Event Details

Amarillo

DASH For CASH— How Make the Most of your Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds (CEU Credits available)

The Panhandle Tourism Marketing Council is excited to bring to Amarillo, Texas a one-day workshop geared to Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds. The workshop will be held at the Ambassador Hotel, Thursday September 10, 2009 beginning at 8:30 am. This workshop will cover the proper uses of the HOT funds with panelists including Justin Bragiel, Deputy General Council, Texas Hotel & Lodging Association (TH&LA).

 

At the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, Mr. Bragiel handles a diverse array of legal and legislative issues, including local and state hotel occupancy tax, hospitality law, regulatory issues, contract law, employment issues, and more. He edits TH&LA's newsletter, Industry Update, and is active in handling TH&LA's legislative affairs.

 

Bragiel earned a Juris Doctor from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2007. Prior to joining the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association in February 2008, Bragiel performed legal services for American Airlines, estate planning law firms, and the Texas Attorney General. Previously, Bragiel worked in banking operations management for Bank of America in Austin, Texas.

 

Based in Austin, TH&LA is the second largest state lodging association in the United States, serving over 1,800 member businesses by providing operational, technical, educational, marketing and communications services, in addition to governmental affairs representation.

 

Other topics include making the most of your funds with presentations for the Texas Department of Agriculture & the Texas Plains Trail Region. Learn some creative ways to spend your funds and get some examples of what other communities are doing with their funds.

 

If you have questions about using your community's Hotel Occupancy Tax, need CEU credits, or just want a refresher, attend this great workshop in your own backyard. Contact Kristine Olsen at 806-244-5646 for registration details, or visit www.dalhart.org or download the PDF form here for additional details.

 

Tweet & Eat

Everyone’s all a’twitter about Twitter. Why? What is it about life in 140 characters that has so many tweeting happily away? Take a couple of hours to learn about the Twitterverse!

• Get an overview of Twitter
• Learn how it can be used for your business (and just for fun)
• Set up your Twitter account (Bring a laptop with wireless capabilities for this. If you don’t have one, there will be lots of demonstrations)
• Learn the ins and out of developing a following
• Get tips for making each one of those 140 really work for you
• Look at search options for Twitter
• Get an overview of sites the offer Twitter support
• Discuss Twittiquette
• Look at social media, and see how Twitter can tie in with other social media sites such as Facebook
• Get a preview of upcoming social media events

 

Friday, September 11, 2009 • 11:30 to 1:30
$25 per person
Lunch available from TGIFridays (Cost additional)
—No outside food, please—
The Ambassador Hotel
3100 I-40 West, Amarillo • (806) 358-6161

 

Download the flyer and registration forms here:

Tweet & Eat Information form

Tweet & Eat Registration form

Panhandle Experience!

 

People from all over the Panhandle converged on the Ambassador Hotel on the last weekend in May for the first "Panhandle Experience," a tourism trade show designed to introduce residents to what the area has to see and do. Whether heading out for the day, or planning a weekend excursion, the Panhandle Experience highlighted the wonderful things available to do in our own back yard.

 

Entertainment included the TEXAS Musical Drama singers and dancers, the Kwahadi Indian Dancers, and the Beacons Bluegrass Band. Door prizes were handed out and new contacts were made.

 

Representatives of regional organizations and events greeted attendees. Guests could go on a real treasure hunt to find all sorts of interesting places and things to do in the Texas Panhandle. Find the mid-point of Route 66. Locate a Perryton lake voted one of the best “swimmin’ holes” in the state of Texas. Discover where there’s a cheeseburger festival, or the world’s largest bar-b-que, or ugly crust pies. Get information about our beautiful Palo Duro Canyon, and Texas’ only National Monument, Lake Meredith. Find your way to the musical “TEXAS”, or Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch.

Plans are in the works for the next extravaganza: Holiday Fun In Your Backyard. Check back here for dates. To reserve a booth, or for more information, contact Lana Barnett at 806.995.2127, or by email at texas.tours@yahoo.com.

 

At the Ambassador Hotel

3100 W I-40

Amarillo, Texas

 

Borger
Tri-City Concert Association

Tri-City Concert Association in Borger will soon be announcing the performers for the 2009-2010 season.
Admission to concerts is by Season Membership, or single tickets available the night of the concert. Season prices for the upcoming season will be announced soon. Tri-City Concert tickets admit members to concerts in Pampa and Plainview. Information about those concerts and their dates will be mailed with tickets in September. Contact number for more information is 806-274-4981.

 

Beach Bash

Borger's Annual Beach Bash offers games and entertainment for the family on June 6 this year. It all happens in downtown Borger. Contact the Borger Chamber for details: 806-273-2211.

