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Patsy Rodgers
Patsy Rodgers was the first Stampede Queen of the Calgary Stampede. She became Stampede Queen in 1946 and returned as parade marshal, at age 82, in the 2008 Calgary Stampede parade. Rodgers died in November 2020 at the age of 95. References External links Stampede Queens Alumni {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Patsy 1926 births 2020 deaths People from Calgary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Patsy is a given name often used as a diminutive of the feminine given name Patricia (given name), Patricia or sometimes the masculine name Patrick (given name), Patrick, or occasionally other names containing the syllable "Pat" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, or Patrice). Among Italian Americans, it is often used as a pet name for Pasquale (other), Pasquale. In older usage, Patsy was also a nickname for Martha (name), Martha or Matilda (name), Matilda, following a common nicknaming pattern of changing an M to a P (such as in Margaret → Meg/Meggy → Peg/Peggy; and Molly → Polly) and adding a feminine suffix. President George Washington called his wife, Martha Washington, Martha, "Patsy" in private correspondence. President Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, Martha was known by the nickname "Patsy", while his daughter Mary Jefferson Eppes, Mary was called "Polly". Women with the name * Patricia Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001), Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, fair, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, Midway (fair), midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations in Canada, First Nations exhibitions. In 2008, the Calgary Stampede was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. The event's roots are traced to 1886 when the Calgary and District Agricultural Society held its first fair. In 1912, American promoter Guy Weadick organized his first rodeo and festival, known as the Stampede. He returned to Calgary in 1919 to organize the Victory Stampede in honour of soldiers returning from World War I. Weadick's festival became an annual event in 1923 when it merged with the Calgary Industrial Exhibition to create the Calgary Exhibition and Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
