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WRAL Participates in Fayetteville’s Dogwood Festival

  • Andrea Osborne
  • April 28, 2010
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Brian Shrader & Mike Maze
WRAL-TV’s Brian Shrader (left) & WRAL-TV’s Mike Maze greet viewers in the station’s tent at the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.
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The cloudy skies and very brief rain showers failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the estimated 250,000 attendees at the 2010 Annual Fayetteville Dogwood Festival this past weekend, April 23-25. Capitol Broadcasting Company & WRAL-TV were Gold sponsors of the event.

The Dogwood Festival has been voted Event of the Year by the NCAFE and a top 20 event in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.

It seems that the WRAL-TV tent was the happening place to be as a continuous smarm of viewers stopped by to get autographs, celebrity pictures and meet Tracker the newsroom dog. Tracker makes his first appearance at the Festival, and he proved to be quite a draw with kids and adults alike.

Tracker
Tracker, the Newsroom Dog, is a hit with fans at his first trip to the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.

The human personalities on hand this year were Meteorologists- Mike Maze and Elizabeth Gardner, Traffic /Culture reporter – Brian Shrader, and Fayetteville Bureau reporter- Bryan Mims.

The booth was staffed by a cross-section of departments, Pam White-WRAL-TV Accounting, Bill Burch, Graphic Artist-WRAL-TV Promotions and Clarence Williams, Producer/Director WRAL-TV News. Tracker was with his owner, WRAL-TV News Director of News Ops & Special Projects- Leesa Moore Craigie and Leesa’s fiancé John Herman…Tracker’s co-owner/handler.

Thanks to WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams for this capcom story & to WRAL-TV’s Bill Burch for these capcom photos.

 

2010 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival

WRAL-TV’s Pam White gets the tent ready for greeting guests at Fayetteville’s 2010 Dogwood Festival on April 23-25.
WRAL-TV’s Pam White greets viewers at the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.
WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams pitches in at the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.
WRAL-TV’s Mike Maze helps with the balloons.
WRAL-TV’s Mike Maze signs autographs for viewers.
WRAL-TV’s Brian Shrader (left) & Mike Maze greet viewers in the WRAL tent.
Tracker makes his first appearance at Fayetteville’s Dogwood Festival.
WRAL-TV’s Mike Maze greets viewers in the WRAL tent.
Tracker stretches out for a scratch from a young fan.
WRAL-TV at the 2010 Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.
WRAL-TV’s Bill Burch gets some “help” from Tracker.
WRAL’s Leesa Moore is Tracker’s able handler.
WRAL-TV’s Bill Burch unloads more goodies for the WRAL tent.
The WRAL-TV tent is a popular place to be.
WRAL-TV’s Mike Maze explains a few things about forecasting.
Tracker is the most sought-after personality in the WRAL tent.
WRAL-TV’s Elizabeth Gardner greets viewers in the WRAL tent.
WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams is thoughtful as he takes in the festival scene.
WRAL-TV’s Bryan Mims takes his turn in the WRAL tent.
WRAL-TV’s Elizabeth Gardner (left) & WRAL-TV’s Bryan Mims work as a team greeting viewers.
Tracker gets good care from his handlers John Herman (l to r), WRAL-TV’s Leesa Moore & WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams.
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