JUST ANNOUNCED ...

• State Fair is Seeking Couples for its Swing & Salsa Dance Showdown: "Dancing to be a Star"/ “Bailando para ser una Estrella” Contest.  Read complete details at  http://floridastatefair.com/content/view/88/64/
   
• Shriners Treating Special Children to a Free Day at the Florida State Fair.  Read complete details at http://floridastatefair.com/content/view/89/64/
   
• Baton Twirlers Find Spotlight at 2008 Florida State Fair.  Read complete details at http://floridastatefair.com/content/view/90/64/ 
   
• 4-H & FFA Students Compete for Champion Youth Ambassador Title.  Read complete details at http://floridastatefair.com/content/view/91/64/ 
   
• Florida’s Devoted Farmers to be Inducted into Ag Hall of Fame.  Read complete details at http://floridastatefair.com/content/view/92/64/
    

REMINDER:  Order Deadline Approaching … Less than 8 days left to purchase discounted Fair ticket offers ONLINE at www.floridastatefair.net. 

ONLINE Order Deadline is 1/29/2008!  Don’t miss out on fantastic savings on admission tickets, Pepsi Armbands, Family Fun Pack and group discount offers.

Visit www.floridastatefair.net to place your order today before time runs out! 
 

Fair tickets can be purchased through Feb. 6 at participating Sweetbay Supermarkets (not ride tickets or Armbands) or purchase all discount offers in person at the Fair Box Office before the Fair opens.  

All acts, concerts, scheduled times, exhibitors, prices, and other advertised events are subject to change and/or cancel without notice.  Fair gate admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages six to 11; and free for children five and younger.  NO RE-ENTRY is permitted without an admission ticket.  Gates open daily at 9 a.m. and parking is free during the 12 days of the Fair. 

The Florida State Fairgrounds is located just seven miles east of downtown Tampa, with easy access via I-75, I-4, U.S. Highway 301, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, and Orient Road.  For more information about the 2008 Florida State Fair, call toll-free (800) 345-FAIR or (813) 621-7821, visit http://www.floridastatefair.com/ or http://myspace.com/floridastatefair.

The 104th annual Florida State Fair will take place on February 7-18, 2008.  The Florida State Fair – always in Tampa and always in February – is organized by the Florida State Fair Authority under the leadership of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson leads the Fair Authority, which oversees the Florida State Fairgrounds and the annual Florida State Fair.

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Denise Shreaves:  shreavd@doacs.state.fl.us 
Manager of Marketing & Public Relations
Florida State Fair Authority
Phone (813) 627-4314
Cell (813) 732-0141
 
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Cindy Cockburn or Paul Wilson: info@wilsonmedia.tv
Public Relations Counsel  
WILSONMedia
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