
Chicken Dance, Indian Village
Chicken Dance, Indian Village
Indian Village (Onondaga Nation, smoke dance)
Indian Village
Perry Ground, Native American Storyteller
Jenna Jacbos (center), the 2016 New York State Indian Village Princess, participated in the Stomp Dance at the New York State Fair.
Jacobs, who is also a student at SUNY Oswego, says she wants to be a role model for youth of the Nation.
Jacobs participated in the Sharp Stick Dance with Heath Hill (left).
Bridge Street Live (at the Fair) with Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner
The New York State Fair signals an end to summer more than the start of the fall. The attendance for this year’s Fair was 965,147, including a single day record on Labor Day of 122, 870. We will miss those bright, warm and mostly sunny days at one of our region’s best tourist attractions.
Here are some photographs to savor until next year’s edition.
Waterfowl, Poultry Building
Small Fry of Syracuse v. Juju of Utica at the Sports Activity Center
Power Step, Center of Progress Building
Jewelry, Indian Village
Roller Coaster
Living Statues, Touched by Angels
No Ordinary Bull
Ashanti Fans
Gate 4 Entrance
One Black Voice, Live at the Pan-African Village
NY’s Greatest Outdoor Carnival
Smoke Dance Competition (preview)
Final Days: Edelweiss Schuhplattlers (Utica)
Centro Bus Line
Over 86,000 people attended the New York State Fair on Sunday (Source: nysfair.org).
Walkway over State Fair Boulevard
Frisbee to partly sunny: WSTM-TV Meteorologist Peter Hall throws out some gifts.
Sand Sculpture: Center of Progress Building
Man’s Best Friend: Sit Mean Sit Demonstration (Gate 2)
Obey Your Thirst: Omanii’s Lemonade Stand
Butter Sculpture: Dairy Building
State Park at the Fair: Gyrfalcon
Jamisin Cathers-DeLeon, a member of the Oneida Nation and one of the younger performers, participated in the ceremonial dance on the Turtle Mound at the Iroquois Village this morning. Today is Native America Day at the Fair and there will be a traditional dance competition later this evening.
Longhouse, Indian Village (NYS Fair), circa 2010
Longhouse, Indian Village (NYS Fair), earlier this week