Table Of Contents Welcome To The 80th Annual Music & Blossom Festival • Page 4
History Of Blossom
Wednesday
• Page 6
Weekly Activity Guide
• Carnival- Opens at 5-11pm ( Canned Food Night) • Band Competition at CCHS
• Page 8
Bird Walk & Carnival
• Page 10
Run Blossom 2018
• Page 12
Band & Choir Competition
• Page 13
Band Competition Cont’d.
• Page 14
Craft Fair
• Page 16
Parade Lineup
• Page 20
2018 Blossom Pageant
• Page 22
Thank You Fremont County
- At Cañon City & Florence High Schools
• Back Cover Custer Duck
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Thursday • Carnival Family Night 5-11pm (Don’t Forget Your Coupon on Pg. 8) • Band & Choir Competitions at CCHS & FHS
Friday
• Carnival • Bird Walk • Band Competition at CCHS & FHS
Saturday
• Run Blossom • Craft Fair • Carnival • Band Competition at CCHS & FHS • 2018 Annual Blossom Parade • Clusterduck
Sunday • Cowboy Church at Veterans Park • Craft Fair
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HISTORY OF THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
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t has long been tradition in small towns all across America to acknowledge new growing seasons or harvests through community celebrations that are part festive and part commerce based. This tradition actually predates American history by thousands of years, with similar such celebrations by the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese and many other cultures long since disappeared. But in some small towns like us, that history is not altogether relevant, because the sun sets and rises on the accomplishments and achievements of the individuals in these towns, making each community unique and profoundly different. Canon City has never been shy about showing unbridled exuberance for its festivals and fairs. To this end, the town has always loved a parade and its parades have always been a microcosm of the town at large, from the fire fighting hose teams of the 1890’s to the high school bands of the 1990’s. From the beginning of the towns history and always complete with an impressive array of delicacies from funnel cakes to candy apples, parades have always bared the towns’ soul. The first recorded mention of a festival in Canon City occurred in the 1860’s in the Canon City Times. By the 1880’s, residents were celebrating Fruit Day as both an acknowledgment of their remarkable harvests and a way to acquaint neighboring communities with their bountiful products. The 1890’s found Fruit Day being organized by the Fremont County Horticultural Society, with as many as 10,000 annual visitors enjoying this one-day event. They came primarily by passenger train from such far off places as Denver, Colorado Springs, LaJunta and Rocky Ford. Paper plates filled with apples, plums, pears, peaches and grapes were given away to all visitors. The fruit was displayed in grand fashion in a large 50 ft. pavilion on Main Street and in a delicate manner at the opera house. The Rocky Mountain News held that 16 tons of fruit were distributed in 1894 alone. For many years, tours of the Territorial Prison were conducted with as many as 5,000 gawkers passing through its gates. A like number also toured the orchards of Rockafellow, Harrison, Catlin, Trout and others in the areas of Fruitmere, Orchard Park, Park Center and Lincoln Park, and when the day was done, visitors did not immediately return to their home cities, but stayed with residents in makeshift boarding houses and campgrounds, for in the towns few available hotel rooms. Fruit Day in Canon City continued until about 1900 when it was then called May Day, shifting the emphasis from harvest to Blossom. The orchard tours continued, but were now at the beginning of the planting season. Local fruit farmers and the nurserymen had effectively gotten the word out about this garden citys produce and were now disinclined to give away their products for nothing. It is believed that the first use of the word “blossom” in relation to the annual celebration was coined by wealthy Canon City resident Dall DeWeese, who entertained several dozen friends at his home during a May Day even in 1908 that he termed “blossom fete’.” His home was decorated with thousands of fruit blossoms and lilacs. So popular was this gathering that the guest list the following year rose to over 100 guests.
