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Whitby Free Press, 9 Sep 1981, p. 12

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PAGE 12, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 198 1 ,WHITBY FREE PRESS Spedial eventa pkmnned.. Sep tember 8to 13 The cowboy rMing his Residents of Whitby September 12 and 13. on Brock Street horse on the lonesome wîll get a chance to live In fact, the entire The chambei plain is a fantasy that is a littie of that dream week of September 8 to hiring a weste probably shared by when the rodeo cornes to 13 will be proclaimed and the stage ai everyone. town on the weekend of "Rodeo Week" through- tables will be out the town and special events have been plan- ned. Aside from the rodeo itself, the highlight of the week will be a street dance hosted by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce on the Friday night. The dance will start at 7 p.m. in thc parking lot of the Dominion Plaza SPECIAL RODEO PULL-OUT si".",TlOb~ 'Ro-deo -tSouth. er will be tern band and picnic provided Dy the Wnitby arics and Recreation Depart- ment. The dance will also have a mechanical bull, provided by the Corral Restaurant, Oshawa, for those who want to find out what it is like to ride the bucking bull. The Whitby Rotary Club will have their mobile unit on the scene to provide a flapjack dinner for thc dancers at a minimal cost, However, admission to the dance itself is free. Throughout the week, Uic chamber will try to instili cowboy fever in local residents especially those shop- ping downtown. Anyone found without a cowboy hat on their head in the downtown area that week will be thrown into the stockade for a couple of minutes. Weelk' The town is also hoping to put up a portable jail in which to hold the most serious offenders. Hopefully the entire downtown will have a western air about it throughouit the week with merchants display- ing western apparcîl. The Chamber of Commerce will also be having a children's coloring contest that week. The entries will be distributed through the public schools and the winners will receive- complirnentary family tickets to Uic rodeo per- formances. The Parks and Recre- ation Department will be sponsoring a rodeo flea market beginning at 10 a.m. on the Satur- day (Septemnber 12) at the north-east corner of the Iroquois Park Com- plex. This event will feature a beer tent sponsored by the Big Brothers Asso- ciation, the Rotary Club's commissary and the mechanical bull as well as the sale of western wear. However, the high- light of the week will be the performances of the High Country Rodeo on September 12 and 13 at 2 p.m. on the grounds of Iroquois Park. The rodeo will corne to Whitby after finishing a stint at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). The rodeo itself will feature over 100 horses, ladies barrel racing, bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, caîf roping, bull riding, trick riding, trick roping, clown acts and much more. The cowboys of the rodeo will also be making appearances downtown throughout the week leading up to the rodeo itself. Latest information shows that tickets for the event are $5 -for adults and .$3 for children and senior citi- zens. For more information about the event contact the Parks and Recrea- tion Department at 668- 7765. MAKE-UP APPLICATIONS FREE * *with.S25 or more purchase ýincludes individual makeup charts & colours to co-ordinate with your wardrobe) OTHER SERVICES " BODY WRAPS " NAIL TIPS " HAIR REMOVAL BY WAXING SOFT PERMS $2O plus cut &style A4~/185 Brock St. N., Whitbv C~all1 today for an appointment6668.3892. k £ -s38 " FACIALS " MANICURES " PEDICURES "0--RMU- - 1 -1- - - - --, - - - -"W -- quum" . .........

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