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9129122,11:11AM <br />Response 1: <br />ProjecVEvent <br />Description * <br />Video Link <br />List of lntended Use of Funds* <br />. Advertising and Marketing . Web Enhancement <br />and Maintenance . Communications . Facility Rent. <br />Pro <br />LTAC Clerk Review <br />Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame (ERHoF) has a museum that is open to the public <br />year-round. The museum inducts new members each year. These new members <br />have been participants of past rodeos and become part of our ongoing displays to <br />promote the history of the Ellensburg Rodeo. We are a non-profit organization <br />separate from the rodeo that works in coordination with the Ellensburg Rodeo. Our <br />project this year is to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Ellensburg Rodeo; <br />which started in 1923. The legacy of this rodeo is part of our community's <br />foundation. Ranchers and farmers decided along with local townspeople to come <br />together to create an event to showcase rodeo competitions which had become a <br />popular sport across the nation. The Yakama lndians donated the land, and <br />Kittitas Valley locals brought out their teams of horses and farming equipment to <br />clear the land and make the grounds that exist today. <br />ERHOF plans to have a speaker come each month from January through August <br />who will speak on a topic of historical significance to sport of rodeo and the Kittitas <br />Valley. The currently the plan is to hold the event on the 23rd of each month at <br />19:23 military time to symbolize the historic rodeo year. we plan to call the event <br />"A Nite at the Museum", attendance will be free to the public. <br />we will hold our final event just before rodeo. we will be presenting the history of <br />the Ellensburg saddle Tree, which gained national notoriety when it became the <br />foundation for the cowboy saddle which is currently used today. Previously, riders <br />used spanish saddles that did not work as well for herding cattle and doing the <br />work of branding and doctoring the herd. This saddle was instrumental in creating <br />a new saddle industry in the United States with its beginnings in Ellensburg by the <br />Ferrellfamily. Nationally known localsaddle maker, Janneman Pienaar, will be <br />building a saddle tree and a full saddle for this event. We have also asked Pienaar <br />to speak at a presentation regarding the history of how this saddle evolved. <br />We will utilize the Cowboy Channel and the PRCA (Pro Rodeo Cowboys <br />Association) to advertise on a national level. On the local level we will be <br />coordinating with the Ellensburg Rodeo and its Centennial Celebration along with <br />many other events that are planned. We will be advertising with posters, <br />newspaper ads, newsletters to our membership, send out postcards and use <br />Facebook and lnstagram to attract a larger audience. <br />2500 character limit <br />Please provide us link to a brief video summary of you organization's evenUproject. You MUST be present at the <br />Q&A meeting to qualify for funding. <br />https://youtu . be/aWNvel UjBoY <br />lf-app-16-03.co.kiftitas.wa.us/Forms/form/submission/hlstory/77595/85649?hideHeader=true 4t'.t4