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Part of the funds are also distributed via grants to area ministries, while some of the funds remain with the Holy Cross Episcopal Church to be distributed through outreach services to families in need. The fair features two stages, a music stage and a children’s entertainment stage. The music stage is located near a tent of tables and chairs so fairgoers can enjoy the excellent food while listening to the entertainment. The bands are a variety of country, bluegrass and
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gospel music. The second stage is located among the vendor booths and will feature clogging, magicians, cowboys and other entertainment. About 135 vendors are set up on the fairgrounds. Organizers jury craft vendors to select the highest quality handmade crafts available, and ensure a wide variety of unique products for shoppers. Vendors selected for the event donate at least 10 percent of their sales back to the charitable cause of the fair. Nearly all the concession vendors are operated by the church or other non-profit organizations that donate 100 percent of their earnings to the fair charities, meaning the best in home-made goodness
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from the kitchen. Brunswick stew, barbecue, chili, hot dogs and hamburgers, corndogs, sausage with onions, ham biscuits, ice cream, funnel cakes, baked goods, jams and jellies, fresh-pressed apple cider, and hot-outof-kettle apple butter are just a few of the options that will be available. For more information, including driving directions, visit the www.vallecountryfair.org or call the Holy Cross Episcopal Church at (828) 9634609. ••• Holy Cross Episcopal Church volunteer Dale Glover enjoys a chuckle as he sells apple butter at the Valle Country Fair. Photo by Mark Mitchell