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Schedule of events May 15th, 16th & 17th
Friday Night May 15, 2009
Olde Fashion Ice Cream Social - Hosted by the Grand River Hospital Volunteers 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sock Hop Dance ~ DJ 7 to 10 p.m.
Motorcycle Bike Night & Classic Cars too
Local NHRA Racecar Show - Dragsters & Kids' Jr Dragsters - Families from Western Slope & Neighboring Communities 7 to 9 p.m. - WESTERN COLORADO DRAGWAY PARTICIPATION & DRAG'n BUTT RACING
Carnival Rides
Vendor Booths & Exhibitors
Saturday May 16, 2009
9 a.m.: Rollin’ Rendzvous — BMX and Skate contest at Rifle Action Sports Park
9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony: Presentation of the Colors; National Anthem
Activities start at 10 a.m. and go throughout the day until 5 p.m.
Carnival runs until 11 p.m.
Activities throughout the day:
Buffalo Bill Cody
Rocking Little Wranglers Ranch: A Fun, Safe place for your children to learn arts and crafts while experiencing the Rendezvous
Food and other Vendors
Stage Shows Hourly-Music
Outhouse Race - Noon
Cowboy Feast: 5 to 7 p.m.
Menu: Red Bird BBQ Chicken, Slaw, Baked Beans, Corn Bread & Pie
Wild West Outhouse Auction: 7 p.m. at the Garfield County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena
Sunday May 17, 2009
Pancake Breakfast: 9 to 10 a.m.
10 a.m., Opening Prayer, National Anthem
Fellowhip of the Rockies
Baptist Singers - Dave Dennis
Gospel Trail Singers
10:30, Fellowhip of Christian Cowboys
11 a.m,.: New Life Singers, Watchmen
Gene Sullivan - Jump For Jesus, Testimony
Noon, Free lunch provided by: Church of Christ, Christian Church, Base Camp Resturant, Methodist Presbyterian Church, Rocky Mountain Baptist Church,
Fellowhip of the Rockies.
1 p.m: We Believe - Accapello; Church of Christ
1:30 p.m.: Christian Cowboy Poets
2:30 p.m.: Rocky Mountain Baptist; Horse Whisperer
3 p.m.: Christian Church
3:30 p.m.: Open Mike — Give your Testimony, Share your story, Sing your song
4:30 p.m.: Jump For Jesus - Outdoor Arena
Gene Sullivan with Team Jesus wll jump his motorcycle through a wall of fire to represent the gates of hell and our salvation through Jesus.
Scheudle information from riflerendezvous.org
Olde Fashion Ice Cream Social - Hosted by the Grand River Hospital Volunteers 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sock Hop Dance ~ DJ 7 to 10 p.m.
Motorcycle Bike Night & Classic Cars too
Local NHRA Racecar Show - Dragsters & Kids' Jr Dragsters - Families from Western Slope & Neighboring Communities 7 to 9 p.m. - WESTERN COLORADO DRAGWAY PARTICIPATION & DRAG'n BUTT RACING
Carnival Rides
Vendor Booths & Exhibitors
Saturday May 16, 2009
9 a.m.: Rollin’ Rendzvous — BMX and Skate contest at Rifle Action Sports Park
9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony: Presentation of the Colors; National Anthem
Activities start at 10 a.m. and go throughout the day until 5 p.m.
Carnival runs until 11 p.m.
Activities throughout the day:
Buffalo Bill Cody
Rocking Little Wranglers Ranch: A Fun, Safe place for your children to learn arts and crafts while experiencing the Rendezvous
Food and other Vendors
Stage Shows Hourly-Music
Outhouse Race - Noon
Cowboy Feast: 5 to 7 p.m.
Menu: Red Bird BBQ Chicken, Slaw, Baked Beans, Corn Bread & Pie
Wild West Outhouse Auction: 7 p.m. at the Garfield County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena
Sunday May 17, 2009
Pancake Breakfast: 9 to 10 a.m.
10 a.m., Opening Prayer, National Anthem
Fellowhip of the Rockies
Baptist Singers - Dave Dennis
Gospel Trail Singers
10:30, Fellowhip of Christian Cowboys
11 a.m,.: New Life Singers, Watchmen
Gene Sullivan - Jump For Jesus, Testimony
Noon, Free lunch provided by: Church of Christ, Christian Church, Base Camp Resturant, Methodist Presbyterian Church, Rocky Mountain Baptist Church,
Fellowhip of the Rockies.
