GIVEN A CHANCE TO STOP AND
ORDER ECKSTEIN OF YOUR FAVORITE
FOOD VENDORS.
CHRISTIANE CORDERO LIVE ALONG
THE FRUIT PARADE ROUTE.
WITH A FAVORITE VENDOR, IF YOU
NEED A CULTURE ELIMINATE AT THE
FAIR, GOOD RUNNING CHRISTIANE.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING, I
FEEL LIKE EQUAL PARTS
EXCITEMENT,/ODYSSEY OF HOW THIS
IS GOING TO GO.
I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
SENSE OF NORMALCY BEING IN THE
FAIRGROUNDS IN LATE AUGUST.
WITH STACY VERONA.
CHEESE ON A STICK, THE THING
WE MOST COMMONLY KNOW YOU AS
STACY, NOT ALLOW THIS YEAR.
SOMETHING KIND OF WRAPPING OUR
HEADS AROUND OF THE THINGS WE
USED TO DO WE TOOK FOR GRANTED.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT
YOU PERSONALLY.
TODAY IS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT
OF NORMALCY IN GIVING PEOPLE
WHAT THEY LOVE THE MOST IS
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR.
WE CANNOT GIVE THEM THE GIANT
SLIDE.
WE DO HAVE OUR LEMONADE.
IT IS BOTTLED AND TAKE AWAY.
APPROPRIATE FOR THE FOOD PARADE.
Reporter: APPROPRIATE FOR
THE FOOD PARADE YOU HAD TO
PIVOT I THINK THEY CANNOT BE
UNDERSTATED ENOUGH THE KIND OF
WORK THAT GOES INTO PLANNING
AND EXECUTING AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN, NOW WHAT.
HOW HAS THAT BEEN THE PAST FEW
MONTHS.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE CRAZY.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD THE FAIR
WAS CANCELED.
MY HEART SUNK.
I SAID OKAY TO COME UP WITH A
PLAN B, LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT.
I KNEW I HAD THE CONCESSION
STAND.
I WILL PUT IT ON A CORNER
SOMEWHERE.
I ENDED UP PARTNERING UP WITH
THE VFW IT WAS A GOOD
PARTNERSHIP.
GIVING 5% BACK IS A DONATION.
Reporter: AS PARTNERSHIPS
HAVE BEEN PART OF A SILVER
LINING IN ALL OF THIS.
BECOMING CLOSER WITH THE
COMMUNITY DESPITE OF THE
DISTANCE WE HAVE.
YOU ABLE TO KEEP ALL 25 OF YOUR
EMPLOYEES FROM LAST YEAR.
I HAVE ALL 25 EMPLOYEES,
HALF WORKED WITH ME ALL SUMMER.
THE REST ARE JUMPING ON BOARD
FOR THE FOOD PARADE.
EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT DOESN'T FEEL NORMAL, IT
FEELS GREAT.
JUST TO BE HERE.
Reporter: YOU ARE READY TO
PIVOT, SOMETHING THIS WEEKEND,
TEACH YOU SOMETHING NEW ABOUT
HOW MUCH OR LITTLE YOU NEED,
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT IS THE UNKNOWN
ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN
COME TO THE GATE.
TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR OR FIVE
PEOPLE IN THE CAR.
PEOPLE WILL BUY BULK IN VOLUME.
THEY WILL TAKE IT WITH THEM TO
THEIR FAMILIES.
AND OTHER PEOPLE.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THE UNKNOWN IS GOOD SOMETIMES,
TOO.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
Reporter: THAT IS A GREAT
ATTITUDE TO HAVE, STACY THANK
YOU SO MUCH LOOKING EXTREMELY
FASHIONABLE WITH THE MATCHING
APRON AND MASK.
THE LOGISTICS THEMSELVES ARE AS
SIMPLE AS IT GETS AT THIS POINT
IT IS REALLY ABOUT SEEING WHAT
THIS EXPENSE WILL BE LIKE.
AS IT OPENS THE GATES AT 9:00
A.M.
MAKE SURE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
HOW FASHIONABLE YOU LOOK WITH A
PLAID ON YOUR STATE FAIR
ADVENTURE.
Reporter: DOING MY BEST.
A YEAR AGO WHEN INTERVIEW
STACY IT WAS SO CROWDED, SO
LOUD I COULD HARDLY HEAR WHAT
SHE WAS SAYING.
IT'S A STRANGE TO WATCH
INTERVIEW HER FROM AFAR.
WE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT
BY NOW.
DOESN'T FEEL LITTLE WEIRD OUT
THERE.
Reporter: I DO NOT KNOW IF
I'VE KIND OF BECOME NUMB TO THE
LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS WE HAVE HAD
TO DO IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES ARE
WHAT.
EVEN JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO.
THAT IN ITSELF TAKING LITTLE
VICTORIES THESE DAYS, RIGHT.
OF COURSE IT IS NOT THE
EXPERIENCE THAT WE ALL WANTED
TO EXPECT.
GOING INTO THIS YEAR.
HERE WE ARE, IT DOES GO INTO
THE SPIRIT OF BEING ABLE TO
ADJUST, YES BE BUMMED OUT FOR A
MINUTE AND FIGURE IT OUT.