Highlights Today at the Orange County Fair

Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight

FIESTA DEL MARIACHI DAY--An all-day salute to the heritage and culture of Mexico.

All-day events

* Leather Tooling presented by California Leather Guild

* Weaving & Spinning presented by South Coast Weaver’s Guild

* Woodturning by the Woodshed presented by O.C. Woodturner’s Assn.

* Breeding sheep and angora goats on display

* Small animals on display

10 a.m.

* Miniature-horse show (until 4 p.m.)

* Open cavies judging (until noon)

* Professional photographers (until 5 p.m.)

* Sock Hop

* Radio Disney

* Patch program “Discover the Fair” scavenger hunt

10:15 a.m.

* Clown show

10:30 a.m.

* Ballet Folklorico de Carol Armijo

* Mariachi Estrellas de Oro y Plata

11 a.m.

* Pink Pearl Eraser Stacking Contest

* Ballet Folklorico San Juan Capistrano

11:30 a.m.

* Family Sand Castles Contest

* Mariachi Estrellas de Mexico

* Mariachi Estrellas de Oro y Plata

Noon

* All Alaskan racing pigs

* Banana Split Eating Contest

12:30 p.m.

* International cooking contest

* Mariachi Estrellas de Mexico

1 p.m.

* Pink Pong Tournament

* Magic shows

* Ballet Folklorico de Carol Armijo

* Cow chip bingo parcels sold (until 4 p.m.)

* Grease Lightning Marble Shoot

* Ballet Folklorico Mexitli

1:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan racing pigs

* Mariachi Garibaldi

2 p.m.

* Russell Bros. Circus

* All American Boys Chorus

* Dried flowers lecture (in Spanish) by Maria Knepper, Orange County branch of the National Fuchsia Society

* Wine-tasting seminar (until 3:30 p.m.)

* Herd the Sheep Contest

* Pink Pearl Eraser Stacking Contest

* Ballet Folklorico de Maria Luisa

2:15 p.m.

* Nydia Rojas

2:30 p.m.

* Magic show

* Family Sand Castles Contest

3 p.m.

* Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez

* Mariachi Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo

* The Colony of Performing Arts

* Santana Square Dancers

* Duchicela

* Magic by Kevin Kaplowitz

* Just Four Tonight (Barbershop)

3:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan racing pigs

4 p.m.

* Magic show

* Russell Bros. Circus

* All American Boys Chorus

* Camille the Cow selects winner of the cow chip bingo contest

* Fullerton In Cahoots Line Dancers

* Sunflower Express Cloggers

4:30 p.m.

* Taste of the World presented by Jan Mongell

5 p.m.

* Mini Mud Pie Eating Contest

* Mariachi Alma de Mi Tierra

* Ballet Folklorico Paso de Oro

* Jay & Latin Sounds Band

5:30 p.m.

* All Alaskan racing pigs

6 p.m.

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist

* Hula Rama

* Fullerton In Cahoots Line Dancers

* Jay & Latin Sounds Band

6:30 p.m.

* Clown show

7 p.m.

* Jose Feliciano

* Zoot suit fashion show presented by Zoot Suits in Fullerton

* Russell Bros. Circus

7:10 p.m.

* Swing dance lessons with Audrey Wilson

7:30 p.m.

* Swingtime with Johnny Pink and the Big Shots

* All Alaskan racing pigs

8 p.m.

* Mark Yuzuik, hypnotist

8:15 p.m.

* Swingfest

9 p.m.

* Jose Feliciano

* Swingtime dance contest with music by Johnny Pink and the Big Shots

* Magic show

9:30 p.m.

* Orange Colored Sky

10 p.m.

* Swingfest

MONDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

1 p.m.--Hostess Sno-Balls Eating Contest

7 and 9 p.m.--KC & The Sunshine Band

Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center