Page 12 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR By Nila Smith While the official start of the fair is still a couple of days away, Sunday saw the start of the annual harness racing at the track in front of the grandstand, with a prelude of jazz from the Chapter 11 Big Band. The music began at 12:30 p.m. with several guests coming early to listen to the music before the first race of the “Topline.” The group is made up of local musicians who have fine tuned their music to perfection. The band began the afternoon with “When the Saints go Marching in.” In typical Louisiana fashion, the music began in slow motion like Sunday at the Logan County Fairground begins in a big way with a big band that of a funeral dredge, but then the speed kicked in and so did the feeling of happiness that came with the beautifully executed old spiritual. The music played on for approximately one hour with familiar tunes such as Fever, Rock Around the Clock, I Lost my Heart in San Francisco, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Blueberry Hill, Stuck on a Feeling, and The Best of Times. Throughout that time, guests for the races filtered in groups of two, three, four, and more. Friends gathered and sat together chatting Continued -- Sunday, July 30
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