The Missouri Department of Transportation wants to know your opinion! As you are out and about this weekend, consider what works and doesn't work about Missouri's transportation system. What would you change? Visit www.missourionthemove.org to tell them your ideas.


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Get to know your Missouri State Fair Director and his Office Assistant!

MARK WOLFE has been with the Missouri State Fair for eight and a half years, starting as Building Manager and then Fair Director since 2009. Mark appreciates the opportunity to have a voice in promoting agriculture and thoroughly enjoys watching and visiting with 4-H and FFA youth showing their livestock at the Fair. In his free time, Mark loves to hunt and fish and is a coin collector. He is most proud of a $20 gold piece he considers his favorite and most valuable.
On his State Fair Corndog: Mustard only
Funnel Cake Topping: Powdered Sugar only
Best Concert: Hank Williams, Jr. and George Thorogood in 2012
Fair Don’t Miss Event: Steer Show and That First Foot-Long
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Favorite Carnival Midway Ride: Whatever goes up the highest

NANCY BOUSE just celebrated her 17th year with the Missouri State Fair. She finds that her job offers her the chance to meet and sometimes work with an interesting variety of people on a daily basis. Whether it’s Missouri agriculture leaders, government officials, farm families, RVers from across the country or any of the many professional entertainers seen on the Fairgrounds each year, you never know who’s going to walk into the State Fair Director’s Office! In fact, during last year’s Fair, Nancy took a call from the office of a state elected official while a pink clown stood juggling in her office – how many people can say that? Her favorite thing about the Fair is seeing families laughing and having a good time together. She admits that she is afraid of the down escalator, but is not afraid of heights, and can’t stand by the ocean without singing at least one verse of “How Great Thou Art.”
On her State Fair Corndog: Ketchup, “of course!”
Funnel Cake Topping: Just a Little Powdered Sugar “I’m a purist”
Best Concert: Alabama in the early 1980s
Fair Don’t Miss Event: 6 Horse Hitches

Check out the Missouri Dept. of Conservation's Falcon Web Camera located at Commerce Tower in Kansas City. Yesterday afternoon they caught a glimpse of the first chick breaking out of its egg!

According to their website the peregrine falcon nesting box located atop the Commerce Tower is a partnership between MDC and NAI Capital Realty. The Commerce Tower remains the exact location in which MDC originally began releasing peregrine falcons in 1991. A total of 24 falcon chicks were released during the summers of 1991 and 1992. Since then, the Commerce Tower has remained a preferred nesting location of the peregrine falcons.


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Our nest-box web camera at Commerce Tower in Kansas City lets you watch a pair of peregrine falcons raise their young from April to June.

Fair Photo of the Day! Fair Fan Tiffany Greiman of Monroe City submitted this photo of her children Trace age 9 and Marah age 5 playing in Family Fun Center during the 2012 Fair. Thanks for sharing your photo, Tiffany!

We're currently accepting photos to be considered for our Facebook Fair Photo of the Day. Email your photos and a short caption to mostatefair@mda.mo.gov.

CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT!
Foreigner and Starship featuring Mickey Thomas Aug. 9
Chubby Checker Aug. 13
Lee Brice and Tyler Farr Aug.15
Three Days Grace and Hinder Aug. 17.

Register to to be a Missouri State Fair Fan to take advantage of the concert ticket presale opportunity which starts at 9 a.m. June 11 through Ticketmaster. mostatefair.com/become-a-fair-fan

Public ticket on sale through Ticketmaster begins June 17 and the Fair’s Box Office opens June 24.

For a complete list of concert prices, visit http://www.mostatefair.com/pepsi-grandstand


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CONCERTS – TRACTOR PULLSORDER TICKETSTicketmaster.com Or call 800-796-6776 / 800-745-3000 BOX OFFICE HOURS June 24 – Aug 7, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. M-F Aug 8-18, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Daily Closed July 4Click here for the Pepsi Grandstand map.For assistance with ordering Presale Concert Tickets, contact Ticket...

