2017 Santa Cruz County Fair Guide

Highway 152, Watsonville, California

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Fair at a Glance CEO’s Message

Wednesday Schedule Board President’s Message Thursday Schedule Friday Schedule Saturday Schedule Sunday Schedule Fair Map Monster Trucks Entertainment James Wesley Charro Show Yesterday’s Farm Diaper Derby/Kiddie Korral Camel Rides/Heritage Hog Floriculture Michael Mezmer All-Alaskan Racing Pigs Senior Day/Drone Zone Apple Pie Contest/New Fair Food

WEEKENDS SEPT 16th thru OCT 15th

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Comedy . Music

Artisans & Crafters

FOOD . DRINK Games & Rides

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Every Weekend! at Casa De Fruta, Pacheco Pass, HWY 152, Hollister

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Fair at a Glance

2017 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIR SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2017 2601 East Lake Avenue Watsonville, CA | 95076 Information at: SantaCruzCountyFair.com or 831-724-5671

WEdNESdAY - FRIdAY: NOON TO 11 PM SATURdAY - 10 AM TO 11 PM SUNdAY - 10 AM TO 10 PM

dAILY AdMISSION: Adults 13 to 61 Children 6 to 12 Children 5 and under Seniors 62 and better

$12.00 ($10.00 Advance) $6.00 ($5.00 Advance and Free on Kid’s day, 9/14) Free $10.00

PARKINg: $5.00 (Main Lot) $20.00 (Valet)

Alternate Routes to the Fair

Normally Airport Boulevard and Highway 152 handle the cars and farm trucks pretty well. But when your favorite travel app warns of heavy traffic on the most popular routes to the Fairgrounds you’ll be glad you grabbed the www.santacruzcountyfair.com attached map.

Use it to find a road less traveled. It isn’t necessarily shorter in distance but may be quicker in time. At the very least following roads with names like Casserly and Carlton will certainly take you through some beautiful country.

Even though you might have to share the road with a large number of your friends and neighbors, the 2017 Santa Cruz County Fair is worth the trip. And this year you can navigate the back roads like a local. With or without that very smart phone.

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Freedom Boulevard to Corralitos Road. Right on Varni to Pioneer Road to Green Valley Road, left on Casserly and right on Highway 152.

Freedom Boulevard to Corralitos Road. Right on Varni to Pioneer Road to Green Valley Road, left on Casserly and right on Highway 152.

Highway 101 to Highway 129 west, right on Blackburn, right on Eastlake Ave. (Hwy 152).

Highway 101 to Highway 152 west.

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CEO’s Message 2017

It seems like my usual response to the comment that there are only so many weeks until Fairtime is “But wait, I still have projects to finish!”

We go from wrapping up the previous Fair to getting ready to open this year’s showcase with seemingly little time in between. When you come out to the Fairgrounds I believe you will notice the grounds are even more beautiful than the year before. With the help of hundreds of volunteers and a hard working staff, many improvement projects have been completed. It would be impossible to count the hours our volunteers have given over the past 12 months to make our Fair possible.

This year, we will welcome more than 70,000 friends and neighbors to a great week at the Fair. We will begin our week with two full nights of motorsport excitement and that means two nights of Monster Trucks. The first being Quad Wars and Monster Trucks on opening night, Wednesday, September 13th followed by Monster Trucks and Motocross on Thursday night, September 14th.

The Monster Truck dubbed “Time Flys” driven by Kelvin Ramer will be crushing a motorhome at the end of each night’s show. Tickets for both shows are available on the Fair’s website.

Gorgeous grounds, smiling faces, thrilling rides, your favorite Fair foods along with tasty new surprises--- come see the best our county has to offer. Be a part of the 2017 Santa Cruz County Fair!

Dave Kegebein

CEO

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11:30 AM NOON Noon - 3:00PM 12:30 - 7:30PM

Kids Day

Free admission for Kids 12 & under

Opening Ceremony Rodgers House Fair Opens Farm Bureau BBQ (ticketed event) Paddy Smith Park Puppy Palooza Doggie Adoption & Demos Ball Park

Daily Grounds Entertainment & Attractions Throughout Day Throughout Day Throughout Day Throughout Day Throughout Day Throughout Day Throughout Day Noon - 6:00PM 4:00PM - 8:00 PM

Prehistoric Adventures Drone Zone Cisco Jim Mini Model T Farmer & Bear Camel Rides Bonsai Demonstrations Timely Garden Demonstrations Spinning/Weaving Demonstrations

