Empire Frog Rodeo

    
    

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The Empire Frog Rodeo is on! And there are some exciting new events and changes for the day.  Most important - racers can reserve their frogs.  Just go to the web page empirefrogrodeo.com and sign up. It is not necessary to sign up before the event, but this ensures your racer has a frog.  Last year’s event was so successful that we wanted to be sure each child has an opportunity to race.  So sign up!

    The races start at HIGH NOON and are organized by age group so that the littlest racer can compete fairly. 

    So come join the fun and celebrate a great tradition.  It starts at 10:30am with a typical mountain parade which can mean floats, your favorite vehicle, bicycle, costume or theme group.  All parade entries get free entry into the fair.   Anyone who wants to join the parade please contact Jen at 303-569-2978 (town hall) or go to the web site.  Spectators need to line the sidewalks of Highway 40 in the middle of Empire for the parade at 10:30am.

    The fair festivities begin at 11:00am in Minton Park and include dunk tanks, bouncy castles, games and arts and crafts, live music and the signature event - the frog rodeo itself at high noon.  The 4-H Club will host an Archery event.  The music will be provided by Delicious Point.  Summer picnic food and beer and baked goods will be on sale. 

    NO dogs will be allowed at the event.

    Interested in participating as a vendor?  Contact Jen at the town hall or go to the web site for info.

    Reptillian Paradise from Denver will be selling frogs and water bottles to urge frogs across a small race-course. Prizes will be awarded for each race.  Reptillian Paradise will also have available for purchase kits for the care of your amphib racer and some possible interesting reptiles on display.  Speed Bump will be back this year!

    Overall, this year's Frog Rodeo and fair promises to be an outstanding family event and fun for kids of all ages.   Hope to see you in Empire, Colorado, about 50 miles west of Denver.   Take I-70 West to exit 232 toward U.S. 40/Empire. Merge right onto U.S. 40. Fair will be held in Minton Park in Empire.  On-site parking available.

Frozen Dead Guy Days.

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FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS

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Frozen Dead Guy Days is the biggest party of the year, which is a fun-filled celebration in tribute to Grandpa Bredo Morstoel, the “Frozen Dead Guy” that captured international attention and sparked this annual festival in Nederland, Colorado. Grandpa Bredo died in 1989 and has been kept frozen in a cryonics facility for over 20 years waiting the day when science advances enough to bring him back to life! Every year people come from around the world to have a drink with Colorado’s best-known corpse. He will soon be 109 years old and you can guarantee that he will NEVER celebrate alone. Frozen Dead Guy Days is a weekend-long party that takes over the town the first weekend in March each year. At this annual festival you will enjoy plenty of music, food, drinks, a polar bear plunge, and numerous competitive challenges such as the coffin races. In 2007, Frozen DeadGuy Days was named by Chicago Tribune as one of the country's top 100 festivals not to be missed. In 2010, the New York Times named FDGD in its Top 10 Best Parties of the Winter, alongside Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. It is definitely an experience of a lifetime.

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Frozen Dead Guy Days

FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS

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This fun-filled festival is a celebration in March dedicated to the legacy of Grandpa Bredo Morstoel, the "Frozen Dead Guy" that captured international attention and sparked this annual festival that takes place in Nederland Colorado. 

There are plenty of creative contests and icy events including: frozen salmon tossing, polar plunging and coffin races. Enjoy the entertaining events, amazing live music, delicious food, and much more at the 13th Annual Frozen Dead Guy Days. To learn about the entire story of Grandpa Bredo and everything about Frozen Dead Guy Days, visit mtnneighbor.com.