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The Calgary Stampede unveiled the 2021 Stampede Poster, showing Katari Right Hand, a 17-year-old fancy dancer from the Siksika First Nation, in Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh June 09, 2021 - 8:14 AM
CALGARY - There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won t include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city s downtown streets.
Stampede officials announced Wednesday that the parade, set for July 9, will be virtual and will still include floats, marching bands and riders travelling through the Stampede grounds to kick off of the 10-day world-renowned rodeo and fair.
The parade will be broadcast on Global television.
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CALGARY The 2021 Calgary Stampede Parade will follow a different route and not be open to spectators thanks to the ongoing pandemic, but will still feature some familiar traditions. The parade to kick off the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth usually attracts hundreds of thousands of Stampede-goers along its downtown route, and organizers are hoping that will happen again, albeit virtually. The parade will still feature the popular floats, marching bands and mounted riders, but rather than travelling through downtown on July 9, this year s parade will be held at Stampede Park before the grounds open to the public. Katari Right Hand from the Siksika First Nation, who is featured on this year s Stampede poster, has been chosen as the 2021 Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal.
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While such major international summer events such as the Tokyo Olympics are in danger of being postponed again this year due to COVID-19, in Canada the event that bills itself as the ‘greatest outdoor show on Earth’ is looking into how a revised version may be held this summer.
Canada’s Calgary Stampede is one of the biggest annual events in Canada and indeed in all North America.
The winning poster design for the (hopefully) 2021 edition of the Calgary Stampede. The design was created by 22-year-old Calgary artist Lexi Hilderman, and features a young Indigenous dancer with rainbow ribbons flowing from her regalia, inspired by the image of Katari Righthand from the Siksika First Nation. Hilderman says it’s meant to symbolize the passing of the storm and recognize resiliency and optimism. (Calgary Stampede)
Photo of artist Lexi Hilderman. // Photo courtesy of Lexi Hilderman.
Artist Lexi Hilderman on hope, new beginnings and what inspired her to create the new 2021 Stampede poster
Since the Calgary Stampede was officially cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time in its over 100-year existence Calgarians have been patiently waiting for the return of their beloved historical celebration. Part of this historical celebration is the creation of an annual Stampede poster. Originally intended as a way to advertise for the event, as well as to showcase the best of Western art, the Stampede poster has become central to the theme of the Stampede and a way to promote the excitement around a worldwide event.