But the carnival rides aren't the only things going round and round. Fair officials are hoping for a week of good spring weather to bring the crowds out. Last year about 30,000 people attended the six-day fair. Weather was a factor in moving the fair from the fall to the spring. Years ago the fair was held in November.
Food is always a big part of the fair.
The fair has come along way in five decades. In the 1950s and '60s, many traveling carnivals and circuses featured side shows, also known in those days before polite political correctness as freak shows. Today many of the people who starred in the side shows of the 1950s are retired in the Florida communities of Sun City Center and Gibsonton, both along U.S. Highway 301 south of Tampa.