Friday, August 25, 1995
By Michelle Nguyen
Summer Bruin Contributor
Pomona has its share of rush hour traffic and foot traffic, but
livestock traffic is something new. Two-to 300 cowboys will guide
200 cattle through its hills and the streets to the Los Angeles
County Fair in the Pomona Fairplex. This is just one of the
highlights of the fair, which runs from Sept. 6-29.
Coordinators hope to attract anyone with interests as diverse as
technology and chuckwagon races, Latin music and gems, or art and
basketball. Already the largest of all county fairs in America, the
Los Angeles County Fair promises to outdo itself as "America’s
Fair."
"This will be by far the biggest, most grandiose event that I’ve
ever been involved in," says Sid Robinson, the fair’s
Communications Manager. "People won’t be coming here feeling that
this is the same old thing. There are a lot of changes."
One of the exciting new features at the fair will be the live
nightly entertainment. Novelty pop acts The Village People and
Weird Al Yankovic, modern rockers the Goo Goo Dolls, Pat Boone,
Eddie Money and All for One are all included in the musical
line-up. But the musical diversity also includes an array of Latin,
country, classic rock, Christian, jazz and adult contemporary
music.
Of course, the Los Angeles County Fair could not be
up-and-coming if it did not include an expansive multi-media
exhibit that invites visitors to examine the latest computer
software, surf the Internet and play computer games.
Sports fans and art lovers can come together to observe "Art and
the Athlete," which presents a variety of Olympic poster art. A
presentation of the history of athletic art will include works by
Andy Warhol and LeRoy Neiman. There will also be some amazing
athletes to watch, such as the Great Wall acrobats from China or
the daredevil gymnasts and world record holders of the Aquabatics
high dive and trampoline show.
For sports enthusiasts unsatisfied with the sidelines, there
will be an NBA Jam Session, a 30-foot-high simulated rock wall and,
for an even greater challenge, an Ejection Seat which boosts riders
about 150 feet into the air.
For the less bold, there are 75 rides from the Ray Cammack Shows
Carnival.
If that is not enough to entertain you, there will be drag
racing and flower exhibits, a wine tasting area, train and motor
sports shows, a horse and livestock show, a dairy exhibit, and a
bees and honey show.
If that’s still not enough, you may want to consider blindfolded
skydiving or therapy.
Fair: The Los Angeles County Fair runs Sept. 6-29 in Pomona.
Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for seniors over 60, and $5 for
children ages 6-12. Children under 6 are free. For more info. call
(909) 865-4298 or (909) 623- 3111.