In fact, the parade has had its share over its more than 100-year-history, like when in 1925, Ralph (Slim) Moorehouse and his 36-horse hitch of black Percherons strutted their stuff in the parade, and in 1926, when fire chief Cappy Smart led the parade on the back of an elephant.
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Gavin Young/PostmediaĪlong with the beloved tried-and-true traditions, those devoted parade fans also know that some years it can also be full of surprises. Gavin Young/Postmedia Korean dancers take part in the Calgary Stampede parade.
Gavin Young/Postmedia Kids decked out in western duds enjoy the Calgary Stampede parade. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ride in the Calgary Stampede parade. She’s been a regular parade spectator since 1961, to see the likes of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Kevin Costner, Amber Marshall, Man in Motion Rick Hansen and songstress Rita MacNeil lead the parade. “I just love it all.”Īlong with the pomp and pageantry, Stewart loves seeing the celebrities who show up each year to celebrate our western spirit of hospitality. “I like to watch everyone starting to show up, the excitement build,” she said. Stewart, a retired nurse, was there bright and early Friday morning, hours before the parade’s kickoff. People respect your spots, and everyone is peaceful.”
“I start feeling the parade spirit when I come back and see no one’s moved our chairs. “It’s why we come out every year, it’s all the things we love to see,” said Joey Stewart, who placed her chairs along the sidewalk the previous evening, to ensure she and her gang got their usual spot of the past decade. Gavin Young/Postmedia Front-row seat to immerse in Stampede parade’s spirit Gavin Young/Postmedia The WestJet float was photographed during the Calgary Stampede parade.
Gavin Young/Postmedia Members of the Nigerian Canadian Association take part in the Calgary Stampede parade. Western actors play for the crowd during the Calgary Stampede parade. Then, there’s the usual auditory banquet of marching bands from around the world and the visual splendour of about 4,000 people in colourful costumes joined by more than 200 horses, dozens of parade floats and scores of vehicles that include everything from vintage fire trucks and covered wagons, to cool convertibles and Shriners’ mini cars. This parade is a phenomenon that started in 1912, when impresario/cowboy Guy Weadick put on the first “greatest pageant of western types and western history” and drew a crowd of nearly 80,000 - 20,000 more than the population of Calgary at that time.
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You’ll always get the crowds of 300,000 or more - the 2012 centennial brought out an estimated 425,000 - with many of those having risen at the crack of dawn, or the night before, for a coveted sidewalk perch. What also makes it special is how you can rely, each July on the first Friday after Canada Day, on so many mainstays.Ĭanadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen leads the Stampede parade on Friday. The magical astronaut moment, for this not-so-jaded writer, is just one of the countless reasons the Calgary Stampede - the always over-the-top kickoff to the 10-day annual event - is so darn special. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “He knows what he’s doing, so all I have to do is hold on. “I met Cisco yesterday, he’s my horse and he’s been here before,” said a smiling Hansen when I asked him the ridiculous question if this latest mission, leading the Stampede Parade, had him feeling nervous. But I, too, was thrilled to come face-to-face with the warm, charming and immensely modest Jeremy Hansen, slated to be the first Canadian astronaut to venture to the moon, as a member of the Artemis II Mission in 2024. I’ve been reporting on the Stampede parade since 1998. When one of your friends, however, is a retired Calgary Herald columnist who’s been dusted off to write about the annual Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, some miracles can be pulled off.Īfter her tough 2022 - Helen and her husband fled wartorn Ukraine for a new life in Canada - I thought I might be able to pull a few strings to make her dream come true at her first Stampede parade. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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