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Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
Festival Director Bobbi Sale welcomes newcomers and festival veterans.
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General Admission All Events Pass: 9:00 a.m. to closing; includes evening concert and fireworks All Tickets: $19 in advance; $22 at the gate Seniors 60+: $14 in advance; $17 at the gate Children ages 3 to 12: $4.00 (except to the Reserved Seating Area) Children under 2 FREE Tickets available at: All Area City Markets; Alpine Bank; Olathe Town Hall; Bank of Colorado in Olathe and Delta; Paperworks in Delta; Murdoch’s in Montrose
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Corn Festival Facts
More than 800 locals volunteer their time to ensure the success of the event. Attendees in 2008 consumed more than 70,000 ears of “Olathe Sweet” sweet corn that was donated by the Western Slope Vegetable Growers Association. Attendees in 2008 also consumed 8,000 gallons of Pepsi, 6 tons of ice, produced by Rocky Mountain Ice. Twenty-five hundred pancakes were eaten at the Bank of Colorado’s annual pancake breakfast. Attendees at the 2008 event came from all over Colorado and all across the United States, increasing the population of Olathe by 1400 percent the day of the festival. Non-profit groups earned more than $55,000 at the 2008 event. The Olathe Sweet Corn Festival is an enterprise fund of the town of Olathe, governed by the Olathe Town Council and a seven member Advisory Board appointed by the town.
1992
850 (just 250 were expected)
1993
2,500
1994
6,600
1995
15,000
1996
20,000
1997
20,000
1998
20,323
1999
18,000
2000
15,000
2001
20,000+
2002
20,000+
2003
15,600
2004
15,900
2005
almost 18,000
2006
18,000
2007
18,500
2008
18,500
Brent Wareham chosen Grand Marshall for 18th Annual Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 4
Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
In honor of 25 years of teaching and coaching the young people of the Olathe community, the Olathe Special Events Advisory Board has chosen Brent Wareham as its Grand Marshall of the 2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival. "It's a nice honor," Brent stated, adding that he feels the annual sweet corn festival represents the values of a small hometown community. The longtime successful baseball coach at Olathe High School has
called the Delta/Olathe/Montrose area home since he was 7 years old (he was born in Utah). He graduated from Delta High School in 1977 and went on to pursue both a bachelor's and master's degree in education from Western State College in Gunnison. In addition to coaching, Brent has also taught Social Studies and P.E. and has been involved with summer baseball programs for many years. He and his wife, Lynda, who is
vice-president of home mortgages for Montrose Bank, have been married for 29 years and are the parents of two children: son, Landon and wife Casey of Montrose and daughter, Danielle of Grand Junction. They are also the proud grandparents of two grandchildren, Gage Wareham, age 4, and Sadie Wareham, age 2, of Montrose. Since his retirement in May of this year (as activities director for Olathe Middle School and Olathe High
Every year the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival concert gets bigger and better, and that tradition is continued in 2009 with this year’s headliner, Clint Black. His melodies are memorable. If you love country music, they're virtually a soundtrack of the '90s. And when delivered by the unmistakable voice of Clint Black, they can, indeed change your "State of Mind." The baby of Ann and G.A. Black's four boys came to the music business with boundless optimism and purity of intent. Clint's father is a passionate country fan who instilled the same fervor in his boys Mark, Brian, Kevin and Clint. But it was the youngest who shaped that passion into a truly individual vision. Clint stole one of Brian's harmonicas at age 13 and taught himself to play it. Two years later the teenager learned the rudiments of guitar. Almost overnight Clint was pursuing the muse of music with astonishing focus and devotion. In retrospect, only a fool or a truly dedicated musician would drop out of high school to play bass in his brother Kevin's band. It's a measure of Clint's passion that he did that in 1978 and a mark of his strikingly mature professionalism that he had his own solo gigs within three years. A 1981 booking in Houston's
Barton Springs led to eight solid years of playing on the local club circuit. Clint was 25 when a chain of events suddenly brought him to Nashville to play a tape in Joe Galante's RCA Records office. At the time, Nashville was just beginning to flex its "young country" muscles. George Strait and Randy Travis had demonstrated that there was a hunger for imaginitively produced records based on country traditions. Alabama and Sawyer Brown had alerted the industry to a potentially vast youth market. But most of the "new country" headliners had yet to emerge. In this climate, Clint Black's arrival was splashy and spectacular. He raised eyebrows by incorporating his band members into his recording sessions, tunned everyone with his composing prowess and bowled Music Row over by scoring five No. 1 singles from his debut album, a feat then unprecedented in any field of music. In 1989-90 Clint became a lightning rod for the electricity in a new jolt of country talent. He was in the vanguard of the "new-country" army that was then marching over the pop music horizon. There were many in the movement. But no one else had Clint Black's distinctive quality as a tunesmith, the ability to twist a melody into a serpentine delight,
