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The Wisconsin State Fair has been nominated as one of the best state fairs in the country by a panel of experts and staffers from USA Today as part of that newspaper chain's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.
Now, the public can vote for its favorite and help name the overall winner.
Voting is open now. Voters must be 18 years or older and may vote once a day until July 28. The top 10 vote-getters will be named on Aug. 6 at noon.
“Our dedicated team works tirelessly year-round to help create lifelong memories for our Fairgoers,” said Shari Black, CEO of the Wisconsin State Fair Park.
“Our unique location – just minutes from downtown Milwaukee – combined with the amazing partners and vendors truly makes our State Fair one of the most unique Fairs in the country.
"Now it’s time to let the world know that our recipe of amazing music, top-notch attractions, the best animal shows, and so much more – all at -friendly prices – makes Wisconsin State Fair the best of the best.”
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. A fifth collects Urban Spelunking articles about breweries and maltsters.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has been heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
