WEBVTT 00:00:08.849 --> 00:00:11.810 All right, Mike Brindisi here for Good News York. 00:00:11.849 --> 00:00:13.650 I should call it Great News York because we're 00:00:13.650 --> 00:00:15.990 at the Great New York State Fair. I consider 00:00:15.990 --> 00:00:20.489 this the kickoff event. Look, Times Square has 00:00:20.489 --> 00:00:23.969 the ball drop, right? Pennsylvania has Punxsutawney 00:00:23.969 --> 00:00:26.710 fill. Well, guess what? Syracuse, New York has 00:00:26.710 --> 00:00:29.149 the butter sculpture reveal. And we are lucky 00:00:29.149 --> 00:00:30.870 enough to be here today. And I'm standing with 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:34.590 two awesome women from the American Dairy Association, 00:00:35.329 --> 00:00:41.429 Olivia and... Addy! So I'm here with two of the 00:00:41.429 --> 00:00:45.090 ambassadors of the American Dairy Association, 00:00:45.710 --> 00:00:49.109 Addy and Olivia. Thank you for doing an interview 00:00:49.109 --> 00:00:52.689 with us. Tell us a little bit about yourselves 00:00:52.689 --> 00:00:55.990 and about how you got into this position. Yeah, 00:00:56.030 --> 00:00:58.590 so I grew up surrounded by the dairy industry. 00:00:58.869 --> 00:01:01.719 My grandparents have... retired dairy farm. They 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.379 previously milked about 120 head of dairy cows 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:07.140 and growing up I always helped on the dairy farm 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:10.280 and I grew up showing dairy cows and it inspired 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.260 me to join programs like FFA and 4 -H and then 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:15.219 I eventually got tied into the dairy ambassador 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:17.379 program and I fell in love with it and decided 00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:19.420 to run for a state dairy ambassador position 00:01:19.420 --> 00:01:22.930 this coming year. Well that is awesome and Yeah, 00:01:23.010 --> 00:01:25.209 I'm Addie Brown. I'm from right here in Onondaga 00:01:25.209 --> 00:01:27.709 County. I've always been submerged in the dairy 00:01:27.709 --> 00:01:30.430 industry. I show dairy cattle at the county, 00:01:30.510 --> 00:01:33.629 state, and national level. I love to promote 00:01:33.629 --> 00:01:37.109 the dairy industry to everyone and anyone and 00:01:37.109 --> 00:01:39.209 share how nutritious and delicious dairy can 00:01:39.209 --> 00:01:42.569 be. And it is. I'm a big fan of chocolate milk, 00:01:42.590 --> 00:01:46.069 by the way. Is that okay? Did you know that chocolate 00:01:46.069 --> 00:01:48.530 milk actually, well, all milk has 13 essential 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:50.670 nutrients, but chocolate milk is the perfect 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:54.439 beverage to refuel with after exercise because 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.980 it reboots your muscles after hard work. My brother 00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:00.939 -in -law was a college athlete and after every 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:03.959 game my mother -in -law would bring him this 00:02:04.460 --> 00:02:08.120 Milk chocolate milk that was a muscle milk and 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.159 I used to laugh and I go who drinks chocolate 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:12.479 milk out So it looks like the jokes on me. It's 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.680 it is good for you. Yes, so my volleyball team 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.939 I actually bring a gallon of chocolate milk after 00:02:16.939 --> 00:02:18.960 our workouts in practice and we all drink chocolate 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.180 milk after because it really helps Refuel your 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:23.620 muscles. What about brownies? Are those good 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:28.979 for you? No, all right. I'm put They do they 00:02:28.979 --> 00:02:32.360 do so you guys are doing amazing things we're 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:34.569 here for the great sculpture reveal, which is 00:02:34.569 --> 00:02:37.669 amazing in itself. Tell us a little bit about 00:02:37.669 --> 00:02:40.969 how you applied to become an ambassador. What 00:02:40.969 --> 00:02:43.789 does that entail? What do you guys do? So we 00:02:43.789 --> 00:02:47.409 start at the county level. Every county is different 00:02:47.409 --> 00:02:50.490 with how you get involved in their dairy promotions 00:02:50.490 --> 00:02:53.389 program, but you eventually, if you're interested, 00:02:53.430 --> 00:02:56.250 you can run for a state ambassador position. 00:02:56.250 --> 00:02:58.669 And I know for us it changes a little bit every 00:02:58.669 --> 00:03:01.610 year, but we had a competition in February and 00:03:01.610 --> 00:03:04.300 there were five girls from different counties 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:06.699 across New York State and we had to put together 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:09.979 a portfolio of pictures of our time as a dairy 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:12.280 ambassador at the county level we were asked 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.800 to prepare a speech and what else there was something 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.580 else oh we underwent an interview yes we did 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.759 an interview as well so yeah it's a great way 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:24.770 to be ready for the real world. We learn a lot 00:03:24.770 --> 00:03:26.590 of skills within this organization, learning 00:03:26.590 --> 00:03:28.949 how to give an interview, write a speech, and 00:03:28.949 --> 00:03:31.590 be able to give it. These interview skills, like 00:03:31.590 --> 00:03:33.569 a live interview like this, these skills will 00:03:33.569 --> 00:03:35.389 carry on with us for the rest of our life, and 00:03:35.389 --> 00:03:37.150 we're so grateful to have this opportunity. I'm 00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:40.379 so grateful to see your generation. Learning 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:42.219 those kind of skills and by the way, you're crushing 00:03:42.219 --> 00:03:45.319 it. So you're doing well So for you to want to 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.840 be an ambassador of the American Dairy Association, 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.560 you must love dairy Where does that come from? 