Rocky Pro Rodeo

Rocky Mountain House: Friday, 28 May 2010 09:43

The stars of Cowboy Country
come to Rocky Mountain House Wednesday, June 9, to Sunday, June 13, 2010, with the Rocky Pro Rodeo and Pony Chuckwagon Races featuring announcer Dave Paulson. Spectators will enjoy exciting, non-stop action with the rodeo, special acts and entertainment as this five-day event offers fun for the entire family. Many of the best professional cowboys and cowgirls in North America, including a number of local competitors, take on the bulls, broncs and barrels in this Canadian Pro Rodeo event.
The fun starts Friday evening with all the main rodeo events like bull riding, bareback, saddle bronc, tie down roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, novice events and team roping.
Rodeo fans will be entertained by a veteran professional rodeo clown, who will not only entertain the crowd, but duel ornery livestock in the corral.
A good old-fashioned Western parade winds its way through Rocky as the annual Saturday morning rodeo parade tips its Stetson in honour of the 2010 theme “Salute to Canadian Athletes.” The parade begins its circuit Saturday morning at 11 a.m. from the arena complex parking lot down Main Street, east on 47th Street to Hwy. 11, north to 52nd Avenue and back to the arena.
Professional rodeo competition continues Saturday and Sunday beginning at 1:30 p.m.
No rodeo would be complete without midway entertainment for the young and the young-at-heart. West Coast Amusements will once again fill the grounds with rides, games, snacks and fun for children of all ages.
Mutton busting is also available for kids aged six and under. Don’t miss live Country and Western performer Amber Williams in “Cheap Charlie’s” at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Chuckwagon and Chariot Races
The Alberta Professional Chuckwagon and Chariot Association returns to Rocky with 40 wagons and again offers five days of high-speed, high-thrills action. They’ve also set the event as their annual championship.
The new track and infield at North Saskatchewan River Park is big enough to allow four pony chuckwagons to run in each heat. Each night, the racers will start at different barrels so by the end of four nights each racer will have a time from each position. On the fifth and final night of racing, the competitors will be set in heats with others with the closest times, so each race is likely to have a close finish.