812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1998
At the Somerset County Fair, Secretary of Agriculture Samuel E. Hayes Jr., center,
talks with a visitor while Byron Glessinger, fair board president, watches.
Somerset F
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co i "When I am in Somerset
Countv I feel like I m at home "
Samuel E Haves Jr, the state
secretary of agriculture told the
crowd during an intermission of
the Crystal Mane show
The secretary was in town to
be the grand marshal of the
annual Farmers and Merchants
Parade at the Somerset County
Fair and to help dedicate two
new buildings, the pavilion and
the exhibit hall, invested in by
the fair board of directors
The skies overhead dumped
more moisture than the planned
activities could absorb on
Monday evening The parade
was scratched, but the benefits
of the new, bleacher-filled pavil
ion, were shown to tremendous
advantage.
Crystal Marie’s show could go
on as usual and Hayes who was
accompanied by Kenneth
Mowry, regional director stood
inside, just beyond the dripping
eaves, and enjoyed the 12-year
old singer as did everybody else
“I always say a county fair
that is standing still is not
standing still,” Hayes added
when on the platform, “it is
falling behind,” he emphasized
to the audience
“This is as good a fair as you
will find in Pennsylvania or any
where else,” the well-traveled
Hayes observed
It’s obvious that Crystal
Mane knows how to woo new
fans with an amazing stage
presence for one so youg She
often was moving through the
crowd, shaking hands while con
tinuing to sing
No seasoned politician run
ning for office could have out
shone the beguiling young lady
in her nifty red white and blue
spangled costume, made by her
grandmother Linda, who hand
makes all the costumes, and acts
as her agent
Crystal’s folks at all times are
with Crystal Mane during the
family-oriented shows
Fran, Crystal Marie’s mother,
helps her daughter with chore
ography and writes songs Dave,
her dad, and Denny, her grand
father, manage the sound sys
tem
David, her brother, manages
the computer side and Adam,
age 4, keeps everybody happy
and down to earth
“He is my cheerer upper,”
Crystal says. “He runs up on
stage and hugs me.”
Performer Crystal Marie, 12, poses with Somerset
County commissioner David Mankamyer and sheriff Carl
Brown at the Somerset County Fair.
At age 7 she entered Crazy
Fest, a talent show for amateurs
held in Altoona Two years ago
she entered the county fair cir
cuit starting in Lycoming
County.
“It was really neat.” she
recalled. “I had never signed so
many autographs ”
The funniest part was the
things that were presented for
her signature horse brushes,
swimsuits, hats, books
In 1977, because she show
cased at the Hershey
Convention Center where the
Julie Sechler Is
Somerset Fair Queen
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co.) After her coronation fol
lowing the Sunday night Vesper
Service, 18-year-old Julie
Sechler became highly visible to
Somerset County Fair Queen Julie Sechler passes col
oring books to children who are awaiting the start of chil
dren’s pedal power competition on the midway.
county fair associations book tal
ents for their various fairs, a
whirlwind schedule was soon in
the works for 1998. From June
through October Crystal will
appear on numerous stages
across the state.
She hopes country-western
singing is becoming a career
where ballet, jazz and tap danc
ing she learned earlier will be a
bonus In fact, her on-stage
poise and obvious ease with peo
ple already testifies that it is.
visitors coming to the Somerset
County Fair, which was blessed
with lots ot great weather.
After all, she was the new
fair queen, so to exhibit friendli
ness to everyone she met was a
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