Emery County fair preview: Al Lampkin

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This year’s fair is June 9-11. Castle Dale Day is on June 8.
The fair will feature Al Lampkin. Al Lampkin was born during the wake of the great depression. He did not finish high school but instead worked various jobs from a paper route, delivery boy, to selling greeting cards door-to-door to help the family.
He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and during his 3-1/2 years of service received a commendation from the Department of the Navy as well as accepting an assignment to secretly simulate blowing up a U.S. naval ship which he did successfully.
Upon discharge from the Navy he turned a childhood hobby of performing magic into a career by opening a bar and doing magic for his customers.
He soon started a full-service entertainment company providing bands, djs, comedians, magicians, and other entertainers for various companies from AT&T to Xerox. During his career he has performed in over 100 television shows and movies from The Tonight Show to Days of Our Lives. He has been the opening act for countless recording artists from Johnny Cash to Crystal Gayle plus he entertained our troops on USO tours throughout the world.