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..and what I saw how our area celebrates cowboy and rodeo traditions. There are some off-beat stuff....including the guy that pretended a bike was a horse. :rolleyes:
I never went to the rodeo and chuckwagon races where annually some horses die because of collisions. :( So none of that stuff here..
Flapjack breakfasts - an interesting take/view on the specatacle of the Stampede! If you're close to Edmonton during Klondike Days, that's another spectacle to behold...
Thanks for sharing - brought back memories of living in Calgary as a child, and going to the Stampede with my family. I was REALLY interested in horses at that point in my life, and I think my brother decided he wanted to be a cowboy as a result ;).
SheFly
Reminds me of my university days. Am a proud graduate of the College of Agriculture in a western state, so yes, we did have a rodeo team. One of the most fun rodeos I went to was the university rodeo. Better than professional ones, as the kids riding were more likely to be "real" cowboys, born and raised on ranches, will go back to working the ranch instead of trying to make it big in the professional circuit.
Klondike Days is now called Capital EX.Quote:
Originally Posted by SheFly
All these people who no longer live in Edmonton kept telling me about their fond childhood memories of Klondike Days, and I had no idea what they were talking about.
I did go to the parade last year. Charming, as parades go. But the crowd seemed sparse. Maybe other events were better attended?
Parade is a huge event in Calgary. (I'm sure Crazycanuck has some memories here..) Thousands of people piling around. On top of this, was the royal couple..who in the end were inside a car, so no one saw them. The rodeo competitors come from Texas and all over, to win the money purses also and to entertain. (I can't imagine broncoing stuff, trying to stay on a bucking horse or steer and how someone's back can survive.!!)
I gave up trying to seeing even a portion of it since there was a delay somewhere. Parade was passing beside the building where I work.
To me personally...it's a significant cultural switch compared to the type of annual festivals in Toronto and Vancouver where I've also lived for a significant number of years.
I enjoyed the breakfasts more..because they are community based.
Boo! I have VERY fond memories of attending Klondike Days, including:Quote:
Originally Posted by NbyNW
- Deciding that I was a big girl and could get on the train by myself. I ended up on the outside with my mom, brother and Great Uncle on the INSIDE as the train started pulling away!
- My brother wolf-whistling at a woman in period attire at the parade, and the woman, thinking it was my Great Uncle, turning and slapping him :D
- Watching the parade and the Snowbirds doing a fly over".
- Going to the EX, and after th train incident, not letting go of my Great Uncle the entire time, forcing him into the house of mirrors with me.
- Going to the race track, picking some horses because I liked their names, and having my Great Uncle win!
- Seeing all of the people in the period dress.
I was a bit younger when we went to the Stampede, so don't remember quite as much of that.
SheFly
I guess I viewed the fair part of the Stampede like a smaller version of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto which is so much huger and on larger grounds with parkland plus Grandstand, more rides, exhibits to see and there are animals/horses too.
My childhood in Kichener-Waterloo memories was the annual Oktoberfest. It has been Canada's biggest and probably closest in authentic spirit to the real, original big one in Munich.....which I've been to the latter at the tail end.
because K-W genuinely has a German-Mennonite long history. There are several German clubs ..still..in this area.
So Oktoberfest, though is known for drinking like Stampede, is totally different! In high school we also celebrated abit of German oom-pah-pah spirit. Music was played over the intercom for 15 min. No kiddin'.
Here in Cali we call them "pancake breakfasts" and even for holidays, they are never free, but held to raise money for community organizations. And the menu would be pancakes, sausage or bacon and hash brown potatoes. Are brown beans a typical part of a cooked breakfast nowadays in Canada? Are they sweet or spicy? tokie
No, brown beans are not part of a cooked breakfast here in Canada as the norm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokie
Beans were probably from a can...I saw them prepare the huge batches. It is a free breakfast, so probably choosing faster, cheaper ways to prepare them.
That's ok by me. :)