Put your pink on at the Pendleton Round-Up
By Terry Murry on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
PENDLETON – Thursday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink day at the Pendleton Round-Up. This is the 17th year the event has raised money to support local people who are fighting or have survived breast cancer.
There’s action before the rodeo even starts. Timed event slack is at 9 a.m. with free admission with a rodeo ticket. The Junior American Indian Beauty Pageant begins at 10 a.m. at Roy Raley Park. The Children’s Rodeo is at 10:30 with the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs scheduled to drop in at the start.
Also Thursday, Pendleton City Hall closes at 1 p.m. and will not reopen until Monday. Mayor John Turner said that a large number of city employees are part of the Round-Up and Happy Canyon army of volunteers.
“There are people who have never seen the Round-Up or Happy Canyon Show because they’ve always been volunteering and some of them have been here for 20 years,” he said. “That’s the kind of dedication it takes to keep this thing going.”
This evening the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Wild West Show begins at 7:45 and the doors to Goldie’s at the Canyon will open at 8 p.m. inside the Pendleton Convention Center. Goldie’s is for those 21 and older.
