Carnival Coaster

The lovely sound of kids coming aboard the coaster, getting ready to revel in the absolute excitement of being whipped around the metal avenues laid out before them, is a familiar one to us all. Even the mothers and fathers forget themselves as they get wrapped up in the small thrills of filling their children's hearts with warmth and sweet cotton candy. A carnival is an amusement show that may be made up of amusement rides, food vendors, merchandise vendors, games of chance and skill, thrill acts, animal acts or sideshow curiosities. A traveling carnival is not set up at a permanent location, like an amusement park, but is moved from place to place. Its roots are similar to the 19th century circus with both being set up in open fields near or in town and moving to a new location after a period of time. Unlike traditional carnival celebrations, the North American traveling carnival is not usually tied to a religious observance. In 1893 the Chicago World's Fair was the catalyst for the development of the traveling carnival. The Chicago World's Fair had an area that included rides, games of chance, freak shows and burlesque. After the Chicago World's Fair, traveling carnival companies began touring the United States. Due to the type of acts featured along with sometimes using dishonest business practices, the traveling carnivals were often looked down upon. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=126660