Fair Park Administration Newsletter Winter 2007


Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo makes for a surreal procession.
Photo credit - Marie-Reine Mattera©Cirque du Soleil, Inc., 2005 and Costume credit - Dominique Lemieux

Corteo audiences will be jumping for joy.

A universe of high-flying, ethereal circus wonderment. A carnival filled with acrobatic joy and passion, situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.

Bob LaPrelle engineers an even greater railroad museum.
Bob LaPrelle believes that very soon, more people will make tracks to see the trains at Fair Park than any other attraction in the park. Now that the Age of Steam Museum has become The Museum of the American Railroad, that vision is poised to become reality.

Renowned art competition means prizes for artists, prized possessions for Museum.
For black artists who truly want to make their mark in the world through painting, sculpture, photography and other media—this is the ticket.

Vintage toys for girls and boys….now showing.
Some of you may remember a more carefree time when playing with toys actually required your own vivid imagination!  Cap guns. Jacks. Cowboys and Indians figurines

The Dallas Opera at 50: a Season fit for a King, Queen, Barber, Knight and Romance.
The trills and thrills have rarely been more anticipated. The composers, sets and singers have seldom been more astounding. Behold the 50th International Season of The Dallas Opera, filled with a once-in-a-lifetime collection of productions…