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.560 Is it a pass down through the family or is this 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.439 something you just kind of? Yeah, so I personally 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.560 get my love for dairy from my grandpa. He obviously 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.020 had a dairy farm, but he is just so passionate 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:06.400 about it. And I'm just so grateful to have him 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.580 in my life to be able to teach me all these skills. 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:10.960 And honestly, I don't think I'd be standing here 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.879 today without his love for dairy. It's such amazing. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.240 Don't get me crying on camera, all right? Well, 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:19.920 both of my parents work in the dairy industry. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.860 Both of them are health and food inspectors for 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:26.519 dairy specifically. I work on a dairy farm and 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:28.779 have show cattle, so I do a lot on the fancier 00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:30.540 cow side, but I do a lot on the conventional 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:33.560 too. I've always been in the dairy industry. 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:35.079 I've been in this program since I've been in 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.540 a bucket seat. My mom used to run a program in 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:40.139 Cortland County, so it's been a kind of family 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:41.860 thing. My great -grandfather and grandfather 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:43.839 ran a pretty large dairy farm out in Cortland, 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.620 New York, and they sold in the 90s, but it's 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:48.199 definitely a generational thing that I'll carry 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:50.959 on forever. That's amazing. Couple more questions 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.079 because I know we got a busy day here. What is 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.779 kind of the main message that the American Dairy 00:04:56.779 --> 00:04:59.220 Association ambassadors want to spread? What 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:01.420 is the message you're trying to get out? What 00:05:01.420 --> 00:05:03.459 are you really trying to do for the dairy industry? 00:05:04.329 --> 00:05:07.889 couple of key messages so animal care dairy farmers 00:05:07.889 --> 00:05:10.329 take phenomenal care of their animals and most 00:05:10.329 --> 00:05:12.569 of them yeah every day and they put their animals 00:05:12.569 --> 00:05:15.769 before themselves sustainability they take care 00:05:15.769 --> 00:05:19.350 of their land and then dairy is nutritious and 00:05:19.350 --> 00:05:22.769 delicious so it's packed with 13 essential nutrients 00:05:22.769 --> 00:05:25.209 to help your body grow and function so make sure 00:05:25.209 --> 00:05:27.810 to have your three servings of dairy a day. Wow 00:05:27.810 --> 00:05:35.000 you guys are well rehearsed. Would you say now 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:37.420 this this particular event the butter sculpture 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:41.319 reveal Obviously, it's a huge deal in this area 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:43.860 How does it, like you wake up today, is this 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:47.639 like the Super Bowl for an American Dairy Association 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.120 ambassador? Pretty much. It's just really the 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.180 butter sculpture reveal. It's been going on for 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:54.939 57 years and it really just goes to show the 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:58.100 importance of dairy in New York. It brings everyone 00:05:58.100 --> 00:06:00.399 together and it gives people something to look 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.279 forward to that is surrounded by dairy and I 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.319 just think it's a great representation of what 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.259 New York dairy has to offer. And it's made of 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:10.639 800 pounds of butter, which is about 2 ,000 gallons 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:15.920 of milk, which is about a day's work for 222 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.180 cows. So that's a lot of milk. But it's really 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:20.959 cool that farmers are, again, being sustainable. 