The FantaSe Community Festival
When: June 15, 2013, 4 to 10pm
Location: DeVargas Park
Featured Events:
Spring Festival and Children’s Fair
When: June 1 and 2, 10am to 4pm
Location: El Rancho de las Golondrinas
Summer Festival
Frontier Days & Horses of the West
When
Ticket Info
Purchase Tickets Online or by phone at (505) 471-2261
Adult: $8.00
Seniors (62+): $5.00
Teens (13-18): $5.00
12 and under : FREE
Event Description
Mountain men and women demonstrating their skills and spinning tales of the past; Peruvian Paso horses from La Estancia Alegre.
In the Education Center:
Saturday, August 4:
11:00 - 11:45: The Life of George Yount, presented by Harry Murray
11:45 - 12:45 Jim Beckwourth, first-person Chautauqua presentation by Edward Wallace
1:00 - 1:50 Steve Cormier presents: “Music from the Ranch and Open Range”
2:00 - 3:00 Old Bill Williams, Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken
3:00 – 3:45 Kit Carson, Chautauqua presentation by his great-grandson John Carson
Sunday August 5:
11:00 - 11:45: The Life of George Yount, presented by Harry Murray
11:45 - 12:45 Jim Beckwourth, first-person Chautauqua presentation by Edward Wallace
12:45 - 1:45 Kit Carson, Chautauqua presentation by his great-grandson John Carson
2:30 - 3:30 Old Bill Williams, Chautauqua presentation by Larry Marken
In the Performance Field:
• 10:00 – 2:30 Saturday Only Archery
• 11:00 – 11:15 Peruvian Paso Horse Show
• 2:00 – 2:15 Peruvian Paso Horse Show
Near the Blacksmith Shop:
• Visit with our equine friends from the Rio Grande Mule and Donkey Association
(Saturday Only)
• Wagon Rides! Depart continuously from near the Blacksmith Shop between 11:00
and 3:00. Rides end promptly at 3:00!Under Trees South of Museum Shop:
• 11:00 – 1:00 Tin Stamping workshop with Jason Younis y Delgado
• 1:30 – 3:30 Make a trade-bead necklace with Becky Badger!
In the Mountain Man Camp (Hide Tanning Area):
• Visit with Mountain Men with tall tales to tell and 1800s goods to sell
• Visit with mini horses
• Try your hand at hide tanning and flint knapping
Under big portal on the way to the Hide Tanning Area:
• 10:00 – 11:30: Test your luck at the old west game of “monte” with Old Bill
Williams and Jim Beckwourth
• 12:00 – 1:00: Map making with Old Bill Williams (First 12 children only!)
• 1:30 – 3:00: Test your luck at the old west game of “monte” with Jim Beckwourth
In the Baca House:
Meet Susan Magoffin and hear about her life on the Santa Fe Trail
In the Baca House and Plaza (Sunday only):
11:45 – 12:00 Hear the adventures of Capt. Robert O'Flaherty on the Santa Fe Trail
right after the Civil War
12:00 – 12:15: “Marryin’ Me!” old west comedy skit with the NM Gunfighters
1:00 – 1:15 Hear the adventures of Capt. Robert O'Flaherty on the Santa Fe Trail
right after the Civil War
1:15 – 1:30: “Robbery Gone Wrong” comedy skit with the NM Gunfighters
Also enjoy blacksmithing, woodworking, milling, weaving, bread baking,
bartering for goods in the country store, and more! 200 acres of fun for the
whole family!
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Location
Address: 334 Los Pinos Road
Phone: (505) 471-2261
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