2008 Plumas-Sierra County Fair
August 14 - 17, 2008
Country Ways & Fair Days

Grounds Acts
 

TERRELL & TAKAKO

The Plumas-Sierra County Fair once again welcomes the popular husband and wife variety team or Terrell and Takako to the free grounds act lineup.

This duo not only juggles, they perform magic acts, mimes, and perform on unicycles, and they are also known to capture their audiences' attention with their accomplishments at folding paper into a wide variety of shapes and designs.

Equally adept as stage, street or strolling entertainers, Terrell and Takako have performed before audiences in Canada, Japan, throughout the United States and particularly in California.  In fact, they're so popular with Plumas and Sierra county residents and visitors to the fair in previous years that they're more then willing to perform once again.  While in Japan, they performed more than 5,000 shows at the Huis Ten Bosch, a European resort in the southern part of the country.

For their material, Terrell and Takako can draw from more than 20 routines that involve a variety of props.

Terrell's career highlights include performing as the Tokyo Disneyland's first juggler, mime and clown.  He taught at the famous Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College.  And he's studied mime with legendary French mime Marcel Marceau.

Takako was the featured subject of a 1991 Japanese television documentary chronicling her juggling debut in the United States and Japan.  She has also taught paper folding in Canada and the United States.

Check the events calendar to see when Terrell and Takako are scheduled to appear each day at the fair.

The High Pilots

Emerging from the garages of Santa Barbara, The High Pilots are busting down the doors of the rock scene in 2008 with their debut album.  The band's album, Every Night merges Tommy Cantillon's fuzzy choruses with straightforward sing-a-longs to generate a disc full of ultra-catchy gems.  See the Calendar of events for their performance times and locations.

Swan Brothers (Almost World Famous) Circus

The Swan Bros. Circus is not your average circus.  You won't find any elephants or tigers buy you will find slapstick comedy, clowns and fantastic juggling.  The self-described zany duo, Andy and Mike Swan have been performing together for over 35 years.

They call themselves "The biggest two-man circus in the world".  They will be performing on the southeast side of the fairgrounds.

Pumpkin Carving by Russ Leno

Russ Leno has been sculpting everything from pumpkins to snow over the last 20 odd years.  Mediums include pumpkins, sand, wood, snow and ice.

Some of his accomplishments include: Food Network Challenge Series, Fortune Magazine, Home and Gardens TV Show, Sharon Osborne Show, Martha Stewart Show and his sculpture is featured on the "Master Carver%" pumpkin carving tool.  Russ will be on the north side of the the Shady Glenn, near the Pioneer Schoolhouse.

Jeff Pershing Band

The Jeff Pershing Band radiates a playful and positive energy.  The band combines uplifting lyrics with improvisations influenced by rock, funk, blues, Latin, jazz, Afro pop and reggae.

The group will be performing Friday night at the Plumas Bank Stage.

Carol Jean Cox

Singing since the age of four, Carol Jean Cox is an accomplished vocalist and guitarist.  Originally from the Los Angeles area, Carol began teaching music at the age of 15 and has performed professionally since the age or 18.

Carol's songwriting skills led to awards in national song competitions such as the National Music City Song Festival and the New York Pro/AM Song Jubilee, as well as regional California songwriting festivals.

Bourgeois Gypsies

Featuring freewheeling musical wanderings through countrified blues, slinky swamp ballads and homespun hillbilly heartbreaks, the Bourgeios Gypsies mix slow-burning, porchsetting music with poignant pink lullabies that make you tap your feet, clutch your heart and shake your head all at the same time.

Amazing Harmonatras

The Amazing Harmonatras are a traditional American folk group specializing  in presentations of traditional music, instrument making, and educational entertainment for children and adults.  The group presents history in a manner that engages students and allows them to participate, filling each performance with a wide variety of American folk songs, tales, and historical information, bringing to life the spirit of the times.