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So Many Ways to Start Your Stampede Downtown! |
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Wake up and check out the full entertainment lineup at www.stampede-downtownattractions.com |
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Tune your radio to your favourite station early each morning to find out what’s happening at Fluor Rope Square. |
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Have a ton of Stampede fun at our events because they are all free! |
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Bring a neighbour down for a pancake. |
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Wear your ‘western duds’ everywhere. |
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Pack your backpack with sunscreen, sunglasses, a jacket and umbrella for the weather changes. |
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Feed your dog in case you don’t make it home until later. |
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Hop on the LRT and head to Fluor Rope Square. |
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Tap your toes to some live country music as they get the party started. |
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Smell the bacon cooking each morning! |
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Look for the volunteers that squeegee away the puddles after a rain. |
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Be surprised when you see all the different patterns that our clowns wear. |
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Head to an Information Booth early and ask where to get tickets to take your guests on an Old Time Rig ride. |
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Enjoy a pancake that has been cooked on the back of a real chuckwagon. |
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Relax in the shade at Fluor Rope Square while watching the entertainment on the stage or on the video board. |
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Chat with a volunteer as we are all wearing name tags. |
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Play pat-a-cake with a clown. |
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Test your own horse power at the Incredi-Pull. |
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Get your photo taken beside an authentic chuckwagon. |
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Break in your new cowboy boots while walking along Stephen Avenue Mall. |
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Stop in at an Information Booth to learn more about the scheduled events. |
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Say “Howdy” to the person beside you as you wait for your pancake to cook. |
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Catch performances by various artists who will be at Fluor Rope Square. |
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Get a photo taken with a clown and a mascot. |
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Yell “YAHOO” to the office towers as you glide past on a downtown Old Time Rig Ride. |
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Have a pancake from a Fluor Smokie Station along Stephen Avenue Mall. |
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See all the Fluor Square Dance guys and gals dressed in their colorful western wear! |
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Debate the merits of bacon in your pancake or bacon out of your pancake. |
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Follow @CS_DTA on Twitter for all of the latest fun and excitement at Fluor Rope Square. |
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Watch the Old Time Rigs parade down Stephen Avenue Mall. |
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Find out how many people it takes to make a square (dance)! |
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Get a photo with a chuckwagon driver. |
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Enjoy watching the mini parade of First Nations. |
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Sign up for the Lammle’s Hat Stomp Contest and compete to win the belt buckle for the most tattered cowboy hat! |
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Follow square dance tradition, honour your partner with a bow and also bow to your corner. |
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Have your picture taken with an 8 foot tall Canada Goose. |
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Imagine how many gallons of pancake batter it takes to feed our guests each morning. |
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Roll past the Calgary Tower screaming YAHOO to the crowd in an Old Time Rig buggy! |
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Keep hydrated by filling your own container at the water buggy. |
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Pick up your Calgary Stampede Daily Events Guide at one of our many Information Booths. |
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Hear live Square Dance calling. |
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Giggle when you see all the colored hair and hats worn by our Clowns! |
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Have a Mascot Cowboy “get down on one knee”. |
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Drop your recyclables in our bins located at Fluor Rope Square. |
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Hear the jingling sounds of the First Nations dancers. |
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Try your hand in the Fluor Flapjack Flipping Contest! |
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Hear the clip clop of the Old Time Rig horses as they parade through the tunnels downtown. |
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Come see the Calgary Stampede Royalty and the First Nation Princess. |
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Get Calgary Stampede ink branded. |
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Appreciate all the handiwork that goes into the beading, hides and weaving of the First Nations clothing. |
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Look out for the official Calgary Stampede float! |
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Make a new Facebook friend while riding in a horse drawn wagon. |
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Thank a Fluor Volunteer for serving pancakes. |
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See how the First Nations blanket and saddle their horses. |
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Perfect your do-si-do at Fluor Square Dance! |
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Ride down River Front Avenue in an Old Time Rig. |
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Drop your name off at an Information Booth if you are interested in volunteering. |
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Listen to the Fluor Square Dance Caller and form a star! |
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Find out what a horse’s favorite treat is while riding the Old Time Rigs. |
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Shake hands with Jake the Fluor Cowboy Mascot. |
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Post your selfie at Fluor Rope Square on Facebook for all to see. |
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Don’t forget to enter your name in the Fluor Daily Draw. |
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Offer to take a photo for some tourists. |
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Look for the feather headdresses that the First Nations wear. |
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Learn the Virginia Reel at Fluor Square Dance. |
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Ask volunteers where they come from. |
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Cheer on the contestants of the Lammle’s World Championship Hat Stomping Contest. |
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Listen to the huge drum the First Nations use to demonstrate their traditional dances. |
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Join hands and circle to the left and to the right while square dancing. |
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Locate the First Aid truck if required. |
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Find out how many horses participate in the Old Time Rigs parade. |
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Meet a member of the RCMM (Royal Canadian Mounted Moose)! |
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Visit Fluor Square Dance to find out what an allemande left is. |
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Listen to some interesting historical facts about our city on the Old Time Rig Ride. |
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Learn a new dance at Fluor Square Dance called the Dip and Dive! |
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Participate in a friendship dance with the Seven Treaty Nations! |
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Find the mascot who carries a baby chick. |
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Post a selfie from the back of a horse drawn carriage. |
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Admirably watch as our Volunteers poop-n-scoop after the horses leave Fluor Rope Square. |
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Sing along to Red River Valley with the caller at Fluor Square Dancing. |
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Say “Hi” to the Announcer at Fluor Rope Square. |
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Notice the special bond between the Old Time Rig Outriders and their horses. |
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Grab a partner and get hooked into an Incredi-Pull harness. |
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Count how many city policemen ride motorcycles in our mini Parades. |
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Come do the actions to the C A L G A R Y song with the Fluor Square Dancers. |
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Smile at everyone you meet and have fun. |
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Witness a good old fashioned gun fight. |
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Have your picture taken with Jackie the Fluor Mascot! |
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Spot the orange safety vests on the coordinating volunteers. |
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Look for a volunteer wearing a service pin to see how long they have been volunteering. |
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Tip your cowboy hat and wave to the tourists. |
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Find out what ‘road apples’ are but don’t taste them! |
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Keep your eyes peeled for out-of-town Rodeo Royalty. |
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Be patient if you are caught in a road block while the Old Time Rigs or First Nations go by. |
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Return on the last Saturday to watch the finalists compete to win a belt buckle in the Lammle’s Hat Stomp Contest. |
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Sing ‘Happy Trails’ with the Fluor Square Dancers. |
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Welcome a tourist to Calgary! |
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Determine if the good guys win the old fashioned gun fight! |
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Look to the sky and see the Calgary Tower! |
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Shout out a big “YAHOOO” as you leave downtown and head to Stampede Park! |