GSGRA-BAC Rodeo this weekend -- who's going?

[kproche]

bovil and I will be going to the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association - Bay Area Chapter "Best Buck in the Bay" Gay Rodeo and Festival (how's *that* for a mouthful? this weekend.

We'll be checking into the Jack Tar Cathedral Hill Hotel on Friday in time to attend the Sponsor's reception (we sponsor the prize buckles for Goat Dressing )

Anybody out there going, too?

(And yes, I will be packing the infamous Half-Naked Cowboy Hawaiian Shirt)

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[npage1.livejournal.com]

Tiger will be ALLL OVER the plave but alas, I will be working. Sorry I am going to miss you guys

[lobolance.livejournal.com]

Wyatt and I will probably go by the hotel on Saturday evening. Know anything about parking in the vicinity?

[jsciv.livejournal.com]

There's an event where you put underwear on a goat? Um, yeah......

[howeird]

Do goats wear boxers or shorts? Or thongs? And can I make this my Fashion Folio entry?

I might check it out - haven't been to a rodeo in ages, and this sounds like a fun home-town-sized one.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

You up for doing some sports photography? The last few years they either had photographers who were more interested in art photography, or didn't have any photographers scheduled. Last year I just shot a bunch of events, and the entrants were thrilled to see what they did wrong (or right) on film.

[howeird]

Matter of fact, I love shooting rodeos. Used to volunteer to do it for my newspaper in Oregon back in the early pleistocene. And I have a brand new camera & VR lens to try out.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

email me your cell # (or comment back and then delete the comment)

I'll can call you tomorrow night with more information, like whether they've got an official photographer or not, what the schedule is, and what areas we can get access to shoot from.

The entrants (who I care about making happy) are interested in quick turn-around and being able to see their runs that night (or at least Sunday night when we're all waiting for the awards ceremony to start). Art is secondary, a good record is what's important.

I shoot with my S3, and it's been for the most part adequate. Flag racing will really test your camera's continuous shooting mode. Last year I wasn't running my fastest shooting mode (which is still going to be slow compared to your camera) and I can't count the frames I tossed because the action all was between shots.

[howeird]

Cell phone has been sent via the Illuminati "contact us" page. The D-80 has a pretty good continuous shooting mode, especially if I dumb down the resolution. I could also bring my camcorder for the faster stuff, but I only have a 1-hour battery for that. Probably time to pick up another one...

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

I got a nice letter from a Mr Andrew Zollman who has decided that All Rodeos Are Bad and he wants you to not participate in the Gay one. He says his group is going to boycott all the sponsors.
Apparently he's never seen what has been done to dress cats and dogs. Because one of his lines is "Would you do this to a cat or a dog?"
That said, he didn't send it until Aug 28th and I was going to hand it to you last monday, but you weren't there. If he Really wanted you to pull out the sponsorship shouldn't he have contacted you earlier? Seems to me he just wants to pick a fight.

So I Say - Have Fun. Try not to hurt the goats. Sell memberships.

I'm going to be drawing this weekend...

[bovil.livejournal.com]

We got one last year too, don't remember if it was the same guy.

Send him a link to one of those "animals in costumes" web pages.

[kproche.livejournal.com]

We got the same letter from Mr Zollman last year (I got a copy of this year's note as well) about 2 weeks before the rodeo.

I went to high school in a cow town (Redding -- cattle and timber) and grew up with rodeo. The gay rodeo feels a lot different.
The IGRA animal policy is such that I'm confident they take very good care of all the stock used in the GSGRA events.