Throwback Thursday! The Main Gate of the Fairgrounds located at 16th Street and State Fair Boulevard was built in 1939.

The Missouri State Fair offers great Agriculture Showcase Experiences during the 11-day event. There's Something for Everyone!
Shopping - Farmers' Market - How To's From Experts
Learn more - http://www.mostatefair.com/ag-showcase-experiences

2013 Missouri State Fair Sponsors
Thanks to our 2013 Missouri State Fair Sponsors for their support of Missouri's Agriculture Showcase! ...

Fair Photo of the Day! Fair Fan Rob Krawl submitted this photo of his wife Paula in the MO-Ag Theatre at the 2012 MSF. He said, "My heart just melts everytime I look at this pic! My beautiful wife came up to me while I was scratching tickets at the lottery booth wanting to know if I wanted a bite of her BIG ice cream cone, I couldn't resist! We are so ready for the 2013 season!
Thanks, Missouri State Fair for the Wonderful memories, I will always cherish!"

Thanks for the photo, Rob! We are so ready for the 2013 Fair, too!

Everybody Loves a Parade! 2013 MSF Opening Day Parade, 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug 8 down MSF Boulevard. Entry information now available in the Online Premium Guide - http://www.mostatefair.com/miscellaneous-contests-guide. Entries due July 22.

Exciting news for all aspiring Missouri State Fair Idol contestants - New in 2013 - $500 prize money for the winner and $250 for second place, plus all contestants receive a participation gift! Read more about it on our website - http://www.mostatefair.com/missouri-state-fair-idol

Got a photo from the 2012 Fair you'd like to see on our Facebook page? Send it to us with a short caption at mostatefair@mda.mo.gov and we just might use it as our Fair Photo of the Day!! (All photos must be of good quality and taste and should be submitted jpg or tiff format. You must be the copyright owner of all photos submitted and you must also confirm you have the necessary permission from people in the photo).

Been working on your Chicken Dance Contest video? Send it in for your chance to win concert tickets and be featured on the big screen during all 2013 concerts!


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The Missouri State Fair really DIGS the chicken dance.

In celebration of our 2013 State Fair theme CHICKS DIG IT and NATIONAL DANCE LIKE A CHICKEN DAY, May 14, 2013,
we’re offering a chance to WIN CONCERT TICKETS for the 2013 Missouri State Fair!

Shake your tail feathers and strut your stuff, it’s time to get funky and enter the CHICKEN DANCE VIDEO CONTEST!

Contest Information:
Video should be no longer than 1 minute in length and should incorporate the traditional chicken dance moves. Actual chicken dance background music may be used or entrants can sing or play the tune. FUN and CREATIVITY are encouraged!

Two Ways to Enter:
1. Email your chicken dance video to mostatefair@gmail.com. Videos must be formatted as either .MOV, .AVI or .MP4. Be sure to include your name, address and telephone number in the body of the email.
2. Email a YouTube link to your video to mostatefair@gmail.com. If your video is selected as the winner, you will need to provide the original file in either .MOV, .AVI or MP4 format.

Deadline to send in videos is 5 p.m. June 10. One entry per household. Inappropriate content on videos will automatically be disqualified and will be at the discretion of the Missouri State Fair.

How Will You Be Judged?
The panel of judges, chosen by the Missouri State Fair, will judge the videos. Entrants are encouraged to have fun and show off their creativity.

Winners will be notified by July 1.

What do you Win?
The winner will receive two grandstand tickets to the Chris Cagle/Will Hoge concert at the 2013 Missouri State Fair, Aug 8. The winner’s video may also be featured on the Pepsi Grandstand big-screens to play before and/or during 2013 concerts!

The video and word selection are at the sole discretion of the entrant, however, any words, actions and photos deemed vulgar or inappropriate by the Missouri State Fair will be disqualified. Entering the contest is an agreement to allow the Missouri State Fair to post entries in part or in full on Facebook, YouTube or on the Missouri State Fair Website.