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Nov. 15 - Nov. 19 2009 AIMS Safety Seminar & Certification Programs (Las Vegas, NV)

Nov. 16 - Nov. 20 IAAPA Attractions Expo
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Nov. 18 NEAAPA Dinner - Tom Morrow Social at Maggiano's
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NICA reports that an agreement has been reached that will bring the NICA West/WFA Food Show back to Reno in January for a second straight year. The Western Fairs Assn. has provided an area in the tradeshow area of their annual convention. This seemed to be mutually beneficial. The 2010 Convention dates are Jan. 21-27, 2010 and the theme is "innovate-Celebrate". The dates of the NICA West/WFA Food Show are January 25th and 26th. NICA invites everyone to join them in Reno and get ready to innovate and celebrate.

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PHOENIX-The AP reports that the Arizona State Fair attendance dropped 12 percent over last year coming in at 961,000, a drop of 130,000 over last year.
Fair officials said they're OK with those numbers.
Fair marketing director Kristi Walsh said given the state of the economy and weather, a 12 percent drop in attendance isn't too bad.State fair officials were expecting a significant drop in attendance not only because of the poor economy but also fears over big crowds spreading around the flu.



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No more Funnel Cakes - Horror!

No more ``Tilt-a-Whirl'' or funnel cakes.
With a shaky economy and no county fairgrounds to call its own, the Broward County Fair is changing locations and downsizing.
The result: no carnival rides and food booths, but plenty of homespun activities.
This year's fair, scheduled to run from Nov. 20-29, will be held at the Pompano Beach Citi Centre, a 972,000 square foot shopping plaza located on the southwest corner of Federal Highway and Copans Road. The spelling bee will be held near the LensCrafters. Horticulture displays will be set up by Lowe's hardware store, and student art displays will line the way to Sears.
``The Broward County fair has always been the stepchild of fairs in the state of Florida,'' said Elaine Fitzgerald, spokeswoman for the nonprofit board charged with organizing the annual fair.
Unlike Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties which have permanent fairgrounds set aside, Broward has no such space. Instead volunteers each year wrangle up a new location, fill out new sets of lengthy permits, and try to lure local sponsors to a new venue. The fair has moved six times in its 34-year history.
``We have to reinvent the wheel every time,'' Fitzgerald said.
Entry to this year's fair will be free to the public, which organizers hope will draw crowds to events like the Miss Broward County Fair pageant or the Beautiful Baby contest, which will be held on a community stage set up in the center of the shopping plaza.
Still, without rides to sell tickets for, organizers fear they may not be able to raise as much money for student scholarships as they have in the past.
Last year the fair cost roughly $1.2 million to produce with the bulk of the funding coming from private sponsorships. Whatever profit was made from ticket sales was earmarked for scholarships and prizes. Over the past three decades ticket sales from the fair funded $2.5 million in scholarships for Broward students. ``This year is not a money maker year,'' said Linda Brown, marketing coordinator for the Broward County Fair. ``At this point we're just trying to do right by the community and the schools. We would rather keep the fair running than have a year that it's not running at all.''
Broward fair organizers point to the Miami-Dade County Fair and Expo as a prime example of the perks that come with having a permanent home. Since 1972, Miami-Dade's fair has been held on 250 acres in West Miami-Dade. The land was set aside by the county and leased to fair organizers. Having a steady site, at Coral Way and Southwest 107th Avenue, has helped foster better ties with sponsors, and crowds who know where to head each year, said Phil Clark, president of the Miami-Dade County Fair.
``You not only have to have the facilities for that year, but for 10 years down the road,'' Clark said.

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County fair takes a local focus

County fair takes a local focus. The Hillsborough County Fair offered much more than just a hip-hop-blaring midway. The fair, a more down-home version of the Florida State Fair, now located in Sydney off State Road 60, focused on community, with numerous animal competitions for youngsters, plant sales, frog-jumping and pig paddling. Clair Schell, of Riverview, who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, said he likes the local fair because he is able to expose his children to some of the highlights of his childhood. "We didn't have the time or the money to show our animals," Schell said, but coming to the Hillsborough County Fair brings back a flood of good memories. Hank Parker and his family drove all the way from Dade City for opening day at the fair. "It's all a strategy," coming to the fair on a Wednesday night, he said, milling among a sparse crowd. The family paused to let 4-year-old Ian Parker get a pony ride. "We don't go anywhere on weekends." The fair, first organized in 1993, is a volunteer-driven, family tradition that drew more than 25,000 people from all across the region last year and was expected to at least make...

Fair offers a taste of the past

Post-Searchlight | Fair offers a taste of the past. Bakers and jelly-makers alike came together Friday night for the second annual Old-Fashioned Fair, held at the Decatur County Fair and Festival. The Old-Fashioned Fair, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, was one of many booths at the Decatur County Fair and featured baked and other goodies submitted by members of the community. Heading the event was Adrienne Harrison, manager of the Southwest Georgia Visitor's Center. The categories for submission were jams and jellies, cakes and pies, breads, pickled foods and quilts. The judging criteria for the baked goods and jellies competition were based on flavor, texture, overall appearance, and originality. The judges this year included Marjorie Mayfield, county human resources manager; Charles Tyson, former Bainbridge city manager; and David Helms, manager of Concrete Designs Unlimited. The winner of the pickled products went to Berry Penhallegon for her pickled green tomatoes. For the bread competition Barbara Snell's “It's not your Grandma's Banana Bread” ran unopposed and took home a blue ribbon. In the cakes and pies category, first place was awarded to Barbara Snell for her coconut pineapple rum cake, festively decorated with small paper umbrellas. Second and third place went...

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