 

Adobe Walls Trek

On June 12 you can visit the historic Adobe Walls site. The Hutchinson County Museum will give a presentation on Adobe Walls and the Indian Wars, followed by a trek to the site. Located on private property, the site is not accessible to the public except by arrangement. See this historic site in northern Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle. Contact the Hutchinson County Museum for details: 806-273-0130.

 

Annual Quilt Show

Borger's 28th Annual Quilt show. Contact the Hutchinson County Museum for details: 806-273-0130.

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Canadian
Fall Foliage Festival

Canadian’s Fall Foliage Festival arrives every third weekend in October. It’s a beautiful time of the year with lots of activities and attractions. Take a scenic drive to Lake Marvin, located 12 miles from town, and choose from a full menu of activities.

 

Among the numerous activities one can enjoy at Lake Marvin during Fall Foliage includes Bob’s Critters: Displays with the native animals, fish & birds of Hemphill County, nature games and activities, test your nature knowledge: What’s a native plant? What’s a weed? What’s safe to eat? What not to touch? Make your own nature bouquet to take home. Collect & frame your own nature picture. Nature walks: on the trails and around the Lake cook your own hot dog – we supply all the fixin’s and the fire. Free wagon rides: horse-drawn wagon rides courtesy of Red Hills Express and the Chamber of Commerce. Campfire Saturday Nite – stories, songs & s’mores featuring cowboy songs, our best story tellers, your own stories and roasting marshmallows over the fire. Lake Marvin Lodge Starlight Safari: immediately following Campfire, accompany Bob Rogers on a nighttime creature spotting tour.

 

Complementing the natural beauty of the area, the weekend offers hiking & biking on the picturesque Canadian River Historic Wagon Bridge and on the trails at Lake Marvin & Black Kettle National Grasslands.

 

Visitors to Canadian may also enjoy the annual tour of homes, wagon rides, arts & crafts festival, special exhibits at Lake Marvin, special museum exhibits, and as always, nature’s glorious showcase of color. We also encourage our guests to enjoy the special shopping opportunities and activities in the community.

 

For more information about Fall Foliage or Canadian:
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
119 N. 2nd St.
Canadian, Tx 79014
806.323.6234
canadiantx@sbcglobal.net

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Claude

Annual Museum Banquet

This year's banquet features "Young Country" musical entertainers and promotion of "The Musical Drama, Texas." An area artist is featured in The Armstrong County Museum Art Gallery and admission to the museum is free. The museum features displays of the development of the JA Ranch, Charles Goodnight Hall, and the history of Armstrong County. For information call 806-226-2187 between 12 and 4 PM Tuesday through Saturday.

 

Historic Gem Theatre in Claude

Texas Presents: Each month the Gem Theatre in Claude, Texas provides family entertainment for patrons of Armstrong County and the Panhandle of Texas. A presenting theatre for the Texas Commission on the Arts, many performers are listed on the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Artists Roster. For information and show times call 806-226-2451 or visit our web site at www.armstrongcountymuseum.org

Caprock Roundup Rodeo and Old Settlers Reunion

Held the second weekend in July, this event features a parade, free barbecue, crowning of Miss Armstrong County Queen, little Miss and little Mister Armstrong County. Vendors set up on the square during the event and a theatrical performances are held in the Gem Theatre. Visitors may visit the Armstrong County Museum and Art Gallery, admission free. The ranch rodeo, sponsored by the American Legion, is held at the Bert Wooldridge Arena in the evening and the dance follows at Legion Hall dance pavilion All this in the heart of Charles Goodnight Country, Claude, Armstrong County, Texas.

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Clarendon

Clarendon Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner

This year's event will be held in the Bairfield Building in Clarendon on February 21, 2009, at 6 pm. For information call 806.874-2421.

Donley County Wildlife Festival & Annual Turkey Strut

Join us in Clarendon in April, 2010 for wildlife viewing, educational exhibits, and, of course, great food. There will be crafts for sale, a mattress race and other games. Stay for concert and dance in the evening. For information call 806.874-2421.

Annual Saints’ Roost Celebration

Each July 4th the community of Clarendon experiences the annual Saints’ Roost Celebration and Rodeo. Join us on our town square for the parade, BBQ, and other events. For more information call 806.874.2421

Second Annual Buckin' Blowout Rodeo

September 5th at the Clarendon Rodeo Grounds

Annual Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff

September 26th at the Saints' Roost Museum Grounds

Clarendon Art Festival 2009

October 24th and 25th.

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Dalhart

The XIT Rodeo and Reunion

The XIT Rodeo and Reunion takes place the first Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each August. The event originated when ranch hands from the XIT decided to get together to swap stories and rodeo. Now, the three-day festival features a watermelon feed, pork chops from Premium Standard Farms, and each night the Proftessional Rodeo Cowboys Association is center stage with spectacular competition. On Saturday afternoon the world’s largest free barbeque feeds 20,000 people the best, most tender brisket you have ever tasted with the traditional fixins’ of beans, bread, pickles and slaw. Saturday morning brings a large street parade followed by the growing Fiddler’s Contest at Veteran’s Memorial Park. The contest draws competing fiddlers from several states.

