economy down..money making for the fair..

Sherri Grimes was the fair director for the past three years. And this year was her last and final year as the lead person of the county fair. Her position is now open for selection of a new fair director. She had a good feeling that despite the economic downfall of gas and food prices, the county fair would end in a good turn out. She said that no matter the cutbacks that we the people of Maui had to make, the fair would have a positive take on it all.

In my opinion, I thought that this year at the County Fair was different. The prices went up, and everything was a change to the previous years, but all in all I felt that it was empty. A lot could not afford to pay their way back home from college perhaps? Or maybe some decided that the fair wasn’t for them this year. I thought that this year was empty of some sort. I didn’t feel that vibe of overload like I usually do at the county fair.

In the Maui News, I read that it was unbelievably packed at the 87th Maui County Fair. By Friday morning, all the food vendors had to go out and get more supplies because they didn’t expect a big turn out. They figured that they get the same amount as they did from last year. Little did they know, they had to rush out to get more supplies to fulfill the hungry needs of their customers. They were surprised at how this year had turned out to be. The food I might add was so delicious. I mean you can get them anywhere, but just the fact that they made it in the fair tasted way much better than the outside providers.
Everyone had their part in making this fair such a success and a good turn out. Although the prices went up and what not, the cash came rolling in from the people of Maui. Even though we are at hardship with this economy, we still support big events like these such as the county fair. We aren’t like O’ahu who has all these events like every month, so when the fair comes around everyone just uses their money. This is like a once a year deal for everyone to come together and relax and of course buy out the fair…

In the end, despite our economic downfall we were able to put aside our hardships and enjoy one weekend of fun before we had to go back to reality and face all these bills and prices that we have here in Hawai’i. And we made the people who put this fair together happy with all the money that they made. The turn out had put a smile on Sherri Grimes face for all her hard work and accomplishments.

My sources:
The Maui Newspaper