Show OGDEN PIONEER DAYS celebration ogden utah featuring the san francisco sheriffs mounted posse a outfit that played a star attraction at the 1940 golden gate espos expos exposition tion in california four nights of rodeo shows street parades and a mammoth historical pageant the ogden pioneer days celebration to be held july 2024 20 24 boasts the greatest array of talent of any summer sun lIner celebration this year in the intermountain country the posse riders and their costly cosily equipment will appear at the rodeo shows and in the street parades the troupe is considered by many to equal the performances of the world renown ed royal canadian mounted police whey when it comes to showy horses brilliant maneuvering eu and general demonstration of the riding skills the trail breakers telling in pantomime and song the stirring story of conquering frontiers from the atlantic to the pacific seaboards sea boards will bs be presented sunday night july 20 with a cast of thousands this feature is to be presented as part of the utah centennial celebrator cele braton in 1947 to acquaint visitors with the events leading up to the founding of the state by mormon pioneers still rated the big feature of the five day festival are the rodeo shows that will be held in the starlit municipal stadium professional cowboys standing within several points of each other for ratings with the rodeo association of america prizes prices will contest for a prize purse of in addition io 0 commercial awards rodeos no 1 announcer abe lefton and the top fight funnymen funnyman fun nymen of the business holmer holcomb and aasbo Flun kerson are guarantees there will never be a duil moment new specialty act performers are trixie mccormick a leading feminine star of the sport and william jefery and his craned cow horse chiquita other trick riders and ropers include monte montana and his riders dick griffith and berenice taylor the celebration atmosphere will be kept going in the downto downtown am district with two mammoth street parades in cluing at least 35 floats each depicting an outstanding event in the nations history between bet veen the arrival of columbus and the early nineteenth century the period covered by the carnival concessions and rides and special stunts sponsored by merchants are other attractions |