Colorama ’21
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• Rodeo • Kids Festival Zone • Parade • Color Run • Vendors • Beer Garden • Live music • Button Drawings A Supplement to The Star Newspaper May 5, 2021
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Big rodeo planned for first PRCA in state this year
The Colorama Rodeo will open Friday as a Professional Cowboy Rodeo Association event for the first time. With 219 contestants registered for all the regular rodeo contests, the event looks to provide plenty to help rodeo fans who missed no rodeo last year due to Covid restrictions. Among those professionals coming to compete is Shane Proctor, a world champion bull rider and pro cowboy originally from Grand Coulee. Rodeo fans will also see Shane’s wife Haley, who is a national rodeo attraction of a different kind — a professional trick rider whose skills placed her on the cover of this section. And a guy with a pet bull is sure to be entertaining. Whistle Nut and Ole might make you a little nervous, but they perform in rodeos all over the country. Ridge Riders President George Kohout said the rodeo is the first of the year in the state of Washington for the PRCA, and cowboys are eager.
They look like clowns, but those silly clothes just help rodeo bull fighters, like this one at Colorama in 2017, to draw the attention of a bull that would otherwise aim its wrath at downed cowboy. — Scott Hunter photo
So are fans, evidently. Kohout told chamber of commerce members at their luncheon last week that he understood pre-ticket sales normally bring in about $800, but
this year had already hit $4,200. That difference includes a price increase from $12 for adults in 2019 to $20 this year to reflect the club’s investment in jumping to PRCA.
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Kid Zone stationed at the upper ballfield offers variety of fun
The Colorama Kids Festival Zone will give kids the opportunity to ride a blow-up mechanical bull, ride a 34-foot long slide, and more. The activities will be staged at North Dam Park’s upper baseball field on Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, from 12-8 p.m., and on Sunday, May 9 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The activities are provided by All-Star Jump, a rental company out of Spokane and include a four-station bungee trampoline, a blow-up mechanical bull, a tram-
poline game called “aeroball,” a 34-foot slide, football tug-n-pull, baseball blast, something called “toxic meltdown,” pony hops, and carnival games. “We are so excited about the activities they are bringing,” Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rachelle Haven said. More details on the activities can be found at https://www.all-
starjump.com/ Regarding COVID-19 safety precautions, Haven said, “We will be having a gated entrance to check all kids in, taking tem-
peratures, requiring masks (for appropriate ages) & socks.” She said they’ll have hand sanitizer stations at all activities, and will be wiping down each station.
Tickets for kids zone:
Half Day Pass (Sunday Only): $25 Day Pass (Friday or Saturday): $40 Weekend Pass (All 3 Days): $75 Single Ride Tickets (only available at gate): $5
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Beer garden to host live music Adults will be able to enjoy a frosty brew and some tunes at the beer garden, which will be stationed at North Dam Park’s tennis courts. The beer garden, which opens at about 2 p.m., will have a mixture of beers on tap, a slushie machine, jello shots, seltzers, and wine. At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Mothers Day, the garden will have “Momosas” (mimosa’s) with a variety of flavors. On Friday at 7 p.m., Spokanebased rock band Chris Reiser and The Nerve will perform their “180 proof rock” music as described on their Facebook page. You can preview some of their music at https://www.reverbnation.com/chrisrieserandthenerv e?fbclid=IwAR0BN3t6zvr4Cpu fWrElVLlC2dmXqdsEsnvkJZn EK_Ycb7B2i4cFvux1HgU. Then on Saturday, popular local rock band LoveStitch will perform at 7 p.m.
Helicopter rides to be offered during Colorama
You can take a ride in a helicopter and see the beauty of the Coulee the way the birds do! Inland Helicopter will be stationed at the lower baseball field of North Dam Park and offer helicopter rides for $50 a person, and up to three can ride at a time for approximately 15 minutes. Riding in a chopper over the area can give the rider a completely different perspective, and the rides have been a popular addition to most Colorama festivals since at least 2013.
A view from a Colorama helicopter ride looking east over Grand Coulee with Lake Roosevelt stretching into the distance. — Star file photo
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This Ain’t Our First Rodeo You could say that when it comes to the banking needs of our community this ain’t our first rodeo. We’ve been helping local folks in these parts with the financial help they need for many generations. Like you, we have roots in this community and want to see it grow. So stop by and lets talk.
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Food and shopping on the grass You’ll be able to chow down and shop in the upper grassy area of North Dam Park near the road. On Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. there will be six food vendors selling food to satisfy your cravings, and 22 market vendors where you might find a good Mother’s Day gift. Colorama vendors coming include: Andersons Nursery Northwest Working Dog Supply Henna Me Pretty A+J Krafty Kreations Sculpture in Glass Inland Empire Concessions Native’s World / AK Name Rings Marsalee’s Thai Food (noodle guy) Sweet Olive Tree / Sunglass King Arts Art / To Dye For Clothing Tassie’s World / Art to Suit You Creative Faces & Body Art Grandpa’s Pepperoni White’s Concessions Runa Arte The one stop sticker shop Suzies Toys Ali’l Hawaiian Shave Ice Elliston Creations w/Simply Annamazy / O’Houli’s Kettle Corn AG Swag / Tribal PD Traffic Security
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Button drawings held this week to win prizes
If you bought a Colorama button, which sold for $3 a piece at 30 businesses, then you are entered into raffle drawings being held this week to win various prizes. The drawings, held on the Facebook page of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, started on Monday and continue each night until Friday, with two to three drawings per night. The winners are then posted on the chamber’s website, grandcouleedam.org, and will be printed in next week’s issue of The Star, which comes out on May 12. If people don’t collect their prizes by Friday, May 14, there will be a redraw, and the new winners announced in the May 19 issue of The Star.
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Saturday morning Color Run starts at Banks Lake Park
The Colorama 5k Color Run starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Banks Lake Park, located right next to North Dam Park on the lake. There are 22 pre-registered runners for the event, and although it’s too late for preregistration, people will also be able to register the day of the event for $40 for an adult, and free for kids 12 and under. Pre-registering people get t-shirts, but t-shirts won’t be available for those registering the day of the run. Runners will get covered with colored powder throughout the entire run, at different color stations. The race is a 5k and lasts up to an hour, depending on the experience of the runner (or walker). Runners get a little color in the 2016 Colorama Color Run. — Star file photo
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Cowboy breakfast on Saturday, COVID restrictions permitting
Hungry folk who have worked up an appetite at the rodeo or carnival can build their strength back up with a “cowboy breakfast” on Saturday morning at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center located on Main Street in Grand Coulee.
Enjoy the festivities and remember
Held from 7:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, the breakfast will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, and your choice of German sausage or ham. And to wash it all down you can have coffee, tea, milk, or orange juice.
The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. The proceeds go to the senior center’s meals program, which helps feed area senior citizens. The breakfast depends on whether Grant County remains
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