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The Great Allentown Fair is an outdoor festival held annually at the Allentown Fairgrounds in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festival features arts, crafts, entertainment, music and concerts.
Concerts include various types of genres, both requiring tickets and free music, including country music, christian music, rap music, gospel music, new music, rock music, hip hop music, dance music, latin music, party music, pop music and emo music. Performers set to play in 2008 include country star Toby Keith.
The Great Allentown Fair also features an annual Demolition Derby.
Concerts include various types of genres, both requiring tickets and free music, including country music, christian music, rap music, gospel music, new music, rock music, hip hop music, dance music, latin music, party music, pop music and emo music. Performers set to play in 2008 include country star Toby Keith.
The Great Allentown Fair also features an annual Demolition Derby.
The Great Allentown Fair is an outdoor festival held annually at the Allentown Fairgrounds in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festival features arts, crafts, entertainment, music and concerts.
Concerts include various types of genres, both requiring tickets and free music, including country music, christian music, rap music, gospel music, new music, rock music, hip hop music, dance music, latin music, party music, pop music and emo music. Performers set to play in 2008 include country star Toby Keith.
The Great Allentown Fair also features an annual Demolition Derby.
Concerts include various types of genres, both requiring tickets and free music, including country music, christian music, rap music, gospel music, new music, rock music, hip hop music, dance music, latin music, party music, pop music and emo music. Performers set to play in 2008 include country star Toby Keith.
The Great Allentown Fair also features an annual Demolition Derby.
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New pact cuts police pension benefits
Of The Morning CallAn arbitration panel settled a long-running dispute between Allentown and its Police Department on Friday with a contract that reduces pension benefits by capping overtime calculations and eliminating an early retirement provision. The contract also...Tags: Police, Wages and Pensions, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Business Enterprises, Public Officials
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All in the Family
Of The Morning CallBlue ribbons. Red ribbons. White ribbons. Even chocolate-colored ribbons. Catherine Ache of Bethlehem, her daughter Sharon Kurtz of Emmaus, and granddaughters Amanda and Sara Kurtz, also of Emmaus, have collected dozens as rewards for their prize-...Tags: Plainfield (Windham, Connecticut), Slatedale, Schnecksville, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Emmaus
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My Favorite Recipe: Michele Chasky, Macungie
Learned to cook: I learned to cook by watching and helping my mom and grandma when I was younger. Cook from scratch: Every chance I get, usually four nights a week. Eat leftovers: I love leftovers, especially Chinese food, but it has to be cold. Recipe...Tags: Christmas, Holidays, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Macungie
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Back to basics
Of The Morning CallDoris Harper, an Allentown grandmother, has won blue ribbons in half the Allentown Fair's special culinary contests. But even she was surprised to win her latest blue ribbon in the Hidden Valley Dressings ''Fresh Taste for The Family'' recipe contest. ''...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Orefield
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Air guitar championship: It's real, it's harmless
You may not have read about this, but a new Air Guitar World Champion was crowned just a few days ago in Oulu, Finland. I know. I can't believe there is such a thing as the Air Guitar World Championships (AGWC) but they've been held since 1996, and are...Tags: Game Playing, Music, Video Games, Music Industry, Multi-Sport Events
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'You know, I have one simple request.'
That sophisticated comedy classic, ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,'' includes a memorable exchange between Dr. Evil and his henchman, No. 2. Dr. Evil has just ordered that Austin Powers be fed to sharks with laser beams attached to...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Idiot savant hits pay dirt at the Allentown Fair
I've always believed that each person has special gifts, although they sometimes go unrecognized. In my case, they're very well hidden, because I've gone more than five decades without finding them -- until Wednesday at the Allentown Fair. It was an...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Game Playing, Tourism and Leisure, Games, Casino and Gambling
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Newsmaker Q&A: Bonnie Brosious
The cattle, swine and sheep are still there, but the Allentown Fair has undergone some major changes this year. The fair, which runs through Labor Day, has remade its midway. While longtime attendees had grown used to traditional freak shows, fair...Tags: Labor Day, Musikfest
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Readers offer their favorite attractions
When I wrote a while back about the Top 10 attractions I would show visitors to impress them with our area, I invited your suggestions. I got a lot of them, as you'll see in a moment. I also received several invitations for guided tours -- even free...Tags: Lehigh Valley Velodrome, Coca-Cola Company, Das Awkscht Fescht, Festive Event, Banana Factory
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Newsmaker Q&A w/Mike Stershic, Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau president
There was growing evidence last week that more and more families are planning vacations close to home – "staycations" – because of high gas prices and other economic worries. The parent company of Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom reported an increase in...Tags: National Government, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Cycling, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Government
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Here's your chance to dunk clowns
You're standing at the mirror, admiring your My Little Pony tattoo and stewing over columnist Paul Carpenter's unkind words about body art. You're a school board solicitor, sick of the way I keep casting aspersions on your evasions of the Sunshine Act....Tags: Mass Media, Kutztown Folk Festival, Larry Holmes, Wrestling, Schools
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The blacksmith booth revives pangs of guilt
Martin Hines (the family name was Anglicized because of anti-German sentiment prior to World War I) was the only man in Eden, N.Y., who could make shot glasses jump by banging his fist on the massive oak bar of the town's main saloon. Fittingly, he was a...Tags: Kutztown Folk Festival, Plainfield (Windham, Connecticut), Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, Kutztown
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