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2012 Wild West WinterFest Schedule
February 18-19
Subject to Change

Admission:  $5/day, kids 10 & under free


Event
Day
Time
Location
EVENTS HAPPENING BEFORE WINTERFEST BEGINS
Sat/Jan 28
9:30am
Twisted Spur Arena
Sun/Jan 29
9:30am
Gallatin County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena
Sat/Feb 4
9:30am
Saddle Peak Equestrian Center
Sun/Feb 5
9:30am
MSU Bob Miller Pavilion
Quilt Show Registration - Bring quilts in
Feel free to bring them to the Fairgrounds Office earlier if you have Valentines Day plans.
Tue/Feb 14
3pm-7pm
Exhibit Building 3
Thu/Feb 16
TBA
Haynes Pavilion
WWW Set up day
Fri/Feb 17
All Day
Fairgrounds
Gallatin Fairgrounds Foundation Annual Dinner & Meeting - Advanced Tickets only - $25 Available at Holiday Inn, Fairgrounds Office & Bozeman Saddle Outlet
Fri/Feb 17
5:30pm
Holiday Inn
EVENTS HAPPENING EVERY DAY OF WINTERFEST
Every Day
All Day
Haynes Pavilion
Commercial Exhibitor Booths "Frontier Mercantile"
Every Day
Sat 10am-8pm
Sun 10am-4pm
Exhibit Building 2
Food Vendors
Every Day
All Day - may have different hours depending on location
Exhibit Building 1 & 4, Indoor Arena, Midway Area
Lake Minnebaha Outdoor Skating (weather permitting)
Skate Rentals $5 Fri 6-9pm & Sat 1-9pm
Every Day
All Day
West of the Haynes Pavilion

Every Day
Sat 11am-7pm
Sun 9am-4pm
Livestock Barn 2
Old McLien's Farm Barn Presented by Murdochs
Every Day
Sat 9am-8pm
Sun 9am-4pm
Livestock Barn 2
Every Day
Sat 10am-8pm
Sun 10am-4pm
Exhibit Building 3
(see detailed schedule below) Presented by Murdochs
Every Day
Sat 10am-8pm
Sun 10am-4pm
Exhibit Building 3
Bridger Mountain Men Winter Encampment
Every Day
Sat 9am-8pm
Sun 9am-4pm
Midway
Gallatin Valley Model Railroad Club
Running HO gauge trains
Every Day       
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-4pm
Midway Office
NEVADA CITY LIVING HISTORY—DAILY PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
First Person Interpreters—Exhibit Building 3
(Building Hours:  Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-4pm)
Presented by Murdochs
Vigilante activities in early Montana by Captain James Williams, Vigilante Executive Officer
11:00am
Frontier Gambling by William Palmer, Frontier Gambler
11:25am
Rocky Shoals, period song vocal group featured in Nevada City 4th of July celebration and other events.
12:30pm
The Story of Jack Slade by Bob Simpson
1:00pm
The Story of Virginia Slade by Cindy Westbroek
1:25pm
Women of the Bozeman Trail by Jacqui Marotta
1:55pm
Fundraiser auction—period goods, old fashioned pies and baked goods.
2:30pm
The Story of Anton Holter, Frontier Lumberman
3:30pm
The Story of Sheriff Henry Plummer by Sterling Schmidt
4:00pm
The Native American View on the Bozeman Trail by Glory Blue Earth-Highley
4:20pm
The Story of Captain James Liberty Fisk by Will Abbot
4:45pm
Rocky Shoals, period song vocal group
5:00pm
Nevada City Living History—Victorian Dance demonstration by James Dalton
5:30pm
There will also be demonstrations of the following:  gunsmithing, period weapons, rag rugs, general store/trading post, sewing, spinning, quilting, baked goods and Criterian Hall Saloon with Faro, Bragg & Grand Hazard card demonstrations.
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EVENTS HAPPENING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH
Sheriff’s Posse Food Concession opens for Breakfast 
7am
Indoor Arena
8am
Rabbit & Poultry Barn
Wild West Café Breakfast by Rocky Mtn Concessions  
8am-8pm
Exhibit Building 4
Youth Rabbit Show-Sponsored by Gallatin County 4-H
9am-12:30pm
Rabbit & Poultry Barn
CHILI COOK-OFF  Presented by Ressler Toyota of Bozeman
9am-2pm
Exhibit Building 1
Old McLien's Farm Barn Presented by Murdochs
& Miniature Horse Rides
9am-8pm
Livestock Barn 2
CATTLE SORTING CONTEST  Presented by McDonalds, Sponsored by Circle L Arena                                          Cancelled
9:30am-10:30am
Indoor Arena
Horseshoeing Clinic by Jeff Hampton-MPHA Winter Forging Jackpot Judge Presented by RDO Equipment
9:30-11am
Sheep Barn
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
10am-3pm
Loading South of Exhibit Building 1 with stops at the Sheep Barn and Outdoor Arena
Blue Moose Food Concessions  
10am-10pm
Exhibit Building 1
Frontier Mercantile
10am-8pm
Exhibit Building 2 & Midway
(See detailed schedule above) Presented by Murdochs
10am-8pm
Exhibit Building 3

