This weekend in the Sunshine Stampede in Ft Lauderdale. The Florida Gay Rodeo Association is hosting the event at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie. The event will draw participants from across the country and local residents.
Scandals the C&W bar in town is the host bar. They will be having specials for the weekends. Shuttles will be provided from two bars and the host hotels to the rodeo grounds. The Saturday Night festivities will include the group Expose, a flash from the past.
The competitions will start on Saturday morning and continue through Sunday afternoon. There will be some campy events like dressing up small barnyard animals in drag. But there will many of the typical rodeo events also, bull riding, barrel racing, etc. So there will be REAL cowboys in attendance.
My favorite watering hole will have a country theme. Last year there were hay bales in the parking lot and parking spaces blocked off with a split rail fence. The only downfall is there will be plastic cups at the bars since the crowd will be so big. It will be a fun weekend of cowboys and cowgirls, in tight jeans wandering around the various bars.
There was also a gay country western themed cruise that departed last weekend and will be back on Saturday morning in time for the opening ceremonies. Cowboys in tight jeans and real cowboy hats, how much closer to Brokeback Mountain can a city slicker gay man get? It is a little too late to book flights and hotel for this year, but Damron Vacations can help with next years plans. The agents are very familiar with the area since Damron Vacations is based in Ft Lauderdale(yes, I know I am lucky). So start taking those line dance and 2 step lesson and prepare for next years rodeo, maybe you can find a bronking buck for the night.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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