Name: Stories of Ranching and Riding
Start: 2024-07-19T18:00:00
Location: Carpenter Ranch Preserve

Opera Steamboat

Join Routt County 4-H and Opera Steamboat for a celebration of local youth’s Art of Ranching projects, riding demonstration, and selections from Opera Steamboat’s World Premiere vocal theatre work Welcome to the Madness. This event combines the arts of agriculture and music in an exciting diverse evening of performance. Dagny McKinley, local historian and Welcome to the Madness Dramaturg, will lead the panel of local youth whose projects expose the artistry and history of local ranchers, including the hosting venue Carpenter Ranch. Interestingly, the new opera features historical figure Marjorie Perry’s views on the art of riding. Riding exhibitions will demonstrate how Perry-Mansfield’s riding program continues to influence agriculturalists in the Yampa Valley to this day.