Trick Roping at Calico Days

Calico Days, an amazing annual event, held at Calico Ghost Town is a great place to spin the ropes and entertain the crowds!   The Lewis family has been part of this exciting event on and off for about the last 15 years, performing trick roping, gun spinning, whip cracking, and taking photos with the guests.  Whether you are cheering on the burro run, learning new skills from the blacksmith, tapping your foot to some bluegrass, or exploring one of the many unique shops, it’s a memorable adventure for the entire family.  We’ll keep on roping and hope to see you next year.Cowgirl christy and cowgirl Emily trick roping at Calico Ghost townCowboy Jay roping at CalicoCowgirl Christy Trick roping at Calico

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Trick Roping Coaching and Choreography for Film and Stage


Trick roping movie coaching, teaching, choreography

Christy is currently teaching and choreographing a trick roping routine via zoom, for the lead actors in an upcoming production . . . more to come (multiple lessons over a period of 4 weeks).

Lewis Events can teach, coach, and choreograph for stage and film, in person, or utilizing electronic media.  Contact us at 626-536-8091 or info@LewisEvents.com

 

Trick Roping in Park City

“Had an amazing time Trick Roping at a popular Park City resort.  It’s gorgeous up here in the mountains”!  Cowboy Brett

Cowboy Brett Trick Roping Park City

Trick Roping Park City

Featuring local talent and resources, Lewis Events brings the wild west alive in Salt Lake City, Utah Valley, Park City, the West Coast, and beyond.  Spectacular trick roping, professional DJs, MC’s, line dancing, and western entertainment are available for parties, corporate events, marketing, film and stage, school functions, fairs, festivals, professional coaching, and the list goes on.  Contact us to see how together we can make your next event a huge success!

                               626-536-8091         info@lewisevents.com

 

 

Trick Roping at Veteran’s Home of California

Lewis Events recently had the honor of providing entertainment for the residents and guests at the Veterans Home of California. Cowgirl Christy, Trick Roping

Guests had the chance to strike it rich in the gold panning activity, cheer for the trick roping stunt show and learn how to spin a genuine western trick rope.

Gold Panning Activity

Some of the cowboys and cowgirls even got a chance to make friends with the four-legged, furry, special guest.

 

Happy Birthday Pasadena . . . Western Style

Happy Birthday Pasadena California!  For their official 145th birthday celebration, a western theme was chosen for the big event.  Lewis Events was honored to be chosen to assist in making their birthday extravaganza a huge success. 

Happy Birthday Pasadena Sign

Crowds gathered throughout the day for the trick roping show with the beautiful Fenyes Mansion serving as the perfect backdrop.  Featured performers in the show were Cowgirl Christy, Cowboy Brett, and Cowgirl Emily spinning their trick ropes and cracking the bullwhip.  Guests kicked up their heels with some western line dancing as part of the entertainment.

Trick Roping in Pasadena

DJ Brett played the best in contemporary and classical country-western foot-stomping tunes .

DJ Brett provided music

Cowgirl Emily taught the fine art of steer roping on the lawn.

Cowgirl Emily roping the virtual cow

One of the more popular activities was gold panning with crowds gathered all day long.  A few miners struck it rich as yells of eureka could be heard all the way up in the north forty.

Gold Panning Activity

Dignitaries gave speeches and presentations just before the massive birthday cake was served to all the guests.  

Pasadena City Birthday Celebration

The wild west did come alive once again in Pasadena even if it was just for a day.  See you next year.Trick Roping in Pasadena

Trick Roping Under the Monorail

 

During a beautiful warm summer evening, the wild west came alive under the Monorail at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, as Cowgirl Christy twirled her ropes and cracked her whip for an energetic corporate crowd.  Throughout the evening Christy showcased her roping skills and taught guests how to spin a lariat and rope an ornery virtual cow.  

Guests also enjoyed amazing food, lively, foot-stomping music, and regular trips overhead by the  Monorail. By evening’s end, numerous city slickers learned some of the ways of the west.  As the dust settled, it was time for Cowgirl Christy to gallop off into the sunset for yet another adventure.

Lewis Events brings the Wild West to life with world-class entertainment including, trick roping, whip cracking, professional DJ’s and sound systems, stunt shows, line dancing, and swing dancing.  Colorful props and sets along with crowd-favorite activities can put the finishing touch on your unforgettable special occasion.  Lewis Events provides exciting talent for events throughout the western United States and beyond from locations in Southern California and Salt Lake City/ Utah County. 

Trick Roping at Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade

Santa Claus travels by whatever means necessary to get the job done.  It’s been said that in some parts of Southern California he delivers his toys from a boat or even a surfboard (a longboard of course).  

This year the Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade adapted a western theme.  Christy and Brett were invited to bring their ropes on down and perform trick roping as part of the entertainment.  

