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Fair Photo of the Day! Fair Fan Lisa Price of Higbee submitted this photo of little cowboy Chase Price having his picture taken on a pony at the 2012 Missouri State Fair. Thanks for submitting the photo to us, Lisa!

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.

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Ready to see Chris Cagle at the 2013 Missouri State Fair? Check out his official YouTube channel for a preview of the great songs you can expect to hear during his concert Thursday, Aug 8 in the Pepsi Grandstand, including our personal favorite "Chicks Dig It." http://ow.ly/lnqPE

Chris Cagle
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Welcome to the Official Chris Cagle YouTube Channel
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No visit to the Missouri State Fair should be complete without a visit to the Agriculture Building and the AgriMissouri Local Foods Showcase and Farmers' Market!

As a healthy alternative to traditional Fair fare, AgriMissouri is offering fresh produce direct from area growers at its Farmers’ Market Stand. Discover where farmers’ markets are located in your neighborhood and learn more about where your food comes from and how to get involved in growing fresh fruits and vegetables. http://ow.ly/ld6CL

Ag Showcase Experiences | Missouri State Fair
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AG SHOWCASE EXPERIENCES396 ACRES · 15 BUILDINGSHundreds of demonstrations on creating the ideal country lifestyle There’s Something For Everyone!The Missouri State Fair offers many opportunities for fairgoers interested in incorporating rural lifestyle activities into their lives. These activities...
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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.

On the Move: Driving Missouri's Growth, Building Our Future - Missouri On The Move
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On the Move Homepage,
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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
Corndog
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

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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.

Kansas City Falcon Web Camera | Missouri Department of Conservation
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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.
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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.

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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

Concerts – Tractor Pulls | Missouri State Fair
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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...
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Throwback Thursday! The Main Gate of the Fairgrounds located at 16th Street and State Fair Boulevard was built in 1939.

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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

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

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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.

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Youth Horse Show starts this Thursday followed by Society Horses

July 23, 2012, Sedalia, MO – The 4-H and FFA Horse Show starts this Thursday, and will be followed by the prestigious Society Horse Show beginning July 31. Both events are part of the 2012 Missouri State Fair competition schedule and are open to the public at no charge.

Show classes for 4-H and FFA youth will be held July 26-29, under the direction of the Fair’s equine Superintendent Jamie Daniel. Society Horse Show events will be held July 31-Aug. 4, managed by Superintendent Lenard Davenport.

“The youth show has been held prior to the Fair start date in previous years to help manage the quantity of competitions offered by the Fair,” said Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe. “To help in this effort and to increase participation by entrants, this year the Society Horse Show will also be included in the prefair schedule.”

The 4-H and FFA Horse Show will start at 2 p.m. July 26 in the Coliseum, with an 8 a.m. start time July 27 in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Saturday and Sunday shows will begin at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. in the Coliseum and Mathewson, respectively.

The Society Horse Show will begin with Walking Horse and Fox Trot competitions at 6 p.m. July 31. Competitions will continue with start times at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily Aug. 1-4. All events will be held in the Mathewson.

The Society Horse Show will host two long-running ceremonies on the fairgrounds as well. The first ceremony will honor Gregory Haston of Lee’s Summit for his years of participation in the Show, particularly in the American Saddlebred Gaited contests. This ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 3. The second ceremony will recognize grand and stake championships the evening of Aug. 4.

Due to variances with competitions, start times are tentative for both the 4-H and FFA Horse Show and the Society Horse Show. Complete schedules for both are available at http://www.mostatefair.com/download/4hffahorse.pdf and www.mostatefair.com/download/societyschedule.pdf.

The 110th Missouri State Fair will be held Aug. 9-19 in Sedalia, and is themed “Celebrate Then and Wow.”