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You must be one of the top three winners of a 2008 sanctioned preliminary contest to receive an invitation to compete at the Kentucky State Fair. Check back often; contests will be added throughout the year.

2008 Preliminary Contest Schedule

Date
Time
Preliminary

Contact

Open/Closed
9/10/2007
TBA
Powell County Lions Club Fair
Jon Skidmore
(606) 663-2598
OPEN
10/6/2007
1:00 p.m.
"R" Farm Pumpkinfest
Loura Robinson
(606) 742-2429
OPEN
3/22/2008
2:00 p.m.
Folsom Academy
of the Arts
J.D. Folsom
(502) 485-1119
CLOSED - Current and Alum students of Folsom Academy only
5/10/2008 11:00 a.m. Pike County 4-H Novella Froman (606) 432-2534 CLOSED - Pike County residents only
6/4/2008
7:00 p.m.
Casey County Fair
Rick Wesley
(606) 787-7331
OPEN
6/16/2008
8:00 p.m.
Woodford County Fair
Shelia Baker
(859) 879-6640
OPEN
6/18/2008 6:00 p.m. Boyle County Fair and Horse Show Sueticia Sutton
(859) 583-4926
CLOSED - Boyle County residents only
6/23/2008
8:00 p.m.
Taylor County Fair
Andrea Fielding
(270) 469-8743
OPEN
6/25/2008 7:00 p.m. Union County Fair

Susan Mills
(270) 952-8175

OPEN
6/25/2008
6:00 p.m.
McCracken County Fair

Douglas P. Arnold
(270) 554-4589

OPEN
6/26/2008 7:30 p.m. Bourbon County Fair Lisa Shaw
(859)707-7285
OPEN
6/27/2008 7:00 p.m. Garrard County Fair Diana Davis
(859) 333-6350
OPEN
6/28/2008 9:00 a.m. First Church of Nazarene Donna Parrish (502) 836-9703 OPEN
6/28/2008 11:00 a.m. First Church of Nazarene Donna Parrish (502) 836-9703 OPEN
6/28/2008 1:00 p.m. First Church of Nazarene Donna Parrish (502) 836-9703 OPEN
6/30/2008 8:00 p.m. Lincoln County Fair Stacy Story or Mary Ann May
(606) 365-8688
CLOSED - Lincoln County residents only
7/1/2008
7:00 p.m.
Marion County Fair
Lisa Kearnes
(270) 692-3126
OPEN
7/11/2008
7:00 p.m.
Adair County Fair

Billy Pickett &
Terry Harvey
(270) 384-9007

OPEN
7/13/2008 2:00 p.m. Parents of Performing Students Greg Heimann (502)955-7494 CLOSED- Current and alum students of Classic Melodies only
7/13/2008 2:00 p.m. Northern Pulaski Middle School Choir June Correll
(606) 678-8531
CLOSED - Pulaski County residents only
7/13/2008 4:00 p.m. Northern Pulaski Middle School Choir June Correll
(606) 678-8531
OPEN
7/17/2008 5:00 p.m. Youth Theatre of Hardin County Mitzi Lynch (270) 735-7514 CLOSED- Youth Theatre members only
7/17/2008 7:00 p.m. Ballard County Fair Susan Overby
(270) 335-3094
OPEN
7/18/2008 6:00 p.m. Scott County Arts Council Karen Wischmeier (812) 521-4150 or (812) 754-0284 OPEN
7/18/2008 8:00 p.m. Franklin County Fair & Horse Show Patti Cross
(502) 223-8525
CLOSED – Only residents from Franklin, Anderson, Shelby, Henry, Owen, Scott and Woodford Counties
7/19/2008 1:00 p.m. Allegro Dance Theatre Carol Zagar
(270) 352-1333
CLOSED – Hardin County residents only
7/19/2008 7:00 p.m. Spencer County Fair Peggy Pickett
(502) 477-0232
OPEN
7/20/2008 2:00 p.m. Classic Melodies Performance Institute Melodie Stacy (502)955-7494 OPEN- anyone who is not a Classic Melodies student
7/20/2008
8:00 p.m.
Meade County Fair
Melissa Allen
(270) 422-2734
OPEN
7/21/2008 6:00 p.m. Monroe County Fair Blanche Trimble
(270) 487-5576
CLOSED - Those who live and/or attend school in Monroe County only
7/24/2008 7:00 p.m. Mercer County Fair and Horse Show Stephanie Abrams (859) 734-7140 OPEN
7/25/2008
7:00 p.m.
Grant County Youth Contest
Sandra Adams
(859) 824-6692
CLOSED - Grant County residents only
7/25/2008
TBA
Clark County Fair
Perscilla Howard
(859) 619-8037
OPEN
7/26/2008 7:00 p.m. Oldham County Fair Kathy Hockersmith
(502) 265-0621
OPEN
7/27/2008
11:30 a.m.
Jefferson County

Denise Mattingly
(502) 634-1167

OPEN
7/27/2008
3:30 p.m.
Jefferson County

Denise Mattingly
(502) 634-1167

OPEN
7/27/2008
7:00 p.m.
Jefferson County

Denise Mattingly
(502) 634-1167

OPEN
7/30/2008 10:00 a.m. Dancensation Sandra Rivera
(502) 377-7146
OPEN
7/31/2008 4:00 p.m.

Folsom Academy of the Arts

Heather Folsom (502) 485-1119 CLOSED – Current and Alum of Folsom Academy of the Arts, dancers, and singers only
7/31/2008 7:00 p.m. Montgomery County Fair

April McIntosh
(859) 585-7965

OPEN

2009 Preliminary Contest Schedule

Date
Time
Preliminary

Contact

Open/Closed
9/27/2008
2:00 p.m.
Hancock County Tourism Commission
Stephanie Lamar (270) 927-8137
OPEN
10/1/2008
TBA
"R" Farm Pumpkinfest
Stephanie Hopper (606) 375-1488
OPEN


OPEN - Anyone may enter
CLOSED - Limited to those listed

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