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By the time 1910 arrived, DeWeeses’ private affair had turned into a public gathering and renamed the Flower Carnival, complete with a May pole dance, flower queen and music from both the Canon City High School and Territorial Prison bands. Two years later in 1912, the blossom celebrations were under the direction of the Canon City Improvement League and by 1913 it was being called the Blossom Day Celebration. In addition to managing the celebration, the League also coordinated an annual city clean up project in preparation for the welcoming of the towns annual visitors. The WWI years almost brought an end to the Blossom Day events with the war raging in Europe, and emphasis clearly focused on the war effort, the League decided not to promote the event outside of the city. These festivals were marked by low attendance, but enthusiastic local participation. After the war, the Canon City Chamber of Commerce began sponsoring the even and attendance once again began to skyrocket, with 5,000 people traveling to the city each spring from 1926 to 1937. The Boy Scouts were information directors, baseball games at the Abbey were in vogue and an airplane ride over the orchards was the new popular attraction. The year of 1938 saw the first Jaycees-sponsored Blossom Festival with a well-coordinated publicity campaign, attendance ballooned to 8,000 people. The following year of 1939 also marked the first Band Festival Day, with bands from all across the state competing for the coveted trophies. And the 1940 event brought 10,000 visitors for a carnival, a dance at the Annex, boxing at the State Armory and of course, the highly anticipated parade down Main Street. Once again the war years of the 1940’s compelled the Jaycees to sponsor what the referred to as “token” blossom festivals, with little publicity, the resulting turnouts were predictably well below normal. However, after the war, participation returned greater than ever and by 1948 more than 35,000 visitors made a rousing return to Canon City, Since that time, the Jaycees-sponsored Blossom Festival has consistently been Canon Citys longest and best attended event in the citys history. This exerpt was taken from the book EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY by Larry Thomas Wood
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2018 CANON CITY MUSIC AND BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CONCERT SCHEDULE CONCERT BAND/ORCHESTRA SCHEDULE • LOU DEL PIZZO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER • CAÑON CITY HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY MAY 2ND 9:45 Am 10:10 Am Air Academy High School Concert Band AAA 10:10 Am 10:35 Am Harrison Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 10:35 Am 11:00 Am Campus Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 11:00 Am 11:25 Am Air Academy High School Orchestra Crtq 11:25 Am 11:50 Am Campus Middle School Orchestra Rtgs 11:50 Am 12:15 Pm Pueblo West High School Concert Band 1 AAA 12:40 Pm Lunch Break 1:00 Pm 1:25 Pm Pueblo West High School Concert Band 2 Rtgs 1:25 Pm 1:50 Pm Vista Ridge High School Concert Band AAA 1:50 Pm 2:15 Pm Canon City Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 2:15 Pm 2:40 Pm Fremont Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 2:40 Pm 3:05 Pm OPEN 3:05 Pm 3:30 Pm W.J.Palmer High School Wind Ensemble AAA 3:30 Pm 3:55 Pm Florence High School Concert Band A
THURSDAY MAY 3RD 7:35 Am 8:00 Am Sierra Vista Middle School Orchestra Rtgs 8:00 Am 8:25 Am Fountain-Fort Carson High School Concert Band AAA 8:25 Am 8:50 Am Pueblo East High School Concert Band AA 8:50 Am 9:15 Am Heroes Academy Concert Band 1 Rtgs 9:15 Am 9:40 Am Challenger Middle School Concert Band 2 Rtgs 10:05 Am Break 10:05 Am 10:30 Am Timberview Middle School Concert Band 2 Rtgs 10:30 Am 10:55 Am West Middle School Orchestra Cherry Creek Rtgs 10:55 Am 11:20 Am Timberview Middle School Concert Band 1 Rtgs 11:20 Am 11:45 Am Heroes Academy Concert Band 2 Rtgs 11:45 Am 12:10 Pm Pueblo South High School Concert Band 2 Open 12:35 Pm Lunch Break 1:00 Pm 1:25 Pm Roncalli Stem Academy Concert Band Rtgs 1:25 Pm 1:50 Pm Pueblo East High School Orchestra Rtgs 1:50 Pm 2:15 Pm Pueblo South High School Concert Band 1 AA 2:15 Pm 2:40 Pm Heroes Academy Orchestra Rtgs 2:40 Pm 3:05 Pm West Middle School Orchestra Cs Rtgs 3:05 Pm 3:30 Pm Pueblo School Of The Arts And Sciences Concert Band Rtgs 3:55 Pm Break 3:55 Pm 4:20 Pm West Middle School Concert Band Cs Rtgs 4:20 Pm 4:45 Pm Roncalli Stem Academy Orchestra Rtgs 4:45 Pm 6:00 Pm OPEN
