Good afternoon.
Thank you for joining us for Creme 2 news.
First at 4, I'm Amanda Rowley,
standing in for Mark and Whitney
tonight because the Spokane County
Interstate fair officially kicked
off today and Creme 2 is out there
to get the festivities rolling.
So let's go straight out and check
on the creme booth, Mark and Whitney.
Hey, guys. How's it going?
Hi, Amanda. Yeah, we decided to
take some of the best possible days
outside and come out to the fair.
It's beautiful.
We're not in the studio this week.
In fact, for the next two weekends
we are going to be right here
at the Spokane Interstate. Fair
weather is fantastic.
Blue skies right here.
The rides are all rolling.
You can spell the sweet,
fair aroma of all that fried,
delicious food going on,
but let's get right to it.
Here's what you need to know
tonight before you come
down as admit. As for admission tickets,
you can buy those at the main ticket booth,
but they only take cash.
So bring cash or be ready to use
the ATM here at the fairgrounds.
Tickets are $13 Monday through Thursdays
and $15 Friday through Sundays.
They are $10.00 for military seniors and
kids 7 to 13 and kids 6 and under are free.
And also keep in mind,
to get here you're going to need to
come into the main gate that's just
off of Havana and then you're going
to get to a lot of different places.
From there, you can park at the main gate,
the train gate, or at the South gate.
Parking is $10 per car per day.
But keep in mind you can also take
the Spokane Transit Authority
fare shuttle that is only $2.00.
If you do that,
you will also get a discount
on your fare admission ticket.
So now let's talk about all the fun things
you can do while you're here at the fair.
There are a lot of fun events to enjoy,
like a series of concerts over
the course of the next week.
Clint Black and Craig Morgan will be
kicking off the concerts on Tuesday.
Martina McBride takes the mainstage on
Wednesday and finally the EX Ambassadors
will round out the concerts on Thursday.
Tickets are available right
now on the spokanefair.com,
That's their website.
And tonight,
of course tomorrow is the Spokane
County Interstate PRCA Rodeo.
Always a good time on many,
many things going on.
There's always something
fun to do here at the fair.
So tonight actually for the annual rodeo
is tough enough to wear pink night,
so you know that's fun.
So if you're going to go check
out all the Longhorns or maybe
take a look at the mutton busting,
keep that in mind and make sure to
put on your rosiest colors. Mark.
Well if you guys know this,
but we have our own rodeo
pro here on staff at CREM 2.
That's a very own Cody Proctor.
She is standing by live now to
show us the ropes tonight. Cody,
you are so right, Mark and Whitney.
And as we head into tonight,
there's a lot happening with the rodeo here
for the Spokane Interstate fair That starts,
by the way at 7:00 tonight.
And as you mentioned,
it is tough enough to wear pink tonight.
Now, some of the events that'll be
happening this evening at the rodeo,
we've got ******** riding,
we've got saddle bronk riding,
bull riding of course,
always a fan favorite.
Barrel racing, steer wrestling,
T roping, tie down roping.
They're all here tonight.
Now as we head into this evening,
one reason if you are tuning into Creme 2
and just learning this for the first time,
that they call me the in
house rodeo specialist,
is this is actually how I grew up.
I went to school on a
college rodeo scholarship,
my brother's professional bull rider,
My dad had a roping school,
my mom roped, my sister roped.
So let's just say it's a bit
of a family business.
So tonight to get us
prepared for this evening,
I thought we'd have a quick roping lesson.
One of my top events that I competed in
along the bear racing was a breakway roping.
So what we're going to do,
We're going to get our rope right here.
I've got my rope can over there with
a day sheet with all the competitors.
But let's go through this lesson right now.
First off,
we need to actually make our loop.
So I'm going to throw that down,
got to make it right,
got to make it feel right,
and we're going to get our loop together.
I've coiled it up and we'll just do
this real quick because we wanted
to be a good size to catch a calf
or sear or whatever the event is.
For me, it was always the calves.
So we need to have a nice
distance right here with the rope.
We got our smoke right here,
finger on this side.
So what we're going to do is
once you got that elbow back,
shoulders up, swing,
keep your elbow up and then
hopefully I don't embarrass myself.
Release.
Now, admittedly, I don't have
a roping done right here.
I don't have a calf or a steer ahead of me,
so tonight it'll be the Cowboys and Cowgirls
who will be competing instead of me tonight.
And it's been a while since I've competed
so they will be much better than me.
So if you do want to check out what
is happening tonight, there is plenty.
The rodeo again will start at 7:00 tonight.
It is a tough enough to wear pink,
so feel free to wear the pink
and show support.
Reporting live at the arena.
Cody Proctor from 2 News.
All right, Cody, thank you very much.
I tried using Cody's rope in the
station before he came down here.
I got nothing. She's the pro.
It's hard for the looks.
It is. And it's really fun to watch her.
She's just so good every time.
Absolutely. Yeah, for sure.
OK. If you can't make it down
here tonight, not to worry.
The fair goes on and we will
be here for the next 10 days.
Yeah. We've kind of taken
over this entire intersection.
We've got a big set up here,
even bigger and better than it was last year.
We kind of dominated this whole
intersection and called it Crem Alley.
So that's where to find us.
And we'd love for you to come and say hello.
We're at the crossroads,
right between the floral
exhibits and the VFW Post 51.
So as you're walking down the
straightaway headed kind of maybe toward
the food court in the rodeo ring,
that's where you'll see us.
You'll see all of our creme 2 signs,
our tents.
We've got the storm tracker here as well.
We'll be giving chores of that
and we'll be broadcasting live,
handing out all sorts of fun goodies.
And of course,
just celebrating the fair.
Yeah, So here's a look at our
fair lineup The next few days,
be up with creme team will be
out most of the day tomorrow.
You can find Tim,
Channing and Thomas at the Creme
booth between noon and 6:00
PM And then on Sunday, Mark,
Jeremy and I will be right
back here for more fun.
Make sure and come join us.
It's going to be between noon and six,
and we'll be handing out Storm
tracker stickers and Creme 2 rulers.
And I hear Jeremy has a demonstration
for those rulers also.
It's very specific.
You don't want to miss that.
And finally on Monday,
Tom Sherry will be joining Mark and Jeremy.
That's going to be Heroes Day.
Stop by and say hi.
Then between 4:00 and 7:00 and
then we've got a full lineup.
All of your favorite anchors headed
out here each of the different days,
So make sure and check on Prem 2 News,
creme.com or just watch Creme
2 News each and every day and
we'll let you know who's going
to be out here and when.
Yeah, I'm sure Tom will be a big attraction.
He wrote the Mechanical Bowl last year and
hopefully he does a repeat of that because
that was you can't miss TV right now.
Always good TV, right?
We are going to be out here,
so make sure to stick around here.
Coming up at 4:15,
we've got more going on,
including the history of the fair here.
Yeah. Here's a fun tidbit.
The very first Spokane County
Fair happened all the way back
in 1887 at Corbin Park. Amanda,
I'm not sure if you're around then,
but quite a while ago, back to you.