Today at the Orange County Fair
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Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight
All-day events
* Embroidery Artistry, by the Embroidery Guild
* Quilting Quicks & Ques, by the Southern California Quilters
* Model Airplane Building and Flying, by the Model Aircraft Scamps
* Pygmy goats, Angora goats, breeding beef, potbellied pigs and swine on display (until 11 p.m.)
10 a.m.
* Tropical Bash contest
* 4-H Guide-Dog Puppy Field Day
* Junior pygmy goat judging
* Rabbit fryer judging (until 11:30 a.m.)
* Junior rabbit judging (until 5 p.m.)
* Pacific quarter-horse show (until 6 p.m.)
* China painting (until 5 p.m.)
* Chinese lion dance and other cultural activities provided by the Chinese Assn. of Orange County (until 6 p.m.)
10:30 a.m.
* Tropical Bash
11 a.m.
* Orange County Song and Dance
* Electric Youth
* Chinese Lion Dancers
* The Big Kahuna Bubble Contest
* The Garden Chef
* Fly-casting contests and demonstrations (until 8 p.m.)
11:30 a.m.
* Family sandcastles contest
Noon
* Estrellas Ballet Folklorico
* Pacific Performing Arts
* K.C. and Company
* Water Scramble Contest
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
* Fruit Salsas and Fruit Baskets, by Adeline Ashley
12:30 p.m.
* Peanut-toss contest
1 p.m.
* Electric Youth
* Pearl-diving contest
* Fruit Delight in Embroidery, by Eileen Gibbs and Kate Challingsworth
* Cow-chip bingo “parcels” for sale (until 4 p.m.)
* Open pygmy goat judging (until 4 p.m.)
* Knott’s berry-pie-eating contest
* Watercolor demonstration
* World of Polynesia
1:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
2 p.m.
* Wine seminars
* Dancers in Motion
* Happy Squares square dancers
* Otavalomanta
* Ballet Folklorico de Paso de Oro
* Chinese Lion Dancers
* Peanut-toss contest
* All-American Boys Chorus
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
* The Garden Chef
* Cast-off contest for Fishing Derby winners
2:30 p.m.
* Family sandcastles contest
3 p.m.
* Halau Kau Ski O’Lani Polynesian Dancers
* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers
* Windynites
* Kawika O’Leinani Hula Halau
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* Cookie-eating contest
* Ipu Gourd-Making, by Celeste Molina
3:30 p.m.
* Grandma’s cooking judging
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
4 p.m.
* Ballet Folklorico Alegria
* Blowfish Contest
* Rustlers square dancers
* Otavalomanta
* Elk Whistle
* Ballet Folklorico de Paso de Oro
* Enchanted Players
* All-American Boys Chorus
* Cow-chip bingo begins
* As One
* Ballet Folklorico de Alegria
4:30 p.m.
* South Pacific BBQ, by Jan Mongell
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
5 p.m.
* Halau Kau Ski O’Lani Polynesian Dancers
* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers
* Windynites
* Kawika O’Leinani Hula Halau
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* Southern California Dulcimer Heritage
* The Boat and the Dock Contest
5:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
6 p.m.
* Showbiz Singers
* Na Pu’ukani Band
* Otavalomanta
* Elk Whistle
* Crazy Horse Steak House line-dancing
* Enchanted Players
* King Kukulele
* Rod Wrapping (Fisherman’s Special), by Pat Walla/Anglers Bait & Tackle Shop (Dana Point)
* Open breeding beef judging (until 9 p.m.)
* Free gem identification (until 9 p.m.)
6:30 p.m.
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
7 p.m.
* The Grass Roots
* Na Pu’ukani Band
* Windynites
* Kawika O’Leinani Hula Halau
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Southern California Dulcimer Heritage
* Jazz Attack
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
7:30 p.m.
* Doo Wah Riders
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
8 p.m.
* Speedway races
* Otavalomanta
* Elk Whistle
* Brian Scott--country singer
* Armand Blais Big Band
8:30 p.m.
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
9 p.m.
* The Grass Roots
* Jazz Attack
9:30 p.m.
* Doo Wah Riders
10 p.m.
* Armand Blais Big Band
SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
10 a.m. Pacific quarter-horse show
2 p.m. Goldfish-eating contest
4 p.m. Harley Day
7 and 9 p.m. Pat Boone concert
Source: Orange County Fair and Exposition Center
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