the talent to invest lyrics with multiple shadings and innuendo. Clint has the rare gift of being able to craft songs that are both artful and commercial, hits that can be taken either as audio candy or as insightful poetry. Clint was developing quite a reputation. Observers couldn't help noting his unflagging energy, professionalism, friendliness, magnetism and media cooperation. "I wanted to be the perfect artist," he recalls. "I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left." That dedication would practically exhaust him in years to come, but in 1991 Clint was still in the warm limelight of new stardom. In 1993 Playboy named his "Black and Wy" national tour with Wynonna its Concert of the Year. Their summer duet "A Bad Goodbye" became an omnipresent radio hit and paved the way for the back-to-back successes of "No Time to Kill" and "State of Mind." Clint and his wife, Lisa, became the first entertainers to visit U.S. troops stationed in war-and-famine ravaged Somalia. He rounded out the year by singing the theme song for TV's "Harts of the West" and contributing "Desperado" to the Common Threads Eagles tribute, named
School), Brent said he's now "moving on to different things." "I love to hunt and fish," he added. He is also looking forward to watching and playing more baseball. Son, Landon recently took over as head baseball coach for the Montrose Indians. In an interview with the Montrose Daily Press last spring, Landon said of his dad, "I was lucky to have one of the best coaches I ever played for just down the hall."
Clint Black to take the stage at 2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival
Album of the Year by the CMA. Billboard magazine named Clint Black the Most-Played Country Radio Artist of 1994. That was the year he staged his acting debut in TV's "Wings" and the movie Maverick. "A Good Run of Bad Luck," performed for the Maverick soundtrack, became Clint's first directing job on a music video. He made history with his next two by creating them as the first clips shot on large-format, 65mm film. He sang for a TV audience of 50 million at the National Memorial Day Celebration in Washington, then for a viewership of one billion at Superbowl XXVIII. But instead of following the industry trend of bigger and more spectacular concerts, he stripped things down to an "Up Close" series of performances that put him in intimate theater settings for intensely personal two-hour showcases. If a man who has carved out such a special and individualistic body of hits isn't "the perfect artist," he's pretty damn close to it. Be sure to come early for the auction of a guitar signed by Clint Black at 7:15 p.m., stay to enjoy opener The David Starr Band, and then settle in for Clint’s concert beginning at 9 p.m. The concert will be followed by Delta-Montrose Electric’s Fabulous Fireworks Show.
Robert and Charlotte Webb crowned the 2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival King and Queen Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
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Robert and Charlotte (Sumner) Webb can trace their roots back to some of the first settlers in the Uncompahgre Valley in the late 1800s. “We like to joke and tell people that Bob was born and raised in Montrose and I grew up in the Delta (Pea Green) area, so we comprised and settled halfway in between at Olathe,” Charlotte said with a laugh. The couple will represent the Town of Olathe as “King and Queen” of the 2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival. It’s an honor they believe in sharing as a family. Webb Dairy was started by the couple 48 years ago, and most recently expanded to include the Rocking W Cheese factory, which opened in June of last year. The factory is named “Rocking W” after Robert and Charlotte’s cattle brand. The Webbs raised their three children, Sonya, Caryn and Jim, on the 80-acre farm and dairy located two miles west of Olathe. Son, Jim oversees the dairy and
cheese plant marketing while son-in-law, John Gibson oversees the farming and cheese factory. They are co-owners along with Bob and Charlotte. Other family members, including the couple’s grandchildren, also take an active part in the family operation. “We can boast six generations in agriculture in the Uncompahgre Valley,” Charlotte stated. The Webbs are excited about the new cheese business venture and are hopeful that the value-added products will enable them to remain in agriculture in the valley for another six generations. Currently, Webb’s dairy farm milks about 450 cows, three times a day. All of the feed for the cows is grown by the family, insuring the highest quality of nutrition for the dairy cows involved in the production of milk for the company’s line of “artisan” or hand-crafted cheese. The trend for these types of products continues to grow as consumers want to know where their food originates and help sup-
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The cheese is also available in local City Market stores. “Our goal has been to develop a business that our entire family can be part of,” Charlotte said. From Rocking W Cheese to “Olathe Sweet” sweet corn, the Webbs are proud to be part of the “most important business in the world—agriculture.”
