Voice of the Fair with Robert Smith

Jenn Flinton is on the YPI Steering Committee for Zone 1 and currently works for the Saratoga County Fair in New York. Jenn is a fair industry lifer having grown up in the industry. She brings a lifet...

14 Apr 202133min

Jo Reynolds joins us from Iowa where she oversees the Warren County Fair. We talk about the importance of small fairs to their communities and how she’s navigating her fair through the Coronavirus pan...

13 Apr 202141min

Cindy Hoye is the executive director for the Indiana State Fair. The Indiana State Fair is one of the five largest state fairs in the midwest along with the State Fairs of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsins ...

12 Apr 202137min

Jamie Jones is the fair manager for the Grady County Fair in Oklahoma. The event is by far the smallest fair we’ve had represented on the podcast. Make no mistake when it comes to the size of an event...

9 Apr 202134min

Pamela Rosaire’s company, Rosaire’s Royal Racers entertains and delights audiences across America. But 2020 put a stop to that. Today we talk about pandemic life and the challenge of navigating 2021.

8 Apr 202136min

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 ...

7 Apr 202139min

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 in...

6 Apr 202138min

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 c...

5 Apr 202136min