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.620 All this butter will go to a farm in Western 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:26.240 New York to be processed in a digester, a methane 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.879 digester, so it'll be able to be reused and sent 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.740 back into the earth. So in addition to having 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:34.199 800 pounds of butter in here shaped into some 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:37.579 sort of amazing sculpture, none of it goes to 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:42.579 waste. Correct. I toured the farm. The energy 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:46.980 used from the anaerobic digester can power a 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:49.439 house for five days or something like that. It 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.680 was really cool. Some crazy math, but it was 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.139 really interesting. Do you know what the sculpture... 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:56.000 I know you can't tell me, but do you already 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.970 know what it is? Yes. It is super cool. It is 00:06:58.970 --> 00:07:00.850 very cool. Well, I mean, I feel like it's cool 00:07:00.850 --> 00:07:03.430 no matter what. I think if you revealed, like 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:05.370 if the curtain dropped and it was just a big 00:07:05.370 --> 00:07:08.509 square, I would think it was awesome. So, I mean. 00:07:08.589 --> 00:07:11.069 It's a very New York theme and it will all make 00:07:11.069 --> 00:07:13.610 sense when you guys see it. Yes. We have an inside 00:07:13.610 --> 00:07:16.949 little track there. It's something New York themed. 00:07:17.129 --> 00:07:19.790 Okay, good to know. Last question. This is a 00:07:19.790 --> 00:07:22.250 personal question. I grew up hearing that when 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:24.670 cows lay down, that means it's going to rain. 00:07:24.810 --> 00:07:28.319 Is that true? I haven't ever heard that. heard 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.720 that either. I don't think that's true. We have 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.500 somebody in the background who I trust, who knows, 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:38.319 saying that it is it is not true they lay down 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.660 all the time. They lay down all the time. They 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:43.480 spend a lot of their time resting. They're only 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:45.240 milked for a little short time during the day, 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:47.439 but the rest of the time they're eating, sleeping, 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:49.019 and just hanging out with their friends in the 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:51.860 barn. Yeah, see, I feel like my mom told me that 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:53.379 just to make me feel better about something. 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:55.319 I don't know. I don't know where I heard that, 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.100 but now I know it's my whole life's been a lie. 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:01.879 Last question and we ask everybody this. You 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.360 kind of already did, but we are Good News York. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:05.879 This week we're Great News York because of the 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.000 Great New York State Fair. Give us some good 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:09.839 news. It could be about you. It could be about 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:11.860 the dairy industry. It could be anything. Just 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:15.939 give me good news. I'm just super happy to be 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:19.160 here, honestly. been such a blessing I live about 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:20.939 four hours away so to be able to come to the 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:24.620 State Fair for a reason is super cool. Well welcome 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:26.420 to Syracuse and thank you for the good news. 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:29.240 And my great news is it's the State Fair I live 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.879 30 minutes here I live just up south of Atisco 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.700 Lake so this is kind of a short drive for me 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:35.700 and I come up here a lot but the New York State 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:37.799 Fair is so amazing it has so many ways or so 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:39.539 many opportunities to learn about agriculture 00:08:39.539 --> 00:08:41.860 so I really encourage you as the public to please 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:44.360 get out to the State Fair talk to the dairy exhibitors 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:46.970 go see the birthing center and watch them. miracle 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:49.590 of life and grab a 25 cent glass of milk because 00:08:49.590 --> 00:08:52.029 it is so delicious and nutritious. Or chocolate 00:08:52.029 --> 00:08:55.289 milk, it's actually good for you. Addy and Olivia 00:08:55.289 --> 00:08:58.250 from the American Dairy Association, the official 00:08:58.250 --> 00:09:00.350 ambassadors of the American Dairy Association. 