Guests including Lexi Robles, left, and Benny Garcia, who arrived at 7am, crowd the green gate entrance as they wait to enter the 2015 Orange County Fair on opening day on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Guests crowd the green gate entrance as they patiently wait to enter the 2015 Orange County Fair on opening day on Friday. This year’s theme is “One Big Party” and the fair’s 125th anniversary. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Longtime fair performer and entertainer Stephen Michaels, of the Russell Brothers Circus, greets people as they pour through the gates on opening day of the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A cook monitors hundreds of giant bacon-wrapped turkey legs moments before massive crowds descended upon opening day of the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Guest Gina Cardenas is one of the first to enter the grounds under the shade of a Chinese umbrella during opening day at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Staff member Michelle Gamboa waits to hand out bags to thousands of guest prior to opening the gates at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
The Nu Style Rockers perform on the new Plaza Stage on opening day at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Guests wait in line for the famous charbroiled corn on the cob during opening day at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A youngster bites into a famous corn on the cob during opening day at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A youngster drenches himself in the floor fountains to cool off during opening day at the 2015 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
