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John Stroud / Post Independent
One can visit the Carbondale Mountain Fair for a couple of hours on the last weekend in July and get a sense of what the unique gathering of townsfolk and visitors is all about.
Or one can literally “do” Mountain Fair for the better part of the three-day festival and play their own little part in the big show.
It’s that latter group of people, longtime locals, former residents who make the annual pilgrimage back each summer and traveling vagabonds, that have helped define the spirit of the fair for 50 years.
“I think what is different here is that there is a spirit that you don’t find at any other fair,” longtime Mountain Fair and Carbondale Arts Director Amy Kimberly said this week amid preparations for the big event.