Today at the Orange County FairNoon to...

Today at the Orange County Fair

Noon to midnight. Ten rides for $10--purchase a special wristband containing 10 ride tickets for $10. Valid any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, opening until closing. Good for all ages. Wristband purchase does not include gate admission.

All-day events

* Home Arts Building--”Fall-Harvest Festival”

* “Creations in Clay” by Orange County Polymer Clay Guild

* “Tailoring Tole for Every Home” by Orange County Tole & Decorative Painters

* “Warm, Wordly, Whimsical Woodcarving” by California Woodcarvers’ Guild

* Visual Arts/Gems and Minerals Building--Demonstrations provided by members of the Gem Carvers Guild of America

8 a.m.

* Open breeding sheep judging (wool breeds until 4 p.m.)

Noon

* Beetle Bash

12:30 p.m.

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

1 p.m.

* Harvest hockey

* Candy Apple Cloggers

* Wanda’s Dance Studio

* “Fall for Fimo” (clay demonstration) by Dorothy McMillian

* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling from the Orient

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

* Russell Brothers Circus

* Reminisce hitch/Oxen hitch

1:30 p.m.

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* K-9 Comets Frisbee show

2 p.m.

* Shark Attack

* Bubble gum-blowing contest

* Dance Etc. Production Company

* “Cooking From the Pumpkin Patch” by Jan Mongell

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

2:30 p.m.

* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient

* Barnaby the Juggler

3 p.m.

* Idaho Joe

* Candy Apple Cloggers

* Presty’s Showstoppers

* Elk whistle/Bill Neal

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

3:30 p.m.

* “Relief Carving a Cornucopia” by Pat Pagano

4 p.m.

* Ladybug limbo

* Birdie on a Perch

* Fountain Valley Twirlers and Orange County Stars

* Dance Etc. Production Company

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Bijou Magic Show with Frank Thurston, Juggling From the Orient

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

* Russell Brothers Circus

4:30 p.m.

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

* “Baking From The Pumpkin Patch” by Jan Mongell

5 p.m.

* Snowblowers

* The Colony of Performing Arts

* Presty’s Showstoppers

* Elk whistle

* Paul Cavin

* Port City Jazz Band

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

5:30 p.m.

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

6 p.m.

* Lads & lassies contest (until 8 p.m.)

* Bubble gum-blowing contest

* The Reptile Ramblers

* “Entertaining With Insects” by Ron Taylor, “The Bug Chef”

* 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

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Steve Lord--singer

* K-9 Comets Frisbee show

7 p.m.

* Kool and the Gang

* The Reptile Ramblers

* Elk whistle/Bill Neal

* Paul Cavin

* Port City Jazz Band

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

* Alley Cats--a capella

* Russell Brothers Circus

7:30 p.m.

* Groove Therapy

* Bijou Magic Show with Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Steve Lord--singer

8 p.m.

* Best Pickin’s Show-De-O

* Dave Davis--crooner

* Armand Blais Orchestra

8:30 p.m.

* Port City Jazz Band

* Mark Yuzuik--hypnotist

* Steve Lord--singer

9 p.m.

* Kool and the Gang

* Dave Davis--crooner

* Bijou Magic Show with Professor Marvel, Goldfinger & Dove and Brad French

* Alley Cats--a capella

9:30 p.m.

* Groove Therapy

* Steve Lord--singer

10 p.m.

* Dave Davis--crooner

* Armand Blais Orchestra

THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

10 a.m. All-American Boys Chorus

2 p.m. Pitch a fork

6 p.m. “Mosquito Madness”

7 p.m. Lou Rawls

Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center