The Emerald entertainment desk gets an avalanche of promotional photos for bands, movies and various “acts” during any given week. This special column takes a moment to present the most bizarre image received.
Our faces froze with gasps of shock similar to that of the youngest girl in the photo when we feasted our eyes on these green monsters. Of course, cucumbers that can be hollowed into canoes and cabbage leaves big enough to build the clam shell for a front yard Venus De Milo sculpture can only mean one thing: A state fair is on the way.
Sadly, our fair Beaver State has failed to create such promotion, which is, at the least, attention-getting. To go where size really does matter, travel to Alaska for its state fair Aug. 24- Sept. 3. Despite the chilly stereotypes, promoters boast: “The Land of the Midnight Sun produces 90-pound cabbages, 190-pound pumpkins and other monster veggies.”
Our suggestion is to make a trek out of it. Start at the Oregon State Fair, venture north to Washington’s, then hit the big freakin’ greens. In fact, stop by a county fair along the way and see Styx.
Visit anchorage.net for more information about the fair or where to get matching purple plaid flannels.
Promo Photo of the Week (7/26 – 8/1)
Daily Emerald
July 25, 2001
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