GO Mule Mania Drill Team – Let’s have fun and ride together to form a drill team for Friday and Saturday night’s grand opening.  Practicing will be Thursday night, sign up will be at the show office, check in when you arrive.  It will be fun, we can have flags, lots of laughs and be proud of our mules.  We have a minmum number of matching red/white/blue shirts we can loan out, but we can also all wear our “NEW” red/white/blue chinks….. see next new’s item.

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Mule Mania Patriotic Red White and Blue Chinks – Breaking News for Mule Lovers! Bob Hickman of Hickman Saddlery in Post Falls, Idaho is offering a great price for custom made chinks for the Parade Riders and/or the Drill Team.  They will have blue on the top, red in the middle and white at the bottom and have fringe.  The Mule Mania craze is for anyone who wants to buy these chinks ($125) they can use them for the parade or if you are riding in the drill team.  We are trying to get as many people to have fun and get patriotic.  See the Mule Mania Patriotic Chink Order Form here and mail in your order to Hickman.

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Contestant Patterns - You will have your class patterns included in your entry packet you pick up prior to show time.

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Chuck Wagon Dinner Tickets - Be sure to purchase your chuck wagon tickets beforehand, so you make sure they don’t sell out.  The form is on the Contact page.

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T-Shirt Design is ready! Here is our 2012 design for the shirts.  We will have several other items to purchase with the MM logo, be sure to check out the store during the show.  There will be T-shirts with the cartoon chariots!  Denim Shirts!  Hooded Sweat Shirts!  Caps!
Plus: Mugs, Shot Glassess, Wine Glasses, Beer Pilsner Glasses, Aprons and Golf Towels!

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Daryl Reed, artist from Harpster, Idaho, has created another great cartoon entitled “When in Rome” for the label on our Mule Mania Vintage Wine and cover of the Program.  He was inspired from the 2011 chariot races at Mule Mania!  We have an awesome selection of wine this year.  Stop by the Beer Garden buy a couple bottles of our wine with Daryl’s signature label!

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2112 Grand Marshal for Mule Mania 2012 announced……Les Willmore of Elk, Washington. ______________________________________________________

Roger Eitel of Athol, Idaho will be the judge, we are happy to have him join Mule Mania.

Lee Daggett, a native of NE Oregon, is our announcer this year.  We are thrilled to have Lee back again.

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Sibbea Browning, Entirely Equine, of Heppner, Oregon will be our commecial photographer this year!   Stop by and see her at the show and let her know if there is something special you would like to capture on film.
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Sponsorship Ideas! We can certainly use your support.  Lots of entries are coming in, any help with sponsorships would be great.  Check out our Sponsorship Sheet for ideas on how you could contribute.