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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
QUEEN: Strong field
sought to represent
Sisters Rodeo
DRUMMER: Sisters
Folk Festival
assisted in program
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than big hair and sparkly out-
fits,” Breckel said in a speech
to a large crowd. “They strive
to inspire the next generation
of cowgirls and cowboys.”
Breckel served as the
Deschutes County Rodeo
Queen for 2016. She is a
Mountain View High School
and Baker Charter School
graduate who hopes to pur-
sue an education in the medi-
cal field. Currently, she is
employed at GPI Pro, a camera
stabilization company in Bend.
“We’re friends and neigh-
bors, strangers, coming
together united as one,” is
how Breckel described rodeo.
“I am proud to be represent-
ing not only the sport of
rodeo and the Western way of
life, but also this remarkable
association.”
As a way to encourage
others to pursue their goals,
Breckel expressed, “Work at
it until it is accomplished. It
took me three tryouts and two
years of dedication before I
won my first title.”
“She’s a social butterfly,”
said her mom, Michelle. “She
has done skits for the family at
major holidays since she was a
small girl, because she wanted
to entertain us.”
Throughout school years,
Breckel’s only competitive
sports interest was related to
horses. She was a member of
the Mountain View Oregon
High School Equestrian Team.
“Horses have always been
her passion,” said Michelle.
Her older sister, Montana,
said Breckel was always the
first to try anything, like get-
ting on a scary horse or taking
the toughest challenge, and
has always been the life of the
party.
The rodeo queen contest
is rated on speaking ability,
responses to questions posed
by judges, and mostly on
horsemanship. Breckel will
represent Sisters Rodeo at all
the rodeos in the Columbia
River Circuit and at special
community events through-
out Oregon and southern
Washington.
their goals they are awarded
an additional $35,000 a
year for the following two
years; representing a total of
$280,000 for arts program-
ming in Sisters schools.
“All of the sites are doing
K-8 music and arts education,
but each has a slightly dif-
ferent focus and goals,” said
Studio to Schools project lead
Brad Tisdel. “All of these
efforts are to identify the best
practices in arts education
from the state.”
Tisdel is also the cre-
ative director of Sisters
Folk Festival, and manages
their educational outreach
programs.
“There is great program-
ming at the high school and
middle school. We see this
grant as an opportunity to
support existing programs
and fill community needs,”
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emylia Breckel is the 2017 Sisters rodeo Queen.
he said. “We receive a ton
of support through My Own
Two Hands for both music
and the visual arts. Grants
like Studio to School can
complement the work that is
already being done within the
school district with partners
like SFF.”
“The biggest thing that
stuck out with me while
working with Dale is recog-
nizing the kids that have a
hard time engaging in every-
day music are very excited,”
says Shelly Hicks. “These
kids are contributing to class,
asking questions, in a way
that they may not normally
contribute.”
The residency culmi-
nated last Friday with an
all-school assembly where
all students in class or grade
groups played two minutes
of rhythm.
“All the students have
been very caring and sup-
portive of one another,” says
Largent. “It’s really beautiful
to watch the kids relate to one
another. This school and com-
munity is really special.”
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