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Few More Shows Added To Directory

CarnivalMidways.Com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:38:15 +0000

Shows added this time around were: 21st Century Shows – New Jersey D & D Putting and Amusements – Ohio Jim Thorpe Amusements – Pennsylvania And as always feel free to submit any show link or other link pertaining to the traveling amusement industry, by clicking here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Digg this! [...]

Men, women behind traveling carnival bring fleeting fun to small towns

CarnivalMidways.Com — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:21:35 +0000

Source: Seth Putnam – The Dispatch The carnival is gone almost before you know it was here. Every year, it rolls into town at the beginning of the week like a band of gypsies in the night. By the next evening, the rides and games are set up, and the flashing neon lights beckon. As [...]

Carnival workers adapt to life on the road

CarnivalMidways.Com — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:11:04 +0000

Source: Shaun Hittle – LJWorld.Com (*Click link for Slide show and Commentary*) His life is a carnival; it pretty much always has been. And when you ask the work crew to see the man in charge of all the rides at the Douglas County Fair, they direct you to Ricky Moore, the man in the [...]

Pride of Texas continues fun, family-style rides, games, food

CarnivalMidways.Com — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:17:59 +0000

Source:Connie Whiteley – The Southwest Times The Seward County 5-State Fair is in full swing today. The carnival started Tuesday evening and runs through Sunday. The Pride of Texas Carnival has been part of the 5-State Fair since 1971. The carnival opens at 6 p.m. and runs through 11 p.m. today, Thursday and Sunday. The [...]

Year to Remember for State Fair(North Dakota)

CarnivalMidways.Com — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:21:27 +0000

Source: KFYR-TV

Carnival season is up and running

CarnivalMidways.Com — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:45:31 +0000

By WENDI WINTERS, For the Maryland Gazette The air is crisp, redolent with nose-tingling aromas that beckon. An endless blur of bright lights and the reverberating sounds of delighted screams and shrieks of laughter electrify the night sky. You are at the carnival. It’s time to relax and have some old fashioned summertime fun. Perhaps [...]

Safety Considerations for Operating Amusement Rides

CarnivalMidways.Com — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:44:53 +0000

Source: Yourfirstserver.com The amusement ride operator/attendant has full control on most rides and must be proactive and capable of reacting quickly to situations as they arise. The safety record of the amusement ride industry has greatly improved as a result of inspections, ride maintenance, safe operations and better ride designs, and ride operators/attendants play an [...]

More Shows Added

CarnivalMidways.Com — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:52:27 +0000

New Shows added this time around are: Modern Midways out of Illinois, D & R Shows out of Ohio, Carnival Americana out of Texas, IndianaHead Shows out of Wisconsin and Carter Shows out of Ontario,Canada. Thanks for your patients those of you who’ve been waiting over a month, it’s been a long spring. Share this [...]

Corn-dog pizza? When it’s the Minnesota State Fair, why not?

CarnivalMidways.Com — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:46:50 +0000

Source: By Tad Vezner – Pioneer Press There’s only one thing to say about the tasty amalgamation of corn dogs and pizza. “It kind of makes sense; it brings two classics together,” said Dennis Larson, the Minnesota State Fair official who signs off on new food at the Fair. And the corn-dog-topped pizza, which will [...]

Games Galore inks contract with Murphy Brothers

CarnivalMidways.Com — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:26:04 +0000

Source: Tracy Frank – INFORUM Games Galore of Fargo has signed an extended contract with Oklahoma-based Murphy Brothers Carnival to provide inflatable games at carnivals throughout the United States. This is a big opportunity for the Fargo company, which opened in 2006, said owner Dave Lerud. “It’s a huge contract for Games Galore because it [...]