Colorama 2011

A Supplement to The StarMay 4, 2011

RodeoCarnivalFoodArts and CraftsParade

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Colorama events — the grand listThe 54th running of the area’s Colorama

celebration is coming your way May 5-7, Mother’s Day weekend.

• Paradise Amusement Carnival is kicking off the big event at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 5, open Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m.

The carnival is offering new rides this year and is again providing, through the chamber of commerce, discount tickets that are on sale at The Star newspaper, North Cascades National Bank, H&H Grocery, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office.

• The traditional Arts & Crafts & Food Fair

opens Friday and Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. both Friday and Saturday.

• The Pro-West Rodeo at the Delano Rodeo Grounds kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday and again at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

• The seniors will put on their Cowboy Breakfast at 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

• That will end just in time for the big parade, running down Midway, beginning at 11 a.m. Satuday.

• One of the featured events will be the return of the Over the Dam Run for 5K, 10K and half marathon runners beginning at 8 a.m.

• A few minutes later the “Walk the Dam - Build a School” begins at 8:30 to raise money for the new

proposed K-12 school facility.The walk and races start at the east end of Grand

Coulee Dam. Registration will be set up at Mason City Memorial Park in Coulee Dam.

In addition to the events, remember to purchase your Colorama Button. They are $3 each, numbered and give you the opportunity to win some $1,000 in prizes.

Also, you can purchase a colored Colorama T-shirt, with the profits from this sale going to the school building fund.

Look for excitement and fun at the Colorama weekend celebration, May 5-7.

Get your button onOne way to get in the spirit of the celebration is to purchase a Colorama

button and proudly display it.

They are still available for $3 at many community stores.Proceeds from the sale of the buttons are going to purchase a number of spe-

cial prizes that will be made available to button holders at a special drawing at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at North Dam Park. Your buttons are numbered for the special drawing.

Top prizes include a 32-inch Samsung flat screen TV and a Sony 3D Boom Box.

You have to be present to win, so plan your day so you can be at the drawing.

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Royalty in the Colorama paradeThere will be plenty of royalty for Colorama’s

Grand Parade, Saturday, May 7.

Leading off the royalty will be the coulee’s own Colorama Rodeo Queen, Rachel McClure, along with her court, Princess Mikaylah Thompson.

Miss Rodeo Washington Amanda Emerson will be on hand.

Joining the group will be Newport Rodeo Queen Courtney Montgomery.

Springdale Frontier Days Pro-West Rodeo Queen Katy Osterholm and Princess Cheyanna Wing will ride in the parade.

Nespelem Junior Rodeo Queen Emily Stevens and Princess Ameera Parisien will appear.

The Grand Coulee Dam area will have marching bands from both the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and Lake Roosevelt High School. The Lake Roosevelt band will be led by student Mason Marin. The Brewster Middle School and Brewster High School bands will also add a musical touch to the parade.

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Com-merce’s “Achiever of the Year” Kathy Baty and “Business of the Year” Pepper Jack’s Restaurant’s owners Norm and Car-

New announcing

Parade fans will notice that the commentary on the route will be com-ing from a new spot this year, the roof of a building.

To simplify setup and to get the speakers up higher for better coverage, the announcing table will be set up on the roof over the mini-mall across from Safeway.

lene Worsham will be honored entries.Vicki Watson, a former director of

music in the Grand Coulee Dam School District, will bring her elementary school marching band from Pasco again this year. Band members raise money all year long to pay their expenses for the trip to Colorama.

The parade gets underway at 11 a.m.

See you at the grand parade!

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Hope you took advantage of the pre-carnival advance ticket sale, because if you did, you’ve saved yourself a bit of change.

But no matter -- the carni-val is worth the cost when you see the glee and excitement in the kids when they experience the personal excitement of the various rides.

Friday the carnival opens at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m.

This year’s carnival event promises some new rides. The amusement company has pur-chased another carnival com-pany and has put together a big show for coulee area residents.

Regardless of age, there’s plenty to do and enjoy at the carnival.

The carnival started setting up early this week at North Dam Park. Tickets are on sale at the carnival site.

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Two shirts, one causeTwo shirts and a walk are raising money for new school

Anyone who has wanted to walk across the top of Grand Coulee Dam will get that rare chance Saturday morning.

That’s when the Rotary Club is sponsoring the Walk the Dam, Build a School” event. With their $15 entry, walkers will get a T-shirt to commemorate the special occasion, just like the runners who cross the dam in one of Tri-Freaks’ three Over the Dam Races, which start a half hour earlier.