Craft Beer Tasting / Home Brewing Demo

Roving the Grounds Ball Park Roving the Grounds Roving the Grounds Livestock Lawn Floriculture Building Floriculture Building Floriculture Building Harvest Building Patio

Scheduled Entertainment, Horse Show & Livestock 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:30 PM 12:30 - 1:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:30-5:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:00-3:00 PM 2:00-6:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 - 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM

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Cow Horse Show & Triple Crown Swine Show All Alaskan Racing Pigs South Bay Swing Band Kiddieland Opens Senior Contest/Ice Cream Social Danger Magik Kid’s Tractor Driving in the Race Track Area Wild West Turkey Stampede All Alaskan Racing Pigs South Bay Swing Band Rodger’s House Tours Danger Magik Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza Main Carnival Rides Open Wheat Threshing All Alaskan Racing Pigs Wild West Turkey Stampede Kiddie Korral (Toddlers and Parents) Pee Wee Showmanship Kids Pedal Tractor Pull Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza All Alaskan Racing Pigs Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Tractor Parade Adult Showmanship Wild West Turkey Stampede All Alaskan Racing Pigs No Respect Band Monster Trucks and Quad Wars (ticketed event) Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Livestock Area Closes Exhibit Buildings Close Fair & Carnival Midway Close

Horseshow Arena Livestock Arena Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Carnival Midway Amphitheater Lawn Tank House Stage Yesterday’s Farm Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Rodger’s House Tank House Stage Ball Park Carnival Midway Yesterday’s Farm Livestock Lawn Tank House Lawn Paddy Smith Park Livestock Arena Livestock Lawn Ball Park Livestock Lawn Tank House Stage Yesterday’s Farm Livestock Arena Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Race Track Tank House Stage Livestock Barns

Board President's Message On behalf of a dedicated staff, hundreds of community volunteers, and the Fair Board of Directors, I would like to WELCOME you to the 2017 Santa Cruz County Fair.

The 2017 Fair theme “Fly me to the Fair” urges you to come to the fair soon and often. It’s never been better! The Fair continues to improve and you’ll see the ongoing upgrades to the Fairgrounds plus expanding choices in entertainment, food and fun for the whole family.

If you are at the Fair have a wonderful time and comeback again later this week. If you are contemplating coming to the Fair there is no time like the present.

Enjoy!

Bill Barton

President Santa Cruz County Fair Board

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Prehistoric Adventures Drone Zone Cisco Jim Mini Model T Farmer & Bear Camel Rides Bonsai Demonstrations Timely Garden Demonstrations Spinning/Weaving Demonstrations

Craft Beer Tasting / Home Brewing Demo

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Scheduled Entertainment 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00-7:00 PM 2:00-6:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM

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Sheep Show SC Canine Assn. Police Search & Rescue Dogs SC Canine Assn. Police Search & Rescue Dogs All Alaskan Racing Pigs Kiddieland Opens Danger Magik Kiddie Korral (Toddlers and Parents) Rodger’s House Tours Wild West Turkey Stampede Watsonville Saddlites Gymkhana & Jackpots Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza Danger Magik Main Carnival Rides Open All Alaskan Racing Pigs Wild West Turkey Stampede Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls Wild West Turkey Stampede Jr. Super Steer Carcass Live Judging Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza Open Carcass Contest All Alaskan Racing Pigs Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Tractor Parade Wild West Turkey Stampede All Alaskan Racing Pigs The Blackouts Monster Trucks and Motorcycles (ticketed event) Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Livestock Area Closes Exhibit Buildings Close Fair & Carnival Midway Close

Livestock Arena Amphitheater Stage Amphitheater Stage Livestock Lawn Carnival Midway Tank House Stage Paddy Smith Park Rodger’s House Tank House Lawn Main Arena Ball Park Tank House Stage Carnival Midway Livestock Lawn Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Tank House Lawn Livestock Arena Ball Park Livestock Arena Livestock Lawn Tank House Stage Yesterday’s Farm Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Race Track Tank House Stage Livestock Barns

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Prehistoric Adventures Drone Zone Cisco Jim Mini Model T Farmer & Bear Camel Rides Bonsai Demonstrations Timely Garden Demonstrations Spinning/Weaving Demonstrations

Craft Beer Tasting / Home Brewing Demo

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Scheduled Entertainment 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:00-7:00 PM 2:00-6:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30-8:30 PM 7:00-9:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM 11:00 PM

