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News Advertiser
JULY 17, 2019
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Lamont Summer Sizzler Rodeo Emily Mailhot Reporter – Vegreville News Advertiser This year’s Straightline Summer Sizzler Rodeo from July 13-14 in Lamont offered a little of something for the entire
family with everything from children’s rodeo competitions to an LRA, WRA, and Foothills Cowboy Association-sanctioned professional rodeo, to the fanfavourite combine crunch.
Saturday’s events kicked off with the Kids Fun Rodeo, which featured events such as calf roping, mutton busting, safety chuck wagon racing, and a stick horse race. A lucky 32 kids were able to compete, with a long waitlist besides. Children were able to enjoy the Kids
Fun Zone activities such as a petting zoo, sand pit, birdhouse making with Lamont Fish and Game, Lamont and District FCSS games, face painting with the Alliance Church, and more. The events proceeded with a free pancake breakfast, marketplace activities, the opening of the beer gardens, and a rodeo Pre-Show. Rodeo performances proceeded with the tri-sanctioned rodeo starting from 2 pm. Saturday’s activities proceeded with a soldout steak supper, entertainment in the beer gardens, and the Combine Crunch before proceeding to the Dance in the Dirt with musician Trevor Panczak, who also starred at the Bullorama one year prior. The Combine Crunch Activities, long-anticipated by the competitors and spectators alike, featured eight old combines of questionable fortitude, who had, as one guest put it, “certainly lived their whole lives with the hope of acting as derby cars.” A Calcutta Bid in each combine for a chance to take home
