RBerlin : Photojournalist: Fall Festival Boys

Fall Festivals and Country Fairs

are a timeless piece of our American History.

Bryce Shelton, 7, and Cole McCampbell, 8,

could be from anytime, but

September

in Townsend, Tennessee,

is their time.

Bryce and Cole are cousins. Nonnie, their grandmother, is famous

for making fried pies at the Fall Festival and over the past two years it has become a family affair.

Brothers. Sisters. Cousins. Grandparents.

Everyone pitches in at the Nonnie's Fried Pie tent to help.

Keeping young boys contained in the Nonnie's Fried Pies tent, however, is nearly impossible. The boys both have music in their souls and aren't afraid to clog in front of hundreds of people.

But there are so many other things to do at the Country Fair and these boys made sure they were into everything.

And shaved ice...

And running errands for Nonnie...

And getting into trouble for not letting mom know where they're at...

Ultimately, though, the boys are ambassadors for the Nonnie's Fried Pie brand, using their charm to lure Festival Goers into becoming Nonnie's Fried Pies customers.

As the day closes on the Festival, Cole and Bryce share a funnel cake behind the tent. Although they may not yet understand, the Festival is about an experience. In these experiences, they're creating a lifetime relationship -- just like cousins have been doing for generations in cities all across America.