Troy Fair off to good start
Review Photo/ERIC HRIN Stacking cookies Tuesday at Senior Day at the Troy Fair are Inez Smith, left, and Harry Gardner of Wyalusing.
Review Photo/ERIC HRIN Tuesday at Senior Day at the Troy Fair, Nelson Waffle performs.
Troy Fair off to good start
TROY - The seats on the ferris wheel aren't the only things that have been going up at the Troy Fair.
So was attendance on Monday.
On Tuesday, Gary Horning, fair treasurer, said that attendance for the opening day of the fair was 6,620, up 700 from last year.
Bob Garrison, fair manager, said he thought the "wonderful" weather and the "Pay One Price" gate pass for $7, which includes all the free entertainment at the fair, free parking, mechanical rides, and the fun house, was helping boost attendance.
"So far it looks great, and it looks like it's going to be a great year," Garrison said.
On Tuesday, people were enjoying the free entertainment at the fair, including Ryan Pelton, who brought the music of Elvis alive for the crowd. He describes himself as an international, award-winning tribute artist who performs all the eras of Elvis Presley's career.
"I think he's great," fair president Cathy Jenkins said. "He's got a huge following."
When interviewed between sets, Pelton said that people started saying that he resembled Elvis when he was about 12 years old.
Admittedly, he didn't know much about Elvis at that time.
Then, when he was 25 years old, he won a contest in Columbus, Ohio, at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill, and that set him on the road to his present career.
"It did kind of pick me, I didn't really pick it," he said of his work.
His Web site notes that, throughout his career, Pelton has had the opportunity to work beside many of the original musicians and vocalists that performed with Elvis Presley himself, including The Jordanaires, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, D.J. Fontana, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, and Millie Kirkham.
In addition, Pelton has appeared alongside Celine Dion on "American Idol" for a duet of "If I Can Dream." Pelton also plays Elvis in "Hound Dog" with Dakota Fanning.
Speaking on his decision to pursue his current career, he commented, "I just didn't want to be 90 years old one day and look back and say, 'what if?'"
On the 4-H front, there was a 4-H pet show in the large arena with an open dog agility show afterwards.
Tom Maloney, 4-H educator, joked that 4-H has "gone to the dogs."
And hypnotist Michael Blaine was entertaining once again.
Among those being put under his spell were Matt Pomeroy of Ulysses, Pa. and Sarah Sutryk of Waverly.
While under hypnosis, Pomeroy danced and sang like Michael Jackson and James Brown, while Sutryk wore a hat and sunglasses as she performed like Lady GaGa.
She brought Gene Fletcher of Bentley Creek on stage while under Blaine's spell.
Fletcher enjoyed the fun.
"It's pretty cool."
Eric Hrin can be reached at (570) 297-5251; e-mail: reviewtroy@thedailyreview.com.
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