Starting on Saturday, June 23rd and continuing through July 8th, the spirit that accompanies an old-fashioned fair, will pervade Pleasanton.

The Alameda County Fairgrounds will open its gates for the 1984 Alameda Fair beginning with a parade down Main Street at noon.

Gates remain open daily from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. Admission is $4 for adults, $1 for children (6 to 12), and children under five are free. However, by purchasing tickets in advance (by June 24th) adults can save $1 per ticket. There are also half-price days, when adults can get in for $2 and children are only 50 cents. These are Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, June 23rd, 24th, and 25th.

Kicking off the Fair entertainment program will be Lee Greenwood, the County Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year. Greenwood will present two concerts on Saturday, June 23rd at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm at the Grandstand. Added attraction will be Bobbe Lynne.

Tickets, $6 for general admission, $8 for reserved seats and $10 for box seats are on sale at the Fairgrounds. All advance concert tickets include Fair admission.

Weather conditions permitting, ten hot air balloons will be launched for flight from the Fairgrounds, Saturday, June 23rd at 11:00 am.

Additional special attractions, free with Fair admission and featured throughout the two-week run of the fair will be the Budweiser's world famous draft horse team, The Traveling Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit, and the Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull as seen on television.

Parachute jumps into the Fairgrounds will take place on June 23rd, 24th, 30th and July 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th, with weather conditions permitting.

Special animal attractions include Jungle Safari Petting Zoo, Zuppon Border Collies, Bob Moore’s Amazing Mongrels and a Tropical Bird Show.

Children’s attractions include The Mitchell Marionettes, Happy Time Circus, The Walking Puppet Show and the Magical Puppet Family.

High wire acts include Los Voladores Mexico’s Flying Indians, and Chester Cable and Wini McKay.

Special contests featured during the fair will be two mother-daughter look alike contests, June 26th and July 3rd at 2:00 pm; two bubble gum blowing contests, June 26th at 4:00 pm, and July 3rd at 4:00 pm; and a beautiful legs contest July 5th at 4:00 pm, featuring men and women.

Other contests include the Diaper Derby, July 7th at noon, and an arm wrestling contest, July 8th with preliminaries starting at 10:00 am and climaxing with the finals at 6:00 pm.

All contest are open to fair goers. No forms need to be filled out prior to the contest. Interested persons should appear in the Court-of-Four-Seasons at the time and date of the contest in which they are interested.

The Junior Livestock Auction of beef, hogs and lamb is scheduled for July 8th at 9:30 am in the Amador Pavilion.

Thirteen consecutive days of horse racing are scheduled for June 26th through July 13th, with post-time at 12:30 pm daily.

Additional information on the Fair is available by calling 846-2881.

To see a reproduction of the original article and edition of Pleasanton Pathways, visit: June 18, 1984 Pathways.