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Karissa Duquette, receptionist at the CPRA Office in Airdrie. “It’s kind of the dream job, I guess you could say. I’ve been so interested in rodeo my entire life. A real highlight of this job was it’s more of the back side of things. I never saw this as a competitor: I was never a […]

It’s been interesting being a woman raising bucking horses, because when I started doing this, there was just me. It’s not a normal thing for us to do. I just fell into it because of the family and because you have to do something with horses like this. And of course, the family’s been involved

I was born into rodeo. For the girls, it was all the background work that kept the machine going, right?…..We had to iron our brother’s clothes perfectly. We had to babysit their kids when they were gone. We had to cook for them when they came home and their friends, whoever they brought home….I had

I expect you are all wondering what the heck is going on! I have been working my way through each of the interviews very carefully and choosing excerpts to support the essential parts of the film. Next steps will be the very creative parts. That requires long walks in the woods and deep thinking. LOL.

I just want to give a bit of an update on the progress towards our film. I have spent a lot of time this fall (so far) listening to the amazing women I interviewed in the summer of 2022 — first in and around the Falkland Stampede and then over to Sundre and women around

I had the honour ad pleasure of interviewing Elda for the film in the summer of 2022. Her daughter Donna posted the following on September 14, 2023 This lady left us last night just after 11pm at the young age of 84. She waited til she had heard from all of us and we were

Brenda Vold and Karry Krytal: CFR timers working with college rodeo timer, Stephanie Mather Moore.

The next award winning Rodeo Woman is Monica Wilson. Into the Cowboy Hall of Fame!! I stopped by Cardston for a visit and a casual snapshot of her with her latest accomplishment. And a couple of jars of apple sauce, fresh made from her tree>

On my way back to the east, I stopped by my sister’s near Waterton Park. Got to ride out with my good friend Jenika from the Alpine Stables in the park.

First came Trish Jones, one of the rodeo women who has worked behind the scenes forever, it sometimes seems. A “Legend of Rodeo” trophy buckle from the committee. A fabulous recognition of her recent work with the Czar Lake Bullarama and all of what she had done.