The A.L. Fortune Drumline welcome the crowd with their opening performance for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
The A.L. Fortune Drumline welcome the crowd with their opening performance for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
A member of the All My Relations First Nations Dance group demonstrates a traditional dance for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
A member of the All My Relations First Nations Dance group demonstrates a grass dance for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
The stands at the Salmon Arm Fairgrounds were packed for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
The Kalmalka Highlanders Pipe Band performs for the Canada Day RCMP Musical Ride show at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP riders make their way to the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena for their sold-out Canada Day Musical Ride performance on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP riders make their way into the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena for their sold-out Canada Day Musical Ride performance on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP riders make their way into the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena for their sold-out Canada Day Musical Ride performance on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP riders make their way into the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena for their sold-out Canada Day Musical Ride performance on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP Musical Ride members and their mounts perform to a sold-out crowd at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP Musical Ride members and their mounts perform to a sold-out crowd at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
RCMP Musical Ride members and their mounts perform to a sold-out crowd at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds grandstand arena on July 1, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)A pair of anniversaries were celebrated at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds over the weekend.
To mark this year’s 150th anniversary of the RCMP, the RCMP Musical Ride is performing in 50 communities across the country.
On Saturday, July 1, the Musical Ride was in Salmon Arm for the first of three weekend performances at the city’s fairgrounds. The show was a celebration of both the RCMP and the nation.
The sold-out Saturday Canada Day show began with performances by the A.L. Fortune Drumline, the All My Relations First Nations Dance Group and the Kalmalka Highlanders Pipe Band, followed by the main event, where the Musical Ride’s 32 riders and horses performed intricate formations and drills set to music.
Two more shows were performed Sunday, July 2, at the fairgrounds, all of which were organized and hosted by Salmon Arm & Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association, the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm and the City of Salmon Arm.
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