There are family oriented activities the whole week long.
Thursday night is the first night of the Rodeo, which boasts itself to be the "World Famous" Lehi Round-up Rodeo. So I am sure you have heard of it, right?
Thursday night, at 6, there is a stock parade that winds through town, where pretty much anyone owning a horse, hat, and dinner-plate sized belt buckle can ride their horse downtown.
Someone a few years back thought it would make them more popular to throw tootsie rolls at the crowd as they trotted by. So now, a good majority of the horse riders throw some type of candy.
The kids love it, me, not so much.
Maybe it is because I find myself constantly scanning the road "Mikayla, DO NOT pick the laffy taffy out of that steaming turd!" Horses. Horse poop. Candy.
Brilliant!
The best part of the whole poop parade is the street sweeper, that cleans all the turds up. My kids are fascinated! And really, I think it is the only time the city is able to justify the expense of what that thing must have cost to purchase.
Then the World Famous rodeo begins. It runs for three nights. We can hear it, all three nights from our front porch.
"....Lehi, Utah, are you ready for the buuuuull riiiiides?!!"
Friday night, and Saturday morning we have a parade. There are floats, and bands, and miscellaneous sequined-clad "Royalty." Rodeo royalty in lime green wranglers and pearl button shirts to match. Our city, and adjoining city royalties in flowing gowns and hairspray crusted bouffants. All waving that elbow-elbow, wrist-wrist patented parade wave. I think I feel the worst for "Miss Onion Days." Not the best title to win.
Today is a sort-of fair in the park. The kids love it! We are heading out here in a minute to take it all in. And possibly see everyone we went to high school with toting their kids around too. We will eat cotton candy, and hot-dogs sold by local baseball teams. The Future Farmers of America from the high school will have a petting zoo for the kids, and maybe pony rides...you know, to train the next generation for the poop parade.
You gotta love small towns.
2 comments:
Um, hello. I am totally offended. I was the 1986 Fayette County Fair Queen and had that bouffant hairdo, flowing dress, and rode in about 30 parades that year. (my poor Dad, lol) I passed out hog judging trophies, wore my glitter-letter sash to the beer barn, and was hit on by drunk carnival workers at every corner. Oh yes...it was glamour. I can't believe you'd make fun of THAT.
:oP
Jennifer
(and that dinner plate belt buckle comment made me guffaw aloud)
ah, small towns. My hometown had the National Old Time Fiddle Contest, which actually was a national contest and a bit of deal among fiddle circles. which means that about 500 people in the entire US other than residents of the town had actually heard of it. ;)
oh and we could hear the rodeo from our house too.
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