Longtime Potomac resident Brad Hall gave wagon rides during the second annual Blackfoot Rendezvous June 29 in Potomac.
Right: New to the Blackfoot Rendezvous this year were Pony Rides in conjunction with the Stick Horse Rodeo. Seen here is Anna Duello on Prince Prancer with the bouncy house and Gold Rush tent in the background.
Along with Aaron "B-Rocks" Broxterman of the Last Best Band and Texas Tom and JD of Western Front, the Potomac Bluegrass Pickers performed on their home turf during the Blackfoot Rendezvous event.
Above: Washington resident Gretchen Hillier making cotton candy alongside Idaho resident Char Ewert for the second annual Blackfoot Rendezvous June 29 at the Potomac Greenough Community Center.
Potomac resident Natalie Howard enjoyed time with her entire family during the Blackfoot Rendezvous June 29 in Potomac. Howard even took time for herself and participated in the hatchet and knife throwing event.
Potomac eighth graders Alex Duello and Lauren Nordberg led some of the carnival games at this year's Rendezvous. They used the event to jump start their eighth grade trip fundraising.
Catherine Schuck was one of the many vendors during the Rendezvous. She makes natural salves and lotions including arnica salve for her Beargrass business. Schuck also said she enjoyed the food very much!
Potomac moms Tina Vezina with her daughter Harper and Kimi Mitchell with her boys Henry and Clayton amongst the flea market and silent auction items.
POTOMAC - The second annual Blackfoot Rendezvous was a screaming success according to the Explorers Parent Group that hosted the event.
"We made more than $4,000 this year, thanks to our generous cash donors and food donations we received," said Explorers parents Michelle Dunn and Jenny Clark.
The event was created to raise funds for the Potomac School Explorers Program. Explorers takes place Fridays during the school year since Potomac School has a four-day school week.
More than 450 people attended the event from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The event activities were busy including food sales of baked goods, burgers and chili, silent auction, music, vendors and games. Kids enjoyed a bouncy house, carnival games like fishing, bean bag and ring tossing as well as face painting, gold rush digging, stick horse rodeo and pony rides.
Adults enjoyed perusing the vendors and birdhouse crafts the Explorers students made, listened to music by The Potomac Bluegrass Pickers, Aaron "B-Rocks" Broxterman of the Last Best Band and Texas Tom and JD, and enjoyed beverages by Wildwood Brewery.
Silent auction top three winners included Steven VanGrinsven who won four hours of backhoe service donated by Mike Shoenheide; C. Iverson who won four hours of manual labor donated by Jason Hambright; and Alex Duello who won a vintage Monte Dolack print.
In the cake auction, Deb Bowers won a two-layer yellow cake with butter cream filling and chocolate fudge icing, Mary Clark won a Lemon Lovers Dream Cake and John Iverson won a plate of Neiman Marcus Squares.
Next year the event will include a full show by the band JD Western Front. This is their donation to the event.
Explorer parent Asha MacDonald said at the end of the event, "It was fabulous this year with twice the attendees and great weather."
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