Westcliffe, Colorado Calendar of Events

February
     

Friday, 20th
          SCAA benefit Prime Rib dinner and Silent
          Auction, Custer County School Multi-
          purpose room 6:30 pm *21
      

Sunday, 22nd
          High Country Swingers Square Dance,
          Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp 2:00 - 4:00
          pm *4

March

     Saturday, 7th 
          High Country Swingers Square Dance,
          Custer County School Mutli-purpose room
          7:30 - 9:30 pm *4 
     

Sunday, 15th
          St. Patrick's Day Dinner, Hermit Basin
          Lodge 6:00 pm *2
     

Friday, 27th
          "Civil War Soldier Moves West", Ric
          Parent, Westcliff Schoolhouse Museum
          7:00pm *26

April

     Saturday, 11th
          Easter Egg Hunt, Veterans Memorial Park
          2:00 pm, (Bring eggs) *1
     

Saturday, 18th
          All Aboard Westcliffe Annual Mtg *2
     

Sunday, 19th
          High Country Swingers Square Dance,
          Crescent Moon Ranch 2:00 - 4:30 pm *4
     

Friday, 24th
          "A History of Religion in the Valley" Joyce
          Gregor, Westcliff Schoolhouse Museum
          7:00 pm *26

May
     

Friday, 8th
          Boulder Shakespeare Co. Presents the
          Living Shakespeare in Aspects of Love,
          Scenes, Songs and Sonnets from some of
          Shakespeare's finest plays, Jones Theater
          * 22
     

Thursday, 14th
          SCCA benefit "Winner Dinners".  Main
          dish meals w/bread, serves four.  Dinners
          go on sale at the Westcliffe Community
          Building at 4:00 pm *21
     

Saturday, 16 and  Sunday, 17th
          Westcliffe Wrangler's H.S. Rodeo *8
     

Sunday, 17th
          High Country Swingers Square Dance, St.
          Andrews Golf Pavilion 2:00 - 4:00 pm *4
     

Thursday, 21st
          SCCA benefit "Winner Dinners".  Main dish
          meals w/bread, serves four.  Dinners go on
          sale at the Westcliffe Community Building at
          4:00 pm *21
          Westcliffe Schoolhouse  Museum opens for
          the 1998 season. *11
     

Saturday, 23rd
          Pancake Breakfast 7:00-10:00am *5
          Pack Burrow Race, begins in Silver Cliff
          9:00 am; registration at 8:00 am *1
          Memorial Day Parade 11:00am *5
          All Aboard Westcliffe Brat Lunch *2
          Merchants Sidewalk Sale 1:00-4:00pm *5
          Kite Flying Demonstration/Contest *5
          Caboose Visitor Center Opens *2
          "Hurrah for Hollywood" party and Academy
          Award winning film,  Jones Theater 6:00
          pm. *22
     

Saturday, 3oth
          High School Commencement 8:00 pm *8

June
          

Summer Recreation and Education Program
          Begins; see newspaper for schedule *11
     

Saturday, 6th
          Pioneer Days in Westcliffe *2
          AAW Pancake Breakfast & Hamburger
          Lunch *2
     

Sunday, 7th
          Ambulance Corp's Annual History
          Scavenger Hunt 1:00pm, Pig Roast and Pie
          sale at Saddle Club Building 5:00-7:00pm
          *10
     

Saturday, 13th
          Library Fund-raising Dinner, Oak Creek
          Grade General Store 6:00 pm *17
     

Friday, 19th
          6th Annual Crestone Classic Car Show
          registration & Buffalo BBQ *13
     

Friday, 19 thru Sunday, 21st
          "Same Time Next Year", UC Boulder
          Graduate students present a romantic
          comedy, Jones Theater *22
     

Saturday, 20th
          Crestone Classic Car Show *13
          US Forest Service & Backcountry
          Horsemen's Annual Brighten the Sangre's
          Trail maintenance  *25
          Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation's Free
          Fishing for Disabled & Physically
          Challenged 10:00am-3:30pm *9
          United Methodist Women's Yard Sale, 6th
          & Rosita 8:00 am - 4:00 pm *5
          CCHS Alumni Banquet & Dance *23
      

Friday, 26th
          "History of the Judicial System in Custer
          County" Judge Harold Taylor, Westcliffe
          Schoolhouse Museum 7:00 pm *26
     

Saturday, 27th
          Stockgrowers/Cattlewomen's  Mtgs. *12
          Rotary Benefit Golf Tournament *6, *14 
          High Country Swingers Square Dance, St.
          Andrews Golf Pavilion, 7:30 - 9:30 pm *4

July
     

Saturday,  4th
          Merchants/Chamber Flea Market *1
          Annual Ice Cream Social and Patriotic
          Sing Along, Westcliff Schoolhouse 1:00-
          3:00pm *11
          AAW Pancake Breakfast &  Brat Lunch *2
          Cross D Bar Trout Ranch Fishing Derby *9
          Community Fireworks Display, Lake
          DeWeese *1
          Fireman's Dance 10:00pm-2:00am *7
     

Saturday, 11th
          SCCA benefit Turkey Shoot 10:00 am,
          shooting range south of Westcliffe *21 
     

Wednesday, 15th thru Sunday, 19th
          Custer County Fair *16
     

Saturday, 18th
          Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast, School
          Parking lot, 7:00-10:00am *14
          "Westcliffe Stampede" Parade begins at
          10:00am *16
          "Westcliffe Stampede" Rodeo Dance
          9:00pm *16
     

Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th
          "Westcliffe Stampede" Rodeo *16
     