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4-H/FFA, Open Youth Horse Show Hunter-Jumper Horse Show Jr. Dairy Goat Show Rabbit Show All Alaskan Racing Pigs Kiddieland Opens Danger Magik All Alaskan Racing Pigs Kiddie Korral (Toddlers & Parents) Rodger’s House Tours Wild West Turkey Stampede Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza Danger Magik Main Carnival Rides Open All Alaskan Racing Pigs Wild West Turkey Stampede Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls Hunter-Jumper Horse Show Wild West Turkey Stampede Karaoke with DJ Davey K Rodger’s House Twilight View Mini Dog Races @ Puppy Palooza All Alaskan Racing Pigs Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Tractor Parade Wild West Turkey Stampede All Alaskan Racing Pigs James Wesley Michael Mezmer, Hypnotist Livestock Area Closes Exhibit Buildings Close Fair & Carnival Midway Closes

Arena 3 Main & Arena 2 Livestock Arena Livestock Area Livestock Lawn Carnival Midway Tank House Stage Livestock Lawn Paddy Smith Park Rodger’s House Tank House Lawn Ball Park Tank House Stage Carnival Midway Livestock Lawn Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Main Arena Tank House Lawn Heritage Hall Rodger’s House Ball Park Livestock Lawn Tank House Stage Yesterday’s Farm Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Tank House Stage Livestock Barns

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Prehistoric Adventures Drone Zone Cisco Jim Mini Model T Farmer & Bear Camel Rides Bonsai Demonstrations Timely Garden Demonstrations Spinning/Weaving Demonstrations

Craft Beer Tasting / Home Brewing Demo

Roving the Grounds Ball Park Roving the Grounds Roving the Grounds Livestock Lawn Floriculture Building Floriculture Building Floriculture Building Harvest Building Patio

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Main & Arena 2 Livestock Arena Livestock Lawn Livestock Arena Tank House Lawn Tank House Stage Livestock Lawn Paddy Smith Park Rodger’s House Livestock Lawn Ball Park Yesterdays Farm Tank House Stage Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Main Arena Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Tank House Lawn Heritage Hall Amphitheater Stage Ball Park Livestock Lawn Tank House Stage Tank House Lawn Livestock Lawn Amphitheater Stage Tank House Stage Livestock Barns

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Monster Trucks Motorcycles & Quad Wars It’s back for the third year and the event has grown too large for one night to hold it. Monster Trucks and Motorcycles have moved to Thursday night and a new twist will pair with the big trucks on opening night. Monster Trucks and Quad Wars will fill the Race Track on Wednesday, September 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. These motorsport events bring the thrill of huge trucks, powerful quads, and daredevil motorcycles all going air born. And there is a special connection to the Fair; the monster trucks are the passion of Watsonville resident Kelvin Ramer.

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Ramer got his first pickup truck in high school, and he would take it to the local sand pits and play. Ramer says he’d drive through water, over jumps, get sideways, and just have fun. He was the first at his school to put a lift and big Super Swamper tires on his truck. After high school, he moved to Arizona to attend Universal Technical Institute. While there Ramer competed in student drag races and also did his first truck pull. After graduation he moved back to California and started going 4-wheeling with local offroad clubs. Ramer says that he has been to most of the off-road spots in California, including the Rubicon, Hollister Hills and Pismo, and participated in annual events like Mud-In-Yer-Eye. He continued competing in more truck pulls and also a few mud bogs. Ramer has raced 80cc Shifter Karts, and earned a Kart track championship in 2000.

my wife and I saw a Monster Jam truck, we thought it looked like a lot of fun!” He added, “In 1984, we started buying parts and building a Monster Jam truck of our own. After a series of setbacks Ramer tried for the third time and luck was with him. “We saved, bought parts and built the Monster Jam in our spare time. The Monster Jam truck took 7 years to complete, from 1997 to 2004. Our first Monster Jam show was Anaheim in January, 2005.”

So it’s Monster Trucks and Quad Wars on Wednesday, September 13 with Monster Trucks and Motorcycles close behind on Thursday, September 14.

Both shows roar into action at 7:30 p.m.

