President’s Column Summer has loosened its’ grip on
us just in time for our Fall Fair sea- son! Know many of you have al- ready had your Fair (hope it was successful) and a few of you are still finishing up this month. I can’t pass up this opportunity to report on our great Federation Fair trip. Seven days and 3000 miles, visiting three great Fairs and two additional fairgrounds along the way. It is amazing to see the bond the group develops and the ideas that everyone learns. It’s amazing but I think we all learned as much from each other as we did from the visits to the Fairs. Trust me, if you EVER
want an experience – be in a van for 7 days with Paul Davis,
Florida Federation of Fairs & Livestock Shows, Inc.
OFFICERS President
Tom Umiker CFE,
Greater Hillsborough County Fair PO Box 100 Sydney, FL 33587-0100
Phone: 813-737-3247 ▪ Fax: 813-737-4889
tomumiker@gmail.com
First Vice President
Felecia Chivington, Pensacola Interstate Fair Second Vice President
Dawn Rowe, Osceola County Fair Secretary/Treasurer
Paul Davis, Florida Strawberry Festival Immediate Past President
Rick Vymlatil, CFE, South Florida Fair DIRECTORS
Wanda Jones, Columbia County Fair Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair
Albert Montes, Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Leah Norris, Lake County Fair
Bill Olson, CFE, Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair Charles Pesano, Florida State Fair Hal Porter, Citrus County Fair Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Paul Laughter, Etix
Dennis Lee, The Dennis Lee Show
HONORARY DIRECTORS Danny Raulerson
Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Market Division
Frankie Hall, Florida Farm Bureau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Hinton, CFE
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25 Accurate Event Group 16 Agri-Puppets 10 Belle City Amusements 18 Belmont Magic 41 Belmont Magic 30 GL Berg 46 Michael Blaine 45 Capitol International 27 Communications Direct 08 Conjurer 19 Data Print
2015-16 FAIR DATES
2015 Sept 28-Oct 3 Northwest Florida Fair Ft. Walton Beach
Oct 2-10 Oct 5-10
Oct 5-10 Oct 15-25
Oct 22-Nov 1 Oct 23-31
Oct 22-Nov 1* Oct 30-Nov 7 Nov 4-15
Nov 5-8 Nov 5-8 Nov 5-15
Nov 5-15 Nov 12-15
Nov 19-29
2016 Jan 14-24 Jan 15-24 Jan 15-31
Jan 29-Feb 7 Feb 4-15
Feb 12-20 Baker County Fair, Macclenny
Central Panhandle Fair Panama City
Walton County Fair Defuniak Springs
Northeast Florida Fair, Callahan
Pensacola Interstate Fair Pensacola
Alachua County Fair, Gainesville Hillsborough Count Fair, Sydney Columbia County Fair, Lake City
Gr. Jacksonville Ag Fair Jacksonville
Florida Agri & Wildlife Expo Brooksville
Southeast Florida Public Fair Lake Park
North Florida Fair, Tallahassee Volusia County Fair, Deland
Greater Pinellas Country Fair Pinellas Park
Broward County Fair, Hollywood Manatee County Fair, Palmetto
Desoto County Fair, Arcadia
South Florida Fair West Palm Beach
Charlotte County Fair Port Charlotte
Florida State Fair, Tampa Highlands County Fair, Sebring
Feb 12-20 Feb 12-21 Feb 13-21 Feb 15-21 Feb 20-27
Feb 25-Mar 6 Martin County Fair, Stuart
Osceola County Fair, Kissimmee Hardee County Fair, Wauchula Pasco County Fair, Dade City Southeastern Youth Fair, Ocala Southwest Florida Fair, Ft Myers
Feb 25-Mar 13 Central Florida Fair, Orlando Feb 26-Mar 6
Feb 29-Mar 5 Glades County /Chalo Nitka Moore Haven
Mar 3-8 Mar 3-13
Mar 4-13 Mar 8-13 Mar 15-20 Mar 17-27 Mar 11-20
Alachua County Youth Fair Gainesville
Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City Sumter County Fair, Webster Bradford County Fair, Starke
Okeechobee County Fair, Okeechobee Collier County Fair, Naples
Firefighters’ Indian River Fair Vero Beach
Mar 17-Apr 10* Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Miami Mar 18-26 Mar 18-26
Putnam County Ag Fair, East Palatka
Suwannee County Fair /Livestock Show, Live Oak
Mar 18-27
Mar 28-Apr 3 Mar 31-Apr 3 Mar 31-Apr 9 Apr 1-9* Apr 7-16 Apr 6-10 Apr 13-24 Apr 15-23 TBD TBD
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06 EMC Tickets 21 ETIX 24 Farmers’ Almanac 12 Liz Gregory Talent/Creative Community Promotions
40 Haas- Wilkerson Insurance 16 Hansen’s Spectacular 43 Harmony Artists 38 Indiana Ticket Co. 42 Island Steel Drum Band 34 Mojoe Productions
31 National Ticket 04 Populous 07 Regalia 33 RMA Presents 26 The Moogician 29 The One Man Band 32 The Sweeney Brothers 36 Tricky Dog Show 14 Triangle Talent 23 UMS Banking 22 Wade Shows
FAIRCRACKER-FALL 2015
Sarasota County Fair, Sarasota Citrus County Fair, Inverness Levy County Fair, Bronson
Clay County Ag Fair, Green Cove Sp. Santa Rosa County Fair, Milton Lake County Fair, Eustis Flagler County Fair, Bunnell Brevard County Fair, Cocoa
Hernando County Fair, Brooksville Jackson County Fair, Marianna Hendry County Fair, Clewiston
*Check Fair website for dates closed during this period St. Lucie County Fair, Ft Pierce
Happy Norris, Lee Stokes, Rhonda Ward, Pat Cookson, and Lisa Hinton! I of course, was the silent bystander…… Be sure to read the Fair Trip article for a more detailed story about the trip. It goes without saying that we had a great trip and brought
home a lot of great ideas and pictures to share. I encourage you to go on next years’ trip. Our industry is going to miss a great leader that is leaving us. Pete Sutton is retiring after leading the Clay County Fair for the past decade. If you have not gotten to know Pete as I have, you have missed a great opportunity. He has managed his Fair through tremendous growth, and at the same time has offered our Federation thoughtful insight. He is a leader! Good luck Pete Sutton as you begin your retirement. You will
be missed. Best wishes to everyone as we enter the first half of Florida’s
Fair season! Tom Umiker, CFE—Federation President
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