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Taste of Cave Creek to showcase food and music

By Curtis Riggs | September 17, 2008

CAVE CREEK – Next Thursday’s Taste of Cave Creek community event will be all about sampling the best 15 Cave Creek eateries have to offer.

It will also be about sitting back, and sometimes dancing to, a couple of the best bands around. The artistic side of the community goes along way toward making the community special.

The Taste will be held at Stagecoach Village, northwest corner of Cave Creek Road and Galloway Drive, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Local favorites EastonAshe and Rondavous will be headlining the special evening. Fans of both local favorites are sure to come out to hear their hometown groups, with about 300 economic development officials who will be in town for the Governor’s Rural Economic Development Conference.

“We feel like we are part of Cave Creek. Whenever we are asked to do anything like this we consider it a privilege,” said Rondavous’ Pandy Raye, who pitches in to help out in Cave Creek whenever she can.

EastonAshe manager Bob Parness said the local boys who have made good nationally will “sure be excited to be back home” to perform at the Taste after a month of summer touring.

“When they are away they really miss Cave Creek,” he said.

To show Cave Creek’s artistic side to visiting officials and locals who may not be aware, films entered in last year’s Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival will be shown in a building in Stagecoach Village. Around 70 pieces of art and photographs, which were also entries in last year’s festival, will be displayed around the retail center.

Artist Lance Headlee will be signing copies of Lean On Me, this year’s Wild West Days poster.
The folks at Brix Wine Spot will have a number of boutique wines available for Taste patrons.

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Rootin’ Tootin’ Roundup headed to Carefree

By Curtis Riggs | September 17, 2008

A corral full of fun

Rootin Tootin CAREFREE – Old-fashioned family fun will be taking place at the Foothills Community Foundation’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Roundup on Saturday Sept. 20 at the Carefree Resort & Villas.

Cowgirls, cowpokes and even a few tinhorns will be sure to enjoy the Western fun from 5 until 11 p.m. at the resort on Mule Train Road.

Rootin’ Tootin’ Roundup proceeds will benefit Foundation programs like the Desert Foothills YMCA, Domestic Violence Education and Awareness (DEVA), Desert Foothills Theater and the MindQuest Lecture Series.

Tickets to the event are $60. They are available by calling 480-488-1090 or
e-mailing [email protected].

In addition to a delicious Western cookout, some of the best Western talent around has been rounded up for the Wild West Variety Show.

The Signing Cowboy Gary Sprague and his trusty horse Dusty will be riding through the crowd offering old-time tunes that make anyone feel at home on the range.
The gun-slinging Pistols & Petticoats gang will be performing their antics in an historical and hysterical Judge Roy Bean skit.

Western storyteller and yodeler Cow Gal Val will bring her knee slapping comedy to town on this Saturday night.

“Dramatic, comical, historical and hysterical,” is how Foundation Executive Director Bre Ulewicz describes the Rootin’ Tootin’ evening.

“This is a community event that will be fun for everyone and it is also one of our most important opportunities to involve and educate people about the Foundation. We are excited to build on the success of last year’s event, which was held at the Buffalo Chip,” Ulewicz said

The event was expanded and moved to the Carefree Resort & Villas to accommodate guests who want to stay overnight. Special “Boardin’ Overnight” room rates are available, with specials starting at $109.
Rootin’ Tootin’ guests will be able to enjoy playing cards or rolling dice at the “Gamblin’and Horsin’ Around Corral” where they can try their hand at blackjack, roulette or craps. At the end of the evening players can cash in accumulated “wooden nickels” to bid on a wide variety of gifts donated by local merchants.

“Without the help of the generous sponsors who donate their time, money and effort to the Rootin’ Tootin’ Roundup this would not be possible,” Ulewicz said. “Our goal this year is to give our community a most memorable evening of fun.”