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Welcome travelers to Cowtown,
Canada! This two-week long festival
starting the first Friday after
June 2nd can showcases everything
under the sun to do with ranching.
Here is a short description of
the attractions, events and festivities
this world-renowned event has
to offer.
Travel Canada: Stampede Parade
Those traveling from outside of
Canada have most likely already
seen a Stampede Parade: the estimated
TV audience is well over 2 million
people at last count. But nothing
compares to seeing this kick off
party in person! Visitors in attendance
will view over 160 entries that
can include marching bands, large
horses, the RCMP, and the Stampede
Queen and Princesses.
Travel Canada: Chuckwagon Races
The end of every Stampede evening
in Calgary, Canada begins with
the chuckwagon races – an event
travelers flock to by the droves.
Nine heats of four wagons and
16 outriders compete starting
at 8:00pm in the Grandstand at
Stampede Park, and afterwards
partygoers are treated to live
music, entertainment, and fireworks.
Travel Canada: Stampede Breakfasts
A not-to-miss, every morning event
at Stampede, visitor to Calgary,
Canada, can eat breakfast for
free at one of the several hundred
Stampede Breakfasts around town.
Pancakes, juice and entertainment
is shared, free of charge, to
tens of thousand of attendees
on a daily basis, all in the spirit
of the Wild West.
Travel Canada: The Million Dollar
Rodeo
The Stampede rodeo has been wowing
travelers to Calgary, Canada,
since 1912, with saddle bronc,
bareback, bull and barrel riding,
along with some tie-down roping
and steer wrestling to boot. Over
50 of the world’s best compete
yearly for the largest purse of
a regular season professional
rodeo.
Travel Canada: Old Time Rigs
Have you ever wanted to ride a
horse-drawn rig, and see the sights
of the Old, Wild West? Well, if
you get your free tickets early,
you can. Volunteers start corralling
people at the NE corner of Fluor
Rope Square at 8:30am every Stampede
morning, and travelers to the
Canadian city can grab them on
a first come, first served basis.
The tour starts at 9:30am promptly,
and takes travelers to a free
pancake breakfast and a short,
one hour tour of the downtown
area of Calgary, Canada. Visitors
are then dropped off at Stampede
Park at the main north entrance
when finished.
Travel Canada: Square Dancing
Every day, from 10:00 – 12:00
noon, travelers to Canada’s Stampede
can learn how to square dance
from the pro’s. The corner of
Stephen Avenue and 1st Street
SW (across from the Bay) hosts
this all ages, all experience
level fun time, cowboy style.
Travel Canada: Western Showcase
Like many large exhibitions such
as the Calgary Stampede, travelers
to the Canadian event can view
the arts and crafts that present
and preserve the Western Heritage.
Cooking shows, live entertainment
(such as Cowboy Poetry), photo
exhibits and original western
art are all proudly displayed
for the world to see in Hall D
of the Roundup Centre.
Jean Sutherland is the owner of
the informative website http://www.spasoftheworld.com/
& http://www.spasoftheworld.com/spas/index.html
She has worked in the travel industry
for over 10 years.
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