Florida Fair News
St. Lucie County Fair Celebrates 50 Years!!! Lots of excitement this year at the St. Lucie County Fair
as we celebrate our 50th year!! Special events include a gift valued from $750 - $1000 given away each day. All fairgoers have to do is register to win!! We are also offer- ing a private party for 30 to celebrate a family members 50th Wedding Anniversary. Applications were submitted and the winner was picked by a committee. The party will include a cake from a local baker, light finger foods and special visits from our grounds entertainment and of course a fun day at the fair. This year will host our largest Youth Beef Breeding Show
with 47 exhibitors registered. 120 hogs have registered, 112 small animals, 37 steers and we expect over 200 hors- es in the barn and at the 4-H/FFA horse show. The enter- tainment line-up includes a 2-day PRCA Rodeo, the 80’s Rock Show Band Hairball, Randy Houser, X-Pogo, Ditsy the Face painting Clown, Lloyd Mabrey, Kari and Billy, Slama- Bama, Chris Mabrey, Demo Derby, and Those Funny Little People. The Fair runs from Feb. 27 through March 9, 2015…we hope to see you all there!!!
“FANTASTIC” The 2014 Pensacola Inter-
state Fair October 16th was the beginning
of an absolutely “FANTASTIC” run for the 2014 Pensacola Interstate Fair. “We were blessed this year with a “PERFECT” Fair said Don Frenkel, General Manager, “everything was just wonderful.” The 2014 Fair,
October 16th – 26th was the 80th year Celebration for the Fair and we proudly used “Celebrating 80 years of Magic and Fun” as the theme of the Fair. The weather
play of lights. Ap- pearing on our free open air stage was a great line-up of en- tertainment with Ed- die Money, David Nail, Craig Morgan, Big Smo, The Drift- ers, Chloe Channel, Chris Martin Band and the Eli Young Band. The excite- ment was constant with midway attrac- tions Eudora Farms, “Animals from around the World;” Scales, Tail & Teeth; Jimmy Riffle’s Gator Boys Road Show: The Banana Derby; Milli & Geo Meet-N- Greet and Bull Riding. All entertainment was FREE with the cost of admission. The “Ag Venture Barn” was alive with youth experiencing
Hands-on agricultural activities. The Fair gives over $30,000 each year in Scholarship Grants and this year sur- passed the One Million mark since the beginning of the program in 1983. We enjoyed, appreciated, and were honored with visits
by Lisa Hinton and Rick Vymlatil and always issue an open invitation to all to come visit with us. Mark down the dates for 2015 – October 22 – November 1.
Don Frenkel said
which, of course, is of primary concern for any Fair was just beautiful. Abso- lutely no hint of rain or showers for the whole 11 days of the Fair with 70’s during the day and 60’s at night. Rick Reithoffer, of “Reithoffer Shows” brought in 64 rides
(left to right) Rick Reithoffer, Don Frenkel, Delores Frenkel, Felecia Chivington, John Chivington, Marianne Reithoffer, and Lisa
presenting a showcase of excitement. All of his rides were shining with a huge display of LED lighting on each of the rides or attractions. The fairgoer was dazzeled by the dis-
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“We are so thank- ful. God blessed us with an abso- lutely beautiful and safe Fair.” And added special thanks to his staff – Felecia Chiving- ton, Assistant General Manager; Natalee Brooks, Concession Man- ager, and Dondi Frenkel, Webmas- ter/graphic de- signer, for their outstanding and dedicated efforts in making our 80th celebration a huge success.
Dondi Frenkel takes a minute to visit outside the exhibit hall at the Pensacola Interstate Fair
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