 

Going strong for more than 70 years, there is fun for adults and kids alike. Each evening’s dance features some of country music’s most famed entertainers. And the LaRita Theater presents an annual melodrama. So take a step back in time and enjoy the show, which is always sold out! Visit www.dalhart.org or call (806) 244-5646 for information.

Some Summer 2008 XIT Events:

Rodeo each night at 7:00 pm.

Thursday, August 6 Free Watermelon

Friday, August 7 Free Pork Chops

Saturday, August 8 Free BBQ

XIT Parade Saturday August 8th at 10:00 am

Fiddlers Contest Veteran's Memorial Park 7th & Rock Island Saturday Aug 8
at noon, free to the public. No registration fee for contestants to
participate, cash prizes awarded for Junior up to 12, youth 13- 18 and
adults 19 & up.

Dallam County 4-H Arts & Crafts Show at the Dalhart Elks Lodge

Friday, August 7 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday, August 8 11:30 am to 4:00 pm.
To register a booth call 806-244-4434. Additional information and registration forms are available at www.dalhart.org

XIT Melodrama at LaRita Performing Arts Theatre

Tickets: $10.00 at the Dalhart Chamber office 806-244-5646 or 102 E. 7th.
Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 pm
Friday, August 7 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 8 at 2:00 pm

For other XIT Event information:

Parade Entries, Rodeo Tickets, XIT Shirts & Hats and additional information
is available at the Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce at 102 E. 7th or call
806-244-5646 or visit www.dalhart.org to learn more or download entry forms.

 

"Sound of Dalhart" Presented by Dalhart Rotary Club

The Dalhart Rotary Club is proud to present "The Sounds of Dalhart" Spring
Concert on Saturday May 9, 2009 at the new high school auditorium starting
at 7:00 pm. The concert will feature local talent including Becky Seal,
Vicki Moore, Shane Turner, Matt Turner, Audry Hurley, Lacy Whitfileld,
Russell Routen, Johnny Petty and Jennifer Martin. Tickets can be purchased
from any Rotary Club member, at the Dalhart Chamber of Commerce office, 102
E. 7th or Dalhart ISD Central Admin office, 701 E. 10th. All tickets are
general admission, $10.00 each. Proceeds to support club's International
Service Project to Ecuador, Dictionary Project, Rotary Student Leadership
Camp and other local club projects. Don't miss your chance to come hear
some of Dalhart's greatest talent in the new high school auditorium. For
more information call 806-244-5646 or 806-244-7810.

 

XIT Trail of Sales

The Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce and the Texas AgriLife Extension are
excited to announce the 6th Annual XIT Trail of Sales coming up on Saturday
June 6, 2009 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. The XIT Trail of Sales brings together
Channing, Hartley, Dalhart and Texline for 75 miles of Yard Sales, Garage
Sales, Flea Markets and more. Start making plans to shop the XIT Trail,
then visit www.dalhart.org after June 2 to download community maps marking
the location of registered sales. For more information contact the Chamber
at 806-244-5646 or the Texas AgriLife Extension at 806-244-4434.

"Keep the Shine on Denrock"

Downtown Block Party

Held annually the 3rd Saturday in September in the heart of Dalhart, this year on September 19. Downtown Dalhart is closed off each year in September for the this annual event where food, game and novelty booths line the streets of Downtown Dalhart. The fun begins around 4:00 in the afternoon and continues until well after dark. For more information about the Downtown Block Party, contact the Dalhart Area Chamber at 806-244-5646.

Come Kick up your Heels in Dalhart!!!!
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Hutchinson County Museum

28th Annual Quilt Show

Coming in July. For details: (806)273-0130.

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Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Events in the Canyon

May 2, 2009 • Bird Walks and Talks Interested in birds? Want to know more? Meet with an area birder at the Lone Star Interpretive Theater for information and then tour the area to discover what species are present. 8:30-10:30 a.m. (806) 488-2227.

May 2, 2009 • Interpretive Talk Come to the Lone Star Interpretive Theater and hear seasonal subjects discussed. 7:30-8:30 p.m. (806) 488-2227.

May 16, 2009 • Native American Presentation Learn about the life of a Comanche woman. Would you have wanted to walk in her moccasins? Family enlightenment and entertainment in the Lone Star Interpretive Theater. Accessible for the mobility impaired. 7:30-8:30 p.m. (806) 488-2227.

May 23, 2009 • Night Hike What can you see on a trail at night? Only one way to find out and that is to hike the Juniper Riverside Trail with park staff. Bring a flashlight and plan for the unexpected. Park in the parking area on Alternate Road 5 and walk into Juniper Picnic Area to begin hike. 9-10 p.m. (806) 488-2227.

