28 July 2011, Kevin Costner appearing at Cheyenne Frontier Days

Darius Rucker with Kevin Costner (yes, that Kevin Costner) & Modern West will be appearing at Cheyenne Frontier Days at 8 pm on Thursday, July 28, in Frontier Park Arena.

Tickets are $38, $45 or $58 and are available at:

www.cfdrodeo.com
Cheyenne Frontier days ticket office: 800-227-6336 or 307-778-7222.

Kevin Costner & Modern West have made two records:
Untold Tuths, 2008
Turn It On, 2010

Costner formed Modern West at the suggestion of his wife Christine. He got in touch with an old friend, musician John Coinman (a native of New Mexico who lives with his family in Arizona).

Their first group was Roving Boy, but they formed Modern West in 2005. The band includes Costner, Coinman, Blair Forward, drummer Larry Cobb, and guitarist and producer Teddy Morgan.

Where to sit for 4th of July fireworks in Cheyenne next year

I went to the 4th of July fireworks last night with my mother. The fireworks were held in Pioneer Park and there was entertainment before hand: Tops in Blue (an Air Force band). Since it would be crowded and my mom can't walk far and gets tired easily, we decided to park away from the park, but somewhere with a good view of the fireworks.

We ended up parking on the corner of Warren and 7th Avenue, in the parking lot for the Warren Federal Credit Union. (Warren is a one way street going north). Just after the credit union comes the post office and airport on the right hand side (east) and the road heads west where it splits off into Yellowstone and Dell Range Blvd.

Anyway, we joined about 50 or so people there - not all in one place but in lawn chairs in parking lots and stuff at the four corners of the intersection (of Warren and 8th street).

The fireworks started ten minutes late, but then they were worth it. Lots of beautiful fireworks going off all at once. Behind me was a couple with their two little kids who were ooohing and ahing and were quite impressed, so that added to the enjoyment.

After the fireworks were over I went out the exit on 7th street which crossed over to Central - the one way road heading south that runs across a bridge and turns into Greeley Highway.

Cheyenne Grizzles

I went to my first Cheyenne Grizzles baseball game last night. They started playing in June, and will play throughout July.

http://www.cheyennegrizzlies.com/

The first inning didn't start out to well...3 runs for the other team thanks to a couple of errors. And there were a few errors in subsequent innings. Still, the players knew what they were doing, there were double plays, etc, and if you like to see a lot of offense, the Cheyenne Grizzly games are for you!

Cheyenne Grizzlies go for Back top Back Championships in this 7th season!

The players are college students:
MCBL Eligible Players
Players eligible for the MCBL are students of junior and senior colleges who have eligibility remaining in accordance with NCAA regulations. It is not permissible for high school students or non-NCAA students (i.e., former college players), nor
players who are under current professional contract in the sport of baseball, to
participate in the MCBL.

In order to participate in the MCBL, a student-athlete must receive written
permission from his college or university.

Player Sources The Cheyenne Grizzlies team manager and coaches will recruit talented, eligible
college players from around the country to make up their team’s roster. The
Grizzlies staff will use the same model as current collegiate summer league teams:
recruit players from top college baseball programs and conferences, augmented by
the best available local college players (keeping to our roots, we will be actively pursuing players from colleges in regional conferences, such as the Big 12, Mountain West, Western Athletic, and the Rocky Mountain Athletic).