Beaumont: South Texas State Fair

[J Eddington]

The eleven-day Fair is second in size to the State Fair, Dallas, with an attendance of more than 500,000 from this S.E. Texas/S.W. Louisiana area. More than 700 YMBL members will work on various phases of this giant 55-year old exposition. This year the have cornered the market on Fried Food concoctions Think of Deep fried COKE, deep-fried oreos, Chicken fried bacon just to name a few.

The YMBL Rodeo is nationally recognized and is sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), and each year draws over 300 of the top cowboys and cowgirls in the world. More than 400 YMBLers work on this project and over 14,000 rodeo fans attend the event's four performances. The Rodeo celebrated its 50th year under YMBL sponsorship in 1995.
Animated Cowboy


http://www.ymbl.org/fair.htm
http://www.ymbl.org/2009_Projects.pdf