May 23, 2009 • Bird Walks and Talks Interested in birds? Want to know more? Meet with an area birder at the Lone Star Interpretive Theater for information and then tour the area to discover what species are present. 8:30-10:30 a.m. (806) 488-2227.

May 30, 2009 • 24 Hours in the Canyon Bike Race This event is a fundraiser to benefit cancer research; continues through May 31. For more information and registration, visit http://www.24hoursinthecanyon.org or e-mail info@24hoursinthecanyon.org.

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Quitaque

The Caprock Canyon Enduro

(Sponsored by The Post Enduro Association)

The Post Enduro Association (PEA) is a family-oriented non profit off-road motorcycle and 4-wheeler club. PEA leases property around the Quitaque community for the purpose of riding and camping. It promotes and encourages the sport of off-road motorcycling riding through the growth of membership. In addition, PEA conducts an annual enduro event sanctioned by both the TSCEC and RMEC. You may have heard of it: The Caprock Canyon Enduro.

 

Memberships and the Enduro provide the funds necessary to lease the land members can access throughout the year. PEA also provides a camping area where RVs can remain on site year round, if necessary. Electricity and water are available within this designated camping area.

 

The PEA is governed by a set of Bylaws, Board of Directors and Club Officers. It conducts monthly meetings for the purpose of conducting club business and general club fellowship. The club’s sole purpose is to participate in and provide a safe and fun place for members to enjoy the great outdoors while on top of a dirt bike or 4-wheeler.

 

The nearby city of Quitaque, has a couple of great restaurants, a grocery store, a hardware store, churches, gasoline, propane, etc. They’re located within 5 miles of the PEA camp.

2009 Schedule TBA

 

Texas Outdoor Family

Texas Parks and Wildlife program to introduce urban families to the outdoors through overnight camping trips to state parks.

Cost: $55 for as many as six family members.

Equipment furnished: Tent, lantern, camp stove, cooking utensils, information packet that suggests clothing and other accessories.

Family furnishes: Bedrolls and food.

Activities: Vary from one park to the next but may include nature studies, hiking, campfire construction, camp cooking, fishing, kayaking, GPS navigation and campfire program.

Caprock Canyons SP, Quitaque, May 9-10

Details: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/bof

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Turkey

Bob Wills Day

On the last Saturday of April every year, thousands of people flock to the tiny West Texas town of Turkey Texas. Normally, the population is near 500, but this celebration draws thousands of fans from all over the world. A weekend-long event, many of the remaining Texas Playboys attend to play authentic western swing music and to share their stories of making musical history with Bob Wills.

 

The day includes a parade, BBQ lunch, old fiddlers contest, afternoon program and Saturday night dance. Many artisans are present to show and sell their wares.

 

While in Turkey, visit the Bob Wills Museum and the Bob Wills Monument. Visit www.turkeytexas.net for more information.

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Vega

Comancheros de Vega

July 10 & 11

City-wide garage sale Lots of special treasures to be found.

Bluegrass Festival

July 11 & 12

While hunting for treasures, enjoy some of the best Bluegrass bands in the Panhandle of Texas. Food vendors, crafts, & raffles for all to enjoy. Vega City Park, Vega

Oldham County Roundup

July 7 & 8

Parade, free BBQ picnic, ranch rodeo, games, dances, team roping, softball tournament, booths on the square. Good ole hometown fun!

Boys' Ranch Rodeo & Rendezvous

September 4 & 5

Children compete in rodeo events from mutton bustin' & stick horses, to bronc & bull riding! Reenactment of 1800s trading camp. BBQ meal. Boys' Ranch, north of Vega.

 

For more information contact the Oldham County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, 904 Main, PO Box 538, Vega, TX 79092. 806-267-2828
www.oldhamcofc.org

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Wellington
City-Wide Garage Sale

The city-wide garage sale takes place in Wellington, Texas in June. Maps are available for sale locations at most businesses. Call the chamber office at 806-447-5848.

Fourth of July Rodeo

Fourth of July Rodeo takes place at the Wellington Fairgrounds on South Hwy 83 in Wellington. For more information call the city office at 806-447-2544.

 

 

 

Ex-Students Weekend

The first weekend in August is the annual Wellington High School Ex-Students Reunion. Friday night is the block party at the Ritz Theater located just south of downtown. Saturday is the reunion at the Bura Handley Community Building west of downtown. Call for more information at 806-447-2544.

Peanut Festival and Parade

The second weekend in September is the annual Collingsworth County Peanut Festival and Parade. Call 806-447-5848 for more information.

Lighting of the Square

December is the lighting of the square. Santa can also be seen at the museum following the lighting of the square. Call the chamber office at 806-447-5848.

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