Fair Manager Salene Duarte looks forward to welcoming back families for the fair’s 80th year next week, with new twists like a circus act joining old favorites.
Santa Clara County Fair manager Salene Duarte stands behind one of the fair mascots from the mid-80’s, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. You could say that Salene Duarte is all in on the Santa Clara County Fair and has been ever since she first exhibited animals at the fairgrounds when she was 9 years old.
Santa Clara County Fair manager Salene Duarte holds a childhood fair photograph of her competing with her brother , Thursday, July 18, 2024, at her office in San Jose, Calif. Work crews hang a banner for the Santa Clara County Fair on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. This year’s fair, the 80th, begins on July 25. She’s hoping more families love coming to the Fair this year, too, as it commemorates its milestone with the theme “80 Years of Innovation: From the Fields to the Future” from July 25-28 and Aug. 1-4. Opening day will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free admission for kids 12 and under, there’s a parade scheduled for July 27 and Aug.
She was brought on as the fair manager just as COVID-19 turned everything upside down. The Fairgrounds was turned into a testing and then vaccination site by the county health department, but Duarte kept the livestock portion of the Fair going by making it virtual. But she’s more than thrilled to have the Fair back for Santa Clara County residents to enjoy in person again.
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