Highlights Today at the Orange County Fair

Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight

SECURE HORIZONS AND GET UP & GO’S SENIORS’ DAY--Seniors 55 and older are admitted for $3 and receive free Ferris wheel and merry-go-round rides.

10 RIDES FOR $10--Buy a wristband and get 10 rides for $10. Valid any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, opening until closing, for rides in the major and kiddie midways. Good for all ages. Does not include gate admission.

All-day events

* Leather Tooling presented by California Leather Guild

* Weaving & Spinning presented by South Coast Weavers Guild

* Woodturning by the Woodshed presented by O.C. Woodturners Assn.

* Market animals on display

* Small animals on display

10 a.m.

* 4-H Swine Showmanship (until noon)

* Sock Hop

* Patch Program “Discover the Fair” Scavenger Hunt (until 7 p.m.)

* Prehistoric Pets (until 7 p.m.)

* All American Boys Chorus

10:15 a.m.

* Clown Show

11 a.m.

* Senior Hat Parade

* Rambling Rogues (music)

Noon

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs

* FFA Swine Showmanship (until 3 p.m.)

* Grease Lightning Marble Shoot Contest

* Cal’s Caddyshack Putting Contest for Seniors

* Huntington Westminster Kitchen Band

1 p.m.

* Seniors’ “Swingin’ in the Pink!” Dance Competition sponsored by Hometown Buffet

* Magic Show

* Fashions for Seniors presented by Drapers & Damons

* Clown Show

* Sariri (Andes music)

1:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs

2 p.m.

* Russell Bros. Circus

* Fastest Hook in the West Contest

* Clumps Contest

* Pink Pearl Eraser Stacking Contest

* Nifty After Fifty

* Tap with Marge

2:30 p.m.

* Magic Show

3 p.m.

* Herd the Sheep Contest

* Sariri (Andes music)

* Yolanda Perez, vocalist

3:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs

* Cotton Pickings & Spinning with Mary Frances Eves

4 p.m.

* Magic Show

* Russell Bros. Circus

* T-Birds Putt-Off Contest

* Grease Lightning Marble Shoot

* Nifty After Fifty

* Tap With Marge

4:30 p.m.

* Dinner for Two presented by Jan Mongell

5 p.m.

* Master Showmanship (until 7 p.m.)

* Cherry Lemonade Drinking Contest

* Natural Dyes demonstration

* Orange County Song & Dance

* Sunshine Generation of Huntington Beach

* Yolanda Perez, vocalist

5:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs

6 p.m.

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist

* Magic Show

* Hula Rama

* Giesele-International Story Teller

* Beach City Cloggers

* Racquettes

* Johnny Rhondo, vocalist

6:30 p.m.

* Clown Show

7 p.m.

* Chubby Checker

* Zoot Suit Fashion Show presented by Zoot Suits in Fullerton

* Russell Bros. Circus

* Market Awards Ceremony (until 9 p.m.)

7:10 p.m.

* Swing dance lessons with Audrey Wilson

7:30 p.m.

* Swingtime with Johnny Pink and the Big Shots

* Magic Show

* All Alaskan Racing Pigs

* Billy & the Bandits

8 p.m.

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist

* Johnny Rhondo, vocalist

8:15 p.m.

* Big Band 2000

9 p.m.

* Chubby Checker

* Swingtime Dance Contest with music by Johnny Pink and the Big Shots

* Magic Show

9:30 p.m.

* Billy & the Bandits

10 p.m.

* Big Band 2000

FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

9 a.m.--Sheep Drive

10 a.m.--Sheep Dog/Sheep Shearing Demonstrations (until 4 p.m.)

1 p.m.--Hot Dog Eating & Building Contest sponsored by Pink’s Famous Hot Dogs

7 and 9 p.m.--Bellamy Brothers

Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center