2011 Calgary Stampede / Day One / Sneek-a-Peek

I was fortunate enough to be offered a media pass for the 2011 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede.  Unfortunately I won’t be able to document every single day but I will be going quite a bit to capture moments in time and possibly offer a glimpse of what happens at the grounds during the ten days.

Thursday last week was sneek-a-peek.  It’s a day where you can enter the Stampede for half the price.  What’s good about going to sneek-a-peek is that it’s rarely ever busy.

The main highlight of the day was Prince William and Kate Middleton arriving by motorcade to the Stampede grounds.  They were there for a dinner ceremony in their honour.  Thousands of people were there to catch a glimpse.  I was able to only fire off a few frames midst the crowd of wild tourists and fans.

Besides the parade of cops for the British Royals there was also a parade of Stampede royalty present.

Here is the famous David ‘the Bullet’ Smith also known as the Human Cannonball.  He was performing that night and put on a pretty interesting show.  It was an exciting few seconds as he was hurled into the air by a large cannon and dropped onto a safety net only a few feet above ground.

Of course, a visit to the Stampede Midway isn’t complete unless you’ve had the famous mini doughnuts.

And a sighting of a beautifully restored Mustang GT ended the day off great!

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