AUGUST DOIN'S 2011
Photo by Gazette Photographer Bill Huddleston
It’s August Doin’s week, and the World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo is 127 years old this year. Festivities take place from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21.
RODEO
Rodeo performances start at 7 p.m. Friday and continue at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday night and 1 p.m. Sunday. Gates open two hours prior to the performances.
Friday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink night, which raises funds for local breast cancer support groups.
Saturday evening is the Patriot Performance, honoring returning, fallen and wounded veterans.
Sunday is Family Day.
Photo by Gazette Photographer Bill Huddleston
PARADE
The three-day rodeo festivities include the 2011 August Doin’s Rodeo Parade, themed “Western Leather and Lace.” It will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 on Historic Main Street in Payson.
Photo by Gazette Correspondent Mitzi Brabb
The parade features the famous APS clowns, rodeo queens and their courts, Ronald McDonald, the Payson High School Band, local floats, riders, first responder teams and many other great entries from all over Arizona.
Photo by Gazette Correspondent Mitzi Brabb
The parade will proceed east from Green Valley Park to Sawmill Crossing.
Announcers along the route will be Fred Carpenter at the Community Presbyterian Church, Eddie Armer at the Senior Center and Michael Rose at the Pine Country Animal Clinic.
PARTY AND DANCE
The annual party and dance will be held Friday and Saturday at the Payson Event Center featuring the Western Fusion Band. Music begins at 9 p.m. each night and there is a $5 cover charge, which begins at 8 p.m.
For more information, call (928) 474-9440 or go online to www.paysonrimcountry.com/
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