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However, when the state fair is held in October, it is illegal to bring a loaded gun to the fairground because of the large crowds, authorities said.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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Instead of opening the show with the famous dance prelude at the fairground, Hytner brought the curtain up on the claustrophobic, shadowy New England textile mill where Julie Jordan and her friend Carrie Pipperidge work.
NEWYORKER: Curtain-Raiser
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And in Cardiff, more than 50, 000 people gathered in the streets around the civic centre to watch bands, take a turn on the fairground rides or take to the ice in the council's Winter Wonderland rink.
BBC: Celebrations were toned down in the wake of the tsunami