00:09:00.769 --> 00:09:03.090 Last one, plugs, anything you want, a website, 00:09:03.549 --> 00:09:06.389 emails, phone numbers, anything. You can go follow 00:09:06.389 --> 00:09:08.690 us on the New York State Dairy Ambassador Instagram 00:09:08.690 --> 00:09:10.970 and you can keep track of what we're doing throughout 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:13.470 our time as Dairy Ambassadors. We post a lot 00:09:13.470 --> 00:09:15.289 and we do some super fun videos so watch out 00:09:15.289 --> 00:09:17.419 what we do. New York State Fair this week. Oh 00:09:17.419 --> 00:09:19.419 my gosh. All right. You just kicked off this 00:09:19.419 --> 00:09:21.820 event for us personally at Good News York. Thank 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:25.080 you for your time and your wisdom and for ruining 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:27.259 the childhood notion that cows lay down when 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:30.820 it rains. Addie Olivia, American Dairy Association 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:32.480 ambassadors, we love you. We're ready for the 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.519 reveal. New York themed. All right. Thank you 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.399 so much. Good luck. Thank you. Countdown three, 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:46.990 two, one. Let's pull the curtains. There it is. 00:09:48.429 --> 00:09:50.970 The theme of this year's butter sculpture is 00:09:50.970 --> 00:09:55.649 Dairy for Good, Nourish, Grow, Thrive. It celebrates 00:09:55.649 --> 00:09:59.029 the joy and nourishment dairy provides at every 00:09:59.029 --> 00:10:03.409 stage of life, and it's inspired by the 125th 00:10:03.409 --> 00:10:06.809 anniversary of the wonderful Wizard of Oz and 00:10:06.809 --> 00:10:11.100 its local New York author, L. Fran Kahn. I want 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:13.860 to do this MTV crib style coming to my butter 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:16.279 hut. I had to butter someone up to get in here 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:20.080 Anyway, we are inside. I know you wish you were 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.580 here. We are inside next to the New York State 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:26.299 Fair's butter sculpture and Here's the theme 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:30.500 dairy for good nourish grow thought thrive It's 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:32.200 celebrating the joys and nourishment that dairy 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.279 provides at every stage of life. But here's the 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:38.009 thing They also incorporated the Wizard of Oz, 00:10:38.210 --> 00:10:40.470 because it's inspired by the 125th anniversary 00:10:40.470 --> 00:10:42.590 of the wonderful Wizard of Oz, and it's the local 00:10:42.590 --> 00:10:45.269 New York author, L. Frank Baum. But check this 00:10:45.269 --> 00:10:50.570 out, guys. Every bit of detail has to do with 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:53.769 exactly what I said, the Wizard of Oz. Cowardly 00:10:53.769 --> 00:10:58.629 lion, right? Milk jugs holding down the thing. 00:10:59.169 --> 00:11:01.970 We've got Dairy Defies Gravity, a little Wicked 00:11:01.970 --> 00:11:07.470 reference. This is apparently for, um... What 00:11:07.470 --> 00:11:11.529 is it? Reasons of licensing, we're gonna call 00:11:11.529 --> 00:11:14.370 this dog Dot. But we know what the dog, who the 00:11:14.370 --> 00:11:17.629 dog is. And this of course is a young girl, possibly 00:11:17.629 --> 00:11:23.769 named Dorothy. The poppies. I mean. And it's 00:11:23.769 --> 00:11:27.929 Linda, the good witch. This is absolutely stunning. 00:11:28.389 --> 00:11:31.710 Folks, we are looking at 800 pounds of butter. 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:34.610 This is about the amount I put on every bagel 00:11:34.610 --> 00:11:37.610 I eat. And my wife gets mad. But check it out, 00:11:38.029 --> 00:11:43.269 man. Look at the detail on the brick road. Wickedly 00:11:43.269 --> 00:11:48.049 good for you. And one of the sculptors I was 00:11:48.049 --> 00:11:51.110 talking to mentioned that they didn't know how 00:11:51.110 --> 00:11:54.090 to make the yellow brick road pop because everything's 00:11:54.090 --> 00:11:56.629 yellow. So they did the contrast with the grass 00:11:56.629 --> 00:11:59.149 and the poppies. It's the first time, oh, and 00:11:59.149 --> 00:12:01.470 the hooves on the cow. It's the first time that 00:12:01.470 --> 00:12:04.860 they've actually used color. Um, on the butter 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:06.440 sculpture, it's always been yellow, so that's 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.360 kind of cool that we're here for that, too. And 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.820 then there she is. My wife. I mean, the Wicked 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:15.100 Witch, everybody. The Wicked Witch. So, good 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:18.679 New York, live, the great New York State Fair. 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.360 I dare say it's great New York. I've always wanted 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.980 to see the butter sculpture up close. Being next 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:28.500 to it is, uh, it's pretty awesome, man. I want 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:31.220 to eat my way out of this thing. All right, Mike 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:33.220 Brindisi of Good New York, or I should say Great 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.440 New York, because we're at the Great New York 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.500 State Fair. I'm honored to be standing here with 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:40.200 the New York State Fair director. I think it's 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.879 even more than that. Is that the right title? 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.500 We'll go with director. We'll go with director. 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.340 Julie LaFaith, how are you, besides tired? 23 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:49.580 hours to go, and I've never been more alive. 