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Royalty from 86 fairs and festivals throughout the Mountain State will compete for the title of 2010 West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals (WVAFF) Queen Saturday, January 9, at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the contest begins at 6:30 p.m. Balcony seats are available to the public for $20 per person. Floor seats are reserved for registered convention delegates.

The event will cap off the Association’s convention, held annually in Charleston. Besides crowning the queen – who will reign over the 2010 State Fair of West Virginia – the convention provides numerous informational seminars and a trade show for representatives of the WVAFF’s 130 member-events.

“This event will bring 1,100 visitors to Charleston, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg as far as the economic impact of this organization,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass. “These fairs and festivals are major players in the economies of their local communities. They bring in visitors from other towns and states, and they promote West Virginia-grown food products and crafts.”

“One of the most important benefits of this convention is that it allows these organizations to network with others in similar situations," added Pageant Director Jean Smith, also Director of Marketing and Development for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. “They can look at what other fairs and festivals are doing and see how they might add variety to their own events.”

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture protects plant, animal and human health through a variety of scientific, regulatory and consumer protection programs, as mandated by state law. The Commissioner of Agriculture is one of six statewide elected officials in West Virginia. For more information, visit www.wvagriculture.org.

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