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Dude Ranches, Rodeos and River City Round UpsCopyright © 2006-2008 Travel Alberta, All Rights ReservedWritten by: Travel Alberta It doesn't matter whether you are a true-blue rancher, or if you've booked a dude ranch vacation. You can grab onto western spirit and take a spin on the dance hall floor, roll a casino wheel or watch the top bucking bull and horse riders in the world take that famous eight-second whirlwind ride. The River City Round Up in Edmonton is a country festival that brings the farm to the city with the Canadian Finals Rodeo and Farmfair International for the week of Nov. 5 to 13. The entire city embraces the Canadian Finals Rodeo, as tourists can enjoy rodeo week sales, parties and festivities. City slickers and city workers alike get into the western swing of things in their jeans and hats. This year, River City Round Up is making it easy for you to become involved. All you have to do is wear your jeans, peruse the revised country-style menus at participating restaurants, enjoy country cabarets and take in a downtown barbeque or pancake breakfast at Fort Edmonton Park. If you're really ambitious, you can book yourself a horse ranch vacation. And that's before you even get to the rodeo. It's the western way. Dining Downtown, Western Style This year, festival organizers are bringing events downtown to help showcase rural and pioneer roots. For the 'dining in downtown' project, participating restaurants are offering a menu of western-themed specials for the duration of River City Round Up, catering to visiting rodeo and Farmfair tourists. It helps city residents get a flavor for the Wild West and introduces Alberta's famous western fare to international tourists. This country cuisine program varies from fine dining to funky neighborhood cafes. "We're really excited about this program. Edmonton people love to socialize with friends and colleagues in our great downtown restaurants," says River City Roundup Chairman Steve Graham. "By adding that western flavour to the menu and the food throughout the festival, we'll be involving and touching so many people with that little taste of country class." A series of three big country cabarets are planned at the Shaw Conference Centre, creating three nights of great stage shows, great dancing and great western-style socializing. The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the cabaret on Thursday, November 10 with bands POCO, Pure Prairie League, and One Horse Blue (special reunion performance). Cook County Saloon is sponsoring the cabarets on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12. If you've got a cowboy's appetite for a big breakfast, you're invited to a pancake breakfast the morning of Saturday, Nov. 12, at Fort Edmonton Park. The park is re-opening especially for River City Round-Up's event, providing that soon-to-be-famous authentic western setting for the festival's big family event. And, hey, it's good enough for the most famous actor in the world, Brad Pitt, who's shooting a new Western, The Outlaw Jesse James, in the city. Edmonton's Rockin' Rodeo Edmonton is known in Canada as The City of Champions because of its history of hosting sports events (like the annual West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Edmonton hosted this past summer) and boasting winning sports teams including the Edmonton Oilers. And the city has a renowned competitive spirit. So Canadian Finals Rodeo is right at home, because that's where the cowboys are coming for top bragging rights. Spectators at CFR can expect a new thrill each minute during the tightly-packed performances between Nov. 9 and 13, culminating with the crowning of Canadian champions in each event after the final performance. If you've never been to a rodeo, it promises non-stop action and quick-hit entertainment. It's all enough to make you want to book a getaway at the nearest dude ranch. With top-quality entertainment mixed with thrilling sporting action, Edmonton's rodeo caters to anyone who appreciates a fun night out. Feature entertainer Tomas Garcilazo drew rave reviews in 2004 for his rope and riding tricks perched atop his top-trained steeds. He'll be back again this year with new thrills. A Wild Pony Race will take centre stage for Saturday's matinee performance, featuring some of the region's toughest young cowboys and girls testing their strength against willful wild ponies. What's great about watching a rodeo is that there is never a lull in the show and these are high-performance athletes that lay it all on the line. "People new to rodeo don't understand how tough it is until they are there and see it live," says Northlands Park President Dale Leschiutta. "They can see the strength and the size of the roughstock, they can see the determination and skill it takes for those cowboys to do what they do. They always leave with much greater respect for the calibre of these athletes." And if western vacations are more to your liking, why not investigate some of the dude ranches in Alberta? You can see if you've got what it takes to turn your inner city slicker into the real deal. About The Author:
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