Ha! No, I'm not kidding. They also served deep-fried Twinkies and deep-fried Oreos. They ran out of candy on several occasions during the fair's run. (Plus, funnel cakes are always a bit hit, and corn dogs & cotton candy are still favorites, as are Sno-Cones.)
What's a hootchie-cootchie tent?
Well...I never went inside, so part of this is just passing on stories. The barker on the platform would have two or three scantily-clad women, gyrating to 'exotic' music. Inside, I'm assuming there was "exotic" dance and/or strip-tease. There were stories I heard about the dancers being prostitutes, but I can't speak to the accuracy, since it was snide gossip among my Mom's friends. I can remember my mother hurrying me past the tent and refusing to answer my questions about it.
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Date: 2005-08-14 12:47 pm (UTC)Ha! No, I'm not kidding. They also served deep-fried Twinkies and deep-fried Oreos. They ran out of candy on several occasions during the fair's run. (Plus, funnel cakes are always a bit hit, and corn dogs & cotton candy are still favorites, as are Sno-Cones.)
What's a hootchie-cootchie tent?
Well...I never went inside, so part of this is just passing on stories. The barker on the platform would have two or three scantily-clad women, gyrating to 'exotic' music. Inside, I'm assuming there was "exotic" dance and/or strip-tease. There were stories I heard about the dancers being prostitutes, but I can't speak to the accuracy, since it was snide gossip among my Mom's friends. I can remember my mother hurrying me past the tent and refusing to answer my questions about it.