Our friends, Marian and Lloyd Grandy, have spent most of their lives in British Columbia. Marian's dad was an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - yup, a Mountie. So when she found out that the RCMP Musical Ride was appearing at the provincial fair (think state fair) for the first time in more than ten years, we had to attend.
So what the heck is the RCMP Musical Ride???? Sounds like a sing-a-long you might strap yourself into. It turns out that the RCMP has a special detail of around 30 riders and their mounts (a much coveted two-year assignment) that performs intricate maneuvers in a program set to rousing music. They travel throughout Canada and the U.S. - we even heard from one of the mounties that they're scheduled to perform at the 2010 State Fair of Texas, our own hometown expo held annually in Dallas.
Hundreds of thousands of BCers attend the PNE each year. We took our place in line for tickets at the fairgrounds near downtown. We skipped the midway, but we hit all the demos and exhibits and food stands and stock barns. We even entered a sweepstakes for a new house, so who knows, we could end up living in BC next year - NOT!
We finished up with close-up seats for the "Ride" and thoroughly enjoyed watching the mounties skilled demonstration - sometimes like
well organized chaos.
Our friends, Marian and Lloyd Grandy, have spent most of their lives in British Columbia. Marian's dad was an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - yup, a Mountie. So when she found out that the RCMP Musical Ride was appearing at the provincial fair (think state fair) for the first time in more than ten years, we had to attend.
So what the heck is the RCMP Musical Ride???? Sounds like a sing-a-long you might strap yourself into. It turns out that the RCMP has a special detail of around 30 riders and their mounts (a much coveted two-year assignment) that performs intricate maneuvers in a program set to rousing music. They travel throughout Canada and the U.S. - we even heard from one of the mounties that they're scheduled to perform at the 2010 State Fair of Texas, our own hometown expo held annually in Dallas.
Hundreds of thousands of BCers attend the PNE each year. We took our place in line for tickets at the fairgrounds near downtown. We skipped the midway, but we hit all the demos and exhibits and food stands and stock barns. We even entered a sweepstakes for a new house, so who knows, we could end up living in BC next year - NOT!
We finished up with close-up seats for the "Ride" and thoroughly enjoyed watching the mounties skilled demonstration - sometimes like well organized chaos.
I bet you had a much better time than you would have had at the midway! Sounds great! Would have loved to see the parade of mounted mounties!
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