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:52.539 I bet. This is your Super Bowl. I mean, you are 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:55.519 the head honcho of this thing, the Great New 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:59.080 York State Fair. Everybody knows about it. You 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.360 know something I was interested in is what goes 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.960 into the planning and and what is your background 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.720 like how do you How do you even get appointed 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.480 by the governor for this? I mean, what are the 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.620 credentials? I wouldn't even know somewhere around 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:13.700 15 years ago I realized that I really liked doing 00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:16.620 big massive events and my first 20 years my career 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:18.340 was Parks and Recreation and I was with the city 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:20.860 of Syracuse and as you know Clinton Square any 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:23.139 of those big downtown festivals So I really fell 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:25.740 in love with that and I love public service I 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:27.899 found that I really love working to make other 00:13:27.850 --> 00:13:29.690 people happy. And that's what the state fair 00:13:29.690 --> 00:13:31.330 is, right? I mean, the whole thing worked for 00:13:31.330 --> 00:13:33.649 11 months so that we could see 13 days of joy. 00:13:33.769 --> 00:13:35.649 I mean, we're standing in front of an 800 pound 00:13:35.649 --> 00:13:37.789 butter sculpture. What's not fun about that, 00:13:37.809 --> 00:13:40.549 right? So the planning process, I'm going to 00:13:40.549 --> 00:13:44.070 imagine this is a 364 day thing a year. It is. 00:13:44.250 --> 00:13:46.070 And we get to say fun sentences that you never 00:13:46.070 --> 00:13:47.789 thought you'd say in your life. Like yesterday, 00:13:47.950 --> 00:13:49.889 I said, make sure the bike rack is in front of 00:13:49.889 --> 00:13:53.039 the. Brontosaur or the wooly mammoth. And I was 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.600 like, that's a sentence I never thought I would 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.559 say. It's like having kids. I say things to my 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.120 kids that I'm just like, what? Why? I never thought 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:00.600 those words would come out of my mouth. Yeah, 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.759 I mean, it's 800 pounds of butter. And then, 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.620 you know, you're going to see 100 tons of sand. 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.000 And we get to work all the logistics out of that 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.779 so that in a few days, you can see what the sand 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:10.659 sculpture is. It's phenomenal. Now, so when this 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:13.279 is all over, which is we're just kicking it off, 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:16.500 do you have like a week to yourself or does it 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:19.159 go right back into it? Oddly enough, the fair 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:21.159 ends on September 1st Labor Day for the public, 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:23.360 but we then have to tear down for three weeks. 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.460 Five days later, a horse show comes in. People 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:28.480 forget that we are a year round event center. 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:32.080 We also host 200 other events. So the fair, everybody 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.259 is going back to school or prepping for fall 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:36.460 or getting their pumpkin spice lattes, and we're 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:38.539 bringing in horses. Julie, I am concerned for 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:42.240 your health. You need to rest. So tell us, I 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:44.759 mean, every year there's a lot of staples that 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.120 we will obviously expect at the New York State 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.860 Fair. Is there anything different this year? 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.860 Anything new that you're excited to unveil or 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:54.360 to talk about? There's a lot of new food. obviously. 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.820 Good. You can't have the fair without food. We 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:57.840 have new competitions. I keep plugging this one 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.840 because I'm so excited to see it. Bunny Agility. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:02.299 Bunny Agility? Bunny Agility and it's exactly 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:04.039 what it sounds like. Bunnies going through a 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.100 course. There's the llama contest, the llama 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:10.200 jumping contest, the goat costume contest. There's 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:13.639 a new sensory shed. We have amazing music this 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:15.879 year and when I say music I don't just mean Chevy 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.220 Court, suburban park. I mean the permanent restaurant 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:20.879 stands and the cultural villages who all book 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.940 full days worth of music. You can come on a day. 