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ARRIVAL OF FALL MEANS FAIR SEASON HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND WE ARE ALMOST EXACTLY ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF THE CAROLINA CLASSIC FAIR IN WINSTON-SALEM. CANT WAIT. TEN DAYS OF FUN KICKS OFF ON OCTOBER FOURTH, AND WHILE MANY OF US LOOK FORWARD TO THINGS LIKE RIDES, THE FAIR FOOD, ANOTHER BIG PART, OF COURSE, OF ALL THE EVENTS ARE COMPETITIONS. AND JOINING US NOW TO SHARE MORE ON THE CONTEST IS MARKETING AND BRANDING MANAGER FOR THE WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUNDS, LILY CRAVEN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US OUTSIDE THE FAIRGROUNDS. LILY, HELLO. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YOURE VERY WELCOME. SO FIRST SHARE WITH US HOW THE COMPETITIONS WORK AT THE FAIR. SURE. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE YOUR ENTRY SUBMITTED ONLINE OR MAILED IN BY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. WE JUST ANNOUNCED OUR DEADLINE EXTENSION, SO WERE REALLY LOOKING TO SHOWCASE EVERYBODYS CREATIVITY THIS YEAR AND WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE. THATS THIS SUNDAY. SO TIMELY. WERE HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW TODAY. DEFINITELY, LILY, FIVE DAYS OUT. YEAH. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMPETITIONS YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO BE REGISTERING FOR? AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEW ONES THIS YEAR? SO OUR MOST POPULAR ONES ARE PROBABLY PHOTOGRAPHY. ALL OF OUR ARTS AND CRAFTS, BAKING, CANNING. WEVE GOT A HUGE SELECTION OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AS WELL. WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE STATE, SO WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. WERE INTRODUCING OUR NEW COMPETITION. ITS CALLED CAPS FOR CANCER AND EXHIBITORS CAN KNIT, CROCHET OR SEW A CAP FOR A CANCER AT ATRIUM HEALTH, WAKE FOREST BAPTIST COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER. AND THOSE WILL BE DONATED AFTER THE FAIR. OH, IM SO GLAD YOU GOT TO HIGHLIGHT. ITS CALLED CAPS FOR CANCER AND TELL ME AGAIN ITS FOR ANYONE WHO CURRENTLY IS LIVING WITH CANCER WHO MAY BE GETTING CARE AT ATRIUM HEALTH, WAKE FOREST BAPTIST. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. THOSE WILL ALL BE DONATED TO CANCER PATIENTS, NEWBORNS TO ADULTS. SO YOU CAN MAKE ANY SIZE CAP AND IT WILL BE DONATED TO A CANCER PATIENT THERE. WOW. SO WIN WIN. IF YOU GET THAT COMPETITION UNDERWAY AND THEN YOURE HELPING OTHERS. YEAH. LOVE THAT. WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SUBMITTING ENTRIES LEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND? I WOULD SAY JUST SUBMIT ENTRIES AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO. I MEAN, YOU CAN ENTER ANY SORT OF CATEGORY. WEVE GOT CATEGORIES FOR LIKE DECORATED APPLES AND POTATOES. SO IT COULD BE A WHOLE FAMILY THING. YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS DECORATE AN APPLE AND YOU CAN DECORATE ONE AS WELL, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLE FAMILY OF THEM ON DISPLAY AT THE FAIR. SO ITS REALLY FOR ANYBODY. AND YOU DONT HAVE TO LIVE JUST IN FORSYTH COUNTY. YOU CAN LIVE ANYWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND EVEN SOME COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. OH, THATS GREAT TO MENTION. THAT EXPANDS THAT. YEAH. THE ELIGIBILITY AND JUST BEING THE LARGEST AGRICULTURE AND LARGEST, SECOND LARGEST IN THE STATE REALLY DOES PUT, YOU KNOW, WINSTON-SALEM IN THE CAROLINA CLASSIC FAIR ON THE MAP STATEWIDE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HOSTING A FAIR LIKE THIS AND BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE COMPETITORS OUT THERE TO SUPPORT THEM? YEAH, I THINK ITS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE STATE FAIR OUT IN RALEIGH, WERE SORT OF SEPARATE. SO WERE ON SEPARATE SIDES OF THE STATE. SO WE CAN REALLY PULL IN. A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE AND REALLY JUST SHOWCASE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER THEIR GRANDMAS RECIPES, THEIR ARTS AND CRAFTS, THEIR FARM. SO ITS REALLY A GREAT SHOWCASE OF WHAT ALL THE STATE HAS TO OFFER. LILY, WE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME WITH YOU LEFT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO HIGHIGHT FOR THE CAROLINA CLASSIC FAIR? WE KNOW IT OPENS UP IN ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW, BUT IM SURE YOURE GETTING EXCITED. EXCITED OVER THERE, RIGHT? WERE A MONTH OUT TOMORROW, SO DEFINITELY IN THE DEPTHS OF PLANNING AND EVERYTHING, WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL PROMOTIONAL DAYS. WERE INTRODUCING MONSTER TRUCK MONDAY ON OCTOBER SEVENTH. THATS GOING TO BE MONDAY EVENING ON SCHOOL DAY. SO WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WERE GOING TO HAVE THE DEMO DERBIES. THE FIGURE EIGHT RACES AND WE JUST ANNOUNCED OUR LIVE CONCERTS IN THE GRANDSTAND AND THAT WILL BE DYLAN SCOTT FOR OUR COUNTRY NIGHT. AND THEN COLTON DIXON FOR OUR CHRISTIAN MUSIC NIGHT ON WEDNESDAY. VERY EXCITING. YEAH, THATS SURE TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE. LILY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. JOINING US THERE ON THE SITE OF THE CAROLINA CLASSIC FAIR AGAIN OPENS ONE MONTH FROM TOMORROW, OCTOBER 4TH, AT THE WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUNDS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPETE, WE WILL HAVE A LINK WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE LATER THIS MORNING. JUST GO TO TRIAD CW.COM AND YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THA