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FRIDAY MAY 4TH 7:35 Am 8:00 Am Pueblo Academy Of The Arts Orchestra Rtgs 8:00 Am 8:25 Am Pueblo South High School Orchestra Rtgs 8:25 Am 8:50 Am Fort Morgan High School Concert Band AA 8:50 Am 9:15 Am Heaton Middle School Concert Band 2 Rtgs 9:15 Am 9:40 Am Pueblo Centennial High School Concert Band AAA 9:40 Am 10:05 Am Challenger Middle School Concert Band 1 Rtgs 10:30 Am Break 10:30 Am 10:55 Am Pueblo Centennial High School Orchestra Rtgs 10:55 Am 11:20 Am North Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 11:20 Am 11:45 Am Heaton Middle School Concert Band 1 Rtgs 11:45 Am 12:10 Pm Otho E Stuart Middle School Orchestra Rtgs 12:10 Pm 12:35 Pm John Mall High School Concert Band A 1:00 Pm Lunch Break 1:25 Pm 1:50 Pm Carmody Middle School Orchestra Rtgs 1:50 Pm 2:15 Pm Falcon High School Concert Band AA 2:15 Pm 2:40 Pm Otho E Stuart Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 2:40 Pm 3:05 Pm Falcon High School Orchestra Rtgs 3:05 Pm 3:30 Pm Carmody Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 3:30 Pm 3:55 Pm Falcon Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 3:55 Pm 4:20 Pm Pueblo County High School Concert Band AA 3:30 Pm Break 3:55 Pm 4:20 Pm Frederick High School Concert Band AA 4:20 Pm 4:45 Pm La Junta High School Concert Band** A 4:45 Pm 5:10 Pm Frederick High School Orchestra Rtgs 5:10 Pm 5:35 Pm Robertson High School Concert Band A
CONCERT CHOIR SCHEDULE AUDITORIUM • FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL THURSDAY MAY 3RD 8:00 Am 8:30 Am Canon City Exploratory School Rtgs 8:30 Am 9:00 Am Heaton Middle School 8th Grade Choir Rtgs 9:00 Am 9:30 Am Canon City Middle School Choir Rtgs 9:30 Am 10:00 Am Pueblo Arts Academy Rtgs 10:00 Am 10:30 Am Pueblo School Of The Arts And Sciences Concert Choir Rtgs 10:30 Am 11:00 Am Harrison/Middle School Choir Rtgs 11:00 Am 11:30 Am Falcon Bluffs Middle School 7th Grade Choir Rtgs 12:00 Pm Lunch Break 12:30 Pm 1:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Concert Choir Rtgs 1:00 Pm 1:30 Pm Canon City High School Tiger Ladies Rtgs 1:30 Pm 2:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Singers Rtgs 2:00 Pm 2:30 Pm Canon City High School Encore Rtgs 2:30 Pm 3:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Womens Choir Rtgs 3:00 Pm 3:30 Pm Florence High School Choir Rtgs
2018 CANON CITY MUSIC AND BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CONCERT SCHEDULE CONCERT CHOIR SCHEDULE • AUDITORIUM • FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL THURSDAY MAY 3RD 8:00 Am 8:30 Am Canon City Exploratory School Rtgs 8:30 Am 9:00 Am Heaton Middle School 8th Grade Choir Rtgs 9:00 Am 9:30 Am Canon City Middle School Choir Rtgs 9:30 Am 10:00 Am Pueblo Arts Academy Rtgs 10:00 Am 10:30 Am Pueblo School Of The Arts And Sciences Concert Choir Rtgs 10:30 Am 11:00 Am Harrison/Middle School Choir Rtgs 11:00 Am 11:30 Am Falcon Bluffs Middle School 7th Grade Choir
Rtgs 12:00 Pm Lunch Break 12:30 Pm 1:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Concert Choir Rtgs 1:00 Pm 1:30 Pm Canon City High School Tiger Ladies Rtgs 1:30 Pm 2:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Singers Rtgs 2:00 Pm 2:30 Pm Canon City High School Encore Rtgs 2:30 Pm 3:00 Pm Fort Morgan High School Womens Choir Rtgs 3:00 Pm 3:30 Pm Florence High School Choir Rtgs
JAZZ BAND SCHEDULE • AUDITORIUM • FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY MAY 4TH 7:35 Am 8:00 Am Pueblo East High School Jazz Band 2 Open 8:00 Am 8:25 Am Falcon High School Jazz Band AA 8:25 Am 8:50 Am Roncalli Stem Academy Jazz Band Rtgs 8:50 Am 9:15 Am Timberview Middle School Jazz Band 2 Rtgs 9:40 Am Break 9:40 Am 10:05 Am Pueblo South High School Jazz Band AA 10:05 Am 10:30 Am Pueblo Academy Of The Arts Jazz Band Rtgs 10:30 Am 10:55 Am Timberview Middle School Jazz Band 1 Rtgs 10:55 Am 11:20 Am Fort Morgan High School Jazz Band AA 11:20 Am 11:45 Am Pueblo East High School Jazz Band 1 AA 11:45 Am 12:10 Pm Carmody Middle School Jazz Band Rtgs 12:35 Pm Lunch Break 1:00 Pm 1:25 Pm Falcon High School Jazz Combo Combo 1:25 Pm 1:50 Pm Pueblo Centennial High School Jazz Band 2 Open
