Georgia State Fair

2008

Macon, Georgia

23 September - 28 September

Everyone Was Greeted by Chops

The City of Macon, Georgia Tree Commission

A Passive Display by the Federated Garden Clubs of Macon, Inc.

A Plant Display by the Garden Clubs

A Lovely Floral Arrangement

For those who attended the 2008 Georgia State Fair I am sure that you noted that there was not much on Display in the Round Building at Central City Park. Well, everyone who knows the Flower Child will have to agree that he seldom points out shortcomings without suggesting a remedy. The Round Building had two interesting passive displays. One by the Tree Commission of the City of Macon, Georgia and an eye catching Display by the Federated Garden Clubs of Macon, Inc.

Both of these displays were passive. By that I mean, no one was staffing the displays during the run of the Fair. However, both displays certainly displayed Macon, Georgia, Bibb County and Middle Georgia in the best possible way. It is my humble opinion that many organizations could set up passive displays in the Round Building for the next Georgia State Fair. We all know that the World Wide Web has taken the excitement away from visual displays that you can actually see and even touch. To this end, the Model Railroaders in the Long Building certainly displayed a plethora of equipment and scenes. Everyone, young and old appreciated these displays.

Here is a possible list of organizations that could stage passive displays in the Round Building for the 2009 Georgia State Fair:

Junior League of Macon

The One Hundred Black Men

The Bibb County Mentor's Project

Big Brother

Big Sister

Read Aloud - Formerly Rolling Readers

The Macon Symphony

The Macon Arts Association

The American Legion

The Veterans of Foreign Wars

Vietnam Veterans of America

Central Georgia Boy Scouts

Central Georgia Girl Scouts

District Five Little League Baseball

Middle Georgia Soccer Association

Dixie Youth Sports

The Sweet Adelines

The Rotary Club

The Middle Georgia Tough Down Club

The Macon Sertoma Club

The Optimist

The Toastmasters

The National Association for Advancement of Colored People

The Fort Hawkins Association

Jarrell Plantation

The Indian Mounds

The Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins

The Macon Civic Singers

The Heritage Trail

New Town Macon

I think you can acquire the picture here. We have an abundance of civic organizations that could promote themselves with passive displays/booths in the Round Building at the 2009 Georgia State Fair.

We have so much to be proud of in the Middle Georgia Area. As we all know many of these organizations are populated with aging citizens. It is just possible that they may indeed be ready to reach out to obtain younger citizens to swell their membership rolls.

Just a idea from the Flower Child as to how we can all work together to make the 2009 Georgia State Fair a wealth of information along with lovely informational displays. This would also serve to involve more Middle Georgia Citizens from these respective organizations who just might encourage their members to go to the Fair and at least see their respective display.