How did he get hooked on big trucks? Well to hear him explain it, “The first time

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50 of the “100 Ag-Related Activities to do in Celebration of Farm Bureau’s 100th Anniversary” -Culture's Progressive Dinner Eat-a-Nita Pie at Gizdich Ranch Visit the Westside Farmers Market UCSC Farm & Garden Spring Plant Sale Support the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Support Agri-Culture’s Endowed Scholarship Funds Purchase berries at the Driscoll's Berry Store Visit the Downtown Santa Cruz Farmers Market Visit the Farm Bureau Fair Booth at the County Fair Sign up for Master Gardener Program at UCCE Purchase a CSA Membership with Live Earth Farm Apply to Focus Agriculture Tour the DigitalNEST! Meet our Future AgTech Workforce Open an Account with an Ag-Friendly Bank Visit the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College Read the Agricultural History of the Peixoto Family

See the Santa Cruz County Agriculture Video Purchase Meat at Freedom Meat Lockers C & N Tractors is More than Tractors - Have a Visit Join the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Obtain a Country Crossroads Map Enjoy Music at the "Vineyards" Try a Prevedelli Farms Recipe Obtain a “Fresh Starts Here” Booklet Support Agri-Culture's Farmworker Housing Fund Try a Recipe Using Local Eggs Visit the Byrne-Milliron Forest Purchase Local Sustainable Redwood at Big Creek Lumber -Culture's Down to Earth Women Luncheon Try a Berry Recipe Visit the AHP "Living History Farm" during the Santa Cruz County Fair Taste and Learn about Olive Oil at the Farmers Market Schedule an Agricultural Tour Visit the Live Oak/Eastside Farmers Market Buy Lakeside Organic Gardens Produce at Local Grocery Store Play in the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Golf Tournament Visit the Carmel Farmers Market - Join a Growing Food Movement Support the Ag Tech Meetups at DigitalNEST See the Farm Bureau Booth at the State Fair Support the Watsonville High School FFA Program Go Horseback Riding at Garrod Farms Pick-Your-Own and Shop at Live Earth Farm's Weekend Farmstand Enjoy Lakeside Organic Gardens Produce at Charlie Hong Kong

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Live Entertainment Michael Mezmer

Michael Mezmer’s “Danger Magik” is an experience like no other. The show includes cutting edge mysteries, in the style of Criss Angel and David Blaine. Combining mind-reading, escapes, death defying stunts, and bizarre feats of magic, Michael will take you on a journey beyond the laws of nature and science. There are thousands of magicians in the world but there is only one “Phenomenist.”

Michael Mezmer is a multiple award winning magician who has performed at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, casinos, amusement parks, on

cruise ships, at Fairs, Festivals and in 24 countries worldwide. Michael has entertained presidents, generals, princesses, and superstars of entertainment, including Michael Jackson. From swallowing razor blades, putting his hand in a wolf trap, pulling a steel chain through his neck, escaping from a Homeland Security transport vest, to presenting his unique version of the bullet catch, Michael will blow your mind.

Don’t miss the Michael Mezmer’s “Danger Magik” show twice daily on the Tank House Stage. See the daily schedule for show times.

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Calpulli Itzapapaloti Danza Azteca is a local Pre-Columbian Aztec dance troupe based in San Benito County. This colorful troupe will perform on the main Amphitheater Stage at 6 PM on Sunday, September 17.

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Cisco Jim

He strolls, he sings, he tells stories and teaches about life in an earlier time here in the west. He’s Cisco Jim, a retired educator who is still educating from atop his horse Silverado. You’ll find him roving the grounds daily at the 2017 Santa Cruz County Fair.

Extra Large

Coming to the Santa Cruz County Fair means fun and Saturday night’s main stage headline act, “Extra Large,” is the perfect soundtrack for ‘throw your hands in the air’ fun. Voted Best Local Band in Santa Cruz County nine times running, Extra Large splices together funk gyrations, Latin spice, fun-in-the-sun reggae, and classic California rock energy.

Extra Large promises to get the Fair movin’ Saturday night, September 15, starting at 7:30 PM on the main Amphitheater stage.

The Blackouts

“The Blackouts” are a band dedicated to keeping the music of the fabulous 80’s alive! The band was founded in the midnineties and since then “The Blackouts” have played over 2,500 shows up and down the West Coast. Members of the band reside in Santa Cruz, but regard the entire state their stage.

Thursday night, September 14, the Santa Cruz County Fair will be their stage and all on the Amphitheater Stage lawn will be their audience. The Fair invites all to bring the family out for a fun day and then spend an evening with “The Blackouts.”

James Wesley 7:30pm | Friday, September 15, 2017 Amphitheater Stage

On the main Amphitheater Stage at the Santa Cruz County Fair a genuinely nice guy and great country musician will bring something special to the Friday night Fair crowd. James Wesley performs at 7:30 PM. I’ve always been a big believer in tradition,” declares James Wesley. “A lot of the old ways are the best ways: family, God, treating people right, doing what you’re supposed to do. I think it’s time to come back to what’s real. That’s what country music is about.”

