Nearly 1.4 million people visited the Orange County Fair this year — not quite a record, but enough people to eat more than three tons of sourdough bread at Ten Pound Buns.
wedding giveaway that joined Leslie Leong and Michael Nguyen in matrimony at the Millennium Barn, and the Viva El Mariachi festival in the Pacific Amphitheatre.
On the artistic side, four tons of clay were used to make pottery at Muddy’s Studio, and some 73,000 yards of yarn were used to teach guests to make 4,000 pompoms at the Home Arts Craft Table.Culinary arts competitors netted $12,490 in winnings for being the best among more than 1,600 pies, cakes, jams and breads. Garden and floral contests drew 5,830 entries, and winners took home $13,615 in prizes.Through the fair’s charitable programs, guests donated 87,300 school supplies, 25.
Students in area 4-H and FFA programs sold 257 animals through the Junior Livestock Auction, raising $279,476. For animals native to the fairgrounds, Centennial Farm saw the birth of one calf and 10 piglets.
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