Tag: Stock Show
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National Western Stock Show rides back in 2022
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Giddy up! The yaks are back. The National Western Stock Show announced Wednesday the “best 16 days in January” will return for 2022 from Jan. 8-23. After the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions foiled the 2021 show — the first time that’s happened in 106 years — organizers are…
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For volunteers with the National Western Stock Show, it’s a lifelong love
While growing up in Colorado, Melinda Shaffer attended the National Western Stock Show every year. She remembers the excitement she felt as a child, walking past the show horses wearing her cowgirl skirt and boots, hand-in-hand with her parents. As a teenager, Shaffer joined the Westernaires and rode horses in the show and now as…
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Long-time volunteers face a year without the National Western Stock Show
Virgil Holtgrewe, 90, has been volunteering for the National Western Stock Show since before the volunteer program began. For 45 years straight, he has spent 16 days each January escorting livestock judges, taking tickets, leading tour groups and much, much more. But this year, the COVID-19 pandemic brought his tradition to a screeching halt. For…
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National Western Stock Show to host series of free virtual events in January
The postponed National Western Stock Show will hold virtual events celebrating all things Western in January. From Jan. 12-22, virtual happy hours and concerts will be hosted every evening as part of the “Celebrating the Spirit of the National Western Stock Show” campaign. “The last time the Stock Show was postponed back in 1915 ……