A FAIR TO REMEMBER A.V. EVENT WILL OPEN ON FRIDAY.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - The 63rd Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fair opens Friday with country and pop music stars, carnival rides and attractions ranging from the unique Rural Olympics to high divers who plunge 80 feet into a 10-foot-deep pool. Fair-goers themselves can bungee jump Bun´gee jump` n. 1. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface , rock climb, volunteer to be hypnotized or - for the less adventurous - pet baby farm animals or take a country dance lesson. ``Things are pretty well organized and ready to go,'' said Forrest McElroy, president of the Antelope Valley Fair's board of directors. ``If we have typical weather, our attendance will surpass what it has been for the last couple of years.'' The 11-day fair will be headlined by country music star Wynonna Judd with actor Dennis Quaid and his band the Sharks on Friday, Bob Dylan Noun 1. Bob Dylan - United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Dylan on Saturday, Chubby chub·by adj. chub·bi·er, chub·bi·est Rounded and plump. See Synonyms at fat. [Probably from chub (from the plumpness of the fish). Checker on Aug. 26, Lonestar and Tracy Bird on Aug. 27, Glen Campbell For the town in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, see . For the Scottish broadcaster, see . For the steel guitarist, see . Glen Campbell (born 22 April 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning American country pop singer and guitarist and on Aug. 28, and Destiny's Child  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. with Stacie Orrico Aug. 29. On the home front, local bands will provide music every day on the East Lawn stage, and local community acts will entertain on the Park Center stage. Figure 8 races are Aug. 31 and demolition derby demolition derby n. A contest in which drivers crash old cars into each other until only one is left running. are on Sept. 1. The Rural Olympics on Sept. 1 pits competitors in contests ranging from loading hay to driving tractors and racing Model T Fords. Bull riders take over the arena on Sept. 2, and Sept. 3 brings flat track motorcycle racing motorcycle racing Sport of running motorcycles on tracks, closed circuits, or natural terrain. The main types are (1) road racing, conducted on a course made up wholly or partly of public roads; (2) trials, conducted both on and off the highway; (3) speedway racing, . The bungee-jumping tower will let brave souls drop head first from a height of 130 feet attached by a bungee cable. Free grounds entertainment throughout the duration of the fair will include hypnotist Suzie Haner, the Short Attention Span circus, and Riki Tiki Tiki Tick of Dow Jones Industrial Average component issues. the clown. Latino music will be featured Aug. 26 and Sept. 2, with performers every hour including Luis Arnoldo, Burning Daylight, Adela Fernandez and Aguila Negra. New this year will be the Flying Fools High Dive Show. Six professional divers will plunge into a 10-foot-deep, 21-foot in diameter pool. The performance will conclude with an 80-foot high dive. A fire dive will be performed at night. What fair would be complete without animals, so the baby animal nursery will return larger than last year, fair officials said. Lancaster resident Freddy Valentino's mules will be on display at Freddy's Camp, four covered wagons and a chuck wagon pulled into a semicircle. The annual Kiwanis Junior Livestock Auction will be held Aug. 30, offering cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits and turkeys raised by local youngsters. Last year members of the 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and Grange earned nearly $500,000 from the sale of their animals. The fair opens Friday with a 3:45 p.m. ceremony that includes a low- altitude pass by an F-117 stealth fighter. Admission that first day is free until 5 p.m. Regular admission is $6 for adults and $4 for seniors and children ages 6 to 15. Children under age 6 are admitted free. Presale admission tickets are available for $5 until Friday. Carnival wristbands for unlimited carnival rides are $12 until Thursday or $18 at the fair. On Aug. 26 and 31, guests pay $10 for admission that includes unlimited carnival rides and the free Chubby Checker concert on Aug. 26 and Figure 8 stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States and Great Britain held largely on oval rings of between approximately a quarter-mile and 2. on Aug. 31. On Kids Day, Aug. 27, admission is free to kids age 15 and under. Seniors and handicapped persons can enter the fair for free on Aug. 28. On Dollar Day, Aug. 30, admission and carnival rides are $1. The fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. are at 155 E. Ave. I. For more information, call (661) 948-6060, or visit the fair's Web site at www.avfair.com. ANTELOPE VALLEY FAIR SCHEDULE FRIDAY Wynonna Judd plus Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, 7:30 p.m., $25, $20, $15. Hours 4 p.m.-1 a.m. SATURDAY Bob Dylan, 7:30 p.m. $30, $25, $20. Hours noon-1 a.m. AUG. 26 Antelope Valley Fair Parade, 10 a.m. starting on Lancaster Boulevard at 10th Street West. Chubby Checker, 7:30 p.m. Hours noon-midnight. Fair admission is $10, which includes carnival ride and the Chubby Checker concert. AUG. 27 Lonestar and Tracy Byrd Tracy Byrd may refer to:
AUG. 28 Glen Campbell, 6 p.m. Hours 4 p.m.-midnight for general public, noon to midnight for senior citizens and handicapped persons. People over 55 and handicapped persons admitted free and receive free carnival rides and free lunch. AUG. 29 Destiny's Child with Stacie Orrico, 7:30 p.m. $30, $25, $20. Hours 4 p.m.-midnight. AUG. 30 Junior Livestock Auction, 9 a.m. Hours 4 p.m.-midnight. Admission and carnival rides $1 each. AUG. 31 Figure 8 Stock Car Racing, 7:30 p.m. Hours 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Fair admission is $10, which includes carnival rides and Figure 8 races. SEPT. 1 Rural Olympics, 3 p.m. $15, $12. Demolition Derby, 8 p.m. $15, $12. Hours noon-1 a.m. SEPT. 2 Professional Bull Riding, 7:30 p.m. $15, $12. Hours noon-1 a.m. SEPT. 3 Short track motorcycle races, 3 p.m. Hours noon-11 p.m. DAILY Carnival rides, farm animals, flower exhibits, handicraft handicraft: see arts and crafts. display, photo exhibit, gem and mineral display, bungee jumping bungee jumping Sport in which the jumper falls from a high place with a rubber (“bungee”) cord attached both to his or her feet and to the jump site, and, after a period of headfirst free fall, is bounced partway back when the cord rebounds from its maximum , petting zoo, chain saw sculpture. THE FACTS --ADMISSION: General admission, $6; children 6 to 15 and seniors 55 and older, $4; children under 6 and active duty military personnel with identification, free. Grandstand event tickets include fair admission. --PARKING: $3. --LOCATION: 155 E. Ave. I, Lancaster. --INFORMATION: (661) 948-6060 or www.avfair.com. CAPTION(S): 4 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Carnival workers, above, assemble the Ferris wheel Ferris wheel, amusement park ride. It consists of a power-operated wheel that is about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. It has two rims that are parallel to and equidistant from the shaft about which the wheel rotates. in preparation for Friday's opening of the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster. Students Deanna Richmond, on right in photo at left, and Michelle Ulate, set up the Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). 4-H landscape booth. The fair runs through Monday, Sept. 3. (3) Ray Parenti, carnival general manager for Davis Enterprises, examines the fair's newest midway offering, the Cliff Hanger. (4) Ron Ferrell, the preserves and can goods chairman, surveys some of this year's entries. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: ANTELOPE VALLEY FAIR SCHEDULE (see text) |
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