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James Wesley puts those core values into his music with a whiskey-smooth voice and a timelessly winning way with a great country song. Wesley sings directly to his audience about real things that profoundly affect real lives. And from his small-town upbringing to his blue-collar work ethic, he creates a deep connection.

“I know there’s more people out there than just me who want to hear something that grabs you and makes you go, Wow, that’s me—that’s how I feel, that’s my day, that’s my family,” he explains. “When you swing a hammer every day, when you’re out there doing what you have to do, you learn a lot of compassion for the people who do it day in and day out.”

Wesley grew up in tiny Mound Valley, a community of about 200 in Southeastern Kansas. He first discovered country music via his grandmother’s record collection, which included heaping helpings of classic crooners like Marty Robbins, George Jones and Ray Price. “We’d go over there on the weekends,” he recalls. “She’d have the console set up and the records stacked up and we’d listen to them as they dropped.

Those guys back then, they could sing. I thought, that’s what I want to do.”

His mother was the first to notice Wesley’s own talent for singing when she overheard him belting out his favorite songs behind his bedroom door. “I thought if I shut my door I blocked everybody out, but evidently I didn’t block Mom out,” he says with a chuckle. “She heard me and said, ‘I’d love to have you sing in church.’

So that’s what I did.” Soon he taught himself to play guitar on an old Stella practice model. “I’ve got it to this day,” he says. “You can still see where I wore down the D, C and G chords on the fretboard.”

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By his late teens he was singing in local nightclubs and beginning to think about making music his life. “I’d sit in my bedroom and stare out of the window and dream of being out there, getting to see the world,” he remembers. His first move in that direction was to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he performed in a nightly music and variety show.

There he met his wife, Mindee, with whom he now has two young children and finally set his sights on Nashville. “I could have stayed in Eureka Springs for the rest of my life, but I just had to chase the dream,” he says. “I had to follow my heart.”

He and Mindee sold their house and almost everything in it, rented a moving truck and headed for Music City.

Once there, Wesley took a construction job to make ends meet and began learning the ropes of the Nashville music business. He met hit songwriter Rodney Clawson and producer Dan Frizsell, and the three began recording together. Their work caught the attention of Broken Bow Records, which signed Wesley in December and quickly released the very first song on his original demo, “Jackson Hole,” as his debut single.

The tune (penned by Clawson and Monty Criswell) immediately began racing up the charts, driven by listeners who loved its vivid story of fleeting love in a snowy setting. “Jackson Hole” offered fans an upfront introduction to the more vulnerable aspects of Wesley’s personality. “Growing up with three sisters, I’ve got a sensitive side too,” he says with a smile. “But I’m proud that I have that side, that I’m not callous. The only thing calloused about me is my hands.”

The breakout success of “Jackson Hole” instantly validated the enormous risk Wesley took in uprooting his family from Eureka Springs for an uncertain future in Nashville. “My family has seen all the ups and downs,” he says. “There’s been a lot of hard work. There’s been times it wasn’t easy, and they’ve been there the whole time. They’re great.” It also meant that Wesley’s days of construction work were over. “Thank God I get to put the hammer down, at least for a while,” he says with a laugh. “It’s nice to be able to do what I love to do.”

James Wesley hopes to do what he loves to do for a long time to come. “I want to be in it for the long haul,” he says. “I want to do those songs that everybody wants to hear, and that everybody can feel. I want to be the guy who tells the stories, and tells it like it is.”

Stories set to music are set to be served up by James Wesley Friday evening at 7:30 PM on the Amphitheater Stage.

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On Sunday afternoon September 17th main Horse Show Arena at the Fairgrounds transforms itself from a competitive horsemanship arena into a performance venue. The traditional Charro show returns with a start time of 4 PM.

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Charreria is the art and style of Mexican horsemanship plus a good dose of performance art, roping, and daring stunts, all to the driving beat of a live Banda. The sport has been described as “living history,� or as an art form drawn from the demands of a working life with both men and women performing.

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Yesterday’s Farm For 31 years the Agricultural History Project (AHP) has been presenting Yesterday’s Farm during the annual Santa Cruz County Fair and this year will be an expanded version of the exhibit. The mission of the project is to engage guests in the experiences of day-to-day life of yesterday’s farms and ranches in the Pajaro Valley.

AHP has built a Farm House Porch to do demonstrations that will provide a glimpse into life at that time including sewing, weaving and crocheting, music and more. They will also have Silva draft horses and AHP carriages on display. Demonstrations in the area will include Kids-Drive-a-Tractor and at 3 PM each day they will be baling hay with a horse powered hay press and at 4 PM children and adults will be able to drive the draft horses around the gazebo.

