It is here! All the planning, telephoning, and discussing issues about this year’s fair, horse show, or event has come to its moment of execution. With all the leadership skills presented & illustrated, it is time to put on a show. The public is ready for the show. Are you ready to provide the show? Is the carnival ready to assist in your endeavor of entertainment for your local constituents’? Are your facilities up to the task? Are there enough ribbons for the displays? These are some of the last minute thoughts that pass thru your head as the manager of an event. But they will pass. What is the weather to be like? What if? What if? It is time to execute and watch the planning fall into place & adjust the issues as they occur. Enjoy your effort and have a wonderful entertaining fair, horse show, & event. It is up to your volunteers & your leadership to strive for the best show possible for your local community. Be sure to observe as much as you direct. Delegation is the key to longevity. Time takes its toll on us all. Our youth need to be involved, so please bring them into your circle of success. With Kentucky’s unbridled spirit the 2010 Fair & Horse Show season will be achieved with continued success for all.

As your fair is completed, be sure to review, complete, and submit to the KY Department of Agriculture and the Association (KAFHS), the results from the various areas that should be presented. Then one can say the event is truly complete. 2011 Fair season planning begins the day after the 2010 event ended. The cycle will begin again. Fully review the success and not so successful activities from the host of activities from your fair, horse show, and event. Proper reviews are what will make the 2011 even more successful.

The Kentucky State Fair is August 19th, 2010. Make your plans to attend. We will be there for the Opening Ceremonies and the Little Miss & Mr. Pageant. Your local Queen is invited to meet the Governor and participate in the ceremonies. Come up and enjoy the best that Kentucky can offer. Be sure to support and attend the local Fairs, Horse Shows, and Events of your choice. We will see you there. Have a great summer.

2010 Miss Kentucky County Fair Queens Court


2010 Miss Kentucky County Fair: Megan Ann Kassama – Southern Kentucky Fair, 1st runner up: Karlynn Pegram – Clinton County Fair, 2nd runner up: Whitney LeeAnn York – Russell County Fair, 3rd runner up: Allison Cooper Carrol – Marion County Fair, 4th runner up: Paige Malito – Hart County Fair, Miss Congeniality: Lindsey Johnston - Boone County Fair

2009 Miss Teen Kentucky County Fair Pageant Court

2009 Miss Teen Kentucky County Fair: Shelbie Danielle Pettey – Taylor County Fair, 1st runner up: Meleah Boisture – McLean County Fair, 2nd runner up: Emily Brooke Powell – Bourbon County Fair, 3rd runner up: Kayla Perkins – Scott County Kiwanis Fair, 4th runner up: Chelsea Renee Lane – Lexington Lions Bluegrass Fair.

2009 Miss Pre Teen Kentucky County Fair Pageant Court

2009 Miss Pre-Teen Kentucky County Fair - Bailey Nicole Brown, 1st runner up: Hayley Frances Leach – Grant County Fair, 2nd runner up: Jamee French – Union County Fair, 3rd runner up: Macy Carol McCoy – Rowan County Fair, 4th runner up: Hayden Nichole Grissam – Robertson County Agricultural Fair.

2010 KAFHS President and Officers


The 2010 KAFHS President is Dudley P. Hay of the Clinton County Fair. Please support the new leadership in their efforts to sustain the Kentucky Association of Fairs & Horse Shows throughout the year.

Please review KAFHS Dates and the the 2010 Annual KAHFS Convention Agenda.

Spencer County Fair	July 16th - July 31st
Larue County Fair	July 22nd - July 31st
Southern Kentucky Fair	July 25th - July 31st
Crittenden County Fair	July 26th - July 31st
Cumberland County Fair	July 26th - July 31st