Today at the Orange County Fair
Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight. Seniors Day--those 55 and older are admitted for $3 and receive free Ferris wheel and merry-go-round rides.
All day
* Home Arts Building--Theme: “Christmas in the Country.”
* Creations in Clay by Orange County Polymer Clay Guild
* Tailoring Tole for Every Home by Orange County Tole & Decorative Painters
* Warm, Worldly, Whimsical Woodcarving by California Woodcarvers’ Guild
* Visual Arts/Gems and Minerals Building--Demonstrations provided by members of the Gem Carvers Guild of America
6 a.m.
* Junior Dairy Goats arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)
* Open Dairy Goats arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)
* Junior Dairy Cattle arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)
10 a.m.
* Junior Cavies arrive (until 11:30 a.m.)
* All American Boys Chorus
11 a.m.
* Beetle Bash
* Senior World Grandparent/Grandchild Look-Alike Contest
* Rambling Rogues Senior Singers
Noon
* Junior Cavies judging (until 2 p.m.)
* Senior Corn-on-the-Cob Eating Contest sponsored by Hometown Buffet
* Family Legos Contest
* Musical Variations
12:30 p.m.
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Steve Lord--singer
1 p.m.
* Just For Kicks Line Dance Contest
* Caterpillar Catapult
* Rambling Rogues Senior Singers
* Fashions for Seniors Fashion Show by Drapers & Damons, Newport Beach
* Bijou Magic Show With Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Alley Cats--a capella
* Russell Brothers Circus
* Reminisce Hitch/Oxen Hitch
1:30 p.m.
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Steve Lord--singer
* K-9 Comets Frisbee Show
2 p.m.
* Junior Dairy Goats Showmanship (until 6 p.m.)
* Ladybug Limbo
* Pitch a Fork
* Kindorf Dancers
* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers
* “Entertaining With Insects” by Ron Taylor, “the Bug Chef”
* Larry Raspberry and the Gentrys
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Alley Cats--a capella
2:30 p.m.
* Bijou Magic Show With Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Steve Lord--singer
3 p.m.
* Pirate Pitch
* The Racquettes
* Nifty After Fifty Dancers
* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Main Street Jazz Band
* Alley Cats--a capella
3:30 p.m.
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
* “Clay Christmas Cutouts” by Trina Williams
4 p.m.
* Idaho Joe
* Potato Sack Race
* Darla’s School of Dance
* Kindorf Dancers
* Sariri Ecuador Music
* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers
* Larry Raspberry and the Gentrys
* Bijou Magic Show With Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Steve Lord--singer
* Russell Brothers Circus
4:30 p.m.
* “Entertaining With Insects” by Ron Taylor, “the Bug Chef”
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
5 p.m.
* Hula Hoop Contest
* The Racquettes
* Nifty After Fifty
* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal
* Paul Cavin
* Dan Wiles--slack rope
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Steve Lord--singer
5:30 p.m.
* Barnaby the Juggler
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
6 p.m.
* Barnyard Fashion Parade (until 8 p.m.)
* Mosquito Madness
* Laguna Niquel Performing Arts
* Sariri Ecuador Music
* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers
* “Country Christmas Candles” by Kathy Davis
* 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--hypnotist
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
* K-9 Comets Frisbee Show
7 p.m.
* Lou Rawls
* The Monkey Grip Blues
* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal
* Paul Cavin
* Port City Jazz Band
* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist
* The Goils
* Russell Brothers Circus
7:30 p.m.
* Steele Parade
* Bijou Magic Show With Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French
* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
8 p.m.
* Flying U Championship Rodeo
* Sariri Ecuador Music
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Touch of Class Orchestra
8:30 p.m.
* Port City Jazz Band
* Mark Yuzuik--hypnotist
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
9 p.m.
* Lou Rawls
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Bijou Magic Show With Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French
* The Goils
9:30 p.m.
* Steele Parade
* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer
10 p.m.
* Dave Davis--crooner
* Touch of Class Orchestra
FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
11 a.m. Banana relay
1 p.m. Bailey’s dancers
6 p.m. Girls’ night out
7 p.m. Emilio
Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center; Information: (714) 708-3247.