Doug Barton, owner of Pride of Texas Shows, moves across the parking lot of the Seguin Events Complex answering questions as the asphalt landscape transforms into a colorful midway.
The Pride of Texas Shows carnival is setting up between the volleyball courts and the coliseum as part of the 135th Guadalupe County Fair and Rodeo.
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