A.V. COWGIRLS FAIR KICKS OFF `GOOD TIMES' TODAY.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Concerts, carnival rides, farm animals and Mexican-style wrestling are in store for visitors at the 68th 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. Opening today, the fair is in its third year in its 135-acre west Lancaster fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , which this year features a new enclosed en·close also in·close tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es 1. To surround on all sides; close in. 2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture. , air-conditioned livestock arena as well as a landscaped artificial waterfall where visitors can sit on park benches to cool off. ``It just gets better every year,'' fair spokeswoman Wendy Bozigian said. The 11-day fair will open at 4 p.m. today under the theme ``Let the Good Times Grow'' at the fairgrounds, 2551 W. Ave. H. Fair admission for adults and teens will be $1 more than last year: $8 for visitors ages 12 and older, $5 for children ages 6 to 11, and $5 for seniors over 62. Active-duty military personnel with military identification will be admitted free, as well as children under 6. Admission is $15 on the ``Pay One Price'' days on Sunday and on Sept. 1, which includes unlimited carnival rides and grandstand admission: El Chapo de Sinaloa with Jenni Rivera Jenni Rivera (also spelled Jenny Rivera) (born July 2, 1969) is a Mexican-American vocalist/songwriter of banda music.[1] Her parents Pedro and Rosa immigrated to the United States from Mexico, but Jenni Rivera was born and raised in Long Beach, California. on Sunday, and Figure 8 car racing followed by lucha libre Lucha Libre (which translates literally as Free Wrestling or Free Fighting) is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to all forms of professional wrestling. wrestling Sept. 1. On Tuesday, admission is free for children ages 11 and younger, seniors ages 62 and older and the disabled. The fairgrounds open at 2 p.m. that day for seniors and the disabled. On Aug. 31, admission is $1 until 9 p.m. and $8 after 9 p.m. Carnival rides are $1 each that day. On Thursday, concessionaires were busy erecting food stands, fair general manager Dan Jacobs tooled around on a motor scooter motor scooter: see motorcycle. with a cell phone at his ear, and youngsters brought in sheep, pigs, steers and other animals they raised for sale at the fair's junior livestock auction. Some of the youngsters get to miss school to care for their fair animals. ``We get excused and the week we go back we pick up our work,'' said 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). freshman Alisha Nelson, who was getting her 1,095-pound steer Jack situated in his pen with a second steer raised by her older sister Aimee. Raising farm animals has meant months of work for the youngsters. ``From like 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 9 or 10 at night,'' said Rosamond High School Future Farmers of America member Jennifer Gilandone, 16, in her fifth year showing animals at the fair. Jennifer has entered a pig, a steer and three rabbits in the 2006 fair. Some competitors had to travel farther than others. Desert Winds High School student Shawn Gary, 17, kept his pig Knockout at a friend's house. That meant riding his bicycle to care for him. ``It's like three or four miles I have to ride,'' Gary said. CONCERTS All grandstand seating is free with paid fair admission. Reserved seats cost extra. Today: Train, 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats: $65, $35 Saturday: Ashlee Simpson, 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats: $65, $30 Sunday: El Chapo de Sinaloa with Jenni Rivera, 7:30 p.m. Monday: Willie Nelson, 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats: $65, $30 Tuesday: Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (or IPA pronunciation: [lɛ'nɝd skɪ'nɝd]) is an iconic U.S. Southern rock band. , 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats: $50, $25 Wednesday: Sara Evans This article has multiple issues: * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. with Josh Gracin, 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats: $50, $25 ARENA EVENTS Sept 1: Figure 8 car racing, 7 p.m., lucha libre wrestling 9 p.m. Free. Sept. 2: Rural Olympics, 6 p.m. Free. Sept. 3: Professional Bull Riders Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. PBR events are televised on Versus, FOX, and NBC. More than 800 cowboys from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico hold PBR memberships. , 7:30 p.m. $50, $25 Sept. 4: Demolition Derby demolition derby n. A contest in which drivers crash old cars into each other until only one is left running. , 7 p.m. $15. HOURS Today: 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday: noon-1 a.m. Sunday: noon-midnight Monday: 4 p.m.-midnight Tuesday: 4 p.m.-midnight Wednesday: 4 p.m.-midnight Thursday: 4 p.m.-midnight Sept. 1: 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Sept. 2: noon-1 a.m. Sept. 3: noon-1 a.m. Sept. 4: noon-11 p.m. CAPTION(S): 6 photos, 3 boxes Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) Alisha Nelson,14, left, of Antelope Acres, and her sister Aimee, 17, stand with their 1 1/2-year-old steers Jack, left, and Corona Corona, city, United States Corona (kərō`nə), city (1990 pop. 76,095), Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1896. The city developed as a primary citrus fruit producer and shipping center. There is also light manufacturing. , at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster on Thursday. (2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Lynyrd Skynyrd, left, is scheduled to perform at the Antelope Valley Fair on Tuesday evening. The fair's other performers include Ashlee Simpson and Willie Nelson. (3 -- 4 -- color; 3 -- ran in AV edition only) Above, from left, Ryan Byrd, 15, leads his pig to his stall with the help of Shawn Gary, 17, as Kyann Plante, 13, carries bedding for her pig at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster on Thursday. At left, Willie Nelson is scheduled to perform at the Antelope Valley Fair at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. (5 -- 6 -- ran in SAC edition only) Above, Rosamond High School Future Farmers of America members discuss their pigs at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster on Thursday. The Byrd family, left, unloads its pigs at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: (1) CONCERTS (see text) (2) ARENA EVENTS (see text) (3) HOURS (see text) |
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