June 2010 - Amusement Today

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P.B.J. Happee Days sees rain turn to sun with Larson, KMG rides
Pam Sherborne
Amusement Today
The first three weeks on
the road for P.B.J. Happee
Days Show, Marion, Ark., was
great.
“The weather was just
beautiful,” said Pam Casper,
who, along with her husband
Tim Casper, owns the show. “It
lasted for about three weeks.”
“The last three weeks have
been rainy,” Tim Casper said.
“We have had rain every Friday
and Saturday for the last
three weeks.”
That was in mid-May.
The Caspers had moved their
show back home to Marion
between dates. They had been
in Southaven, Miss., and were
getting ready to head to Batesville,
Miss.
“To pavement,” Pam
Casper said. “I will be very
glad to be on pavement and
not be sloshing around in
mud.”
The show was playing in
northern Mississippi April 24
when the EF4 tornado touched
down in Yazoo and Holmes
counties killing 10 people.
“We weren’t in the tornado,
but we had golf ball size
hail,” Tim Casper said.
There was a lot of rain
during the Spring Festival in
Southaven as well.
“We have been playing
that date for 30 years,” Pam
Casper said. “It’s a good date,
but it rains there every year.”
The Southaven event is
a barbecue competition that
leads up to Memphis in May.
Even with the rain, however,
the Caspers said their
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P.B.J. Happee Days Show, Marion, Ark.,
experienced some wet weather early in the
season, but the sun was shining when they
set up the new KMG Nemesis and the Larson
Ring of Fire in Southaven, Miss.
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