1:50 Pm 2:15 Pm Heaton Middle School Jazz Band Rtgs 2:15 Pm 2:40 Pm Pueblo Centennial High School Jazz Band 1 AAA 2:40 Pm 3:05 Pm La Junta High School Jazz Band** A 3:05 Pm 3:30 Pm Pueblo Centennial High School Jazz Combo Combo 3:55 Pm Break 3:55 Pm 4:20 Pm North Middle School Jazz Band Rtgs 4:20 Pm 4:45 Pm Canon City High School Jazz Band 2 Open 4:45 Pm 5:10 Pm Pueblo West High School Jazz Band AAA 5:10 Pm 5:35 Pm Pueblo Central High School Jazz Combo Combo 5:35 Pm 6:00 Pm Canon City High School Jazz Band 1 AA 6:00 Pm 6:25 Pm Pueblo County High School Jazz Band AA 6:25 Pm 6:50 Pm Canon City High School Jazz Combo Combo 6:50 Pm 7:15 Pm Pueblo South High School Jazz Combo Combo 7:15 Pm 7:40 Pm Florence High School Jazz Band A
JAZZ BAND SCHEDULE AUDITORIUM • FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL
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SATURDAY MAY 5TH 8:50 Am 9:15 Am Lamar Middle School Jazz Band Rtgs 9:15 Am 9:40 Am Florence High School Jazz Band A 9:40 Am 10:05 Am W.J.Palmer High School Jazz Band AAA 1:00 Pm Parade 3:30 Pm Awards At CCHS Citizens’ Stadium
SATURDAY MAY 5TH 7:35 Am 8:00 Am W.J.Palmer High School Symphonic Band Open 8:00 Am 8:25 Am OPEN 8:25 Am 8:50 Am Canon City High School Concert Band 2 Open 8:50 Am 9:15 Am Rocky Ford Jr. Sr. High School Concert Band A 9:15 Am 9:40 Am Fort Morgan High School Orchestra 2 Rtgs 10:05 Am Break 10:05 Am 10:30 Am Fort Morgan High School Orchestra 1 Rtgs 10:30 Am 10:55 Am Mead High School Orchestra Rtgs 10:55 Am 11:20 Am Lamar Middle School Concert Band Rtgs 11:20 Am 11:45 Am Canon City High School Concert Band 1 AA 1:00 Pm Parade 3:30 Pm Awards At CCHS Citizens’ Stadium
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80th Annual Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Parade Saturday May 5, 2018, 1:00 p.m. Main Street Cañon City 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.
Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Welcome Banner Carried by: Morgan Richardson, Katie Jackson, & Samara Romero Re/Max Royal Gorge United States Army 4th Infantry Division Marching Band from Fort Carson, CO Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Grand Marshall, Donald T. Packard Cañon City Police Department Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Families in Blue Florence Police Department Colorado State Patrol Fremont County Crime Stoppers Cañon City Area Fire Protection District Tallahassee Fire Protection District Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Wildland Fire Team American Medical Response Fremont Search & Rescue Fremont County Commissioners Al Kaly Shriners Cañon City Street Sweeper Cañon City High School JROTC Color Guard & Battalion Cañon City High School Tiger Pride Marching Band 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Queen & Court, Queen, Gabriella Gonzales; 1st Attendant, Lydia Bright; 2nd Attendant & Spirit of Blossom, Emma Enslow; Miss Personality, Solana Short. 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Litte Miss & Mister, Niley Jo Sartori & Clyde DeLaRosa 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Spirit of Blossom, Jacine Valdez 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival 3rd Runner Up, Laiken McClure 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival 4th Runner Up, Emily Reynolds 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Interview Merit Award, Skylar Edwards 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Modeling Award, Nicole Bechtel 2018 Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Miss Photogenic, Michaun Perlman Fort Morgan High School Marching Band Golden Age Center Blossom King & Queen Hildebrand Home Care. Inc. Anita’s Americette’s Royal Gorge Detachment No. 1318 Marine Corps League Pueblo East High School Marching Band Aaron’s Sales & Lease Royal George Chapter Vintage Car Club of America Cañon Academy of Gymnastics Elect Robertson for Sheriff Falcon High School Marching Band Harrison K-8 School BugZout LLC KOAA-TV El Alazan Mexican Restaurant & Mariachi Band Washington Elementary School Colorado Hill Climb Association Trevarah Studio HomeSmart Preferred Realty Pueblo County High School Marching Band Campaign to Elect Justin D. Grantham for Clerk and Recorder Elizzibeth Speer-Cherry Bomb Princess Bridge Youth Center Frederick High School Marching Band Lincoln School of Science and Technology First Light Home Care
