News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The Northwest Pro Rodeo Association Rodeo is just one of many events set for Sisters this weekend, including “Taste of Sisters” and the Sisters Fall Street Festival.
Anybody who can't find something fun to do in Sisters this weekend just isn't trying.
Sisters will be hopping with activity all weekend, with a major rodeo, an art-and-cuisine stroll and a street festival on tap to usher in the fall season.
The Northwest Pro Rodeo Association (NPRA) Finals, held September 18-21 at the Sisters Rodeo Grounds, brings a weekend of rodeo performances featuring the top 12 qualifying cowboys and cowgirls in each event.
The NPRA contestants are not the same full-time professionals who travel to the Sisters Rodeo as part of a national circuit.
"The contestants are more the guys who have to work all week and rodeo on the weekends," said Ryder Gauteraux, the promoter of the event.
Some are former National Finals Rodeo contestants who have dialed back their travel to accommodate family life. The event reflects that in multiple family members participating in the event, including women participating in breakaway roping.
The rodeo also features musical entertainment in an after-event party on the rodeo grounds. Tickets for the Northwest Pro Rodeo Finals are available at RE/MAX Town & Country Realty, Sisters Market and Leavitt's in Sisters. Tickets are $10 pre-sale and $12 at the gate. Children six years and under are free.
For more information on the Northwest Pro Rodeo Finals, contact Outlaw Productions at 588-5007 or visit http://www.nprafinals.com.
Local art galleries and specialty shops are teaming up with an array of Sisters restaurants to present a visual and culinary feast in the first annual "Taste of Sisters" event.
The event resembles the traditional September art stroll, but with an emphasis on pairing art and food. The idea centers around the belief that food and art go together in the same way food and wine are paired - enhancing the overall experience.
The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 20. For more information visit http://www.sisterschamber.com.
On Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21, Oak Street between Cascade and Adams Avenues will be closed off and turn into the site of the Sisters Fall Street Festival.
The festival features arts and crafts from around the country, from photography to woodwork, ceramics to jewelry.
There will be a silent auction with 100 percent of proceeds benefitting the Sisters High School Art Department.
For more information contact Richard Esterman at 549-8905.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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