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Mountain Fair Stage Undergoes Another Transformation

KDNK | By Raleigh Burleigh
Published July 22, 2020 at 2:42 PM MDT
Wick Moses

Most Carbondalians associate Mountain Fair music with the vividly decorated gazebo in Sopris Park. Barbara Bush remembers building that stage in memory of "dancing fool" Ben Reed in 1972. This year, Mountain Fair's main stage is called the Confluence Jamboree. This mobile, flatbed joy-bringer is now taking requests for neighborhoods to visit over the weekend. Share your Mountain Fair memories with KDNK by calling 970 510 3250 and leaving a message.
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Arts Mountain FairWick MosesLocal HistoryBarbara BushBenjamin ReedMountain Fair Memory Machine
Raleigh Burleigh
Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.
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