Yahoo! Calgary Stampede 2009 is Here!
July 3rd 2009 19:58
Canadian Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Serves Pancakes, Chinook Centre 2008 Calgary Stampede Breakfast. Photo courtesy of Flickr.com user Itzafineday. Thanks!
This year's Calgary Stampede runs from TODAY, July 3, 2009 until next Sunday, July 12.
Started this morning with the Stampede Parade. Actually, last night was Sneak a Peek down at the Stampede Grounds, but today's the official beginning.
All week, there will be live country music playing all over town, indoors and out. Everyone puts on a cowboy hat and jeans and gets into the spirit. There are Stampede Breakfasts every day at the different shopping centres, community halls, churches and other venues.
At the Stampede grounds, there's a rodeo every day, chuckwagon races every night, a big midway, lots of music, food, Superdogs (my favourite), agricultural displays, barns full of prize animals, including some beautiful horses, arts and crafts competition entries, food again, and lots of activity and fun.
I'm off to the grounds tonight to watch the chucks.
Thanks again to ItzaFineDay for the picture of Elizabeth May at the Chinook Stampede Breakfast last year.
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