Posts by Chris Durnan
Parade Grand Marshal Chandler Warden Honored for a Life of Community Service
The Grand Marshal for the 2016 Tucson Rodeo Parade, Chandler Warden, is a transplanted Californian who learned a love for Southern Arizona attending summer camps at Tanque Verde Guest Ranch. He moved to the Tucson area full time in 1993 and has since dedicated his time to supporting charitable organizations and causes in the area.…
Read MoreParade 2016 – February 25th, 2016
Save the Date for the 2016 Tucson Rodeo Parade February 25th, 2016 Mark Your Calendars! Entry Applications will open: November 1st, 2015
Read MoreParade Winner’s 2015
CURT SULLIVAN SWEEPSTAKES AWARD – Nesbitt’s Historical Antique Fire Equipment CHAIRMAN’S AWARD – Wolverton Mountain Ranch JUDGES AWARD – Chukut Kuk District BAND Paul Grimes Outstanding Music Award – Catalina Foothills High School Band Bucky Steele Outstanding Marching Band Award – Gadsden Elementary School District #32 Marching Band BEST MOUNTED WESTERN MALE First Place Andrew –…
Read MoreCoach Jerry Kindall – 2015 Grand Marshal
Championship Coach Kindall Grand Marshal of 90th Rodeo Parade Longtime Tucsonan and former University of Arizona baseball coach Jerry Kindall has been chosen Grand Marshal of the 2015 Tucson Rodeo Parade. Kindall is a former player, coach, teacher, author, and baseball broadcaster. He played basketball and baseball at the University of Minnesota. In 1956 Kindall…
Read MoreEnter in the Parade Today!
You still have time to enter the Parade and be a part of history! The entry deadline for the 90th Tucson Rodeo Parade has been extended to January 30th.
Read More2014 Grand Marshal – Dan Marries
The Grand Marshal The G R A N D M A R S H A L 2014 Grand Marshal, Tucson Rodeo Parade Dan Marries KOLD 13 NEWS Anchor Dan Marries Named 2014 Rodeo Parade Grand Marshal Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. That’s the mantra of…
Read MoreRODEO’s Four Horsemen – 1936
Tucson NewsPaper 1936 RODEO’s Four Horsemen Have Eleven-Year Record of Work, Condron, Mullins, Kinney and Marshall Served Through Every Year That Show Has Been Staged in City And Have Had Same Posts Every Season This is the title which has been bestowed upon the quartet of officials who alone have a 100 per cent record…
Read MoreCowboys are asked not to shoot up the town – 1925
Headline in the Arizona Daily Star in 1925 reads: “Cowboys are asked not to shoot up the town” Tucson in 1925 was a frontier town: The first Tucson Rodeo was held in the middle of Prohibition. With so many visitors expected, decisions were made to clean up the town. Arizona State Prohibition Director Frank Pool…
Read MoreDan Marries – 2014 Grand Marshall
Dan Marries 2014 Grand Marshall, Tucson Rodeo Parade Dan Marries KOLD 13 NEWS Anchor Dan Marries Named 2014 Rodeo Parade Grand Marshal Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. That’s the mantra of the Grand Marshal for the 2014 Tucson Rodeo Parade, Dan Marries. That’s exactly how Dan…
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly – 2013 Grand Marshals
The RODEO PARADE HONORS GIFFORDS, KELLY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, have been chosen as the Grand Marshals for the 88th Tucson Rodeo Parade. They are honored for their community service to Southern Arizona and the nation. “Gabby,” as she’s affectionately known, is a native Tucsonan,…
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