Today at the Orange County Fair
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88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight.
All-day events
* Leather tooling by the California Leather Guild
* Weaving and spinning by the South Coast Weaver’s Guild
* Woodturning by the Woodshed by the O.C. Woodturner’s Assn.
* Beef, calves, goats, sheep and swine on display (until 10 p.m.)
* AgriScience display (until 10 p.m.)
* Searchers Gem & Mineral Club
9:30 a.m.
* Junior livestock auction (until 5 p.m.)
10 a.m.
* Tropical bash contest
* Andalusian horse show (until 6 p.m.)
* China painting (until 6 p.m.)
* Hands-on activities by Planet Kids and Camp Frasier (until 6 p.m.)
* All About Fishing
10:30 a.m.
* The Boat and the Dock contest
11 a.m.
* Bailey’s Dance Studio
* California Cloggers Unlimited
* Happy Squares Square Dancers
* Big Kahuna bubble contest
* The Garden Chef
11:30 a.m.
* Family sandcastles contest
Noon
* The Dance Center
* Japan Karate Do Itosu-Kai of Costa Mesa
* Gymmax Gymnastics
* Water scramble contest
* Bouquet of fruit salad contest
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
* Pass the Pineapple
* Watercolor demonstration
1 p.m.
* The Seaside Stompers
* The Rhymettes
* K.C. and Company
* Pearl-diving contest
* Cow Chip Bingo “parcels” for sale
until 4 p.m.
* Tutti Frutti beehive hairdo contest
1:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
2 p.m.
* Wine seminars
* The Colony of Performing Arts
* Ramblin’ Rogues Square Dancers
* Gymmax Gymnastics
* Atlantic Crossing
* Ballet Folklorico de Paso de Oro
* Peanut toss contest
* South Seas Island Party by Jan Mongell
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
* The Garden Chef
2:30 p.m.
* Family sandcastles contest
3 p.m.
* Marriott Dance Center
* Wanda’s Dance Studio
* Tiki’s Iuma Polynesian Dancers
* Wild Roses
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* Cookie-eating contest
* Haku floral wreaths by Keia Cordero
3:30 p.m.
* Best-packed suitcase contest
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
4 p.m.
* Orange Blossom Cloggers
* Church Mice Square Dancers
* Atlantic Crossing
* Ballet Folklorico de Paso de Oro
* Georgia’s Good Time Steppers
* Elk Whistle
* Blowfish contest
* Cow Chip Bingo begins
4:30 p.m.
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
5 p.m.
* Lawn mower races
* Swing Shift Dancers
* Arabian Night Fantasy Mid-East Dancers
* Wild Roses
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* K.C. and Company
* Andy Robinson Folk Music
* The Boat and the Dock contest
5:30 p.m.
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
6 p.m.
* Orange Blossom Cloggers
* Na Meakani O’Laka Hawaii Hawaiian-Polynesian Dancers
* Atlantic Crossing
* Line-dancing demonstration
* Kat Scudder & Her Hard-Working-Man country music
* Elk Whistle
* Free gem identification (until 9 p.m.)
6:30 p.m.
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
7 p.m.
* John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
* Na Meakani O’Laka Hawaii Hawaiian-Polynesian Dancers
* Jessica--vocalist
* Chuwa Bolivia
* Paul Cavin--vocalist
* Andy Robinson Folk Music
* All American Boys Chorus
* Kobert’s Tropical Bird Show
7:30 p.m.
* Jets
* All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
8 p.m.
* Wild Roses
* Enchanted Players
* Kat Scudder & Her Hard-Working-Man country music
* Elk Whistle
* Joe Stoddard
8:30 p.m.
* Hypnotist Mark Yuzuik
9 p.m.
* John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
* Jessica--vocalist
* All American Boys Chorus
9:30 p.m.
* Jets
10 p.m.
* Joe Stoddard
SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
10 a.m. Andalusian Horse Show (until 6 p.m.)
2:30 p.m. Family sandcastles contest
4 p.m. Babylon Mood Belly Dancers
7 and 9 p.m. Diamond Rio concert
Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center
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