Please...leave your dogs at home during the OLATHE SWEET CORN FESTIVAL. No dogs, leashed or unleashed, are allowed. Enjoy the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival without worrying about your pet.
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Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
GENERAL RULES DOS: • • • • •
LAWN CHAIRS DESIRE TO EAT “OLATHE SWEET” SWEET CORN SMILES PATIENCE UMBRELLAS
DON’TS: • • • • • •
NO PETS ARE ALLOWED ANYWHERE ON FESTIVAL GROUNDS NO COOLERS NO VIDEO CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES DURING CONCERT NO LASER POINTERS NO FOOD OR DRINKS ARE TO BE BROUGHT INTO FESTIVAL GROUNDS NO SQUIRT GUNS OR WATER BALLOONS
SURVIVAL GUIDE The following are recommendations for making your day at the Corn Festival as enjoyable as possible: • Drink plenty of fluids. The day can be very hot. Most food vendors sell drinks. Two Pepsi Pavilions are conveniently located on the grounds. Free water stations are located throughout the festival; see vendor booth guide for locations. • Apply sun screen. You can get a nasty sunburn, even on a cloudy day. • The First Aid Station is located on Tier 2 at the Headquarters booth. If you require medical attention go to the Headquarters Booth for assistance. • Patience and kindness will be rewarded.
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Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday July 31 3:00 PM
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Olathe Chamber of Commerce Classic Car Show Sponsored by the Olathe Chamber of Commerce – Main Street Olathe “Show Off Your Power” Burnout Sponsored by the Town of Olathe North Hersum Avenue – Downtown Olathe Olathe Chamber of Commerce Street Dance Sponsored by the Olathe Chamber of Commerce Main Street Olathe – Featuring Minor Adjustment
Saturday August 1 Dream Catchers 5K Run Live – OMS Parking Lot Bank of Colorado Pancake Breakfast Bank Parking Lot – 500 Hwy. 50 Business Loop Parade Line-up Begins – In Front of OHS 9:00 Parade – Downtown Olathe Festival Gates Open “Olathe Sweet” Sweet Corn Serving Begins Western Slope Karaoke Championship – Pavilion west side of Festival Grounds 10:30-11:30 Minor Adjustment 11:45-12:30 Tony Rosario with Trutone and the Pour Boyz
7:00 AM
12:45-2:00 2:15-3:00 3:00-5:00 5:00-5:30 5:30-7:00 6:45 7:00-7:15
7:15-7:30 7:30-8:30 9:00
My Brothers and I Band Men’s and Women’s Corn Eating Contest – Main Stage Colgate Country Music Showdown Karaoke Finals Stage Dark Reserved Seating Opens Opening Ceremonies Emcees – Bill Sale & Wayne Blair National Anthem – Mary Ann Rathburn Welcome – Mayor of Olathe, Perk Perkins Montrose County Fair Grand Champions Clint Black Signed Guitar Auction The David Starr Band “Olathe Sweet” Sweet Corn Serving Ends
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‘Look Deeper’ with our Bank of Colorado puts 2009 featured sponsor out perfect pancakes 8
Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
The 2009 featured sponsor of the 18th annual Olathe Sweet Corn Festival is The Montrose Visitors and Convention/Tourism Bureau. Led by executive Jenni Sopsic, the Montrose-based agency will be showing thirty-second “spots” throughout Saturday’s festival regarding its ‘Look Deeper’ campaign. ‘Look Deeper’ comes from the Black Canyon of the National Park, a local favorite and destination for tourists. The Visitors and Convention Bureau has built a campaign around the local attractions of the Park and other interests for visitors – hiking, golf, fishing, sailing or just sitting on one of our mountain slopes. “We’ve been partnering with them for eight or nine years,” said Bobbi
Sale, the director of the Festival and one of its founders. “We believe having them on board as this year’s featured sponsor is a natural because we attract so many people from out of town here.” In addition to day long activities which features booths, exhibits, live music, food and all of the Olathe Sweet Corn an attendee can eat, Clint Black, one of the best country and western singers around will be the featured performer Saturday night. Also on board will be top amateur talent from the Colgate Country Showdown, winners from Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Enjoy the sights and sounds of Olathe – be tourist! Thanks to the Montrose Visitors and Convention/Tourism Bureau.
