President’s Column Where has this year gone? It seems like just last month we had
the May Convention, and I became the President. WOW! How time flies! Fortunately, so much has been completed, seen, and accomplished or even planned. My first duty as President was to set up the committees, and
this was not an easy task. I spent numerous hours reviewing and considering the committee request forms, but I had also reviewed the current committee’s completed duties and desired accom- plishments. I feel that I have organized a great group of people to continue their efforts and also a great group with some new ideas. Some of the committees have already been meeting to work on
the plans of an awesome 2017 convention at Buena Vista Palace in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Due to the new hotel, these groups will have quite a bit of planning. In December, we will also be hold- ing our annual board meeting in Lake Buena Vista, so we can meet and plan more with the committee chairman and the hotel staff. I would like to thank everyone who has already been dili- gently working on the 2017 convention. The Pensacola Interstate Fair would love to thank everyone
who attended and presented at the Summer Workshop in July. It was a long drive to Pensacola for some, but their travels made it
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 Rose, 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 – Immediate Past President 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
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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convenient for others who would not normally be able to attend the convention. We were all thrilled by the attendance; it was much higher than we anticipated. In August, 24 members and 10
fairs from Florida visited the Min- nesota State Fair. The group took lots of pictures and posted them in Dropbox. WHAT AN EXCITING FAIR! I have visited quite a few fairs during my career, and I was certainly impressed with this one. This fair had even set a new at- tendance record of 1,943,719 for the 12 day event. I continue to see how the northern fair goers love to eat, yet not ride. Since October is the start of the fair season for Florida, I want
to wish everyone luck for beautiful weather and a safe fair. Felecia Frenkel Chivington, Federation President
2016-2017 FAIR DATES Nov 2-13 Gr Jacksonville Ag Fair Jacksonville Nov 3-6 SE FL Public Fair Nov 3-13 North Florida Fair
Lake Park Tallahassee
Nov 3-13 Volusia County Fair DeLand Nov 10-13 Gr Pinellas Country Fair Pinellas Park Nov 17-27 Broward County Fair Hollywood 2017 Jan 12-22 Manatee County Fair Palmetto Jan 13-29 South Florida Fair West Palm Bch Jan 27-Feb 4 DeSoto County Fair Arcadia Jan 27-Feb 5 Charlotte County Fair Port Charlotte Feb 9-20 Florida State Fair
Tampa
Feb 10-18 Hendry County Fair Clewiston Feb 10-18 Highlands County Fair Sebring Feb 10-18 Martin County Fair Stuart Feb 10-19 Osceola County Fair Kissimmee Feb 18-25 Hardee County Fair Wauchula Feb 18-25 SE Youth Fair
Ocala
Feb 20-26 Pasco County Fair Dade City Feb 23-Mar 5 Southwest FL/Lee Cty N. Ft. Myers Feb 24-Mar 5 St. Lucie County Fair Ft. Pierce
Feb 27-Mar 4 Glades Cty/Chalo Moore Haven Mar 2-7
Mar 2-12 FL Strawberry Festival Plant City Mar 2-19* Central Florida Fair
Alachua Cty Youth Fair Gainesville Orlando
Mar 3-Mar 11 Sumter County Fair Webster Mar 7-12 Bradford County Fair Starke Mar 10-19 Firefighters' County Fair Vero Beach Mar 14-19 Okeechobee Cty Fair Okeechobee Mar 16-26 Collier County Fair Naples Mar 17-25 Putnam County Ag Fair East Palatka Mar 17-25 Suwannee County Fair Live Oak Mar 17-26 Sarasota County Fair Sarasota Mar 30-Apr 2 Levy County Fair
Mar 23-Apr 16*Miami-Dade County Fair Miami Mar 27-Apr 2 Citrus Country Fair
Williston Inverness
Mar 30-Apr 8 Clay County Ag Fair Green Cove Sp Mar 31 Apr 8* Santa Rose County Fair Milton Apr 5-9 Apr 6-15
Flagler County Fair Bunnell Lake County Fair
Eustis
Apr 13-24 Brevard County Fair Cocoa Apr 21-29 Hernando County Fair Brooksville *check closed days
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BOARD MEETING NOTICE
The Florida Federation of Fairs Board of Directors next meeting will be held on December 9th at 9:30 am at the Buena Vista Palace
1900 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL FAIRCRACKER-FALL 2016
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