Today at the Orange County FairNoon to...
Today at the Orange County Fair
Noon to midnight. Ten rides for $10--purchase a special wristband containing 10 ride tickets for $10. Valid any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, opening until closing. Good for all ages. Wristband purchase does not include gate admission.
All-day events
* Home Arts Building--”Fall-Harvest Festival”
* “Creations in Clay” by Orange County Polymer Clay Guild
* “Tailoring Tole for Every Home” by Orange County Tole & Decorative Painters
* “Warm, Wordly, Whimsical Woodcarving” by California Woodcarvers’ Guild
* Visual Arts/Gems and Minerals Building--Demonstrations provided by members of the Gem Carvers Guild of America
8 a.m.
* Open breeding sheep judging (wool breeds until 4 p.m.)
Noon
* Beetle Bash
12:30 p.m.
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
1 p.m.
* Harvest hockey
* Candy Apple Cloggers
* Wanda’s Dance Studio
* “Fall for Fimo” (clay demonstration) by Dorothy McMillian
* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling from the Orient
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
* Russell Brothers Circus
* Reminisce hitch/Oxen hitch
1:30 p.m.
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* K-9 Comets Frisbee show
2 p.m.
* Shark Attack
* Bubble gum-blowing contest
* Dance Etc. Production Company
* “Cooking From the Pumpkin Patch” by Jan Mongell
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
2:30 p.m.
* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient
* Barnaby the Juggler
3 p.m.
* Idaho Joe
* Candy Apple Cloggers
* Presty’s Showstoppers
* Elk whistle/Bill Neal
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
3:30 p.m.
* “Relief Carving a Cornucopia” by Pat Pagano
4 p.m.
* Ladybug limbo
* Birdie on a Perch
* Fountain Valley Twirlers and Orange County Stars
* Dance Etc. Production Company
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
* Russell Brothers Circus
4:30 p.m.
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
* “Baking From The Pumpkin Patch” by Jan Mongell
5 p.m.
* Snowblowers
* The Colony of Performing Arts
* Presty’s Showstoppers
* Elk whistle
* Paul Cavin
* Port City Jazz Band
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
5:30 p.m.
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
6 p.m.
* Lads & lassies contest (until 8 p.m.)
* Bubble gum-blowing contest
* The Reptile Ramblers
* “Entertaining With Insects” by Ron Taylor, “The Bug Chef”
* Bijou Magic Show with Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
* Reminisce hitch/Oxen hitch
6:30 p.m.
* Mark Yuzuik
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Steve Lord--singer
* K-9 Comets Frisbee show
7 p.m.
* Kool and the Gang
* The Reptile Ramblers
* Elk whistle/Bill Neal
* Paul Cavin
* Port City Jazz Band
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
* Alley Cats--a capella
* Russell Brothers Circus
7:30 p.m.
* Groove Therapy
* Bijou Magic Show with Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Steve Lord--singer
8 p.m.
* Best Pickin’s Show-De-O
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Armand Blais Orchestra
8:30 p.m.
* Port City Jazz Band
* Mark Yuzuik--hypnotist
* Steve Lord--singer
9 p.m.
* Kool and the Gang
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Bijou Magic Show with Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French
* Alley Cats--a capella
9:30 p.m.
* Groove Therapy
* Steve Lord--singer
10 p.m.
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Armand Blais Orchestra
THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
10 a.m. All-American Boys Chorus
2 p.m. Pitch a fork
6 p.m. “Mosquito Madness”
7 p.m. Lou Rawls
Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center