Another special T-shirt is on sale to help the same cause with a different logo. This one is the official Colorama T-Shirt sold by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce.

The shirts, made of high-quality, pre-shrunk cotton, are designed by Richard Button, of Button It, Inc. in Grand Coulee. They sell for $20. Lake Roosevelt High School ASB officers Rachel McClure and Dakotah Holt model

Colorama T-shirts being sold to raise money for a new school.

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Three runs and a walkLook for a lot of walkers when they hold the “Over the Dam Run” on Sat-

urday, May 7.

Several hundred have indicated that they would like to take part in what promises to be a fun day here in the coulee, with a number of events of the Colorama celebration going on.

The walking part titled “Walk the Dam, Build a School” will get underway at 8:30 a.m.

It all begins at 7 a.m. at Mason City Park at the base of the hill at the north end of the dam. Runners and walkers alike will leave from there on their respective distances.

There are the 5K, 10K and half marathon events for the runners, who will eventually end up at North Dam Park in time to watch the grand parade, which begins at 11 a.m.

The schedule for participants is half marathon, 7 a.m.; 10K, 7:10 a.m.; 5K, 8 a.m.; and Walk the Dam, 8:30 a.m.

Walkers will cross the dam, and a bus wlll be available to take them back to the beginning site. Walkers may also cross the dam as many times as they wish, and will ring the bell for the school fund, depending on whether they have sold challenges to friends or family who will be happy to pay up at the end of the day.

Tri-Freaks, the organizers of the run and walk, were hoping for 300 runners. The organizers said they expect about 500 participants in the Over the Dam event.

It’s not too late to enter the walking portion of the race. See you there.

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• Area Souvenirs

• Construction Photos of Grand Coulee Dam

• Wind Chimes

• Belt Buckles & More

Locally designed souvenirs provide visitors an

opportunity to take a piece of our area home with them!

A lasting reminder of the unique beauty and rugged

appeal of this area.

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• Quality Knitting Needles• Crochet Hooks

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For Fun

Race routes lead to the fun spot

All the runs in the Over the Dam Run will start at the east end of Grand Coulee Dam and end up at North Dam Park, in the midst of the Colorama festivities. Runners in the 5K race will cross the dam and head to the park, tak-ing a detour from SR 155 by jogging up to B Street and over to SR 174 to avoid the parade route. Runners in the 10K and half marathon races will follow added routes that take them north of the dam first. Walkers in the Walk the Dam, Build a School event can catch a bus ride back to Mason City Park from the west side of the big dam. — map from Map My Run and Google Maps.

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Thursday opening ......5 p.m. Friday opening ....3 p.m.Saturday opening ......................11 a.m. - 4 p.m./4-9 p.m.

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Saturday, May 7 ......11 a.m.Downtown Grand Coulee

Cowboy Breakfast

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May 5-6-7 ...............at North Dam Park

Pro-West Rodeo

Sponsored by The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and the Coulee Dam Casino

Buy your Colorama Button!

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Saturday, May 7 ......7:00 - 10:30 a.m.Senior Center in Grand Coulee

Over the Dam RunOver the Dam Walk

Craft Booths at North Dam Park

Colorama Parade

Carnival

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Some lucky kid …Raeley and Caden

Portch try out the play schoolhouse

parked in front of Loepp’s on for size. Somebody will win the playhouse, built and do-nated by DWK Folwer Con-struction, in a raffle at the rodeo Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m., during the kids events. Raffle tickets to win are $1, and you must be pres-ent to win. They are available at Loepp’s and at the rodeo prior to the drawing.

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The breakfast starts at 7 a.m. and goes to 10:30 at the Senior Center in downtown Grand Coulee, on Main Street.

Dig out your cowboy gear, your riding boots, and shell out the $7, for a great breakfast.

Children under 12 get by for $4. Seniors will serve pancakes, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, plus coffee and milk.

Proceeds go to support senior citizen events.

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EXCITINGCOLORAMA CARNIVAL

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Parade entries come in all sizes, as this participant from Pepper Jack’s Restaurant shows.

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Rodeo offers up fun and prizesIt’s here, and it takes center stage

both Friday and Saturday during the big Colorama celebration.

It’s the Pro-West Colorama Rodeo at the Ridge Riders Arena in Delano.

Friday’s action begins at 5 p.m. with the mutton bustin’ event for kids who are 6 and younger and weigh less than 60 pounds.

