LAKE COUNTY – The 2007 Lake County Fair is just around the corner, promising a world of fun for locals and tourists alike.
“Passport to Fun” is this year”s theme, transforming a ticket into a chance to win prizes worth thousands of dollars donated by local merchants, according to a press release from Lake County Fair CEO Richard Persons.
All a fairgoer has to do is get their “passport” at the KXBX radio booth, get it stamped at ten different exhibits as they meander through the fair, then turn it in at the Robinson Rancheria Casino booth for a drawing on Sunday evening.
The fun begins with the annual kick-off parade at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. It launches at Natural High in Lakeport and travels south on Main Street, then culminates in a ribbon cutting at the main gate to the fairgrounds on Martin Street.
Anyone can enter the parade including individuals, businesses and other organizations, said Persons, so long as they pre-enter. Participants not only get to wave at their friends as they converge on the main fair entrance gates, but they get to march in for free.
But that”s just the beginning. Fairgoers will be treated to old favorites like the annual Junior Livestock Auction, demolition derbies, the fifth year of the California State Finals of the WGAS Motorsports Tuff Truck and ATV Races, local musicians and roving performers, more than 4,000 exhibits entered in various competitions, and discount days with activities for both ends of that age spectrum.
Professional drivers will showcase their car drifting prowess as well, some of them from the 2003 movie “2 Fast 2 Furious,” said Persons.
Local artists will rock three stages, including Bill Noteman and the Rockets, JW”s Ranch House Band, and Lake County”s own up-and-comers the Lost Boys, comprised of four teens who have been busy opening for “some of the largest names in musical entertainment,” according to Persons.
Parents can sneak in a little educational fun for kids at a hand-on children”s discovery science center, and free health screenings will also be featured. And of course, there are the animals displayed throughout the fair including swine, beef cattle, sheep, goats and horses from local 4-H and FFA exhibitors, as well as smaller animals like chickens, turkeys, rabbits and guinea pigs in the barn areas.
Person said the Lake County Fair draws more than 37,000 people every year. For more information about events, competitions and admission prices, log onto www.lakecountyfair.com or call 263-6181.
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