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CONTENTS General information and schedule of events Lodi Grape Festival honors nation with patriotic theme, ‘America the Beautiful’ Mural captures festival’s patriotic theme Fair talent guaranteed to rock Lodi with funk, alternative, blues Don and Jean Phillips head this year’s parade as grand marshals Festival parade comes from months of planning, effort Patriotic festival theme turns Grape Pavilion into a hall of flags Festival presents chance to taste fine local wines Good eats, from snacks to desserts, can be found at the festival Bobbie Norton: Invaluable behind-the-scenes person Answers to Grape Festival trivia questions Butler Amusements brings fun, games to Grape Festival Step right up and win a stuffed bulldog! Talented people make murals with grapes Hewlett-Packard brings technology exhibit to town Swan Brothers bring comedy circus to festival once again Don’t forget to visit the petting zoo Grape Festival features tobacco-free zones for fair-goers Festival Web site tells what to see, do 2002 president Caroline Lange has years of festival experience Board of directors plans for four-day event all year 2001 Grape Festival carried on despite terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. From Tokay to today: Evolution of the Grape Festival |
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Step right up and win a stuffed bulldog! By News-Sentinel staff Candice Pendergrass, marketing director for Butler Amusements, answered some common questions about the company’s midway games, which will be featured at the Grape Festival. Can you list the most popular games? Currently, one of the most popular games on the midway is the Water Race game. This game pits players against one another as they shoot a stream of water into a target. The first player to fill his or her reservoir to the top wins a prize. How are they invented or designed? There are manufacturing companies that develop concepts for games and build upon old ideas in the creation and construction of carnival games. Each winter, there is a convention at which carnivals and manufactures gather to buy and sell the latest and greatest in carnival entertainment. What are the most popular prizes? Currently, the most popular prize is a stuffed bulldog. How have carnival games changed through the years with the advent of technology? In the last 10 years, technology has played a bigger and bigger role in carnival games. Today, nearly 90 percent of all the games on the midway are run by computer. It is no longer the game operator but a computer that selects the winner. How many prizes do you give away per year or per carnival? Most of the games on the midway are games that challenge payers to compete against each other. This guarantees a winner and a loser, meaning that a prize is given every time the game is played. Can a customer simply take a complaint to the fair or carnival manager? Each midway has a field office located in a trailer on the carnival lot. Customers are encouraged to inform the field office on site of any problems or concerns. What is the oldest game? The ring toss is thought to be the first game ever played at the modern American carnival. It is a long way from the arcade style of games that we see on the midways today. Home | News | Sports | Business | Features | Opinion | Obituaries |Classifieds | Archives |
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