PORT ANGELES — Horses are the stars of the show at this weekend’s Clallam County Fair.
The fair’s rodeo begins at 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday at the grandstand.
Other Saturday events at the fair on Saturday include a logging show at noon, lots of music and dance, the carnival rides and kid zone, deep-fried everything, dog obedience and other animal shows, exhibitors, vendors and plenty of other activities.
In addition, youth and 4-H horse events will be held at the horse show arena behind the horse barns.
The shows includes Western Performance at 9 a.m. Saturday, miniature horses at 10 a.m. Sunday and a horse trail competition at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
A few of the other horse-related events at this weekend’s fair involve even more fun and imagination.
Horse costumes
A 4-H horse costume class, a show event that features both fancy and silly horse and rider costumes, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday.
That will be followed at 5 p.m. by a horse and rider pie-eating contest.
Sunday’s horse events include miniature horses, a horse costume class and a horse and rider pie-eating contest.
The draft horse pull, a contest of strength and training for the largest breeds of horses and mules, was held Thursday.
The four-day fair continues through Sunday. The Clallam County Fair Guide is online at http://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/clalfair2013?e=1313114%2F4378996.
Saturday’s schedule
Saturday’s main event will be the Logging Show at noon at the grandstand.
The Wilder Auto Community Stage will open with the Olympic Mountain Cloggers at 11 a.m., and entertainment will continue with the Sweet Adelines at noon, Retro Guys at 2 p.m., the Aaron Crowford Country Band at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Brian Ledbetter Magic at 6 p.m.
Sunny Farms Center Stage will feature the Olympic Men’s Chorus at 11 a.m., String Theory at 1 p.m., Roberto the Magnificent at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Retro Guys at 5 p.m.
Sunday
The final day of the fair is scheduled to end with applause and bows, including the third annual Variety & Talent Show at 2 p.m. at the Wilder Auto Community Stage.
The talent show usually includes a wide variety of acts, including singers, dancers, musicians, magicians and bands.
One local veterinarian will kiss a pig at 1:30 p.m. at the sheep and swine arena.
To vote for a veterinarian to do the kissing duties, drop a donation of any amount in a voting box in the swine barn at any time during the fair.
The veterinarian who receives the highest dollar amount in donations, which will go to scholarships for graduating 4-H seniors, will be selected to kiss one of the pigs in the 4-H barn.
Two acts will fill out the final day on the Wilder Auto Community Stage: the Happy Soles dancers at noon and the Hodori Little Tigers’ Korean Martial Arts Demonstration at 5:30 p.m.
Sunny Farms Center Stage’s last acts will be the Young Fiddlers at 11 a.m. and Guardian Elephant at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
