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January 11th, 2010

Lunsford hired for Fairgrounds Event Coordinator position

SKAGIT COUNTY - At a special meeting on January 7th of the Fair Advisory Board (FAB), Skagit County Parks, Recreation & Fairgrounds Director Brian Adams announced that a new position, Fairgrounds Event Coordinator, will be filled by Bret Lunsford of Anacortes. The 2010 theme for the Skagit County Fair will be “Bringing It All Back Home” with an emphasis on local participation in every aspect of the Fair.

Lunsford is a lifelong resident of Skagit County, who managed his own business in Anacortes for 15 years. He has twenty-five years of experience staging music and art events, educational and cultural events, and multi-venue festivals; organizing volunteers, performers and technicians. He also has marketing experience; including the promotion of the book he recently authored: Images of America: Anacortes. He has participated at past Skagit County Fairs as a 4-H parent when his daughter was showing goats.

A history presentation of past Fair entertainment and activities - from slides and scrapbooks in the Fairgrounds archives – was shown at Thursday’s FAB meeting, followed by a discussion focusing on connecting Fair traditions and promotional ideas. The Fair history slideshow will be presented to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners on February 2nd at 10:30 a.m.

For further information, contact: Brian Adams: 336-9415 or Pauli Mickelson: 419-7626