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14 Englewood Herald January 4, 2013
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Justin? Well, just maybe
The Westernaires Big Red team presents the flags at one of the rodeos at last year’s National Western Stock Show. Several teams from the youth riding club, based in Jefferson County, will take part in this year’s National Western, which runs Jan. 12-27. Courtesy photos
National Western gets ready to roll Livestock judging, rodeos, entertainment on tap By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Cowboy boots and hats will be in abundance Jan. 12-27 for the 107th edition of the National Western Stock Show. Each day’s schedule can include activities such as livestock judging and sales, rodeos, displays and entertainment, drawing hundreds of thousands of patrons through the turnstiles. While special events draw a lot of attention, the National Western is billed as the Super Bowl of livestock shows and sales. There are judging competitions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, bison, yaks, poultry and rabbits. Other livestock-related events include a sheep-shearing contest and the catch-acalf competition, where young livestock enthusiasts try to catch a calf to keep and then are judged the next year on their ability to raise and care for the animal. There also are numerous livestock sales where millions of dollars change hands as thousands of animals are sold to new owners. The National Western Stock Show is Colorado’s largest trade show. The 2010 show drew about 637,000 people. The show events are spread among a number of facilities. Stock show activities are centered at the National Western Stock Show Arena and Hall of Education near 46th Avenue and Humbolt Street, the Events Center at 1515 E. 47th Ave. and the Denver Coliseum. A general admission ticket is required to get into the National Western Stock Show. The ticket entitles the holder to visit the trade show, displays, stock shows and auctions. Ticket prices vary from $12 to $17 for an adult, with high-priced tickets required on the weekend. Tickets for children 3 to 11 are $2 to $3, depending on the day. Children under 3 get in free. The general admission ticket also is good for visits to the Children’s Ranchland and petting farm, open daily on the third floor of the Expo Hall. In addition, there are a variety of activities at the new Ames Activity Pavilion including stick horse rodeos, kids’ pedal-tractor pulls, horseshoe pitching and dummy roping contests. The pavilion is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the daily activity lists are post-
This cowboy’s goal is to stay on for eight seconds and get a good score in bull riding at one of last year’s National Western rodeos. There are 23 rodeos scheduled for this year’s National Western. ed on the website. There are a total of 42 entertainment events requiring admission tickets that range in price from $8 to $100 each. The entertainment schedule includes: two Mexican Rodeo Extravaganzas, three Professional Bull Riders events, two Wild West shows, the Grand Prix horse jumping show, two SuperDogs shows, two performances of An Evening of Dancing Horses and the Martin Luther King Jr. AfricanAmerican Heritage Rodeo. There are also 23 rodeo performances during the first stop of the year for members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys As-
sociation. At the other end of the National Western complex, the Events Center will be equally busy as the site of shows and competitions as well as activities that include the Grand Prix jumping event, an evening of dancing horses and a daily schedule of riding and performance competitions. The Equestrian Center is also the site of the Wild West Show, an event fashioned after the turn-of-the-century performances produced by Buffalo Bill Cody. For information on the full schedule of events, ticket prices and directions to the facilities, visit www.nationalwestern.com.
If Steve Cominsky’s hunch is right, there’s a “very good chance” that movie and music star Justin Timberlake could show up for the opening of Colorado’s first Southern Hospitality Restaurant & Bar at 1433 17th St. Timberlake, who along with two partners created the New York-based barbecue and Southern food eatery, no longer has a financial stake in the restaurant but “still aligns himself with the brand,” said Cominsky, chief operating officer of Southern Hospitality Franchisee Holding Corp., which owns the exclusive franchise rights to expand the brand. “He’s a big supporter.” One rising music star who will definitely be around for the late January opening is Colorado Springs native Ryan Tedder, lead singer of the band OneRepublic, who Ka remains an investor. “Ryan lives in town and has a studio in play Denver,” Cominsky said. “He’ll be around ern s 7:30 the restaurant for the first couple of Hall, weeks.” Cominsky and his team have the fran- ries c Th chise rights to open 30 Southern Hospitalyoun ity restaurants throughout the country. The Denver restaurant will open for dinner and i den H only to start, with plans to add lunch by G early February. her r The menu includes Memphis-style Hall barbecue, dry-rubbed spare ribs, sweet Engle and saucy baby-back ribs, crispy fried Ti pickles and creamy cheddar grits. The bar list includes a selection of micro-brews on glew tap, an extensive list of bottled beers and a Learn variety of bourbon. “G For more information, go to www.shder Th crestaurants.com. to th Jan. 9 Game of Giving day i With the Broncos clinching the AFC West title and the team’s sound drubbing Learn of the Cleveland Browns, there’s a chance diffe Th Denver’s team will be New Orleans-bound the l in February. Since we can’t all make it to NOLA for Build the festivities, you can celebrate in town cess during the second annual Game of Giving side. come fundraiser at Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut St., on Feb. 3. The annual Super Bowl watching party Gene Th benefits Metro Volunteers, Families First and Florence Crittenton Services of Colo- toric ings: rado Parent & Child Foundation. Story Tickets are $25 for admission, a food buffet (from Elway’s, Jason’s Deli, Y.Lo Ca- win, tering and Garbanzo’s), free beer and one alogy prize drawing ticket to win items includ- Dave ing restaurant gift cards, signed sporting bile p Th goods, event tickets and more. of ea Tickets: www.casselmans.com. cemb Spiri Panzano adds space Gene Panzano restaurant inside The Hotel third Monaco at 909 17th St. has added 415 square feet of private dining space adja- are w 303-3 cent to the bar. The room, dubbed Toscana, features an expansive view of Champa Street through Tenor Ly a large glass window wall opposite a wine wall that holds 450 bottles from the restau- form rant’s award-winning wine list. “We’re excited to expand our offerings and create this unique space for our guests,” said Panzano General Manager Josh Mayo. “The street view from this new room makes it a great addition to our pri-
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