{"id":1312887,"date":"2019-07-27T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people\/"},"modified":"2019-07-27T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T04:52:00","slug":"carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbondale\u2019s Mountain Fair connects a rainbow of people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6755793226381\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-984977-907\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | A wood splitting contestant gives it all he's got during the competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A wood splitting contestant gives it all he&#8217;s got during the competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1.jpg\" alt=\"A wood splitting contestant gives it all he's got during the competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Dancers with Coredination perform for the crowd to start up the men's woodsplitting competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Dancers with Coredination perform for the crowd to start up the men&#8217;s woodsplitting competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers with Coredination perform for the crowd to start up the men's woodsplitting competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | A contestant focuses even in a downpour during the limbo competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A contestant focuses even in a downpour during the limbo competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/MtnFair-gpi-072819-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"A contestant focuses even in a downpour during the limbo competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">The colors of the valley never cease to shine through the diversity and culture that spreads through Carbondale\u2019s Mountain Fair, particularly with this year\u2019s theme, \u201cRainbow Connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Saturday at the fair didn\u2019t disappoint, with its countless rainbows following a pair of downpours to go along with the bright music, art, food and personalities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI like its funkiness,\u201d said Steven Beham, an annual fair goer. \u201cYou never know what you\u2019re gonna get here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Beham has enjoyed the fair for 35 years, and even though he no longer lives in the Valley, he makes sure to come back every year for the festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This year, the fair drew more than 145 vendors, including booths selling foods from all over the world. Fairgoers can <a id=\"N0x286b300N0x27f69f0:N0x286b300N0x28484b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/from-50000-mini-donuts-to-fried-chicken-biscuits-mountain-fair-food-vendors-satisfy-all-appetites\/\">experience flavors<\/a> from fresh fruits and biscuit sandwiches, to kettle corn and barbeque.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m in awe of the different kinds of international foods,\u201d said Lesley Morse, one of this year\u2019s vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Although Morse attended Mountain Fair about 20 years ago, she returned this year to help at the Jeffreezz Jelato stand, who\u2019s owner, Jeff Isaacson, has been attending Mountain Fair for 47 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anne Williams comes to the fair for a whole other reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI love people watching,\u201d said Anne Williams, one of the Mountain Fair volunteer supervisors. \u201cI come for the music and I just love to see all the creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Williams has worked in the fair\u2019s volunteer program for four years now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to meet people and get involved with the community,\u201d said Williams. \u201cI like to help the Carbondale arts in any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Another draw for Mountain Fair is connecting with friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou see all kinds of people,\u201d said Kim Feder, a local fair attendee. \u201cYou don\u2019t see them all year and then you come and they\u2019re all here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bill Hammond, an annual Mountain Fair goer, now lives in Arkansas, but almost always makes sure to get back to Carbondale for the fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI live out of town, so I like to see a lot of old friends,\u201d Hammond said. \u201cI come to town almost every year for the fair. I\u2019ve been gone for about 30 years and I\u2019ve made it back for about 25 of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aside from enjoying the fair with friends and family, Hammond likes to help out by supporting the local community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe always volunteer and do security,\u201d said Hammond. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing it for a long time. I work a couple hours for the fair and then I get my shirt. I just love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Mountain Fair turns 48 this year, and although the fair seems to change with the years, it still has the atmosphere that many can\u2019t miss out on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI had no idea that it was this big,\u201d said Morse, seeing the fair again for the first time in 20 years. \u201cIt didn\u2019t used to be. The amount of people is fun but it never seems too crowded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Some people really enjoy the laid-back flow of the fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI love the lack of structure,\u201d said Steve Feder, an annual attendee with his family. \u201cYou\u2019re not obligated to do anything. It\u2019s very freeform and flowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Mountain Fair concludes Sunday in Carbondale\u2019s Sopris Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/carbondales-mountain-fair-connects-a-rainbow-of-people\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wood splitting contestant gives it all he&#8217;s got during the competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Dancers with Coredination perform for the crowd to start up the men&#8217;s woodsplitting competition at the 48th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair on Saturday afternoon.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 10:03:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}