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[ 10th Anniversary ] [ Saddle of Independence ] [ Jon Crane Prints ] [ 2003 Style Show ] [ 2003 Commemorative Print ] [ 2003 Stockmans Auction ] [ 2003 Cowboy Heritage IX ] [ 45th Anniversary Winchester Rifle ] [ 2003 High School Rodeo ] [ 2003 Scholarship Winners ] [ Art of the New West ]
FOUNDATION BUSINESS
Preserving The Legacy. Investing In The Future:
BHSS Foundation Marks 10 Years of Progress As it marks its 10th year, the Black Hills Stock Show
Foundation is many things to many people. First and foremost, it represents the history of cattlemen, who over 60 years
ago, seeing what had been created in this region of ranching, comparing it to
other parts of the country, said to themselves and others, ‘We have a story to
tell, right here at home. And so it began.
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SADDLE OF INDEPENDENCE
Portraiture of Saddle of Independence Premieres During 45th Anniversary
Stock Show:
As scrapbooks go, it’s nothing fancy. But inside is a
real treasurer; page after page with hundreds of written messages from all over
the world, people from all walks of life, from kids to grandparents to visiting
dignitaries. All moved by the story of a saddle built to honor the American people and
their President. Was it the mystique of a cowboy’s saddle that drew them by
the thousands to gather around the display at Mount Rushmore; to reach out and
touch the tooled leather engraved in intricate relief of 383 acorns and 431 oak
leaves; or the story it told of hardship and loss?
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FUNDRAISERS
Jon Crane Print Series Offered: Farm
Credit Helps BHSS Foundation Hold Silent Auction Silence
is golden. At least Farm Credit Services of America and the Black Hills
Stock Show Foundation hopes so....“The Foundation is always
looking for ways to raise money for youth scholarship and grant programs
that help so many,” he says. “So when I knew there was a set of Jon
Crane prints available to a new home, I started to make some phone
calls.” Thanks to his efforts and the generosity of Farm Credit (a
long-time supporter of the Foundation) people attending Stock Show will
have the opportunity to bid on this hard-to-find set throughout the week.
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How The West Is Worn:
There’s More to the Western Look Than Being a Cowboy
Whether you hold to the fashion philosophies of a Beau
Brummel or a Mae West, what you wear and how you wear it presents the most
visual statement of self. And it’s a surprisingly short trip from Rodeo Drive in Hollywood to say,
Vintage Cowboy in Hill City. You can’t get much more country than the
collections seen strolling down high fashion ramps ‘round the world these
days. But you don’t have to blow your trust fund trying to look as if you’ve
experienced baling hay.
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“The Clown Jewels”:
BHSS Foundation Offers Original, Limited Edition Art At Auction:
To some, it’s all about heart. For others, it’s the urge
to ‘show off’, just like when they were kids. Or that adrenalin rush you get when you’re about to do something just this
side of dangerous. Or crazy. Whatever ‘it’ is, it’s as much of the makeup of the rodeo arena
bullfighter as the makeup they paint their faces with. And they are as varied in
their inner makeup as colors in the rainbow. But they all have one thing in common; a love of rodeo.
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Art & The Cowboy:
BHSS Foundation Brings Both To Stockman's Auction: As a founding member of the Black Hills Stock Show
Foundation, John Johnson’s idea for an auction to raise money for scholarships
was a natural fit. The challenge to pull together one-of-a-kind items in a part of the country
where most everything exhibits a sense of uniqueness, well that was another
matter. “I approach it the same way I might approach a horse sale,” says the well
known pedigree man. “I like to know a little something about what’s being
put out there.”
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History In The Making:
Cowboy Heritage IX Auction A Living History: Win Bauer of Vale, SD, spends a lot of his time in the
past. It’s there that he finds the stories of the great American West, preserved
in bits of steel, leather, paper and canvas. He thinks it’s why people
from all over the country line up for a buyer’s card and a seat at the
Black Hills Stock Show Foundation Cowboy Heritage IX: Old West Collectible’s
Auction. “People want a connection to history - whether their own or the
country’s,” he observes.
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Fundraiser
Planned: BHSS Foundation Purchases 45th Anniversary Commemorative Winchester:
Working hand in hand with stock show organizers to help
commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, the
Black Hills Stock Show Foundation has purchased the proof gun of a limited
edition commemorative firearm of which only 10 are being manufactured. “The legacy of the firearm in the Old West is well known,” says
Foundation President Joe Norman, Piedmont. “This particular piece celebrates
that as well as 45 years of the industry that has built this event to what it is
today...that being cattlemen and cowboys.”
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SCHOLARSHIPS &
AWARDS
BHSS Foundation, Wrangler Team Up For High School Rodeo Showcase:
They call it “the big barn.” Similar to any kids dream of making it to “the show” in professional
baseball, in the sport of rodeo competing in the pro’s arena is well, a
thrill. For the top three South Dakota high school rodeo athletes in each event from
each region (Northwest, Southwest and Eastern) the dream of competing in an
arena where legends come from is about to become a reality.
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BHSS Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners: From offering a single $500 to $1,000
scholarship in its first years, Black Hills Stock Show Foundation, Inc. has
expanded to nine annual awards, as much as $2,000 each and will begin its Golden
Spur Renewable Scholarship Award in the spring of this year. From business law to range specialists degrees; from educators
to studies in rural social development; such are the education and career
pursuits of the young students selected for 2003 awards.
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