Today at the Orange County Fair

Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight. Seniors Day--those 55 and older are admitted for $3 and receive free Ferris wheel and merry-go-round rides.

All day

* Home Arts Building--Theme: “Christmas in the Country.”

* Creations in Clay by Orange County Polymer Clay Guild

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

* Warm, Worldly, Whimsical Woodcarving by California Woodcarvers’ Guild

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

6 a.m.

* Junior Dairy Goats arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)

* Open Dairy Goats arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)

* Junior Dairy Cattle arrive (until 9:30 a.m.)

10 a.m.

* Junior Cavies arrive (until 11:30 a.m.)

* All American Boys Chorus

11 a.m.

* Beetle Bash

* Senior World Grandparent/Grandchild Look-Alike Contest

* Rambling Rogues Senior Singers

Noon

* Junior Cavies judging (until 2 p.m.)

* Senior Corn-on-the-Cob Eating Contest sponsored by Hometown Buffet

* Family Legos Contest

* Musical Variations

12:30 p.m.

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Steve Lord--singer

1 p.m.

* Just For Kicks Line Dance Contest

* Caterpillar Catapult

* Rambling Rogues Senior Singers

* Fashions for Seniors Fashion Show by Drapers & Damons, Newport Beach

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

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Alley Cats--a capella

* Russell Brothers Circus

* Reminisce Hitch/Oxen Hitch

1:30 p.m.

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Steve Lord--singer

* K-9 Comets Frisbee Show

2 p.m.

* Junior Dairy Goats Showmanship (until 6 p.m.)

* Ladybug Limbo

* Pitch a Fork

* Kindorf Dancers

* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers

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

* Larry Raspberry and the Gentrys

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Alley Cats--a capella

2:30 p.m.

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

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Steve Lord--singer

3 p.m.

* Pirate Pitch

* The Racquettes

* Nifty After Fifty Dancers

* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Main Street Jazz Band

* Alley Cats--a capella

3:30 p.m.

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

* “Clay Christmas Cutouts” by Trina Williams

4 p.m.

* Idaho Joe

* Potato Sack Race

* Darla’s School of Dance

* Kindorf Dancers

* Sariri Ecuador Music

* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers

* Larry Raspberry and the Gentrys

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

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Steve Lord--singer

* Russell Brothers Circus

4:30 p.m.

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

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

5 p.m.

* Hula Hoop Contest

* The Racquettes

* Nifty After Fifty

* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal

* Paul Cavin

* Dan Wiles--slack rope

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Steve Lord--singer

5:30 p.m.

* Barnaby the Juggler

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

6 p.m.

* Barnyard Fashion Parade (until 8 p.m.)

* Mosquito Madness

* Laguna Niquel Performing Arts

* Sariri Ecuador Music

* Kuuipos Polynesian Dancers

* “Country Christmas Candles” by Kathy Davis

* 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--hypnotist

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

* K-9 Comets Frisbee Show

7 p.m.

* Lou Rawls

* The Monkey Grip Blues

* Elk Whistle/Bill Neal

* Paul Cavin

* Port City Jazz Band

* Joe Gandelman--ventriloquist

* The Goils

* Russell Brothers Circus

7:30 p.m.

* Steele Parade

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

* Our Boys Steel Drum Orchestra

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

8 p.m.

* Flying U Championship Rodeo

* Sariri Ecuador Music

* Dave Davis--crooner

* Touch of Class Orchestra

8:30 p.m.

* Port City Jazz Band

* Mark Yuzuik--hypnotist

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

9 p.m.

* Lou Rawls

* Dave Davis--crooner

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

* The Goils

9:30 p.m.

* Steele Parade

* Lloyd Mabrey--balladeer

10 p.m.

* Dave Davis--crooner

* Touch of Class Orchestra

FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

11 a.m. Banana relay

1 p.m. Bailey’s dancers

6 p.m. Girls’ night out

7 p.m. Emilio

Source: Orange County Fair & Exposition Center; Information: (714) 708-3247.