Gallatin Valley Model Railroad Club
10am-6pm
Midway Office
Paws & People - Canine Good Citizen Testing
10am-1pm
Hog Arena
10am-12:30pm
Rabbit & Poultry Barn
11am-7pm
Livestock Barn 2
Music by Fiddle Dundee
11am-12pm
Exhibit Building 1
DOWN ON THE FARM DEMONSTRATIONS
11am-5pm
Livestock Barn 2
       Dressing Up Your Cow (Cattle Fitting), Sydney Greenslade, Lima FFA
        FFA—Back to the Future, Stephen Herriott, Lima FFA      
        Horse Exhibition, Shelby Martinell, Lima FFA    
        Chickens, Betsy Heckel  
        All About 4-H, Danica Jamison, 4-H Agent        
        Goats, Dan Holland       
        Ag Fun Facts #1, Belgrade FFA
        All About FFA, Kim Gallagher-Belgrade FFA Leader        
        Ag Fun Facts #2, Belgrade FFA   
        Feeds & Feeding Your Stock, Christopher Sutton, Lima FFA        
        Fowl Up in the Backyard, Sam Congdon, Lima FFA  
        Ag Fun Facts #3, Belgrade FFA   
        Ag Fun Facts #4, Belgrade FFA
11am
11:30am
12pm
12:30pm
1pm
1:30pm
2pm
2:30pm
3pm
3:30pm
4pm
4:30pm
5pm
11:30am-3:30pm
Livestock Barn 1
11:30am-1pm
Indoor Arena
Presented by Ressler Toyota of Bozeman
12pm-until gone
Exhibit Building 1
The Pour House People Barn
12pm-close
Exhibit Building 4
Music by Tom Kirwan
12:15-1pm
Exhibit Building 1
ALL BREED HORSE SALE Managed by Headwaters Livestock
1-4:30pm
Indoor Arena
WESTERN REGIONAL SKIJORING Cancelled due to lack of snow
1pm-?
Warm Up Arena
Chili Cook-Off - Jalapeno Pepper Eating Contest & Chili Judging
1pm
Exhibit Building 1
MPHA Winter Forging Jackpot (Blacksmithing Contest) Presented by RDO Equipment
1-4pm
Sheep Barn
1-2pm
Sales Pavilion
Beer Pong Tournament    
1pm–close
Bldg #4-Pour House People Barn
Music by Fiddle Dundee
1:15-2:15pm
Exhibit Building 1
1:30-2:30pm 
Rabbit & Poultry Barn
Paws & People-Mini Tricks Class
1:30-2pm 
Hog Arena
2-2:15pm
Exhibit Building 1
Dog Agility – Canines & Cans Prelims
2:30-3:30pm
Livestock Barn 1
Paws & People-Mini Freestyle Class
2:30-3pm
Hog Arena
3-4pm
Sale Pavilion
Paws & People—Treibball Demonstration  
3:30-4:30pm 
Hog Arena
4:30-6pm                    
Rabbit & Poultry Barn
TRAIL HORSE BATTLE Presented by Murdochs
6-7pm
Indoor Arena
7-7:30pm
Indoor Arena
BAHA Winter Classic Hockey Tournament - Special Expo Game - Bozeman Stingers vs. New York St. Nicks (an elite adult "checking" team founded in 1896 coming all the way from NYC.
8pm
Haynes Pavilion
BOOTLEGGERS BALL WITH MUSIC BY THE DIRTY SHAME
Adult beverages served by The Pour House
8:30pm            
Exhibit Building 1
EVENTS HAPPENING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH
Sheriff’s Posse Food Concession opens for Breakfast 
7am
Indoor Arena
Working Horse & Driver Contestant Check-In
7:30-8am
Indoor Arena
Working Horse & Driver MANDATORY Contestant Meeting
8-8:30am
Indoor Arena
Wild West Café Breakfast by Rocky Mtn Concessions
8am-4pm
Bldg #4
(intermission 11:30-12:15pm for stock dogs demo)
8:30am-4:30pm
Indoor Arena
Old McLien's Farm Barn Presented by Murdochs
& Miniature Horse Rides
9am-4pm
Livestock Barn 2
9am-4pm
Livestock Barn 2
Enjoy some Cowboy Coffee before Church 
9:30-10am
Sale Pavilion
COWBOY CHURCH – A Nondenominational Service with Clark Mueller of Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
10-11am
Sale Pavilion
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
10am-3pm
Loading South of Exhibit Building 1 with stops at the Sheep Barn and Outdoor Arena
Paws & People-Mini Handling Class
10–11am
Hog Arena
(See detailed schedule above) Presented by Murdochs
10am-4pm
Exhibit Building 3

