Jamie Jones is fair manager for the Grady County Fair. It is by far the smallest fair we’ve had on represented on the show. Regardless of size, our fairs play big roles in their local communities.
Fair Game 284 - Pamela Rosaire, Rosaire's Royal Racers
Fair Game 283 - Jake Sperley, Fair & Event
Jake Sperley is the CEO of Fair & Event. One of their new products is a booth management system for event planners. The roll out hit a major roadblock as Covid disrupted events nationwide. Here’s the impressive thing - Fair & Event actually expanded and added employees during the pandemic. We talk about how that happened on today’s episode.
Fair Game 282 - Daryle Lupretta, Santa Clara County Fair
Daryle Lupretta is the Food & Beverage Manager for the Santa Clara County Fair. The fair is located in San Jose, California where continued government restrictions have been crippling to the events industry. Can the Santa Clara County Fair survive a protracted shutdown and what impact does the pandemic have on food vendors? All that and more.
Fair Game 281 - Dominic Palmieri, Odyssey Foods
Dominic Palmieri is the owner of Odyssey Foods & known as “The Midway Gourmet” for Ray Cammack Shows. When 2020 became the challenge of a lifetime, Palmieri made adjustment to start a new sanitizing company. We talk about that as well as food costs and the challenges concessionaires may face moving through the pandemic.
Fair Game 280 - Tim & Robin Balster, Balster Magic Productions
Fair Game 279 - Renata the Band
Today we welcome Collin, Adrienne and Benny Rolf. Together the sibling trio make up, Renata the Banda. They took time out of their fair performance schedule (YES! They were actually at a fair when we spoke!) to come on the show and share their pandemic experience and talk about how great it felt to be back on stage performing at the Southwest Florida & Lee County Fair.
