Bill Ogg Interview: Know How He Became a Fair Manager
Bill Ogg Interview: Insights from a Former State Fair Manager CoolKay -Hi I'm Karen from County Fairgrounds USA County Fairgrounds.net Welcome to today's podcast County Fairgrounds and CoolKay here. Do I have the the uh director of Emeritus from the Nebraska State Fair in the line with me? Bill Ogg -sure do How are you today? CoolKay - Busy Bill Ogg - Well good for you I guess that's that's always good to be busy rather than the alternative CoolKay - Hi Bill ...Uh so how long were you in charge - Uh.... Manager of the Nebraska State Fair? Bill Ogg - Three years Ok CoolKay - Ok And before that Bill Ogg - before that uh I've moved in the industry quite a bit I was at the Walla Walla Fair in frontier days for several years, and the Greeley Independent Stampede and the Montana Wyoming and Kansas State Fairs each for about 5 to 8 years CoolKay - My goodness You've certainly gotten around haven't you Bill Ogg - Or if if my kids say I can't hold a job So that's uh CoolKay - one way to look at it too - So what are you up to now I have to ask that Bill Ogg - Well still very much interested in the fair business Uh have uh been doing some speaking at state and zone meetings for the International Association of Affairs And expositions and looking to see what's out there But uh also considering how how best I can - you know take care of of those uh desires, and and interest in in the fair industry Um you know plus you know thinking about maybe being a grandpa better And so yeah well I'm certainly interested in the industry I've been at it since 1998 So um CoolKay - um ok All right So how did you how did you get started with this Have you ever done anything else Bill Ogg - Actually probably not Um I thought I was gonna return to the family farm and ranch right out of uh college and that opportunity was not there And so I went to graduate school - um in Louisiana I grew up in Wyoming and went to graduate school at the Louisiana State University and shout out to their girls basketball team. But uh uh so was very much looking for a job back in the Rocky Mountain region and I had a very active 4h [...]