Spectators agree that this is one of the funniest events anywhere - the chance to see the little shavers try to ride a sheep.

A $15 entry fee gets that little boy or girl the ride of their lives on the back of a wooly, bucking sheep.

Mutton bustin’ is also scheduled on Saturday at 2 p.m. leading into the main rodeo events.

There’s also a steer riding event for kids 9-12. This event is limited to the first 20 entries with a $25 entry fee.

It gives them a shot at a $200 money prize and a first-place belt buckle.

The big cowboys and girls take over the events at 6 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday with all the normal rodeo events for an outing that you’ll not forget soon.

There are covered stands in case it rains.

Come to the rodeo both Friday and Saturday.

The clinic will be closed Saturday for Colorama

A lot of excitement can be found at the rodeo.

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5K • 10K • Half Marathon • Walk-a-ThonGets Underway At 7 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at Mason City Park

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Tricky family will perform at rodeoAdding a little something ex-

tra to the Colorama Rodeo this year, the family that sup-

plies the bulls and broncs are also bring-ing their tricky kids, and we’re not talk-ing about goats.

Fans at last year’s rodeo will re-member the children trick riding around the arena with some pretty amazing stunts, and that was their very first per-formance.

“We’re way better this year,” says the mom of the bunch.

Lynnette McMillan said Monday the family got into trick riding after the girls attended a camp in Colorado three years ago. Since then, four of the eight McMillan children have been working on their relatively rare skills.

“They all started, and it kind of just snowballed,” Lynette said.

The Soap Lake family figured it would be a natural fit, since they provide the stock for many rodeos they attend anyway. And the crowds seem to like the kids.

Only about 100 rodeo trick riders hang from saddles in the United States, she says, and most of them are single riders.

That gives the McMillan family an edge with enough variety to provide a show.

So look for Caleb, 13; Riley, 10; Hanna, 9; and Daisy, 7 to show off some pretty fancy tricks at the Colorama Ro-deo on Saturday.

On the cover:Hanna McMillan does the sit-down sender on her pony “Rebels” at last year’s show.

Kids of all ages can find fun at the rodeo.

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Scouts selling donutsBoy Scouts Troop 24 will be selling Krispy Keme donuts in front of the Foisy

& Kennedy building on Midway Avenue from 9 a.m. until the parade is over Satur-day morning.

The scouts are raising money to go to camp, which costs about $300 each.The donuts will be picked up in Spokane early that morning, so they’ll be

fresh.

Among the simplest of all the rides, even the funhouse slides are a big favorite. — Scott Hunter photo

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Fun for all in the park

There will be plenty to see and eat when the arts/craft and food fair opens at North Dam Park during the Colorama celebration.

You’ll find it all at the upper level of the park near the covered eating area from 10 a.m. both Friday and Saturday.

CraftsArts & crafts booths and their

wares include: • Amy’s Beady Eyes, jewelry &

embroidery; • Assorted Sales, magnetic jew-

elry; • Bill’s Souvenirs, wood rocking

chairs, mouse pads, belt buckles;• Brazell, mirrors, coat racks,

signs, wood-water colors; • Colors & Origins, wool clothes,

jewelry; • Dam Old Trinkets; • Crafts Galore, quilts, jams, pil-

lows, tents, handcrafts; • Crafty Hands, toys, yard spin-

ners; • Fossil Creek, hot mustard, car-

rot cake, pecans; • Handmade Jewelry, jewelry,

silver, porcelain, boxes; • Liberting Style, sunglasses, ear-

rings, handbags, shoes; • PJ’s Art, wood birdhouses,

planters, shirts; Rock’n Prints, T-shirts; • Scent Wickless Candles, candles;

• Sculpture in Glass, hand-blown glass;

• Sticker City, auto decals; • Stocking Tree, yard lights,

aprons, sayings, towels; • Taylor’s Marine, iron work; • The Rag Lady, rag quilts, purses,

T-shirts, tye dye; • Wilk Leather, leather work; and • Wonder Chrystals, transfers,

photo buttons, sweat shirts, light swords.

FoodThere will also be plenty to eat

when hunger strikes as you visit with vendors:

Marsalee’s Thai Food, terriyaki, rice, vegies;

• Sunshine Tikil Hut, fish & chips, chicken strips, chili & jumbo shrimp;

• Taco Del Sol on the Go, bur-ritos/tacos, taco salad;

• Tropical Sno, snow cones, elephant ears; and

• White’s Concession, burgers/sausage, corndogs, fries, fry bread, and nacho wraps.

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