Blue Moose Food Concessions
10am-4pm
Bldg #1
Frontier Mercantile
10am-4pm
Bldg #2 & Midway  
Gallatin Valley Model Railroad Club
10am-4pm
Midway Office
11-1pm
Midway Area
Doxie Derby Entries Taken 
11am-12pm
Bldg #1
Paws & People - Mini Tricks Demonstration
11:30–12pm
Hog Arena
Stock Dog Demonstration
(As Intermission for Working Horse & Driver Contest)
11:30am-12:15pm
Indoor Arena
DOWN ON THE FARM DEMONSTRATIONS
12pm-3:00pm
Livestock Barn 2
        Feeds & Feeding Your Stock, Christopher Sutton, Lima FFA        
        Fowl Up in the Backyard, Sam Congdon, Lima FFA  
        Ag Fun Facts #1, Belgrade FFA   
        Ag Fun Facts #2, Belgrade FFA   
        Dressing Up Your Cow (Cattle Fitting), Sydney Greenslade, Lima FFA      
        FFA—Back to the Future, Stephen Herriott, Lima FFA      
        Horse Exhibition, Shelby Martinell, Lima FFA
12pm
12:30pm
1pm
1:30pm
2pm
2:30pm
3pm
The Pour House People Barn
12pm-close
Exhibit Building 4
12-1:30pm
Bldg #1
12-1pm
Bldg #1
Paws & People – Puppy Parade  
12:30–1pm 
Hog Arena
1-4pm
Midway Area
WESTERN REGIONAL SKIJORING Cancelled due to lack of snow
1pm
Warm Up Arena
Paws & People – Clicker Mini Demonstration
1:30–2:30pm
Hog Arena
A western musical melodrama.
2pm-3pm
Exhibit Building 1
Paws & People – Mini Tricks Class  
3-4pm
Hog Arena
BAHA Winter Classic Adult Hockey Tournament Schedule
All games played in the Haynes Pavilion.
Sat. 8PM     Special Expo Game Bozeman Stingers vs. New York St. Nicks
…an elite adult (checking) team founded in 1896 coming all the way from NYC.



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