
"She was backstage, ready to perform, when it started,” recalls Joe LaGuardia, who at the time was public relations
director at the fair. Impressionist Sylvia Traymore had just finished her comedy act when the heavens opened and “a
solid sheet of rain started to fall,” as The Post-Standard reported. “Suddenly a bolt of lightning lit up the
stage and thunder rumbled in the distance."
- Hard rain: Whitney Houston at the New York State Fair