Sunday, 19th
          Livestock Sale *16     
          Rotary Club Steak Dinner, Fairgrounds
          11:00am-1:00pm *14
     

Wednesday, 22nd 
          Cross D Bar Fishing Day Fremont/Custer
          Assisted Living Centers *9
     

Friday, 24th and Saturday, 25th
          "For Music Lovers Only" Pianist Bill
          Protzman in Concert, Jones Theater *22
     

Saturday, 25th
          Historic Homes and Businesses Tour
          1:00pm - 5:00pm*17, *26
     

Friday, 31st
          High Country Swingers Square Dance
          Weekend, CCHS 7:00 - 10:00 pm  *4

August
     

Saturday, 1st and  Sunday, 2nd
          High Country Swingers Square Dance
          Weekend continues, CCHS  *4
     

Thursday, 13th
          Library presents Lance Brown as Will
          Rogers in a one man show, Jones Theater
          7:00 pm, free admission *17       

Friday, 13th &  Saturday & Sunday the 14th & 15th
          16th Annual Jazz in the Sangres *19 
     

Sunday, 15th
          3rd Annual Wet Mountain Valley Gospel
          Sing, Westcliffe Memorial Park 11:00am-
          4:00pm *24
          Guitarist and singer Myla Lichman- Fields
          in Concert, International Folk songs and
          stories,  Jones Theater *22
     

Wednesday, 19th 
          Cross D Bar Fishing Day for El
          Paso/Pueblo Assisted Living Centers *9
     

Friday, 21st thru Sunday 23rd
          "Across the Great Divide", an original play
          with music about pioneer women of
          Colorado, by Myla Lichman-Fields, 
          presented by the Crystal Mountain
          Players, Jones Theater  *22
     

Friday, 28th
          "History of the One Room Schools in
          Custer County" Irene Francis, at the 
          Westcliff Schoolhouse Museum 7:00 pm
          *26
     

Sunday, 30th
          Membership Golf Championship *6

September
     

Sunday, 6th
          Cowboy poetry and music festival, Jones
          Theater *22
     

Thursday, 10th
          Creede Repertory Company comes to the
          Jones Theater *22
     

Sunday, 13th
          Great Westcliffe Shootout Tournament *6 
     

Saturday, 19th
          "Fall Fremont/Custer Historical Get
          Together" Kit Shy speaker, Westcliffe
          Schoolhouse Musuem 2:00 pm *26
     

Saturday, 19th and Sunday, 20th
          Fall Festival Activities on Main Street *1
     

Saturday, 26th
          Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp's annual
          HarvestFest, Quilt Auction, Craft Fair,
          BBQ *20
          Art for the Sangre's at the Historic Pines
          Ranch, Preview 2:00-4:00 pm; Art Sale
          and Reception begins at 4:00 pm *3

October
     

Thursday, 8th 
          SCCA benefit "Winner Dinners".  Main
          dish meals w/bread, serves four.  Dinners
          go on sale at the Westcliffe Community
          Building at 4:00 pm *21
     

Friday, 9th and Saturday, 10th
          Harvest Bazaar,  Old Westcliff
          Schoolhouse 9:00am-4:00pm *11
     

Thursday, 15th
          SCCA benefit "Winner Dinners".  Main
          dish meals w/bread, serves four.  Dinners
          go on sale at the Westcliffe Community
          Building at 4:00 pm *21
     

Friday, 23rd
          "Early English People in the Valley" Bett
          Kettle, Westcliff Schoolhouse Museum
          7:00 pm  *26

Saturday, 31st
          Haunted Castle at Bishop's Castle *18

November
     

Sunday, 22nd
          All Community Thanksgiving Dinner 
     

Saturday, 28th
          Town Christmas Lighting Ceremony *5

December
     

Saturday, 5th
          Santa Comes to Town and Christmas
          Parade  *5
     

Wednesday, 9th
          Annual Community Senior Holiday Dinner,
          Silver Cliff Sr. Center 12:00pm *15
     

Tuesday, 29th
          Westcliff Schoolhouse 1891 Children's Tea,
          2:00pm *11

Visitor Information/Museums
     

Caboose Visitor Center
          Open May 23rd thru September 7th: Mon.-
          Fri. 9-4; Sat. & Sun.  9-5
     

Old Westcliff Schoolhouse Museum
          Open May 21st thru September 7th:
          Thursdays thru Sundays 1:00-4:00pm
     

Silver cliff museum
          Open May 24th thru August 31st; hours not
          available

Theaters
     

Jones Theater
          Opens May 23rd for the 1998 season,
          evening performances 7:30pm; Sunday
          Matinees 2:00pm. *22

Wet Mountain Valley Lodging
     

B&B's
          

Purnell's Rainbow Inn, 104 Main Westcliffe
          (719) 783-2313
     

Cabins
           

Alpine Lodge, 6848 Co. Rd. 140 SW of
          Westcliffe (719)783-2660
     

Dude Ranches
          

The Historic Pines Ranch     , 379 Chalice Dr.,
          NW of Westcliffe 1(800) 446-WHOA / (719)783-9261
     

Motels/Inns
     -    

Westcliffe Inn, South Hwy 69 & Hermit
          Road, Westcliffe 1(800)284-0850 /  (719)783-9275
     -    Yoder's High Country Inn, 700 Ohio,  Silver Cliff (719)783-2656
     -    The Courtyard, 410 Main, Westcliffe (719)783-9616
     -    Antlers Motel, 102 S. 6th, Westcliffe (719)783-2426
     -    Hermit Basin Lodge/Conference Center
          2496 Co. Rd., SW ofWestcliffe (729)783-2900

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