America Got It Right!

I went to the Utah State Fair yesterday. My sister and I went to see a performance. We were a little bit confused when we pulled into a parking area and were asked to pay $10 when it had been advertised as $5. They parking attendant informed us it was $5 earlier but his boss just upped it to $10 and he only had 2 spots left. We were glad we parked there as it was very close and the walk back in the dark wasn't as bad... We entered by the county booths and saw this 270 pound pumpkin.... Now that will make some pumpkin pie!!! We wandered around and looked at all the booths and all the things people were selling. Anyways, we asked some questions and found the grandstand stage where the performance was going to be. We found out that it had been moved to a bigger stage because of the enormous turnout the night before. The kind state fair workers advised us to get there at least an hour and a half ealry in order to get good seats. So we continued to wander and saw the pigs and sheep. We saw a girl clutching a stuffed puppy and crying as she wandered around. We turned a corner and saw a frantic mother running around shouting a girls name. I approached her and asked if her daughter was carrying a stuffed animal ( I realized later that just about every kid there was carring around a stuffed animal of some sort). She said Yes! and I pointed her in the direction of the girl we had just seen. She quickly thanked me and ran in that direction. Now I have no idea if that was really her lost daughter or if she found her but I like to think that it was and that I helped in some way. So anyways, we found a food stand that sold fried desserts. They had fried twinkies, oreos, and snickers. My sister bought a friend snickers and it was actually quite tasty.They put a snickers candy bar on a stick, dip it in batter, and then fry it. I bet the fried oreos and twinkies were good too!

It was now time to head over to the Grandstand to get in line. We made our way over and were surprised at how long the line was already. We stood in line for about 2 minutes and then the line was moving! We were able to go in right away and got great seats! We sat off to one side about 8 rows back on the aisle. We were there an hour and a half before the show. As the time got closer, they began to do sound checks and then there he was.... Terry Fator! If you don't know who that is, he was the ventriliquist on America's Got Talent and ended up winning the million dollars. I will tell you right now that America got it right and voted for the right person. Terry Fator is truly talented! He is very entertaining, a phenomenal ventriliquist, and so fun to watch! For those of you who still do not know who he is-- go look him up! He can impersonate various celebrtities and artists. Now, if you are thinking, not another one of those- then serisously look him up because he is most definately NOT another one of those. He is phenomenal! His voice range is astounding. He can sing like Etta James, Michael Jackson, Maroon 5, Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dunn, Sonny and Cher, and Elvis! He has various personalitites for each of his puppets and they sing just like the original artist and yet still have their own personalitites. He is just amazing to watch and he can sing too! I took a few pictures and some video clips... At the end he had Paul come out of the audience and help him to do a Sonny and Cher song. It was so funny! He signed autographs at the end of the show but we decided not to stand in line and didn't have anything for him to sign anyways.