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Another Mother Lode Round-Up is heading our
way!
Now in its 51st year, the Round-Up has been
the Mother Lode's premiere annual event and features more than a week
of family fun and celebration, Gold Country-style, paying tribute to
our western heritage.
Wednesday, May 7, is the Tuolumne County Band
Review. The downbeat starts at 6 p.m. at Sonora High School's Dunlavy
Field. This is an opportunity for area residents to see and hear all
the local school bands that will march in the big parade Saturday,
May 10. We'd be amiss if we didn't mention the renowned Calcutta event
at the Sheriff's Posse Grounds in Jamestown that takes place Thursday,
May 8, and a Cowboy Christian concert Friday, May 9 at the Mother Lode
Fairgrounds.
The world famous Mother Lode Round-Up Parade
kicks off in Downtown Sonora at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, and will
feature nearly 200 parade entries marching, trotting and rolling down
the entire length of Washington Street. As usual, thousands of spectators
can be expected, lining the street to watch and cheer. What a parade
it is! Each year seems to get bigger and better.
And if that isn't enough on Saturday, the
parade crowd heads over to the fairgrounds for the first day of a weekend
filled with bull riding and steer wrestling rodeo action. The day will
be topped off with a dance in the evening, also at the fairgrounds.
Mother's Day Sunday is always special at the
Round-Up. A Mother's Day breakfast starts things off at the fairgrounds
celebrating this year's Mother Lode Round-Up Mother of the Year. After
a Cowboy Church service with Coy Huffman puts the
day in perspective, it's time to cowboy-up and rodeo once more; a fitting
conclusion to the year's grand event.
Tickets for events can be purchased from the three 2008 Motherlode Round Up Queen contestants: Nikki Boyer, Jessica Haynie, or Jessica Daisy Hedges, or from local participating businesses.
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