled down a dirt track. It&#8217;s not a sophisticated sport, but it&#8217;s fun to watch and very loud! The owner of the winning entry gets a prize, but more importantly, all his friends know he drives of the most powerful truck in town.<\/p>\n<p>I shot this video to capture moments from a hot, humid July day, at the fairgrounds, just outside Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All across the country, traveling carnivals setup shop outside hundreds of small towns and cities. Within a day or so, workers transform an open field on the outskirts of town, into a midway with rides, games and lots of junk food. Where else can you enjoy chocolate funnel cakes and deep-fried ice cream? 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