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Just
days remain to save money on admission tickets to the
Stanislaus County Fair!
Stanislaus
County Fair opens Friday, July 26
Jam-packed
with new features, piles of fun for kids, free rides
for senior citizens, incredible celebrity
entertainment, and awesome exhibits, the Stanislaus County Fair will open on Friday, July 26 at 5:00 p.m.
for its 10-day
run!
“Our
team has worked year-round for what we believe will be
one of the best Stanislaus County Fair’s ever,”
said Tony Leo, chief executive officer of the fair.
“Our mission is to create a family-oriented
experience at our fair and we have done exactly
that.”
“One
of the most exciting additions to this year’s fair
is the Western Ranch Corral,” shared Leo. Fairgoers
are encouraged to come
on down to the corral and rest their spurs while
enjoying the energy and charisma of LaDeana at the
fair’s newest outdoor family saloon. Performing
three free shows each night, LaDeana is first-class
country entertainment at its best. The “corral” offers picnic tables under a shade cloth
with a western-town façade to set the mood.
Located next to the famous Latif’s pie booth,
the corral provides a chance to sit back, relax and
enjoy the entertainment.
More entertainment is in store
for you, this time from Euro Disney to Main Street
Disneyland and now to the Stanislaus County Fair.
It’s world-renowned Ken Caulkin’s full-sized
Bandwagon. “The bandwagon is like a player piano in that it is
digitally operated.
But this musical beauty is a former horse-drawn
wagon that has been restored to hold 55 digitally
operated instruments from the banjo to the timpani,”
Leo explained. “You
can request one of more than 5,000 stock songs nightly
at the Garden Stage, near the Floriculture
Building.”
Say
cheese! And
cheese it will be as you observe the state’s
premiere cheese carver, Sarah Nep, carving 40-pound
cheese blocks. Nep has carved cheese sculptures of
Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. She
is a true artist with an interesting and tasteful
canvas. Save a slice of your time during your fair
visit to catch Nep in action, Friday and Saturday
evenings and Sunday afternoons in the Save Mart Ag-Hort
Building.
And
catch the next train, too!
The San Joaquin Valley Division of the Toy
Train Operating Society have come aboard to engineer a
fantastic model train exhibit, complete with train
memorabilia, every day at this year’s fair. The
model trains will run continuously with society
members on board to share train trivia. This great
exhibit is in the foyer area of the Commercial
Building.
More
than 22,000 exhibits will be on display during the
fair’s 10-day run, submitted by over 7,000
individual exhibitors.
Exhibits include arts, crafts, livestock,
horticulture, floriculture and more!
“Our exhibits program is the cornerstone of
the Stanislaus County Fair,” said Leo.
For
a complete list of fair activities and entertainment,
log onto www.stancofair.com.
The
Stanislaus County Fair is now in its 91st
year. The theme of this year’s fair is “Through the Eyes of a
Child.” Last
year, a record-number of family members enjoyed the
fair as attendance topped 215,000 visitors.
The
mission of the Stanislaus County Fair is to provide a
family and community oriented experience promoting
agriculture, education, entertainment and technology.
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