You Can Take The Boy From Calgary...

July, 1988 in Makara, New Zealand.  Many Western Canadians were temporarily living there, so we created a Calgary Stampede Party (country music, western dress code, etc.).

Over a hundred crammed in a small hall.  It was such a great time and success, it was repeated for many years (even after I had returned to Calgary).  We even caused some future Kiwi visitors to the real Stampede