The Calgary Stampede

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Web: CalgaryStampede.com

Email: Visiting Bands Office

Mail:
Visiting Bands Committee
Calgary Stampede
Box 1060, Station M
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 2K8

Phone: 403-261-0341

Fax: 403-261-0342

If you are interested in entering your band in the Calgary Stampede events, request an application from Herb Twittey at the Visiting Bands Office.

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The Calgary Stampede holds one of the oldest parades in North America and gives marching bands the chance to perform in front of large, appreciative audiences. More than 350,000 spectators line the parade route and thousands more watch the television broadcast in Canada and around the world. Perhaps best of all, the Calgary Stampede awards $42,000 in prize money to marching bands competing in the parade and the indoor showband event. The Stampede is already billed as "The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth" and it promises to get even bigger and better as it builds toward its centennial in 2012.

The Calgary Stampede is much more than a parade. It is a ten-day, city-wide event that provides many opportunities for marching bands to experience Calgary's unique brand of western hospitality. The premier event for marching showbands is Showbands Live, an indoor competition held in the Pengrowth Saddledome which is the home of the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames. Showbands Live is adjudicated by an international panel of judges and also features guest performances from visiting professional bands as well as the Stampede's own Calgary Stampede Showband.

The Stampede organizing committee offers the following arrangements to ease the cost of travel for marching bands:

• Free gym style accommodation
• Free transportation to and from Stampede performance venues
• Breakfast performances which include a free meal for the band members
• Free admission to the Stampede for participating members to enjoy the entertainment on Stampede Park
• Inexpensive and wholesome meals during the band's stay
• Large amounts of prize money: $22,000 for the Calgary Stampede Parade and $20,000 for Showbands Live
• A personal Stampede Host who is available to assist with planning your visit to Calgary to make sure that it is both memorable and enjoyable.

SHOWBANDS LIVE
93.3 Chien Kuo High School Marching Band, Taipei, Taiwan
84.8 Calgary Stetson Showband, Calgary, AB
83.8 Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts, Calgary, AB
79.9 Red Deer Royals Marching Band, Red Deer, AB
76.3 Calgary Round Up Band, Calgary, AB

CALGARY STAMPEDE PARADE
Best Senior Band: Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts, Calgary, AB
Best Junior Band: Burnaby North Secondary School Marching Band, Burnaby, BC
Best Pipe Band: Calgary Police Service Pipe Band, Calgary, AB
Best Overall Band: Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts, Calgary, AB
Best Canadian Band: Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts, Calgary, AB
Best Band Auxiliary: Chien Kuo High School Marching Band, Taipei, Taiwan

Allegiance Elite Brass & Percussion Ensemble, Calgary, AB
Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts, Calgary, AB
Burnaby North Secondary Marching Band, Burnaby, BC
Calgary Fire Department Pipes & Drums, Calgary, AB
Calgary Highlanders Pipes & Drums, Calgary, AB
Calgary Police Service Pipe Band, Calgary, AB
Calgary Round-Up Band, Calgary, AB
Calgary Stampede Showband, Calgary, AB
Calgary Stetson Showband, Calgary, AB
Ceremonial Band of the Waterloo Regional Police, Waterloo, ON
Chein Kuo High School Marching Band, Taipei, Taiwan
Clan Maxwell Pipes & Drums, Calgary, AB
Cranbrook Girls Bugle Band, Cranbrook, BC
Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific, Victoria, BC
Red Deer Royals Marching Showband, Red Deer, AB
Royal Canadian Artillery Band, Edmonton, AB
The Salvation Army Glenmore Temple Band, Calgary, AB
Tian Guo Marching Band of Canada, Calgary, AB
Upper Hunter Showband, Australia

Your band's tour to Calgary can incorporate many attractions within the city and close by, such as:
• Enjoying an afternoon at the world famous rodeo.
• Watching the chuckwagon races followed by the evening stage show spectacular and fireworks finale.
• Whitewater rafting in the Rocky Mountains.
• Exploring Banff National Park.
• Visiting the Drumheller Dinosaur Museum.
• For additional activity ideas, visit www.CalgaryArea.com
• For details about Calgary Stampede activites, visit CalgaryStampede.com
• For ideas of what to do in the Calgary area, visit www.CalgaryArea.com

July 9-18, 2010
July 8-17, 2011
July 6-15, 2012

Web: csmarchingbands.calgarystampede.com

Email: Visiting Bands Office
Mail: Visiting Bands Committee, Calgary Stampede, Box 1060, Station M, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 2K8
Phone: 403-261-0341
Fax: 403-261-0342

If you are interested in entering your band in the Calgary Stampede events, please visit our website to get an application or request an application from Herb Twittey at the Visiting Bands Office.