Today’s Highlights at the O.C. Fair

Hours are noon to midnight

All-day events

* OC woodworkers

* Scale Squadron

* Guild of Fiber Artists

* OC Woodworkers Assn.

* Rare-fruit growers

* Game birds

* OC Vector Control

* Wild science

* Great invention show

* Small animals

* Newborn animals

* Mule exhibit

* Market animals

9 a.m.

* FFA market sheep judging (until 11 a.m.)

11 a.m.

* 4-H market sheep judging (until 1 p.m.)

Noon

* China painters (until 8 p.m.)

* Hootenanny

* Junior floriculture contest

* Best-Dressed Veggie in the West entries (until 2 p.m.)

* Art demos and care projects (until 5 p.m.)

* Gold panning (until 8 p.m.)

* California Blacksmith Assn. (until 8:30 p.m.)

* Sheepy Hollow featuring Genia Gardner with spinning, felting, wool crafts (until 8:30 p.m.)

* OC beekeepers candle making (until 8:30 p.m.)

12:30 p.m.

* Glassblower Charlie Keeling

* Sourdough Slim

* BJ & the Puppet Truck (until 5:30 p.m.)

* University of Fun: Magicology 101 (Dr. Frank)

1 p.m.

* Golden butter sculpting competition

* Guitarist Billy Cioffi

* Children’s magic matinee with Professor Marvel

* Doggies of the Wild West

* Picasso’s Place Children’s Art Center (until 8 p.m.)

* Rope ‘Em Cowboy

* Joyce Tanaka-Shields Chinese brush painting

* Happy Squares Square Dancers

* Lori Stewart tole painting

1:30 p.m.

* Xtreme Air stunt show

* Guitarist Billy Erickson

* All-Alaskan racing pigs

* Maureen W. Puppet (until 6:30 p.m.)

2 p.m.

* Magic of Frank Thurston

* Red River riders (until 7 p.m.)

* Russell Brothers Circus

* Holiday breads with Jan Mongell

* Candy Apple Cloggers

* Dance Etc. creative art

* Girls With Attitude: Line Dance Elegance in Time

* Latin sounds

* FFA market swine judging (until 6 p.m.)

* Best-Dressed Veggie in the West contest judging

2:30 p.m.

* Professor Marvel’s Magic

3 p.m.

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Professor Invent (ABCs of inventing)

* Happy Squares Square Dancers

* Shenanigan’s Youth Theater Group

* Flutist Elk Whistle

* Pan for gold

* Junior floriculture arrangements

3:30 p.m.

* University of Fun: Clownology 101 (Dr. Mickey)

* Washi Eggs with Miriam Anderson

4 p.m.

* Wagon Hitch roundup

** Dance Etc. Creative Arts

* Fastest Veggie in the West (until 5 p.m.)

* Pianist Walter Colvin (until 9 p.m.)

4:30 p.m.

* Trinidad steel drum band

* Port City Jazz Band

5 p.m.

* Billy’s Brass Band

* Magical Rush with Erikk Dalu, Terry Godfrey, Goldfinger & Dove

* Elektra’s Mideast Dance Fantasy

* Imagination creation sign-ups

5:30 p.m.

* Imagination creation (until 7 p.m.)

6 p.m.

* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik

* Guitarist Steve Lord

* 4-H market swine judging (until 9:30 p.m.)

* Zany Grainy contest

* Beach City Cloggers

* Craft kitchen featuring Irene Barron

* Vocalist Ashley Elder

* Storytellers and skits

6:30 p.m.

* Grinn & Barrett juggling team

* Balloon man Skip Banks

7 p.m.

* Bryan White concert

* University of Fun: Artology 101 (Dr. Picasso)

* Karaoke for kids

7:30 p.m.

* Groove therapy

* Guitarist Rick Mabrey

* Washboard band

8 p.m.

* Wartime radio

9 p.m.

* Bryan White concert

* Port City Washboard Band

THURSDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

(seniors day)

11 a.m. Senior Hat Parade

Noon Seniors putting contest

1 p.m. Senior bowling

7 and 9 p.m. Sheena Easton concert

Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center

Los Angeles Times