Crowds pour through the Yellow Gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A member of the Dragon Knights performs in front of the blue gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Kids from summer school day camp walk through the blue gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A family and friends stop for a picture during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A patron happily eats a twisted churro during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Kids from a Fountain Valley summer school walk in line from the yellow gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Members of the singing quartet In Good Company perform for guests in front of blue gate on opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A cook turns giant bacon wrapped sausages in the main mall area during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Members of the Dragon Knights perform in front of the blue gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Chicken Charlie’s commercial griller Daniel Sandoval turns chicken kabobs for the masses during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on Friday.
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Crowds pour through the yellow gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Kabobs rest on the grill at Chicken Charlies during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Katie the Clown high-fives a fellow fair employee prior to gates opening during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair “Get Your Fair Face On” in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Members of the Dragon Knights perform in front of the Blue Gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Cook Roger Zamora turns giant hamburger patties for The Ranch during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Katie the Clown arrives at the Blue Gate waving to a fellow fair employee on opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on Friday. The fair’s theme is “Get Your Fair Face On.” (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Crowds pour through the Yellow Gate during opening day of the 2016 Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on Friday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Members of the singing quartet In Good Company perform for guests in front of the Orange County Fair’s Blue Gate on opening day of the 2016 fair on Friday in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
A cook for Juicy’s turns large turkey legs before the gates open on the first day of the 126th Orange County Fair on Friday in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)