90 things at the 90th Maui Fair
Photo by Maya Nitta
Katie Ralston draws a caricature at the 2012 Maui Fair in Kahului
September 29, 2012
In celebration of the 90th Maui Fair we created a list of 90 things that you can do at this year’s Maui Fair running through this weekend (open to midnight tonight and 11 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30).
- Find all the Best in Show Ribbons
- Get your caricature done
- Find out how germ-y your hands are
- Look at a real life Ball Python
- Hang out with friends
- Take the Maui Speaks Survey
- Roll to get your car ahead of the rest in Roll a Ball
- Check out the Maui Flower Growers Association
- Enjoy a Manapua and Dim Sum Plate
- Support Maui Polynesian Tihati Fete and order a Kalbi Plate
- Look at the wall of photography…wall
- Watch the Robo Tech Maui Expo and Competition.
- Eat Wailuku Hongwanji Mission’s Chow Fun
- Take a picture with the Large Best in Show Jack Fruit
- Sail along the Nile River on the Pharaoh’s Fury
- Enjoy a delicious candied apple
- Learn about different orchids in Orchid Land
- Have your fortune told
- Soar through the skies on the Cliff Hanger
- Find out how many miles to get to Madagascar
- Look at the life-like fruit in the 3-D art display
- Create your own Nēnē button
- Register to donate bone marrow
- Support the Maui Cheer Academy, have Chicken Caesar Salad
- Learn about fire safety in your home
- Ride the ring of fire on the Fireball
- Enjoy one Loco Moco
- Make a luggage tag at the Alaska Airlines Tent
- Eat some ‘ono malasadas
- Glow in the dark and buy something at Stop and Glow
- Cool off with a lemonade or frosty POG
- Look for Christmas presents
- Get a massage from the the Aloha School of Massage Therapy
- Test your luck at the GEICO tent
- Buy new jewelry
- Bump a buddy on Scooter
- Check out the University of Hawai’i Maui College
- Knock down the pins at Uni Ball
- Learn how to keep germs away from food
- Listen to Taiko in the events tent (Sat 8:45 pm)
- Flip at least 10 times on the Zipper
- Sample All-Star Dip
- Buy a marshmallow gun
- Enjoy a fettuccine alfredo plate
- Watch the Kalama School ‘Ukulele Band (Sat. 4 pm)
- Find the healthiest baby on Maui
- Get hypnotized (Sat 10:30)
- Support Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Ensemble, enjoy luʻau stew plate or poi mochi
- Ride the notes on Music Express
- Aim for the star at the Hit Star game
- Learn about “Sky Mountain”
- Eat a waffle cake sundae
- Fly through clouds on the Crazy Plane
- Enter the race on Speedway
- Avoid confrontation with police
- Go back to small kid times and buy a sipper
- Ride the Ferris Wheel with that special someone
- Eat corn on the cob
- Support the Saint Rita Church and have some meat nachos
- Look at the farm animals
- Order a pastele plate
- Go Native and order Hawaiian plate
- Enter the Paint the Plane Contest
- Look at what Maui County is doing
- Enjoy some orange chicken
- Ride on Dragon’s back
- Support The Disabled American Veterans and buy Portuguese bean soup
- Find flying saucers
- Go Italiano, eat spaghetti
- Become a sharp shooter and Shoot Out the Star
- Shoot some hoops
- Converse with new friends
- Learn how to take care of Hawai’i
- Listen to the music from the rides
- Adopt a Nēnē
- Buy a bubble gun
- People Watch
- Nibble on cotton candy
- Try a deep fried Twinkie
- Live like a kid
- Look at the newest trends
- Trade in prizes for big prizes
- Enjoy some banana lumpia
- Learn about the Nēnē
- Ride the swings and look at the people around you
- Refresh with a bottle water
- Find small prizes in booths
- Get your Keiki ID
- Take memorable pictures
- Enjoy this time with family and friends
(P.S. No, you did not just find $100 or $1,000,000. Just junk advertising. Sorry.)

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