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Team Roping1974
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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In the 1960's team roping, in which one contestant ( the header) ropes a steer's head and the other ( the heeler) ropes its hind feet, was added to the program."In the 1970's just about every family at Wood Mountain took up team roping. It was an activity the whole family could take part in. Like the Roy family, Norman could rope with Darcy and then Darcy could rope with Darby and Darby could rope with Davey and so forth. Every weekend there was a jackpot roping."
- Thelma Poirier
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Roping With a Good Horse1970
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Whether roping, or steer wrestling, or barrel racing three factors come into play - the skill of the contestant, the ability of the horse and the communication between the horse and rider. It usually takes years to train a good rodeo horse."Tiny , a sorrel, came off a mare Ken Kerr had in his bucking string. Her sire was a bay quarter horse owned by George Pana and later on by Cliff Stevenson of Canopus. Art Colibaba got Tiny from Ken Kerr and I bought her from Art as a two year old. I trained her myself and roped off her from 1961 to 1975. I won at the Wood Mountain rodeo five times off this mare."
- Nick Nicholson
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Roping in the 'Slack'1990
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Rodeo is so popular that contestants often have to take part in the "slack" which is a time set aside before the rodeo when there are too many contestants for the regular show.33
Wood Mountain Regional Park at Stampede Time1995
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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In 1962 the Recreational Club turned over its lease to allow the community to develop a Regional Park, but retained the right to hold the annual rodeo on the grounds. Since then the two organizations have worked together for the benefit of both.35
Wood Mountain Centennial Hall2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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The Regional Park worked with the Canada Centennial Committee in 1967 and constructed a new hall on the location of the old bowery. Rodeo dances were held there for many years."In 1969 we played for the Wood Mountain rodeo. We were just kids and we never expected to get hired. Usually somebody like the Melody Five from Rockglen or the Southern Four from Fir Mountain were hired. There was four of us in our band, Don Chubey, Don Petersen, Morley Eklund and myself. We called ourselves the Lovin' Bottlefulls. We played all those western songs, like Marty Robbins and Jim Reeves. And some of those popular 1960's songs like Henry the VIII."
- David Klein
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1967 Canada Centennial Parade1967
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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The Centennial Stampede of 1967 featured a special parade of cowboys and cowgirls followed by floats and wagon trainers, depicting Wood Mountain history."There were hundreds of people at that rodeo, something like when I was a kid in the 1920's and they invited me to come back and there I was riding at the front of the parade with Carl Olson just like old times."
-Cliff Anderson
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Wagon Trains at Wood Mountain1967
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada
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In 1967 two wagon trains, one from Willow Bunch and one from Gravelbourg, converged at Wood Mountain at Stampede time. Since then a wagon train has attended nearly every Stampede at Wood Mountain. |
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