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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.

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Rodeo Fans
2000
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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The backbone of the rodeo is the loyalty of the fans who return year after year. They are the "paying" crowd. The fans applaud the good rides and the ones that are not so good, too. They cheer loudly for the hometown cowboys and sigh when they don't do well. Rodeo fans travel from rodeo to rodeo and they all have their favorites among the cowboys and the stock.

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A Rainy Day at Wood Mountain
1997
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Everyone always hopes for a hot, sunny day for the Stampede, but even if it rains the
show must go on.

"In 1977 there was a cloudburst just as the rodeo was about to begin in the afternoon. Within an hour there was six inches of rain. Half of the crowd went home. Two hours later the rodeo went on as scheduled. When the cowboys were bucked off they landed in the mud."
- Thelma Poirier

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The Grand Entry
2000
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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As they have for over a century, the crowd stands for the Grand Entry. Cowboys and cowgirls ride into the arena and line up facing the grandstand. Then everyone joins in the singing of the national anthem "O' Canada."

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First Horse Out
2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

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The announcer calls attention to the bucking chutes and with the first bareback rider out of the chute, another Stampede begins.

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Wood Mountain Rodeo Ranch Museum
2004
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada