Harford Fair brings home awards from convention

Directors from the Harford Fair, office staff and the Harford Fair Queen joined 1,649 other fair personnel from across the state for the 98th Pennsylvania State Fair Association Convention in Hershey. The four days were filled with informational seminars, round table talks, trade show displays, communication competition, banquets, and the State Fair Queen coronation.

Harford Fair was awarded second place for its premium book and third place for its placemat. Nancy Tyler, fair secretary, proudly accepted the awards at the Communications Breakfast on Friday morning.

The 2009 Harford Fair Queen, Carol Small, from Montrose attended the convention with her parents, Linda and Loren Small. She competed for the State Fair Queen title with 59 other contestants from across the state. She participated in interviews, a speech competition, leadership seminars, and a personal presentation as a part of the competition. Casey Hall, 2009 Troy Fair Queen, was crowned Pa. State Fair Queen at the Saturday evening banquet.

In addition to these activities, there was a vast trade show which offered ideas for food, ribbons, entertainment, amusements, and anything else associated with a fair. The theme for the 2010 Fairs was announced—"Remembering Our Heritage; Envisioning the Future." Harford Fair will be using this State-wide theme for the premium book, the parade, and the commercial and vendor spaces.

Plans for next year’s convention which will be the 20th one held at Hershey, are already underway. The 100th fair convention will be held in 2012 and planning is underway for that event as well.

Some of the information obtained at the convention will be utilized to make improvements for this year’s Harford Fair, August 16-21, 2010.

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