President’s Column
Happy Fall Ya’ll! I have had an exciting time so far as President. A group of us from Florida fairs attended the
FFA State Convention opening session in June and all I can say is what an experience! I have never attended any FFA event before and I believe we all can learn so much from FFA. If you did not get a chance to attend this event, it is a “must” if we have the opportunity to attend again next year. Next was the summer workshop in July with a lot of educational workshops. Thank you to
Lisa and the Summer Workshop committee for putting this together. In August a group of 27 people from across Florida attended the Erie County Fair in Ham-
burg, NY. The fair had their challenges this year with a tornado touching down two weeks be- fore their opening day causing a lot of damage and then a fire broke out at a concession stand and they had to close that area for some time. You would not have known by looking at their grounds! The staff and Strates Shows treated us all like royalty. Some of the northern Florida fairs have already come and gone and the rest are gearing up for
the season, please remember to have a fun, safe fair season. I will be visiting a lot of fairs this season and hope to see you during my visits.
Sincerely, Dawn Rowe
OFFICERS President
Dawn Rowe, President Osceola County Fair and
Kissimmee Valley Livestock Show 6730 Bay Shore Drive St. Cloud, FL 34771 Phone: 407-908-8164
dawnrowe1@yahoo.com First Vice President
Paul Davis, Florida Strawberry Festival
Second Vice President Bill Olson, CFE
Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair Secretary/Treasurer
Jim Ward, Pasco County Fair Immediate Past President
Felecia Chivington, Pensacola Interstate Fair DIRECTORS
Terry Atchley, Hardee County Fair
Fran Crone, SW FL & Lee County Fair Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair Rita DeMier Lincoln, South Florida Fair
Albert Montes, Miami Dade County Fair & Expo Hal Porter, Citrus County Fair
Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair Dan West, Manatee County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Kathy Ross, Ross Concessions
Tim Stevens, G.L. Berg Entertainment
HONORARY DIRECTORS Danny Raulerson
Florida Dept. of Agriculture Scot Eubanks, Florida Farm Bureau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Hinton, CFE
FAIRCRACKER-FALL 2017 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 3
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2017-2018 FAIR DATES Nov 1-12 Gr Jacksonville Ag Fair Jacksonville Nov 2-5 Gr Pinellas Country Fair Pinellas Park Nov 2-12 North Florida Fair
Tallahassee
Nov 2-12 Volusia County Fair DeLand 2018 Jan 11-21 Manatee County Fair Palmetto Jan 12-28 South Florida Fair West Palm Bch Jan 19-21 FL Agri & Wildlife Expo Brooksville Jan 26-Feb 4 Charlotte County Fair Port Charlotte Feb 2-10 DeSoto County Fair Arcadia Feb 8-19
Florida State Fair
Feb 9-17 Highlands County Fair Sebring Feb 9-17 Martin County Fair Feb 9-18 Osceola County
Tampa Stuart
Kissimmee
Feb 13-18 Hendry County Fair Clewiston Feb 16-24 Southeastern Youth Fair Ocala Feb 17-24 Hardee County Fair Wauchula Feb 19-25 Pasco County Fair Dade City Feb 22-Mar 4 Southwest FL/ Lee Cty Fair
Florida Strawberry Festival Plant City
Mar 1-6 Mar 1-18 Mar 2-10 Mar 6-11 Mar 9-18
Alachua County Youth Fair Gainesville Central Florida Fair Sumter County Fair Bradford County Fair
Orlando Webster Starke
Firefighters' Indian Rvr Fair
Mar 15-25 Collier County Fair
Vero Beach Naples
Mar 15-Apr 8* Miami-Dade County Fair Miami Mar 16-24 Putnam County Ag Fair East Palatka Mar 16-24 Suwannee County Fair Mar 16-25 Sarasota County Fair Mar 26-Apr 1 Citrus Country Fair
Live Oak Sarasota Inverness
Mar 29-Apr 7* Santa Rosa County Fair Milton Mar 30-Apr 7 Clay County Ag Fair Apr 4-8 Apr 5-8 Apr 5-14
Flagler County Fair Levy County Fair Lake County Fair
Apr 13-21 Hernando County Fair TBD TBD
Brevard County Fair N. Ft. Myers
Feb 23-Mar 4 St. Lucie County Fair Ft. Pierce Feb 26-Mar 3 Glades Cty/Chalo Nitka Moore Haven Mar 1-11
Green Cove Sp Bunnell Williston Eustis
Brooksville Cocoa
Okeechobee County Fair Okeechobee *Check Fair website for dates closed during this period
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