Bear Valley Heritage Days; Brings the Old West Back to Big Bear Lake This Coming Labor Day Weekend.BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake announced today it will host the Bear Valley Heritage Days. This new event is set for the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend holiday (Aug. 30, 2006 through Sept. 4, 2006). Centered on ranching and the hunt for gold, the event will reflect on the Valley's early and colorful history, and the first rancher's realization Big Bear presented the perfect location for cool summer grazing. Each aspect of the event will focus on a facet of those early years. Beginning Aug. 30 with Merchant's Days and a tribute to those diligent business men and women who established trade in the Valley. A Night of Luck sets Friday evening into motion with the infamous "Octagon House For Octagon House, a 1937 mystery novel by Phoebe Atwood Taylor, see . An octagon house is an eight-sided house. A unique fad in residential architecture, they were particularly popular during the mid-19th century in the United States. " from those renegade days of old with gaming including roulette wheels, blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. tables and craps craps: see dice. craps Gambling game in which each player in turn throws two dice, attempting to roll a winning combination. The term derives from a Louisiana French word, crabs, which means “losing throw. . Saturday continues in kind with Wild Bill Holcomb's Mounted Shooting Showdown. Mounted Shooting is the fastest-growing horse event in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Sunday presents the Shay-Barker Team Penning and Sorting. Penning and sorting is a scuffle between men, horse and cattle. Both the Showdown and Penning and Sorting events will be fundraisers for one of the Valley's oldest clubs - Los Vaqueros de la Montanas. Rounding out Heritage Days festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. will be a performance featuring Rodney Crowell. Crowell, a Grammy Award winner, is a top recording artist under the Columbia Records label. Crowell was also named as Best Male singer/songwriter by Nashville Scene magazine in its "Best of 2005" issue. This is set to be his only Southern California appearance (www.RodneyCrowell.com). Los Angeles-based Merchant's of Moonshine moonshine Toxicology Illicitly distilled whiskey. See Lead poisoning, Saturnine gout. will open for Crowell. Merchant's of Moonshine recently signed with a sub-label under Columbia Records and their debut CD will be released this summer (www.merchantsofmoonshine.com). Proceeds from the concert will benefit Bear Valley Children's Charities, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of children in the Big Bear Valley. |
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