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The fine people at Bank of Colorado like to do something fun to help kick off the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival. Since everyone loves pancakes and needs a hearty breakfast to prepare them for a long day of celebrating, the bank holds a FREE pancake breakfast early in the morning on festival day. They fire up the griddle at 7:00 a.m. and feed 1,000 or more people ham, pancakes, beverages, and all the trimmings. The bank provides the food and the staff of the bank and their families all pitch in and do the cooking and serving. And how often do you get served pancakes flipped by a banker? Bank of Colorado Presi-
dent Mark Harmon wants to let everyone know they are welcome, and that breakfast will be served up piping hot in the bank parking lot. If you’re heading to the festival parade and want to jump start your day with fine, free food served by smiling people, join the crowd at the Bank of Colorado.
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Olathe Sweet Corn Festival 2009
Folks who will be enjoying the 2009 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival, presented by Alpine Bank, can thank the visionary thinking of two great guys. Longtime Olathans John Harold, owner of Tuxedo Corn Company, had the idea of having a corn festival, and then Mayor Bill Sale took that idea and made it a reality. Both men are still major players in the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival, as well as huge supporters of the community they have loved and lived in for so long. Eighteen years ago, Harold learned from his sister in Orlando of a very successful festival held in Zellwood, FL that celebrated sweet corn. The flavor and succulence of Tuxedo Corn’s “Olathe Sweet” variety was known locally, but Harold thought that folks from farther away might enjoy it as well. In addition, the hope for the festival was for it to give the residents of Olathe an opportunity to celebrate this new crop and to raise money for local non-profit organizations who could use the festival as a vehicle to raise funds for a variety of causes. Cathy Clay was working as a graduate student intern at the Olathe Town Hall. Harold funded a trip for her to Zellwood, where she shadowed the organizers of the
event for two days, marveling at the huge, 100 acre site, complete with RV parking. There were all kinds of arts and crafts exhibits, ongoing entertainment, and of course, all the sweet corn you could eat. Organizers had determined that the average attendee would eat 5 ears. Since 20,000 attendees were expected, that meant they needed a big pot to cook the corn. They found a huge one, dubbed Big Bertha, that could cook several thousand ears. Clay returned home with a basic blueprint for an Olathe corn festival. Sale, a “can do” type of guy, felt that the town could pull it off. He rolled up his sleeves and jumped in, committing a small amount of town funding and rounding up all the helpers he could find. Organizers and volunteers were short on money, but long on enthusiasm and innovation. The high school football field was the designated place and since there was no Big Bertha, volunteers were enlisted to clean and cook the donated sweet corn. The Public Works guys dug a pit and cooked meat in it all night long, saying a prayer that it would come out not too rare and not too overdone. (It turned out perfectly). There was no money to pay entertainers, so instead a Battle of the Bands was held,
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with cash prizes. It rained in the afternoon, but people came anyway. In fact, they kept coming and coming and coming. Festival organizers had hoped that somebody would come and with huge, small town optimism, planned for about 250. They were stunned to see more than 800 happy, hungry festival goers pouring through the gates and eating and drinking everything in sight. Thanks to the many volunteers, Mayor Sale and the Olathe Town Council, and to John Harold, a tradition was born that would put the town of Olathe on the map. Now it’s time to celebrate the 18th Olathe Sweet Corn Festival, presented by Alpine Bank. The event has grown to encompass a classic car show, burnout,
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street dance, pancake breakfast and parade, and more than 200 vendors, many of whom are local non-profit groups that use the festival as a fund raising opportunity. There is plenty of great entertainment, fabulous fireworks, and of course, lots of “Olathe Sweet” Sweet Corn, boiled or roasted, picked fresh that very morning in a field just down the road. Have as much as you like; we’ve got plenty. Wear old clothes, in case the butter trickles from your hand down your elbow and onto your shirt. Don’t forget your hat and sunscreen and drink lots of water and ice cold Pepsi. Have fun all day and hoot and holler and enjoy Clint Black in concert that night, followed by a fabulous fireworks show. We’ll be expecting you.
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The Olathe Sweet Corn Festival is a very large event put on by a very small community. Thanks to the generosity of local businesses, the festival continues to be an affordable day and night filled with great food, fun and entertainment. The Olathe Special Events Advisory Board would like to thank all of the Partners for the 2009 event for their generous support. We couldn’t do it without you.