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.159 and probably see 15 concerts. That's insane. 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:27.580 I took a look at the lineup, and it's not just 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:30.399 in the Chevy court. It's all over the place, 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:33.000 and it's all throughout the fair. If you're going 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.080 for that suburban park show, there's a new bar 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.659 up there called the Empire Bar, and they're going 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:39.399 to start doing music every day at 5 .30. So if 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:41.320 you're going to go to that 8 p .m. show, go at 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.320 5 .30 and start listening to local bands like 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.360 Just Joe. You don't have to have a beer, just 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.279 sit and enjoy. We love Joe. Yeah, Just Joe. Just 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.399 Joe. Go listen to him, have a water, have a bag 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.080 of chips, and then wait for suburban park show. 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:54.879 You just spent zero dollars. Dude, you nailed 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.899 it. Um, so I've got, I've got to ask. Let's just 00:15:57.899 --> 00:16:00.000 pretend I live under a rock. I've never been 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.980 to the New York State Fair. What, what is the 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.879 one food? I'm at the New York State Fair. I'm 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.440 like, I got to eat one thing. I know this is 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.159 very hard, but, but I told you there'd be no 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.899 hard hitting questions. I think I lied. What 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:12.840 is the one or maybe three, if you have to pick 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:16.019 a favorite child. Oh, you got me there. I can't 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.659 pick a favorite child. My daughter thinks you 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:20.580 can, but yeah, you're right. Uh, you know what? 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.399 I'll tell you what people go for. There you go. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.460 the dollar potato, New York potatoes, the 25 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:32.279 cent milk, all of those things. See, I'm a big 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.440 sausage and peppers guy. I feel like sausage 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:38.490 and peppers gets overlooked. And then, obviously, 00:16:38.690 --> 00:16:40.649 we have now the Toss and Fire stand, so you've 00:16:40.649 --> 00:16:42.129 got to get your wood -fired pizza. We love Nick 00:16:42.129 --> 00:16:43.610 and the boys. We have pizza in a cone this year. 00:16:43.870 --> 00:16:46.049 We have cookie dough in a bowl. These are all 00:16:46.049 --> 00:16:47.850 new things. We have deep -fried turkey legs, 00:16:48.009 --> 00:16:49.730 deep -fried ribs. I mean, deep -fried anything. 00:16:49.929 --> 00:16:51.629 Take whatever you find and just deep -fry it. 00:16:51.669 --> 00:16:52.789 You don't get it here. You can deep -fry your 00:16:52.789 --> 00:16:54.649 cell phone and eat it here. New cream puffs here. 00:16:54.990 --> 00:16:57.190 Really? They're the size of your head. They're 00:16:57.190 --> 00:16:58.330 the size of your head right here in the Jerry 00:16:58.330 --> 00:17:01.539 Product building, so... Come hungry. The Great 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:04.700 New York State Fair does it big. Julie LaFave, 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.599 director of the fair. I want you to sleep after 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.099 this. Anything else you want to say before we 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:12.599 go? Give us some good news for Good News York. 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.240 It could be about you. It could be about the 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.960 fair. What's the good news? I challenge every 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.720 fairgoer to find something new that they've, 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:22.319 if they're a returner, go into the Goat Barn 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.960 if you've never been there. Try a new food. If 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.160 it's not your genre of music, try it out anyways. 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:29.640 Do something new. I think that's just a good 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:32.359 life lesson, you know? Julia LaFave, thank you 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:34.660 so much for your time. Thank you. Director, I 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:36.220 want to say it right. Are you the director, head 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:38.799 honcho, president, CEO? Director of the Great 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.599 New York State Fair. Julia LaFave, this is the 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.680 woman behind it all, and she's amazing. Thank 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:52.599 you so much for your time. All right. I've seen 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.180 lonely times when I could not find a friend