In the Codiga Center and Museum you will see a new exhibit on the History of the Lettuce Industry.

This exhibit has been researched by Pat Johns and produced by Watsonville resident Ron Haedicke, Videographer.

will be a display of horse drawn equipment, wood working and blacksmith tools. And in the Borina and Snyder Barn you will see a display of restored tractors and farm equipment.

A schedule of the daily events will be posted on an easel at the front of Codiga Center and Museum.

Please take the time to stop by Yesterday’s Farm while you are at the Fair and reminisce a little and think about how easy we have it today.

Claudia’s Kitchen will be back again teaching people how to bake from scratch, no bread from a bag.

Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association will again demonstrate some of the antique engines and equipment used many years ago to wash clothes, grind flour and pump water. In the Porter Building

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The Handspun / Handwoven Department will be showing off each day of the Fair from opening to 6 PM. Demonstrations will happen outside the Codiga Museum at the “Spinning Pavilion” and inside the museum where weavers will demonstrate on various looms including the “Weaver’s Delight.”

On Saturday the department goes international as they participate in WWSIP – World Wide Spin in Public Day. This means plenty pf hands on opportunities for visitors, especially kids who stop by during the day. Also on Saturday it’s the ever popular WASCAR competition. This will be the ninth annual and all are invited to come cheer on their favorite spinner.

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Diaper Derby

If it’s been a while since you’ve had a little one in the house, or you’ve yet to experience that thrill, plan on being in Paddy Smith Park on Saturday September 17 during the Fair. The Diaper Derby/Toddler Contest kicks… ahhh, I mean crawls off at 1 p.m.

These slow motion races for the prizes may start with all contestants lined up but when the whistle blows, chaos breaks out. These kids are cute and their parents are entertainingly desperate as some of the runners… I mean crawlers, head straight for the finish line. However most seem to wander off or just sit there as they see something or someone much more interesting than dear-old dad jiggling his car keys on the other side of the finish line.

The Diaper Derby has its roots in celebrations held by pioneer communities. The derby was part of the Santa Cruz Fair in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Fair Board Director Loretta Estrada restored the event for the Fair and it grows in popularity each year.

The Kentucky Derby calls itself the fastest two minutes in sport. The Diaper Derby may be the slowest two minutes… but it’s way more fun!

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Kiddie Korral

Sometimes you just need to get out of your stroller and run around. And if you are a toddler, and your parents are near Paddy Smith Park during the 2017 Santa Cruz County Fair, you can! The inaugural Kiddie Korral will be set up in beautiful Paddy Smith Park. With green grass, shade trees, activities, toys, rocking chairs, picnic tables and a changing area, the Kiddie Korral provides a safe fun place for parents to let their young children run and get some of that “kid energy” out. Then the entire family can go out on the grounds and spend more time enjoying everything the Fair offers.

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of burden. In fact, one camel is capable of carrying half of its body weight!

The rides will all be atop Dromedary camels, meaning that they have one hump. Two humped camels are known as Bactrians. They were all obtained from domestic breeders in the United States, as camels are no longer allowed to be imported into this county.

Fair visitors usually walk over to the livestock area expecting to see pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and other familiar fair animals. And perhaps to enjoy a guilty pleasure, a milk shake at the Clover Deli.

But camels? Back again this year to the Santa Cruz County Fair, visitors will have the chance to ride these animals that are normally found in the desert.

The camel ride track will be located between the Pig Races and the Livestock Show Arena and the ride includes an opportunity to stop for a photo op.

Two or three people can ride one of the camels at a time, depending on the amount of space available on the saddle. The weight of the riders does not matter much, as camels are incredibly strong beasts

These camels are given care up to the highest ethical standards and are treated as much loved pets. They enjoy a diet that is similar to what many horses eat: grass hay and grain. All the camels are extremely docile and enjoy being around people.

Contrary to what many people think, the humps of camels are not filled with water. Instead, the humps are filled with dense fat. This fat can hold water for up to three weeks. This adaptation allows camels to survive for long periods of time without water in the desert. In addition, camels do not spit or bite like many people believe.

This opportunity to ride camels is one more reason why the Fair is fun for the entire family.

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The Heritage Hog Program is both a fundraiser supporting improvements on the Fairgrounds as well as an educational scholarship.

Each year the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation selects a local 4-H, FFA, or independent student with experience raising livestock for the Fair, who is enrolling into a college or other higher education program.

