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‘Four best days of summer’ start today

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Billed as the four best days of summer, Ramona Country Fair starts today and continues through Sunday with amusement rides, a midway of carnival games, contests, live music and entertainment, food, a motorcycle rally and Wild West shows.

Presented by Ramona Chamber of Commerce, the 46th annual Ramona Country Fair will be at the Ramona Outdoor Community Center, 421 Aqua Lane. Admission is free. Parking is $5 per carload.

Fair hours are: 5 to 11 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.

“The Ramona Country Fair is an old-fashioned country fair that shows how Ramona has that home-sweet-home feeling and the best that small towns still have to offer in a big-city world,” said Sally Westbrook, Ramona chamber board member and chairman of the Ramona Country Fair. “We are guaranteeing family fun for children of every age. It’s the best four days of summer.”

The fair also features at least 100 vendors, including local businesses and home crafters.

An expanded food court will offer an assortment of craft and domestic beers and frozen margaritas. Also on display will be the latest Dodge Ram trucks from Poway Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, as well as selected motorcycles from a custom motorcycle competition to be held on Sunday morning.

A variety of crowd-pleasing, hometown contests are planned, including pie-eating contest, frozen T-shirt contest, best mustache contest and awards for best jams, jellies, honey, salsa, jerky and pickles. Winners also will be selected for art and photography and the “Man About Town” competition, which is a contest based on who can collect the highest number of votes and donations during the past two months.

Among the scheduled activities: opening ceremonies and DJ music on Thursday night; live concert with bands “Two The Moon” and “Give Me Back My Wig” on Friday; a Wild West show with real cowboys at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. and nighttime country western music concert with several bands, including “Steelehorse Country,” on Saturday; and Ramona’s first motorcycle rally show and a bluegrass music festival with seven bands on Sunday. All music performances and contests will be held at the fair’s Barona Casino Pavilion, named after the event sponsor.

Art and photo contest winners will be announced on Foto Friday at 5 p.m. Homemade jams, jellies, honey, pickles and other homemade entries will be delivered to the fairgrounds on Home Sweet Home Saturday at 9 a.m. followed by judging at 10 a.m.

Sunday will be Red, White and Blue Day at the Fair with the motorcycle show starting at 9 a.m., motorcycle awards at 11:45 a.m., and the Bluegrass Festival starting at noon.

Fair sponsors include Barona Resort & Casino, Poway Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Kamps Propane, Ramona Disposal Services, Diamond Resorts International, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Country Wine and Spirits of Ramona.

Proceeds from the fair will benefit the Ramona community, including Chamber scholarships to Ramona students and support to other local events that promote Ramona as a destination. The Ramona Outdoor Community Center is at 421 Aqua Lane.

For more information, call 760-789-1311, or visit www.RamonaChamber.com and www.facebook.com/RamonaCountryFair.

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