The event celebrated graduations throughout the community including UC Merced, Merced Community College and area high schools.

The two-day community celebration featured a long list of attractions including vendors selling everything from honey, T-shirts and jewelry to garden plants and kettle corn and there was live music and dancing demonstrations, bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, Wii games, street basketball, outdoor movies, a video arcade and a Guitar Hero contest.

Folks downtown on Saturday afternoon witnessed First Lady Michelle Obama give the commencement speech to UC Merced's Class of 2009 thanks to a jumbotron at Bob Hart Square.  

The Merced County Fair's display, located in front of the Merced Theatre at Main Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, promoted the upcoming fair's theme "Catch The Buzz," a tribute to bees, one of the county's top ag products. The fair's booth included a "spin the wheel" bee trivia game with prizes for all participants, a display of beekeeping equipment and a live observation honey bee hive. Pure Valley Honey Bees of Le Grand sold several varieties of their honey at the booth.

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Rock climbing wall at Cap & Town Fest	Pure Valley Honey Bees sold varieties of honey at Fair booth	Jumbotron big screen at Bob Hart Square	Merced College booth along with other participants at the Cap & Town Festival
Beekeeping equipment display	Observation hive of honey bees	Display of Pure Valley Honey's products	Beekeeping display drew crowd interest
Fair booth's display sign showing 2009 bee logo, "Catch The Buzz"	Child plays spin the wheel bee trivia game at the Fair's booth	Bee trivia game/spin the wheel was a hit with the kids	Crowd watches Michelle Obama's UC Merced commencement address on jumbotron at Bob Hart Square
Display of a honey comb and large jar of honey	Close up of Pure Valley Honey bottles