Article: ALL'S FAIR THE STATE FAIR TRIES ITS BEST TO WIN OVER FAIRGOERS.(DAYBREAK)

Byline: Tom Alesia Wisconsin State Journal

Born 152 years ago, the Wisconsin State Fair will do anything -- anything (is your face covered with cream puff yet?) -- to entertain patrons.

For instance, the fair features a barbershop quartet, a smile contest, 7-foot-1 Milwaukee Bucks' center Joel Przybilla, pig racers, a polka band, bingo and many other acts and exhibits.

At the same time.

That's the state fair's lineup at 2 p.m. Aug. 8.

To preview the fair -- which opens Thursday and runs, faster than the pigs chasing an Oreo, until Aug. 10 -- is to uncover a dizzying array of events. It offers 29 free stages of entertainment and everything from a veal ...

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