Partners Alpine Bank Pepsi DMEA National Car Rental Scott’s Printing Lodging Sponsor Days Inn
2008 Non-profits Olathe Sweet Corn Festival
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One of the dreams for the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival from the very beginning was for it to serve as a vehicle for non-profit organizations to raise funds for a variety of causes. That dream has definitely come true, with earnings of more than $55,000 in 2008. Those participating last year included:
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Abbott and Costello. Martin and Lewis. Lucy and Ethel. Mutt and Jeff. Bill and Wayne. Who? That would be Bill Sale and Wayne Blair, longtime Olathe residents and stalwarts of the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival since its inception. Bill has emceed the event since it started and Wayne joined him onstage a few years later, describing his breakout performance as both terrible and terrifying. The men share a close bond and have worked together for years, not only on this event but also in Olathe town government, (both have served as mayor), on the Special Events Board, and on other community projects as well. They are passionate about the festival and what it means to their community and more than willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting necessary to make it a success. Both men describe themselves as originally very shy and introverted. Certainly working onstage in front of thousands of people was never part of either man’s career plans. Heck, most folks consider speaking in front of any group to be a fate almost worse than death. But they have grown into the job and each year at the festival there they are again, doing the play by play for the corn eating contest and holding forth for the entire day and night
telling jokes, making introductions and small talk, thanking lots of people, and filling a lot of airtime. Like all dynamic duos, Bill and Wayne have a camaraderie that is readily apparent to the most casual observer. They seem almost able to finish each other’s sentences and to know what the other is thinking. What was once a necessary, nerve wracking ordeal is now a great, fun day, however chaotic it might be. Sharing the stage and the challenge with someone you know you can count on and whose talents you admire makes all the difference in the world. Actually, the work the men do onstage is only a small part of what they do for the festival. The other 90 percent is unseen by the audience and includes countless hours of effort. They have done everything from building the very first stage for a band to perform on years ago, to helping set up and tear down after the event. Bill, self-described as the more excitable of the two, manages all of the technical support for the stage and everything on it. Each year, the ink is barely dry on the headliner’s contract when he starts working with managers and road crews to arrange the multitude of technical and other requirements needed. Not surprisingly, the more famous
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the performer, the longer the list. Wayne, otherwise known as Mr. Cool and Calm, is in charge of personnel. He makes sure that the right acts are in the right place when they are supposed to be and that they get paid promptly. While it might appear to the audience that everything is running like clockwork, there are always unique and challenging problems that arise, such as getting an overly enthusiastic performer who has gone well past their allotted time slot off of the stage so that the next act can begin. Or perhaps the headliners have missed their flight and may be late, or, horror of horrors, may not show up at all; or the weather is not cooperating. Bill and Wayne take a deep breath and just deal with it. The men have watched the festival grow from its initial debut, where those involved just hoped that somebody would show up and were shocked when more than 800 did. Now it is a well attended, well respected event that brings thousands of people to Olathe each year. Wayne says it’s been sort of like watching one of your children grow
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up and Bill adds that the opportunity to interact with festival goers over the years has been priceless. Each year during the festival, the two men take a moment to look out over the festival grounds filled with thousands of people having a great time. They take great pride in knowing that they have contributed to making the experience the best it can be. The Bill and Wayne Show— two best buddies having a great time sharing what they think is the greatest place in the world with thousands of new found friends. Don’t miss it.
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Through wind and snow, rain and storms, Delta-Montrose Electric Association strives to always keep the power on for all of its residential and business members. It is also a firm believer in supporting the communities it serves. They were there hooking up the power for the very first Olathe Sweet Corn Festival and have been there since. This year DMEA is the corporate sponsor of one of the most popular traditions at the festival, the fireworks show, put on immediately following the evening con-
cert. Everyone enjoys it and out of town attendees often say it is one of the best displays they have seen and are surprised to see an extravagant show of firepower in such a small town. DMEA welcomes all festival attendees and invites them to sit back and enjoy a fun-filled day and great evening concert. They light up our lives every day and night and are proud to be able to help light up the sky with the annual Olathe Sweet Corn Festival Fantastic Fireworks.
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If you love cars and can remember exactly what you were driving the day you turned 16, the place to be is the Classic Car Show on Friday, July 31st in downtown Olathe. Presented by the Olathe Chamber of Commerce, it’s a cool way to spend a Friday night and all of the events are free to spectators. Classic Car Show Cars displayed on Olathe’s Main Street from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Automobile entry fee/ Trophies awarded Burn Out 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Downtown Olathe Watch or participate as all makes, models and years of cars show just how much rubber they
can leave on the street. Presented by the Town of Olathe. Free Street Dance 8:30 p.m. Dance to the live music of “Minor Adjustments. Presented by the Olathe Chamber of Commerce.