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Show on the nearby tennis courts. All of this was but a prelude pre-lude to the Grand Finale THE GREAT WESTERN ARTS FESTIVAL RODEO the following week the 'final exam" of the four-week four-week event. The town of Oakley -reknown for its enthusiasm for rodeos played host to Stake members and neighbors neigh-bors alike, as colorfully costumed girls ridingspirit-ed ridingspirit-ed mounts presented the colors to open the evening's activities. Livestock, gen- Western Arts Festival Fine erously donated for the occasion oc-casion by well-wishing local ranchers, pawed at the chutes as youthful riders-many riders-many of them entering a rodeo arena for the first time listened carefully to last minute instructions from their advisors. When it was all over, a . good many calves had felt the bite of a lasso, and a handful hand-ful of broncs and bulls knew they had met their match; a shouting and enthusiastic audience had had their thrills and their anxious moments, mom-ents, and more than a few parents felt a new pride as son or daughter drew appreciated ap-preciated applause. There would be a lot of sore muscles the next morning, although not a single injury marred the evening, and a goodly number of would-be "cowboys & gals" would go home standing just a little taller. But more than anything any-thing else, the Aaronic Priesthood 'Youth' of the Kamas Stake have the satis-f satis-f act ion that comes with knowing . . . they did it themselves! Needless to say, plans for FESTIVAL 1975 are already underway! By Al Cooper Just what can happen when Aaronic Priesthood-age youth decide to "take the bull by the horns" was dramaticallyand dramat-icallyand literally demonstrated dem-onstrated recently in the Kamas Utah Stake. When young people began asking for more outdoor-oriented outdoor-oriented activities, their advisors ad-visors listened, and began planning. The results: a month-long WESTERN ARTS FESTIVAL involving the Kamas Stake's MIA youth, their leaders, adult advisors and an impressive im-pressive number of interested interest-ed community representatives. represent-atives. The high mountain valleys of South Summit County shelter a unique blend of the "old west", where a good cow pony is still an everyday necessity, and the quicker pace of change fostered by the area's booming recreation recrea-tion attractions. But for the one hundred young people and advisors who worked and played together to-gether to make this first WESTERN ARTS FESTIVAL a reality ... the "old west" lives again. With qualified "Training advisors" selected from among area residents, participants par-ticipants in the four-week Festival were able to sign up for special instruction in Leathercraft, Photography, Outdoor Cooking, Guitar and Square Dancing, as well as Rodeo activities which included in-cluded Barrel Racing and Goat Tying for the girls, and Bareback competition, . Bull Riding and Calf Roping for the boys. At the conclusion of the third week's classes, participants par-ticipants were treated to an old-fashioned Beef Barbecue demonstrating the new-found culinary skills of the Cooking Cook-ing class. Iron 'Dutch Ovens" were dragged from beds of glowing coals, while the Square Dancers went through their doe-see-does |