To begin with, I want to thank everyone who has entrusted me
From The President
with this new position. I am so honored to serve as your President of the Florida Federation of Fairs and Livestock Shows. I am certainly looking forward to working with all of my Florida Fair Family. We are passionate about our fairs and fair industry. The convention did have a huge curve ball thrown at us, but
altogether it was a terrific convention! The attendance was up with FFF and IAFE ZONE 2 participants. Thank you to all who had contributed: speakers, associates, sponsors, and everyone else who made the 2016 Florida Federation of Fairs and Livestock Shows Convention a success. I look forward to making the plans for next year’s convention in our new location, Orlando. Let’s look to the future and the 2017 convention. It is also my desire to work with all of you to make it the biggest and best convention ever. The employees of the Pensacola Interstate Fair are already
working diligently and looking forward to hosting the Summer Workshop on July 29th & 30th. We are planning a really special dinner on Friday night at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds. Paul Davis is also working hard to put a great educational line-up together. If you have never been to Pensacola, plan to stay an extra day or two and visit our BEAUTIFUL beaches, or even tour The National Naval Aviation Museum and Lighthouse. They are
OFFICERS President
Felecia Chivington, President Pensacola Interstate Fair
2172 W. Nine Mile Road PMB 210 Pensacola, FL 32534-9413
Phone: 850-944-4500 ▪ Fax: 850-944-4526 felecia@pensacolafaircom
First Vice President
Dawn Rowe, Osceola County Fair Second Vice President
Paul Davis, Florida Strawberry Festival Secretary/Treasurer
Bill Olson, CFE – Secretary/Treasurer Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair
Immediate Past President Tom Umiker, CFE
Greater Hillsborough County Fair DIRECTORS
Terry Atchley, Hardee County Fair Rita DeMier, South Florida Fair Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair
Albert Montes, Miami Dade County Fair & Expo Leah Norris, CFE - Lake County Fair Hal Porter, Citrus County Fair Jim Ward, Pasco County Fair Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Paul Laughter, Etix
Kathy Ross, Ross Concessions
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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Oct 21-29
spectacular! There is so much more to see and do here; simply go to
www.visitpensacola.com to see what all Pensacola offers. You should also mark your cal-
endars for the 2016 fair trip to the Minnesota State Fair, August 25th- 28th. This fair had nearly 1.8 mil- lion visitors attend last year mak- ing it the largest State Fair in America. This event will be a fly- in trip, and we will also try to co- ordinate a side trip while in Min- nesota. Please, do not hesitate to contact
any of our Board Members or me if you need any assistance. Hope to see you in July at the Summer Workshop in Pensacola, FL. Felecia Chivington, Federation President
2016 FAIR DATES
Baker County Fair Macclenny
Northwest Florida Fair Ft. Walton Beach
Central Panhandle Fair Panama City
Walton County Fair Defuniak Springs
Northeast Florida Fair Callahan
Gr. Hillsborough Cty Fair Sydney
Pensacola Interstate Fair Pensacola
Alachua County Fair Gainesville
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Board Meeting Notice
Friday, July 29th at 9:00 AM Springhill Suites Marriott
487 Creighton Road Pensacola, FL 32504 FAIRCRACKER-SUMMER 2016
Oct 28-Nov. 5 Oct 28-30 Nov 2– 13 Nov 3-6 Nov 3-13 Nov 3-13 Nov 10-13 Nov 17-27
Columbia County Fair Lake City
Florida Agricultural and Wildlife Expo—Brooksville
Gr. Jacksonville Ag Fair Jacksonville
Southeast Public Market Fair Riviera Beach
North Florida Fair Tallahassee
Volusia County Fair Deland
Greater Pinellas County Fair Pinellas Park
Broward County Fair TBD
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