Call for Volunteers for 2017 Festival...
August 01, 2017
“To gather, present, and preserve the history and cultures of sheepherding in Idaho and the West”
August 1, 2017
COME ONE – COME ALL - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE FESTIVAL
Sign up today! The 21st Annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival, running October 4-8, 2017, is in need of volunteers for all five days of the Festival. Tasks include everything from assisting at Headquarters, at the Sheepdog Trials, at the Fair, for the Sheep Tales Gathering, the Sheepherders’ Ball and more. It takes over 200 volunteers to execute this annual non-profit Festival. If you are interested in having fun while helping out, please contact Volunteer Coordinator, Geegee Lowe, at volunteers@trailingofthesheep.org or by calling us at 208.720.0585.
More About The Festival
The annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival is celebrating its 21st year, October 4–8 in the Wood River Valley. Each Fall, the Festival celebrates the 150+ year tradition of moving sheep (‘trailing’) from high mountain summer pastures down through the Valley to traditional winter grazing areas in the south. This annual migration is Idaho living history and a family-friendly festival that highlights the people, arts, cultures and traditions of sheep ranching in Idaho and the West.
The five-day Festival includes nonstop activities in multiple venues - history, folk and traditional arts, a Sheep Folklife Fair with music and dance, a Wool Festival, storytelling, Championship Sheepdog Trials, multiple culinary events and, the always entertaining, Big Sheep Parade with 1,500 sheep hoofing it down Main Street in Ketchum.
The Trailing of the Sheep Festival has garnered its share of top accolades including being recognized as one of the Top Ten Fall Festivals in the World by msn.com travel, Top Ten US Fall Festivals by smartertravel.com, Top Ten Fall Festivals by USA Today, One of the Greatest Cultural Events in the West by Northwest Travel, Best Festival by readers of Sun Valley Guide and recipient of the Idaho Governor’s Award for Cultural Heritage.
For all of the details, visit www.trailingofthesheep.org.
Media Contact: Laura Musbach Drake, laura@trailingofthesheep.org , 208.720.0585
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Contact:
Laura Drake, Executive Director
laura@trailingofthesheep.org, 720-0585
