The Greatest Show On Earth

Well, another year for the Calgary Stampede had come and gone. I attended this years exhibition last Saturday, which was difficult at times as it was well over 30 degrees Celsius all afternoon. The rides and games were the norm, same ones every year. The Round Up Center was a popular place on this day, simply because of the air conditioning. I watched the Superdogs again. That's always entertaining, plus it helped to get out of the sun. Later that evening I attended the chuckwagons and grandstand show. The chucks were exciting to watch, unfortunately on this day there was an accident and 3 horses died. I don't want to get into that right now. That's for another rant at another time.
After the chucks was the grandstand show. Which was the highlight of the day. The singing and dancing was excellent, of course. But there was more then just that. There was also a comedy act. Ventriloquist Ron Lucas had the soldout crowd howling. Which was a pleasant suprise, as most of the grandstand shows I've attended it was mostly singing and dancing, plus the fireworks at the end. It was a little difficult to watch the final stage act. As the fireworks were going off at the same time. So naturally most of the crowd was watching the fireworks and ignoring the stage. But nonetheless it was a great show and I'll definately have to make arrangements to attend next year.

(the only thing which I really didn't enjoy was before the Grandstand show began. We got to hear from the CEO of Shell. It should be no suprise as it's in Calgary and a major oil company is a huge sponsor. But it kinda pissed me off a tad when they plaster the Shell symbol while he makes the usual corporate speech.... anyways that 's for another post at another time.)