Convention Program

Thursday, May 23^rd

Registration Opens at 5:00 pm

·         Trade Show 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

·         Wine & Cheese Welcome Reception 7:00 pm

·         Entertainment by Bruce Rolph – Cowboy Poetry

Friday, May 24^th

·         Registration 7:00 am

·         Breakfast 7:00 am – 8:00 am

·         Trade Show 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

·         BC Cattlemen’s Annual General Meeting 8:00 am

·         TIME CHANGE - Companion Tour 8:00 am departure (see tour details below)

·         Coffee Break 9:30 am

·         Lunch 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

·         BC Cattlemen’s Annual General Meeting 1:00 pm

·         Cocktails 5:00 pm

·         BBQ Dinner 6:00 pm

·         Ranch Sustainability Award Presentation

·         Martin Riedemann Society Live & Silent Auction

·         Entertainment by Matt Robertson

         Singer Songwriter from Alberta

         (www.mattrobertsoncowboymusic.com)

Saturday, May 25^th

·         Breakfast 7:00 am – 8:00 am

·         Trade Show 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

·        Education Day 8:00 am – 11:00 am

·         Lunch 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

·         Research Forum 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

·         Cocktails 6:00 pm

·         Dinner 7:00 pm

·         Dance 9:00 pm – 1:00 am 

·         Entertainment by  Local Band "One In The Chamber" headed by Kyle   Rankin

Companion Tour:

Note: new departure time for the tour is 8:00 am

The tour departs at 8:00 am and  will start with a visit to the old 153 Mile Store at the Patenaudes, before travelling to Horsefly, where lunch will be served at the Sunshine Ranch (The Laffers), along with a tour of the family owned and operated meat cutting shop, wedding venue and ranch. The final stop of the day will be a short drive away to the Woodjam Ranch where the Seelhofs will tour participants through their cattle ranch.