Earlier this year I was invited to join the Draft Horse Town committee for the Calgary Stampede. The theme for the Calgary Stampede 2014 was Horse Power.
The Stampede poster for 2014 was a beautiful Belgian Draft Horse named Lady. This was the first time a draft horse has been depicted on the Stampede poster. I had the good fortune to meet the artist, Adaline Halverson. I learned from Adaline that the creation of each Stampede poster is a very secretive process. So secretive in fact, that even the owner of Lady did not know his horse was the 2014 poster horse until the painting was revealed to the public.
As a result of being involved with DHT committee, I was asked to present Lady to the public daily during the 10 days of Stampede. On Father's Day, June 15th, Lady gave birth to a beautiful colt so I suggested we hold a contest to name the colt. Lady's Man was the winning name and the winner, Chris Tracy, will be bringing her family to spend an afternoon with me and the 'Boys'. We look forward to having them out.
This was my first time volunteering for the Calgary Stampede and it was so much fun that I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to volunteer their time.
Ya Hoo!
Tovie, Lady and Lady's Man
The Stampede poster for 2014 was a beautiful Belgian Draft Horse named Lady. This was the first time a draft horse has been depicted on the Stampede poster. I had the good fortune to meet the artist, Adaline Halverson. I learned from Adaline that the creation of each Stampede poster is a very secretive process. So secretive in fact, that even the owner of Lady did not know his horse was the 2014 poster horse until the painting was revealed to the public.
As a result of being involved with DHT committee, I was asked to present Lady to the public daily during the 10 days of Stampede. On Father's Day, June 15th, Lady gave birth to a beautiful colt so I suggested we hold a contest to name the colt. Lady's Man was the winning name and the winner, Chris Tracy, will be bringing her family to spend an afternoon with me and the 'Boys'. We look forward to having them out.
This was my first time volunteering for the Calgary Stampede and it was so much fun that I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to volunteer their time.
Ya Hoo!
Tovie, Lady and Lady's Man
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