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55. Mica Simpleman for Sheriff 56. Pueblo South High School Marching Band 57. Rotary Duck 58. State Farm 59. Phil’s Barber Shop 60. Pueblo Central High School Drumline 61. Dennis Hisey- Candidate for Co Senate Dist. 2 62. Fremont County 4-H Royalty 63. Royal Gorge Rafting & Zip-Line Tours 64. Pueblo Centennial High School Marching Band 65. Colorado Rebels Riding Club 66. Fremont Historical Society Spirits of the Past 67. Fremont Regional Hospice 68. Pueblo West High School Marching Band 69. Re-Elect Kathy Elliott for Fremont County Treasurer 70. Penrose Auto Salvage 71. W.J Palmer High School Marching Band 72. The Committee to Elect Erin Kelley 73. Committee to Elect Allen Cooper for Sheriff 74. Florence High School Marching Band 75. City of Cañon City 76. Cañon City Rodeo Association Royal Gorge rodeo 77. John Mall High School Marching Band 78. Carroll for Commissioner 79. Orchard of Hope Foundation 80. La Junta High School Marching Band 81. Fremont Foot & Ankle 82. Cañon City Inter Ocean Baseball team 83. Robertson High School Marching Band 84. Reflections Cleaning 85. Citizens 4 Luck-Stephanie Luck for Senate 86. Canon City & Harrison Middle School Highflyers Marching Band 87. Dot Gardunio for Treasurer 88. LUV Group 89. Heaton Middle School Marching Band 90. Argus Home Care 91. Cañon City Chamber of Commerce Prospectors 92. North Middle School Marching Band 93. Prospectors RV Resort 94. Blair Vision Care, LLC 95. Pueblo Academy of the Arts Marching Band 96. Southern Colorado Base, Us Submarine Veterans Inc. 97. Pueblo School of the Arts and Sciences Marching Band 98. Jump Start Recovery 99. Lamar Middle School Marching Band 100. All Purpose Landscaping 101. Heros Academy Marching Band 102. Franks Appliance Service 103. Roncalli Stem Academy Marching Band 104. Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care 105. Risley International School of Innovation Marching Band 106. SSR Car Quest 107. Royal Gorge ATV Club 108. VFW Warriors 109. Twin Enviro Services 110. & More! Parade Line Up is Subject to Change.
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The Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival would like to congratulate all of the 2018 Blossom Pageant candidates on a phenomenal job! A job well done to all of the 2018 award winners:
3rd Runner Up - Laiken McClure; 4th Runner Up - Emily Reynolds; Interview Award - Skylar Edwards; Modeling Award - Nicole Bechtel; Miss Photogenic - Michaun Perlman Spirit of Blossom - Emma Enslow and Jacine Valdez
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2018 Blossom Queen
• Miss Personality Solana Short •2nd Attendant & Spirit of Blossom Emma Enslow •Queen Gabriella Gonzales • 1st Attendant Lydia Bright • Little Mister Clyde DeLaRosa & Little Miss Niley Jo Sartori 20 • MAY 1, 2018 • CAÑON CITY SHOPPER - BLOSSOM MAGAZINE
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2018 Music & Blossom Festival Thank You Fremont County For An Amazing 80 Years! Sincerely, Cañon City Music & Blossom Festival Committee
Photo By: Carie Canterbury/Cañon City Daily Record
Members of the Canon City Music & Blossom Festival committee and other volunteers pose with the 2018 Blossom Queen and court in front of the clock tower at Third and Main streets. Pictured are, in no certain order, Lisa Hyams, Tonya Wolf, Mike McCoy, Greg DiRito, Tanis Loomis, Lynda Jones, Kristi DeGarmo, John Rigirozzi, Cass Richardson-Grow, Mike Nolan, Elizabeth Gamache, Megan McCarter, and the court: Emma Enslow, Gabriella Gonzales, Lydia Bright and Solana Short. Not Pictured: John Carochi & Phil DeGarmo
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