The Georgia State Fair is held in good old Macon, Georgia during the latter half of September through to the very beginning of October. Visitors will be glad to learn that half of the earnings taken in by the fair’s organizers, The Exchange Club of Macon, goes to charities. This is a wonderful way to have fun and feel like you’ve helped to support a charity.

Creative Living is not only a way to enjoy life but its an entire section of competitions held at the fair. Not only does the Creative Living section have the traditional food preserving competition and embroidery but you can find such fun competitions as Holiday Decorating for Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Independence Day or even the Paint by Numbers competition. If you think you can follow directions and paint or draw in the lines you are a shoe in for that ten dollar 1st place prize. On the last day of the fair there is usually the infamous Clogging Competition. Clogging is a form of dance in which the dancers use their feet and special wooden soled shoes to stomp on the floor in rhythmic dance moves. You’ll find yourself caught up in the fast paced tempos.

For the hungry, the concession area will be your first stop or maybe stops plural. At the fair you’ll find yourself surrounded with popular foods of all sorts, Shaved Potatoes, Corn on the Cob, Boiled Peanuts, BBQ Chicken and Belgian Waffles. Of course you can find the fun fair food like Cotton Candy, Pizza, and Funnel Cakes!

There are lots of eating contests and food competitions at this fair. Visitors can enter into the Donut Eating Contest one day and the Hotdog Eating Contest the next. Plus later on that day you can return and join the Pizza Eating Contest, but don’t forget about the Chicken Wing Contest, the Fried Green Tomato Eating Contest, and the Corn on the Cob eating contest. Take a break from your own competitions to watch the Firehouse Chili Cook-Off; don’t get too close as some of the seasoning tend to singe your eyebrows.half to the east.

Gail Leino is known throughout the internet world as Mrs. Party. She has become the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies with clever themes. Her simple party planning approach demostrates how to use proper manners while teaching etiquette with organizational skills. She shares lots of interesting fun facts. See travel vacations for more tips and holiday spot destinations.

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“Hello. Is the doctor in?”

“I’ll be with you as soon as I finish filling in these forms.”

“But I really need to see a doctor.”

“There, now what can I do fo – EEEEEK! You…you….you’re a grizzly bear.”

“Yes, ma’am. Can I see the doctor, please?

“Wh…why would you want to see the doctor? He doesn’t usually see grizzly bears, you know.”

“Some movie actor thought he’d be a real smarty and kiss me.”

“Oh, oh, I saw that on TV. That was Brad Pitt. You’re the Brad Pitt Bear.”

“That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”

“Ooooh, you lucky bear. How did it feel?”

“Look, miss. This actor comes up and slops one on me. Now I have icky human germs. It’s given me a rash. How would you like it if Brad Pitt just walked up to you and kissed you?”

“Ooooh.”

“And to add insult to injury, he recorded it on national television. How would you like that?”

“Ooooh.”

“And instead of giving me antibiotics, Jennifer Aniston starts pawing me.”

“Ooooh.”

“I feel so used.”

“Wow, for a bear, you sure lead an exciting life. Kissed by Brad Pitt. Pawed by Jennifer Aniston. National television. Ooh, how thrilling.”

“I wouldn’t call such abuse ‘thrilling’. It’s not like I have an exciting job…not like yours.”

“What, this? I spend all day filling in forms.”

“Wow. I’ve never filled in forms before.”

“And I have to book appointments for sick people all day long. And people who think they are sick. And people who don’t know if they are sick. And sick people who think they are not sick but don’t know if they are sick. And people who are sick but think they are not sick and wonder if that means they might be sick.”

“Wow. I’ve never helped sick people before.”

“And I have to keep explaining why the doctor can’t see them yet, because he is busy tending to another patient. Have you any idea how it feels to have to keep explaining that over and over, day after day, week after week?”

“Pure happiness. You must have the doctor’s excuses memorized by now”

“And I am stuck here under these flood lights, force-fed muzak that sounds like somebody grabbed a CD player and stuffed it with pancake mix and maple syrop until all that is left are the beatless, rythmless memory of a pre-civilization melody.”

“I love muzak. Big Griz is my favorite muzak composer.”

“You like that drivel? Hmph. You would probably love this job.”

“You bet! Filling in forms. Talking to people. Making appointments. Basking in glorious musak – what could be better?”

“Well, you can have it then.”

“Really? But, then who will kiss Brad Pitt. It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.”

“Hey. How about me?”

“You? You want to kiss Brad Pitt?”

“Sure, since you do need somebody to do it.”

“That is so kind of you. You would sacrifice yourself for me.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Move over. I’ve got to get puckering.”

***

“And so, children, that’s how the lady found herself stuck in the grizzly bear cage over there.”

“Wow, Uncle Jimmy. You sure teach us a lot of great stuff every time we come to the zoo. I thought she was just a zookeeper cleaning the cage.”

“Ah, yes, but she no longer has to listen to muzak, so she is happy. Different people like different things. What brings this lady happiness are not the same things as make a grizzly bear happy, for example. Understand?”

“I sure do, Uncle Jimmy. It also explains how come Dr. Block has such a grizzly receptionist.”

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The State Fair of Louisiana will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this late October of 2006. Every year visitors from all around Louisiana drop in for some Cajun Concession food and a chance to visit the State Fair Zoo. This may be one of the few state fairs that operates a free daily zoo, with Elephants, Tigers and Giraffes.

For those of you more interested in the food you can grab just about anything on a stick at the Concession, Shrimp-on-a-stick, and Pork butt-on-a-stick and even Pizza-on-a-stick. Don’t forget about the delicious Cajun food available. Stands cook up Crawfish Etoufee, Red Beans and Rice with Sausage and even Gator Wings.

Speaking of Gators this wouldn’t be a Louisiana State Fair without the Reptile Shows and Alligator Exhibits that have the run of the fair. Though if you are a bit squeamish you can always stick to the Carnival Midway and have fun on one of the many, many rides available.

If the heat gets to be too much for you, head indoors and check out the seller’s exhibits. All manner and variety of items are for sale or exhibited in a marketplace environment. You are guaranteed to find beef sticks and cheese for sale next to aromatherapy candles and pewter figurines.

For the kids there is a coloring contest held regularly, along with animal rides and face painting and even the occasional picture on a pony. Of course most of the stuff at the fair is going to be fun for the kids.

The Hirsch Coliseum will have some form of entertainment during every evening of the state fair. Each year the State Fair Queen’s Pageant is held in there to decide who will be the Queen of that year’s fair. Also the Mexican Rodeo is held there on State Fair Hispanic Heritage Day. Most events held in the Coliseum cost extra, but there are plenty of other free stage attractions throughout the fair.

Gail Leino is known throughout the internet world as Mrs. Party. She has become the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies with clever themes. Her simple party planning approach demostrates how to use proper manners while teaching etiquette with organizational skills. She shares lots of interesting fun facts. See travel vacations for more tips and holiday spot destinations.

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