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Top: Bayfest was overwhelmingly popular from its inception, hosting tens of thousands of guests each year, 
who came from across Texas to enjoy great music, food, and fun; Above/Left: Country Breeze vocalist Buddy 
Galloway, along with his famed rubber chicken, at Bayfest ’83; Above/Right: The Ramirez family competing 
in the very popular and slightly controversial “Anything that Floats but a Boat” competition, at Bayfest ’ 82.
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