Colorama 2013 - 3
Best rodeo in the state starts Friday
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his year’s Colorama Rodeo, a two-day show, May 10-11, with Queen Erin Wieldraayer presiding, kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, with the (almost) full range of events, and then will continue Saturday at 3 p.m. The Pro-West rodeo was named the best in the state last year. Rodeo advance tickets are currently on sale at Loepp Furniture. Adult tickets are $8 each day, and kids 11 years and older will get in for $5. Children 10 and under can attend the event without charge. Tickets for the DWK Fowler log cabin playhouse are also on sale at Loepp Furniture for $1 each. Young participants in the rodeo events need to get their entrance fees paid in advance. The junior steer riding event for 12 years and under costs $25; for the novice bareback riders, 13-17 Erin Wieldraayer years, the fee is $25; and the novice saddle bronc riders for 13- to 17-year-olds is $25. Officials stated that $10 of the entry fee goes towards the office charge, $15 to the pot and $200 added and a buckle goes to the winner. Questions on youth events can be answered by Cindy Edwards, 633-0430 or Janet O’Neil, (509) 760-3696. The Ridge Riders will feature a Coors Beer and Pendleton Whiskey Garden, where fans can relax and enjoy themselves. It all takes place at the Ridge Rider Arena on Alcan Road in Grand Coulee. McMillan & Layton will again provide the rodeo stock and popular announcer Bob Garrett from Stratford will keep rodeo fans up to speed on what is
Roping is one of the events at the Pro-West Rodeo.
going on in the arena. The rodeo will have to take place this year without one of its funniest features — the mutton-busting event. This event normally draws a lot of laughs from the crowd as youngsters attempted to ride sheep out in the arena. Ridge Rider President George Kohout said that the event was cancelled this year because the club couldn’t find anyone to
supply the sheep. The Cleatis Lacy Bull Riding event, which was held on Sunday as part of the Colorama celebration last year, is scheduled now for June 28, with a
Ranch Rodeo to follow on June 29. The Ridge Riders will host an royalty luncheon at the rodeo grounds club house immediately after Saturday’s Colorama Parade.
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