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Old-Fashioned Melodrama Can-Can Auditions Tonight at Atlas Theatre

Grateful Mike — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:55 +0000

Have you always wanted to be a can-can girl at the Old-Fashioned Melodrama? Tonight’s your chance. The Cheyenne Little Theatre Players are hosting auditions at the Atlas Theatre downtown.If you think you’re too young to be a can-can girl, you could try out to be a can-can cutie. Old-Fashioned Melodrama performances begin in July and [...]

Benefit For Theo Federer This Saturday

Rodeo Rick — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:20:31 +0000

Theo Federer is a local rodeo cowboy who was suffered a brain injury on Nov. 1st of last year while at bulldogging practice.

Journey Returns With Special Guest Styx To Open CFD Night Shows [VIDEOS]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:29:06 +0000

Cheyenne Frontier Days officials have completed the 2013 Frontier Nights® concert lineup. Journey with very special guest star Styx will kick off the evening entertainment on Friday, July 19. Tickets for the show will go on-sale March 15.Journey Journey will return to the Frontier Nights® stage for an encore performance this summer. Journey is one [...]

No Thunderbirds For CFD This Year [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:43:59 +0000

You may not see the Air Force Thunderbirds at Cheyenne Frontier Days this year because of the budget battle in Washington.The team canceled about 58 appearances between April 1st and the end of the season in November to save money because of the spending cuts. The cancellations will allow the Air Force to shift more [...]

USAF Cancels Thunderbird's Season [Audio]

Cheyenne News Staff — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:35:00 +0000

Two people have been arrested in a triple slaying in Clark, David Koch reports from Cody. Because of budget cuts, The U.S. Air Force announced Friday that it is cancelling the Thunderbirds entire season. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

6th Annual CFD Crisis Fund Dinner Is Saturday! [AUDIO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:50:07 +0000

Save the date! Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 at Little America. Entertainment again this year is Western Underground – A tribute to Chris LeDoux!Doors open and cocktail service begins at 5pm. Dinner served at 6:30pm, with live and silent auction items featured throughout. It’s a “Wild West Social” to benefit volunteers in crisis or catastrophe; Justin [...]

6th Annual 2013 Volunteer Crisis Fund Dinner Is Coming

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:19:47 +0000

Save the date! Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 at Little America.Entertainment this year is Western Underground – A tribute to Chris LeDoux! Doors open and cocktail service begins at 5pm. Dinner served at 6:30pm, with live and silent auction items featured throughout. It’s a “Wild West Social” to benefit volunteers in crisis or catastrophe; Tickets on [...]

Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Wins 2012 Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:59:31 +0000

Cheyenne Frontier Days received the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year award for the fourteenth time at an award banquet held last night in Las Vegas, Nevada.PRCA rodeo contract personnel, judges, clowns, stock contractors and contestants vote in October on the finalists for this award. Award finalists then attend a [...]

Grateful Memories of Tom Bauman [AUDIO]

Grateful Mike — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:58:32 +0000

A major voice of Cheyenne radio has been silenced.

On Wednesday, August 15, long-time Cheyenne broadcaster Tom Bauman died at the age of 75.

You've probably heard Tom's voice before on a radio broadcast or commercial, as a Cheyenne Frontier Days announcer or at many other events over the years and it is unforgettable.

Westby Named New Cheyenne Frontier Days Chairman

Doug Randall — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:02:44 +0000

41 year old Darin Westby was named the new General Chairman of Cheyenne Frontier Days Tuesday morning. Westby has a long background with CFD, including 18 years as a volunteer, during which he was recognized as Cheyenne Frontier Days Volunteer of the Year. He also served as CFD Concessions Chair from 2006 to 2008. He [...]

Police: No Indication of Foul Play in Broc Cresta's Death

Doug Randall — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:18:27 +0000

A Cheyenne Police Department spokesman says there is nothing to indicate foul play in the death of team roper Broc Cresta, 25, who’s body was found Saturday in his trailer at Frontier Park. Sgt. Rob Dafoe says investigators will not be able to determine what killed Cresta until results of an autopsy conducted Saturday are [...]

2012 CFD Is Over And The Final Numbers Are In = Top 5!

Gailen Sprague — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:54:19 +0000

Cheyenne Frontier Days closes out another successful year CHEYENNE, Wyo. — After a record setting year in 2011, Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) officials were hopeful that 2012 would compare – they weren’t disappointed. The 116th annual celebration came to a close on July 29 with the championship rodeo. While overall attendance was down from last [...]

Cresta Death Under Investigation

Doug Randall — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:40:13 +0000

Team Roper Broc Cresta, 25, of Petaluma, California, was found dead in his trailer Saturday at 11am of unknown causes. He was in Cheyenne competing in Cheyenne Frontier Days. Cresta was considered one of the sport’s bright young stars according to the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association website. He had been named the 2007 PRCA/Resistol Rookie [...]

What Did You Like Best at the 116th Cheyenne Frontier Days?

Grateful Mike — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:54:50 +0000

Merle Haggard & Marty Stewart 2003 (flickR User/glasater 99362)What did you like best about this year's Cheyenne Frontier Days?

Maybe you had some great pancakes, or loved something about the parade, discovered a new ride at the carnival, found out some history about Cheyenne's ghosts or saw one of your favorites in concert?
Let us know what you liked in the comment box.

'Your Sunday Brunch' Menu for July 29, 2012

Grateful Mike — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:38:26 +0000

Hungry for some sweet rock and roll?

We have some coming up on 'Your Sunday Brunch' on this last weekend of July.

It's an 'Album Side Sunday' featuring the band created by Tom Scholz, we'll mark the end of Cheyenne Frontier Days, get you ready for another great week of concerts and celebrate some rock birthdays.

One Last Chance To Take Up The Slack at Cheyenne Frontier Days

Grateful Mike — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:00:04 +0000

Did you know there's free rodeo action at Frontier Park?

There are so many cowboys and cowgirls competing for prize money at 'The Daddy of 'em All' that they can't fit it all in during all the afternoon rodeos so they take up the 'slack' early in the mornings.

Journey To Rock Cheyenne Frontier Days Tonight!

Grateful Mike — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:11:18 +0000

Will you be part of the crowd tonight at Frontier Park?

It is the rock night at Cheyenne Frontier Days, featuring Loverboy, Pat Benatar with her husband and guitarist Neil Giraldo and Journey with new lead singer Arnel Pineda.

Share Your Cheyenne Frontier Days Photos with Us!

Jon Green — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:43:18 +0000

Click here to share your CFD116 photos with KING!

Cheyenne Frontier Days Pancake Breakfast Draws Crowd Wednesday

Doug Randall — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:08:10 +0000

Cooler weather and free pancakes helped draw 12, 117 people to the Cheyenne Depot Plaza Wednesday morning for the second of three Cheyenne Frontier Days pancake breakfasts. The free breakfasts, put on by the Cheyenne Kiwanis Club, are a long-time CFD tradition. Breakfast Chairman Kent Drake of the Kiwanis says the crowds for the Wednesday [...]

Cheyenne Frontier Days Kiwanis Pancake Breakfasts Out To Set New Record

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:29:21 +0000

The Pancake Breakfast that the Kiwanis put on every year for Cheyenne Frontier Days is on track to set a new record! And of course that’s exactly what they want! The numbers are in for Monday and officially the count is in at over 8600 breakfasts served. Today is the second day of the Pancake [...]