This student then spends the summer raising a hog provided by the Foundation. The hog is exhibited at the Fair and sold at the end of the Junior Livestock Auction with the proceeds, combined with other donations, used by the Foundation to fund the scholarship and for needed improvements on the Fairgrounds.

The Foundation is proud to announce the selection of Aptos 4-H member Arielle Spotswood as this year’s recipient of the $2,000.00 Heritage Hog Scholarship. The Foundation congratulates Arielle on her accomplishments raising and exhibiting lambs, hogs, steers, chickens, and rabbits during her years in 4-H! She is currently in a two year program at Cabrillo College on a path toward Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in fall of 2018. She ultimately plans to attend Veterinary School in Scotland with a goal of becoming a large animal Vet. Arielle will raise this year’s Heritage Hog and bring it to the Fair to be auctioned September 16 at the Junior Livestock Auction. Proceeds from the sale along with added donations from community members and businesses will support future scholarships and be used by the Fairgrounds Foundation for improvements on the fairgrounds.

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The annual Santa Cruz County Fair is a nonstop series of interesting activities AND a collection of very interesting people. One of those interesting people happens to head the Floriculture Department. Bettie Crandall can trace her love of the Fair back to the 1940’s when she attended as a child with her parents.

That love is reflect in each of the beautiful plants that fill the Floriculture building and the adjacent gardens.

Bettie has a long history at the Fair, showing and running various departments, including Floriculture in the ‘80’s. Her crew includes Kevin and Karen of Corralitos Gardens, great dahlia enthusiasts, Carol Kitayama from Kitayama Brothers Nursery, and the folks from Mountain Feed and Farm Supply representing the San Lorenzo Valley!

In addition to the usual showing of cut flowers, dahlias, succulents and potted plants, Bettie is reaching out to our future, the children, to create gardens (with cash prizes!) and planting of wagons (provided!). And of course adults and kids are welcomed to come to the Fair to do garden displays, arrangements, cut flower and potted plant entries and more! Please contact Bettie or a member of her posse to reserve a garden plot or wagon - contact information is available online at the Fair’s Entry Guide page.

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After well more than 200 shows it’s safe to say that it wouldn’t be the Santa Cruz County Fair without Michael Mezmer. This Master Hypnotist fills the Tank House Stage with neighbors and friends being sometimes silly and always hilarious. The bleachers around the stage are filled to over flow with a crowd that can’t stop laughing. And this year there is something new, two shows daily of “Danger Magik” “It started out as my take on a crowd involved magic show with my own special twist and I called it ‘Strange Magic’” explained Mezmer. “Of course I couldn’t just do magic, I had to make it a little dangerous” he added.

So the show sort of morphed from “Strange Magic” to “Danger Magik.” For more on this amazing new show see page 24.

Mezmer is a quite the entertainer and, as passers by stop and watch, the audience grows and grows as the show continues. His “Theater of the Mind” shows are designed to enthrall, surprise, and entertain. Under his mesmerizing power, unsuspecting audience members face their fears, lose inhibitions and become a highly entertaining focus of the show.

corporate events, universities, night clubs, casinos and other special events.

He showed signs of his unusual talent at the tender age of 5 and prior to becoming recognized as a top hypnotist, he appeared in musical comedies, television, films and toured internationally as an award-winning illusionist. Since then he has become a well-known and respected expert in the field of hypnosis and is highly sought after as a lecturer as well as an entertainer.

At corporate events and universities around the country, he presents quantum stress management workshops. Mezmer also has had the honor of being an invited guest lecturer and starring performer at the International Hypnotherapy Conference and has been dubbed by the president of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners as the “hypnotist’s hypnotist.”

Mezmer will be performing his Danger Magik show twice daily and Hypnosis twice nightly on the Tank House Stage. See the daily schedule for times

All ages enjoy the entertainment as Mezmer is a world-class “Master of Hypnosis,” and has been delighting audiences with his “Theater of the Mind Comedy Hypnosis Show” at fairs, colleges, corporate gatherings and other events for years. Mezmer has toured throughout the United States and the Far East, performing before millions with standing room only crowds at major fairs, amusement parks, festivals,

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All -Alaskan Racing Pigs The Alaskan Racing Pigs return for 2017 to the beautiful lawn near the livestock area, bringing cheering crowds to the Santa Cruz County Fair!

These prestigious porkers have appeared in hundreds of television news reports and over 500 newspaper articles, and they’re returning to the Santa Cruz Fair for three appearances daily. Although the Alaska State Fair has been their home site for 28 years, they have a soft spot for Santa Cruz County, according to manager Bart Noll. “We first played here in 1988 and had a blast – the Santa Cruz County Fair fans are the best!” he says, adding that they’ve returned about two dozen times since.