1 p.m: We Believe - Accapello; Church of Christ
1:30 p.m.: Christian Cowboy Poets
2:30 p.m.: Rocky Mountain Baptist; Horse Whisperer
3 p.m.: Christian Church
3:30 p.m.: Open Mike — Give your Testimony, Share your story, Sing your song
4:30 p.m.: Jump For Jesus - Outdoor Arena
Gene Sullivan with Team Jesus wll jump his motorcycle through a wall of fire to represent the gates of hell and our salvation through Jesus.
Scheudle information from riflerendezvous.org
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An old-fashioned ice cream social, a car show and a 50’s and 60’s sock hop dance will kick off this year’s 13th annual Rifle Rendezvous Festival from Friday evening through Sunday, May 15-17, at the Garfield County Fairgrounds.
And it will be James Julian’s first event as the president of the Rifle Rendezvous Committee.
“There will be a carnival, and things like belly dancers and Mexican dancers and music by the Mark Clark Band from Denver and the Glenwood Springs Hot Springs Band,” Julian said. “If you don’t like something - wait a half hour - it’ll be different. We have a lot of different entertainers.”
There is no charge for any of the entertainment.
Along with a variety of music, the Rendezvous, which focuses on an Old West theme, will have a variety of food and business vendors and exhibitors. Saturday’s events will include a Rockin’ Little Wranglers Ranch where kids can learn arts and crafts while experiencing the Rendezvous; a Wild West Outhouse Race in which local businesses compete; and a Cowboy Feast on Saturday evening by Cowboy Joe’s Catering.
The Rendezvous will wrap up with a pancake breakfast by the Lion’s Club for a nominal fee, preaching and testimonials by local churches and a free lunch.
Julian is looking forward to the festival, which he fell in love with when he and his family moved to Rifle two years ago. A 16-year-employee with Shell Oil, he left Antioch, California - a city of 100,000 in the Bay Area, to raise his family in Rifle.
“This is the town I’ve been looking for most of my adult life,” he said.
The Rendezvous festival was also the first event Julian attended after moving to Rifle, which he says “captured his heart” and prompted him to take the reins after longtime Rendezvous resident, Judy Hewitt, stepped down after last year’s event.
“It was a little touch-and-go there for awhile if Rendezvous would even happen again,” Julian said. “With the economy in a downturn, all the negativity and depression, I really felt this is the type of activity Rifle needs to have and it needs to go forward.”
His main goal is to see that everyone has a good time.
“I just want everyone to have fun and with this way things are, this can get their minds off of it. Just come out and have a good time.”
And it will be James Julian’s first event as the president of the Rifle Rendezvous Committee.
“There will be a carnival, and things like belly dancers and Mexican dancers and music by the Mark Clark Band from Denver and the Glenwood Springs Hot Springs Band,” Julian said. “If you don’t like something - wait a half hour - it’ll be different. We have a lot of different entertainers.”
There is no charge for any of the entertainment.
Along with a variety of music, the Rendezvous, which focuses on an Old West theme, will have a variety of food and business vendors and exhibitors. Saturday’s events will include a Rockin’ Little Wranglers Ranch where kids can learn arts and crafts while experiencing the Rendezvous; a Wild West Outhouse Race in which local businesses compete; and a Cowboy Feast on Saturday evening by Cowboy Joe’s Catering.
The Rendezvous will wrap up with a pancake breakfast by the Lion’s Club for a nominal fee, preaching and testimonials by local churches and a free lunch.
Julian is looking forward to the festival, which he fell in love with when he and his family moved to Rifle two years ago. A 16-year-employee with Shell Oil, he left Antioch, California - a city of 100,000 in the Bay Area, to raise his family in Rifle.
“This is the town I’ve been looking for most of my adult life,” he said.
The Rendezvous festival was also the first event Julian attended after moving to Rifle, which he says “captured his heart” and prompted him to take the reins after longtime Rendezvous resident, Judy Hewitt, stepped down after last year’s event.
“It was a little touch-and-go there for awhile if Rendezvous would even happen again,” Julian said. “With the economy in a downturn, all the negativity and depression, I really felt this is the type of activity Rifle needs to have and it needs to go forward.”
His main goal is to see that everyone has a good time.
“I just want everyone to have fun and with this way things are, this can get their minds off of it. Just come out and have a good time.”
