Our Vintage training plane
AIRPLANE FLY-INS: for more info check out www.montanapilots.org JULY 4 Townsend, JULY 7 Big Sky Air Race, JULY 7 Hamilton Airport Heri- tage Days, AUG. 2-5 Three Forks, Montana Antique Aircraft Assn.
JULY 15 BIG TIMBER: FIRST ANNUAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME "GIT ALONG LI'L DOG- GIES WHOOP UP." Contact Gwen Petersen at sagebrush@itstriangle.com.
JULY 26 - JULY 29 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS: RED ANTS PANTS MUSIC FESTIVAL. Brought back for the second time by Sarah Calhoun, this year's headliners include Emmylou Har- ris and Mary Chapin Carpenter. For the line-up, schedule, craft vendors, tickets, go to www.redantspantsmusicfestival.com.
AUGUST 4 & 5 BIGFORK: FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: arts, crafts, restaurants, and shops enter- tain residents and visitors. See www.bigforkfestivalofthearts.com.
AUGUST 17-19 WHITEFISH: STUMPTOWN BBQ SMOKEOFF. Amateur and professional pitmasters compete for $8,000 in prize money. The event is put on by Piggyback BBQ, the local bbq restaurant in Whitefish. www.stumptown- bbqsmokeoff.com.
AUGUST 31 & SEPTEMBER 1 ENNIS: 10TH ANNUAL ENNIS ON THE MADISON FLY FISHING FESTIVAL. This major event includes fly casting clinics, celebrity speakers, fly tying in- struction, fly tackle dealers and exhibitors, casting competitions with prizes, a special kids program, food and live music. See www.madisonriverfounda- tion.org/festivalnews for more info.
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BEST EVENTS FOR SUMMER 2012
MAY 4-AUGUST 26 MISSOULA: MISSOULA ART MUSEUM: MONTANA TRIENNIAL: 2012. Surveying contemporary work, 39 of Montana's best, established and emerging, artists will be featured. Tours, discussions, receptions.
MORNINGS, AFTERNOONS, EVENINGS: ride 14 miles downhill only on the Beartooth Mountains, operating out of Red Lodge. Good for families and all recreationists. See www.beartoothbiketours.com for info.
JUNE 29 & 30 BOZEMAN: THE ARTISTIC HORIZONS EXHIBITION AND SALE will take place for the benefit of Arts Without Boundaries. The event will feature 15 artists. For infor- mation contact Brooke Weaver at 406-577-6313 or ArtsWithoutBoundaries.org.
Bowing Out Gracefully by Larry Blackwood
PATRICK CHAPMAN
