Richard Froese
South Peace News
Toes will be tappin’ and hands clappin’ at the 12th annual Triangle Hoedown Jamboree July 24-27 at the Pioneer Thresher- mans Association grounds 15 km west of High Prairie.
Plans are already well underway for the entertaining event, association president Henry Nyberg says.
“It’s a free camping weekend and a lot of people from all over Western Canada come attend,” Nyberg says.
Admission is by donation. The jamboree starts July 24 inside Triangle Hall and moves outside for the final three days of the festival that ends Sunday with a morning Gospel program.
Promoted as a family event, the jamboree attracts people of all ages, from young children in strollers to seniors in their 90s on the dance floor.
Many of those people attend other similar festivals on a summer circuit, Nyberg says.
“A lot of people who come to the Triangle jamboree have told us that if anybody wants to come to one of the festivals for the first time, come to Triangle,” Nyberg says.
“They say the hospitality is great.”
Breakfast and a special supper will be available on Friday and Saturday.
Crowds of about 250 attended each day at the event last year as wet grounds forced the event to remain inside all four days.
Last year’s roster of 21 acts featured musicians from High Prairie, Enilda, Sucker Creek, Joussard, Falher, Tangent, Valleyview, Slave Lake, Spirit River, Grande Prairie, Wembley, Barrhead, Edmonton, Stony Plain, Athabasca, Calgary and British Columbia communities of Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Vernon and Greenwood.