17 July - Saturday. Off we set for our final trip to the Calgary Stampede, this time we were off to see the chuck wagon races and the evening grandstand show which promises to be the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
After a couple of hours of us all wondering around the show grounds we all meet up to take our seats in the grandstand - there was eleven of us in total.
Yet again the weather was great for us providing a really nice evening to watch the show.The chuck wagon racing was great, fast and being the penultimate night the guys were up for big money prizes.
Once the chuck wagon races had finished a huge stage was hauled into place and within an hour it was up and ready for a great show. By this time it was 9pm so we were ready for all the entertainment and fireworks. The show included everything from singers, dancers, acrobatics, motor cycles, comedian, children, musicians and of course and amazing firework display. The motor cyclists were amazing and the stunts that they did were incredible. At one point in the show 3 trap doors opened in the stage floor and up came 2 sets of drums with the drummers and a huge single drum - however the drummers and their kit didn't stay on the stage, their platforms were raised up into the sky and drawn towards the crowd. This also happened to guys on the motorbikes and other illuminated animals with stunt people on top of them doing acrobatics. The show really was breathtaking and an amazing evening to be part of.
We eventually left the show ground just before midnight and got back to Canmore in the early hours after a thoroughly amazing evening, so glad that we had all gone.
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