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Here is a video of some of the tricks and I spoke with one of the performers and she said #Stampede2021 is one of her favourite events to perform #yycpic.twitter.com/be1eyZLItm Shawn Knox (@knoxie84) July 15, 2021
One of the riders, and the first female freestyle motocrosser to perform at the Calgary Stampede, is 31-year-old Kassie Boone from Belmont, Ont. She said she has been soaring through the air on a bike for as long as she can remember.
“My dad was a racer, so from the day I was born I was sitting on a dirt bike,” said Boone, adding that she got her first bike when she was five-years-old.
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At the top of the hour, Medicine Hat country superstar Terri Clark said she was back in the saddle again after 18 months of virtual appearances and was elated to be performing live once again.
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The grandstand crowd was elated to have her back, clapping, stomping and singing along with Clark and her band for a four-song set. Clark will perform nightly at Stampede Park until July 13 and will be replaced for the preshow mini-concert by bluegrass band High Valley until July 18.