"Celebrating 40 Years of
Cowboys, Kids & Country"
The Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo is honoring a wide variety of individuals this year. Cowboys, for all the time and energy they give to the sport of rodeo; Kids for reminding us how precious life is and to live it to the fullest and Country, for providing us with unlimited opportunities. Decorating ideas for this year's parade are endless...books, cartoons, entertainment, family, freedom, cowboy heroes, military or if you wih to use a theme from past parades, the list is provided for you below.
PAST PARADE THEMES:
1979 Salute to the Clowns
1980 Bulls, Barrels and Buckskins
1981 Mitchell Re-Discovered
1982 Rodeo Fever
1983 Salute to Country Music
1984 Old West Heroes and Legends
1985 TV Westerns on Parade
1986
USA - We’re #1
1987 Clowning Around
1988 Days of the Frontiersmen
1989
South Dakota Then and Now
1990 Twenty Years of Memories and Dreams (20th Anniv.)
1991 Spirit of
America
1992 Palaces of the Past
1993 Clowning Around
1994 Famous Western Women
1995 A Salute to Rodeo (25th Anniv.)
1996 Wild Wild West
1997 Rodeo Stars of the Future
1998 “Once Upon a Time” A Storybook Rodeo
1999 A Century Gone By
2000 Unsung Heroes
2001 Outlaws of the Past
2002 Lawmen of the Past: A Salute to US Marshals
2003 Welcome to Our Town
America
2004 Discovering
South Dakota’s History
2005 Do You Remember When
2006 Palace Pride - Celebrating Corn Palace Murals of the Past
2007 Our Boys are Back in Town - A Salute to our Armed Forces
2008 Great Western Icons
2009 Making Music Come Alive