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Cowboys dress for safety and color.
2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Cowboys wear special garb for color and for safety. Vests and helmets have reduced the number of rodeo injuries. Since the 1960's the Rodeo Club has arranged to have an ambulance on site. Accidents are not that common because the cowboys, like other athletes, try to stay in top physical condition.

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The thrills and spills of rodeo!
2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Year after year the rodeo contestants thrill the fans with their performances. As the bronc rider gets down on his horse, as the bull rider completes his wrap, as the steer wrestler lines up his horse in the box, the crowd waits in anticipation of the ride or the run , the whistle or the flag. To the fan an eight second ride may seem short, but for the rider it can seem like a long time.

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Wood Mountain Rodeo Poster
1980
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Every May the fans begin watching for rodeo posters in the Post Office or shop windows. Posters have become collector items and they come down almost as fast as they go up.

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Wood Mountain Rodeo Committee
2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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In the meantime the Rodeo Committee is busily arranging for stock, for entertainment, for workers to put together another Stampede.

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Special attractions at the Stampede.
1995
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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The Committee arranges for a midway, a dance band, and other special attractions. By rodeo time the grounds are buzzing with activity. Sometimes the attraction consists of air plane rides, sometimes it is a pony ride or a ferris wheel.

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Rodeo Secretary
1995
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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The rodeo program is prepared by the rodeo secretary, who works closely with the office of the CCA (Canadian Cowboys Association) where cowboys ‘enter up.'
From the list of entries the secretary prepares the order of the contestants.

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Sponsor Names on the Rodeo Chutes.
2000
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Sponsorship allows the Rodeo to present buckles and prize money to the winners in each event. Sponsors are acknowledged by the announcer and main event sponsor names are printed on the gates of the rodeo chutes.