Trick roper Brett performing for one of his many fan clubs.

Santa was spotted with his longboard and fashionable green palm tree shorts.

Ropers in their western holiday colors.

After the roping, the parade began.

Lewis Events features a variety of creative services including Theme Parties, Entertainment, Event Design, and Corporate Events.  Entertainment includes western talent, trick roping, western DJ’s, and line dance instruction in Southern California, Salt Lake City, Utah Valley and beyond.  

4th Grade Gold Rush Field Trip . . . Ideas

The school year is flying past.  And if it hasn’t already been done, it’s time to decide what to do this year for the 4th grade’s grand finale.  A year of California history and the gold rush deserve  a big finish.

 

Questions . . .

So, do we load the students on buses and take them off campus for a few hours of activities?  Is it worth the cost for the location and the transportation?    Is the travel time worth the hours spent on the bus?  Are we locked into a location’s program? Will be be sharing the space with other schools?

or . . . .

Do we host an on-campus event?  Is it economical, safer and more productive from a time saving standpoint?  Does it gives the students more time for activities and learning? 

Bringing the experience to the campus as an on-campus field trip is becoming the popular choice for many districts and schools.  The activity can be planned, organized and carried out by the staff and parents, but it takes a fair amount of effort.  Or it can be brought to the school by an outside source.  This option is more economical than taking the students off-campus, and easier than doing it yourself.  On-campus programs are designed to be flexible to meet the specific needs of the particular school and offer a host of other advantages.

Lewis Events, offers a 4th grade California History program that focuses on the Gold Rush era.  The program generally begins with an assembly that covers topics such as: Merchants versus prospector’s success, types of mining and tools, western trick roping performance, brief historical overview, student participation, props and all presenters in historical wardrobe.  Assemblies can be held indoors or outdoors.

In addition to the assembly, students also have the opportunity to rotate among a variety of exciting hands-on activities. These experiences may include:  Gold panning, virtual calf roping, ink quill writing, rope making, frontier photo scene,  trick roping, old time games, square and social dancing and leather crafting, all in a setting accented with unique western decor (there are many more rotation choices available not listed here).  Lewis Events works with educators to determine the  rotation choices, schedule and appropriate number of activities for the amount of students.

Occasionally, schools choose to add to the program utilizing their own resources. Schools have put on frontier style lunches serving fried chicken, biscuits, baked beans, corn on the cob and cobbler all served on a tin plate.  One school awarded points based on how many rotations each student visited.  The points were cashed in for prizes of varying value at a general store.  

Give us a call or email us at Lewis Events and we’d be happy to talk to you about your assembly and activity ideas.  Whether you bring us to campus for a program or just need some ideas to do it yourself we’d love to hear from you.  Call us at 626-536-8091 or email us at “info@LewisEvents.com“.  You can also contact us through this website.

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Trick Roping at the LA Zoo

“Roaring Nights goes Country” was one of the after hours themed events held last summer at the LA Zoo.  Lewis Events was invited to assist the zoo in making the tranformation to the wild west.  We brought in a variety of theme decorations, a western show and a unique collection of guest activities.

 A quick set up had to take place while the daytime crowd transitioned to the Roaring Nights crowd.

Colorful vignettes were set up at key locations within the zoo.

The western roping and variety show was staged directly in front of the elephant exhibit.  Before the show, we did a run through to make sure that the elephants were ok with the cracking of the bullwhip and the acts in general.  Then some pre-show filming. . . . Finally the crowds gathered and the show began. Definitely a first for Lewis Events.  Between shows we were able to have a behind the scenes tour of the zoo.

The elephants went on grass munching and wandering during the show and stunts . . . didn’t seem to mind all the lively western action and sounds one bit.

The crowd gathered as the show began and progressed. 

One of the event’s focal points was an activity area we created where Roaring Nights guests had the opportunity to try a selection of hands-on old west activities. Prospectors tried their hand at the gold panning station.  Fancy roping was taught in the trick roping area.  Cowhands had the chance to throw a lariat around one of the virtual longhorn steers.  A fun night in a truly unique venue.

Oklahoma

When 3D Theatricals brought the timeless stage production “Oklahoma” to Southern California, they needed some help with the trick roping section of the show.  So who did they call?  Trick Roper Christy Lewis of course!  Christy was brought in to teach the show’s featured talent the basics of trick roping and visited the rehearsal hall on multiple occasions.  Once the talent had mastered the basics with the lariat, she choreographed the roping routines for the production. 

The opening night of the show was an exciting occasion.  The featured talent spun their ropes with enthusiasm and had a superb opening night.  Following the show Christy and Jay had the opportunity to visit with the cast at the opening night party and compliment the cast on a job well done!