SEC Football Fanfare

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SEC Football Fanfare is an event held in the Georgia World Congress Center prior to the SEC Championship Game. Usually held the day before, and the day of the game, Fanfare allows people to enjoy festivities prior to the game. This year, the event was held on December 1st and 2nd.

**SEC Fanfare**
A ticket from the 2006 SEC Fanfare
When:	December 1st and 2nd, 2006
Where:	Georgia World Congress Center

1 The Event
2 SEC Media Days
3 Sponsors
4 Links

[edit] The Event

SEC Fanfare includes festivities and events for young and old alike. Festivities in the 2006 SEC Fanfare event included field goal kicking, where people would receive three to four chances to kick a football through a life size inflatable field goal, flag football, where teams of three, four, and five would match up against each other in a small game of football, and an interactive television station including eight to ten televisions in which people could play the recently released NCAA Football 2007 on Playstation 2's. The event, sponsored by Dr Pepper, includes stations around the Center where fans had the opportunity to enjoy different types of the company's signature drink. Lincoln Financial Sports is usually on hand, and usually, including this year, does broadcasts from the various stations around the event, highlighting the different aspects of the festivities. Other activities included in the event included face painting, where for a small prices, people could get their face painted with their team's colors, logo, mascot, or all. Famous former SEC Players were also involved in the event, and fans were given the chance to interact with the famous players by participating in various contests, most involving throwing footballs into targets down the field. Fanfare also includes a large store, in which attendees can purchase apparel and items such as hats, flags, t-shirts, and various novelty items displaying their favorite team's logo and colors. Closing out the event, just a few hours prior to the SEC Championship Game, the teams participating in the game hold pep rallys near the Fanfare. In 2006, the Arkansas Razorbacks and the eventual 2007 national champion Florida Gators both held pep rallys shortly following the end of the Fanfare.

The 2007 SEC Fanfare will also be held at the Georgia World Congress Center, and will most likely have most of the same events. The date for the event will be set at a later time, most likely during the first week in December. Tickets for the 2007 Event can be bought before hand through the SEC, or at the gate upon entering the event.

[edit] SEC Media Days

Fanfare is usually held in conjunction with SEC Media Days, an event in which usually gives players and coaches the chance to talk to the media and public about the week's upcoming game. But as a special event, during Championship Week, Media Days also gives former players, coaches, and officials that have previously participated in the SEC Championship Game in years past the chance to relive and tell the audience about their experiences and give their predictions about the upcoming game. Small segments of Media Days are shown on Lincoln Financial Sports during the day. Former players and coaches from the two participating schools are as follows.