Two of the main ingredients for the All-Alaskan racing Pig shows are comedy and competition. These perky pigs are natural hams, so to speak, and they’ve brought home the bacon at shows all over the western U.S. and Alaska.

Another important ingredient of the race is Cookies! That’s the treat that the pigs are racing to win. Each race lasts less than 10 seconds (these pigs are fast!) and each 20-minute show features four races.

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Bart Noll admits that his eight pigs are a little spoiled. They live in an air-conditioned trailer, eat well and get a fresh cedar or pine bedding change twice daily. “They love what they do,” Bart says, “and they like people and are fun to work with.”

Watch to see which one of the All-Alaskan racing Pigs tries to hog the limelight at races held every day in their Fair home on the Livestock Lawn.

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Senior Day It’s true that the annual Santa Cruz County Fair is a perfect place for young families but on opening day, which is Wednesday, September 13, Seniors Rule!

It all happens on the Amphitheater Lawn and begins at 12:30 to the music of the South Bay Swing Band followed at 1 PM with the senior’s only Ice Cream Social and special senior contests. “We look for someone with the most birthdays or who traveled the furthest to come to the Fair, things like that” explained organizer Loretta Estrada. The South Bay Swing Band provides a nice backdrop with the music of their lives and it all makes for quite a convivial gathering. Why even dancing has been known to break out when the band kicks it up a notch.

To recap the festivities – the downbeat for the South Bay Swing Band’s first set is at 12:30 and they’ll start scooping ice cream at 1 PM with the senior contest starting shortly thereafter. The band returns for their second set at 2 PM.

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“We are always on the lookout for new experiences our guests can enjoy” explained Fair manager Dave Kegebein. He added “We saw this at a recent Fair industry convention and thought it would make a fun new addition to this year’s Fair.”

Prospective pilots will first get to spend some time with the simulator to get a feel for piloting a drone and then out to the fight line to fly the real thing. The Drone Zone will be set up and active daily in the Ball Park.

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Have your apple pie announced as the “Best in Santa Cruz County and the Pajaro Valley” on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 opening day of the Santa Cruz County Fair.

Entry deadline for the 41st Annual Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Apple Pie Baking Contest is: Entry Deadline - Tuesday, September 5th (postmarked no later than 11:59 p.m. September 5, 2017)

There are three divisions:

1) Youth – 17 years-of-age and under 2) Adult – 18 years-of-age and over 3) Masters – anyone who has won 1st, 2nd place in the Senior Division First Place $45, Second Place $35, Third Place $25 each division and Best of Show $50 Don’t delay; get your entry form in today!

Contest held on the opening day of the Santa Cruz County Fair (Wednesday, September 13, 2017), this contest is sponsored by the Pajaro Valley apple growers, shippers and related industries as well as pie lovers throughout Santa Cruz County and the Pajaro Valley. This much anticipated event has been organized by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau since 1977.

Entry forms are available on the Entry Guide page at santacruzcountyfair.com or the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau. There is no entry fee. Entry forms must be completed and mailed to the Santa Cruz County Fair Office, 2601 East Lake Ave., Watsonville, CA 95076 on or before Tuesday, September 5, 2017 (postmarked no later than 11:59 p.m., September 5, 2017).

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Willamette Valley Pie Co. Pies, Cobblers & More

Wild Bill’s Olde Fashioned Soda Pop Company is more of a revival than a new brand but it is brand new to the Santa Cruz County Fair. The company was inspired by Renato (Nic) Niccolai, a baker by trade, who spent his free time creating flavored carbonated beverages in his family’s basement. In Renato’s day there wasn’t the endless selection of plastic colas and exotic energy drinks being sold in convenience stores. Beverages were crafted with care using only the best ingredients just like they are today at Wild Bill’s.

The Fair was looking for something new to satisfy requests from many the sweet tooths roaming the grounds.

Willamette Valley Pie Company accepted an invitation to set up shop on either Fiesta or Apple Blossom Lane where most of great Fair food can be found.

So if you haven’t bellied up to one of the seven taps at their stand, come on over partner! They’d love to show you what everyone is talking about around these refreshing watering holes!

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Their pies are made from only the finest, all-natural ingredients. Each pie or cobbler is handmade by our kitchen staff, carrying on the tradition of the finest quality pie makers. The pie crusts are made from scratch, and then filled with only the freshest whole fruit containing no preservatives, water, starch, or additives. A top crust is then placed over the pie before being hand shaped and sealed.

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