JoJo's July Jamboree

Here is the schedule as of July 20, 2007.
The schedule is available here: as a Word doc and as a pdf.
The center of all activities, unless otherwise noted, is the Cheyenne Mountain Resort located at 3225 Broadmoor Valley Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, 1-800-428-8886 (virtual tour here)

• Thursday, July 26, 2007: Arrival for many.
• 5:30 – 7:30 pm – Look for Chug or Jo in the lobby area for name tags, schedule with coordinator cell phone numbers, and family directory
• Drinks / Dinner – Mountain View Dining Room?
• Friday, July 27, 2007
• 8:00 – 10:00 am, Look for Chug or Jo in the lobby area for name tags, schedule with coordinator cell phone numbers, and family directory
• 11:00 am or so: Chug will moderate a workshop on using the Internet, email, geni.com, and how to optimize digital photos for the Internet. At CMR. All are welcome, no questions too basic!
• 12:00 noon, Best Ball Scramble at Patty Jewett Golf Course, 900 East Espanola Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Here is a map showing the route between CMR and the golf course.
• 5:30 pm, Barbeque Dinner at Triple B Ranch, Woodland Park –27640 State Highway 67, Woodland Park, CO map – we will try and take a group photo at the BBQ
• Saturday, July 28, 2007
• 9:30 am, 3k Walk/Run at CMR- Coordinator: Darren Smith
• 9:30 – 11:30 am, 8-Game Pro-Set Round Robin Tennis at CMR – Coordinators: Carrie and Sophie W.
• 1:00 pm, Cripple Creek Melodrama – pick up tickets between 12:30 and 12:50 pm at the Opera House – NB – Cripple Creek is a 1.5 hour drive from Colorado Springs. Coordinator: Chug
  (Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad)
• Additional Saturday breakaway activities (time to be determined by Activity Contact Person)
• Horseback Riding for Adults and Children with Adults – Coordinator: Rob T.
• Pikes Peak Cog Railway – Coordinator: Sophia S.
• Cave of the Winds Tours – Coordinator: Robyn F.
• North Pole – Santa’s Workshop – Coordinator: Carrie F.
• Golf at CMR: if anyone is interested in golfing CMR’s course Saturday morning, contact Mike F. he will set a tee time(s). This may be of interest to those who love golf (like Mike) and are willing to succumb to the $95 greens fee. Contact Mike F. at cell, text or voice.
• Cheyenne Mountain Resort – CMR has a myriad of activities to offer right on location. If the list of activities noted here doesn’t tickle your fancy – share your ideas with the group – with 130 family members attending you are sure to attract someone who is interested in joining you!
• Additional Saturday activities, on your own:
• Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, 4218 County Road 3A, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado 81212, 719-275-7507 or 1-888-333-5597, Royal Gorge is about 1.5 hours from Colorado Springs
• Garden of the Gods
• Seven Falls
• Cripple Creek Gaming, Cripple Creek is about 1.5 hours from Colorado Springs
• Air Force Academy, Visitor Center is open every day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Prime Outlet Shopping — Castle Rock
• Evening, Drinks/Dinner – Mountain View Dining Room at CMR
• Evening, LCR Poker at CMR
• Sunday, July 29, 2007
• 10:30 am, Mass by our own Rev. Martin Whelean at CMR
• Brunch — Mountain View Dining Room at CMR
• 1:30 – 4:30 pm, Around Town Scavenger Hunt — All Ages!
• 6:00 pm, Drinks/Dinner at CMR
• Monday, July 30, 2007
• Departure for many – Goodbye, Farewell, Happy Trails, God Speed

Horseback Riding

• Academy Riding Stables, 4 El Paso Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO, Toll Free: 1-888-700-0410, 719-633-5667
• McNamara Ranch, 4620 County Road 100, Florissant, CO 80816, 719-748-3466. Chug’s daughter, Caitlin, is going to ride here on Monday and Tuesday, July 30 and 31.
• The Stables at The Broadmoor
• Horse Riding, a list from CSpringsOnline
• Horseback Riding – from VisitCrippleCreek.com

Resources

• Visit Cripple Creek.com
• Things to Do in Colorado Springs Colorado – from Pikes Peak Country Attractions Association
• Colorado Springs, “Pikes Peak or Bust” – from Family Travel Files Ezine
• Things to do in Colorado Springs – from Yahoo

A group is going to attend “The Colorado Colleen” at the Butte Opera House in Cripple Creek on Saturday, July 28, 2007, 1:00 pm. Melodrama in Cripple Creek has a long tradition, which many of us enjoyed during our visits to Woodland Park.
Cripple Creek is about 1.5 hours from Colorado Springs, by way of Woodland Park
UPDATE June 21, 2007: the ticket prices published before today did not include a service charge of $0.75 per ticket. Chug just found out about it when the total charge hit his cc. If you owe Chug money because of the service charge, just give it to him at the reunion.
The Butte Opera House Manager has agreed to sell us group tickets at these rates: Adults $11.75 each ($11 + $0.75 ticket charge each); Children 12 years of age and under $9.75 each ($9 + $0.75 ticket charge each). If you already sent Chug a check and you are due money back, he will send you a check in the mail. If you owe Chug money because of the service charge, just give it to him at the reunion.
Chug has purchased 65 tickets (45 adults and 20 children 12-and-under), so if you decide you want to go, contact Chug.
As of July 23, we’ve heard from these folks for the Melodrama (62 so far):

Mary O’N 2 adults, Bob and Jeanne R 2 adults, Gabe W 1 adult, Sophie W-K 2 adults and 2 kids, Pete G 2 adults 5 kids, Netts 2 adults and 1 kid, Mark R 2 adults and 4 kids, Chug R 2, Anne E 3, Robert and Harry W 2, Joe and Krista G 2 adults and 3 kids, Pat McD 2 adults (paid for 1) , Jo M 5, Kevin M 4 adults and 1 kid, Maureen M 3 adults and 1 kid, Rob G 2 adults and 2 kids, Jim G 2, Larry and JoAnne M 5 adults and 1 kid

After July 23, if you are not on this list but want to go, please contact Chug with the number of tickets you want and he’ll see if he can still get tickets with the group at the group price.
If you have not yet paid (your name above is in bold), please send send Chug a check (__ adults x $11.75 + ___ kids 12-and-under x $9.75): Chug Roberts, c/o TheCapitol.Net, PO Box 25706, Alexandria, VA 22313-5706.

More

• Butte Opera House – article from YourHub, April 9, 2007
• “Cripple Creek’s ‘Flags’ easily flies as a melodrama,” by Mark Arnest, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, June 15, 2001
• “Show must go on in Cripple Creek,” by Crystal Wiebe, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, June 18, 2004
• Visit Cripple Creek.com
• Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Cripple Creek, Colorado – from Wikipedia
• An article (pdf) on the Mackin family’s 2006 decision to discontinue their 60-year involvement with melodrama in Cripple Creek: “Last Call for Mackin Melodrama,” by Rick Langenberg, Mountain Jackpot, August 2006 (4-page pdf)
• The old web site of the Cripple Creek Players.