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Payson McElveen sprints to Land Run 100 win before White Rim attempt

Record-setting ride targeted for next week in Moab

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango’s Christopher Blevins a winner at Bonelli

A loaded field of international talent stormed San Dimas, California, for the opening weekend of the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Pro Cross-Country Tour at Bonelli Park. Durango talent proved t...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Quinn Simmons swipes stage win, two jerseys at Redlands Bicycle Classic

Young Durango star performs beyond junior categorization

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tour de France organizers unveil opening stages of 2020 race

Race will begin in city of Nice

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Britain’s richest man becomes new sponsor of Team Sky

Cycling team to be renamed Team Ineos

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Primoz Roglic wins Tirreno-Adriatico by 1 second from Yates

Adam Yates led for five stages before losing

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango mountain bikers sharp at The Cactus Cup

Blevins can’t repeat despite two wins; Wells second overall

DATE: Mar 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Quinn Simmons sprints to green jersey at Redlands Bicycle Classic

18-year-old road cyclist from Durango makes most of opportunity

DATE: Mar 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

USA Cycling creates fund honoring the late Kelly Catlin

Recipients to be determine with help from family

DATE: Mar 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cyclist Kelly Catlin’s family donates her brain for concussion research

Olympian died by suicide last week

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

US Olympic cyclist Catlin found dead in her home at age 23

Helped U.S. women’s pursuit team to a silver medal in 2016 Olympics

DATE: Mar 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Mixed blessing for cycling from Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has praised cycling for the value it places on discipline, selflessness and courage but warned that the sport can become tainted by doping, dishonesty and corrupt...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Payson McElveen sprints to Land Run 100 win before White Rim attempt

Durango’s Christopher Blevins a winner at Bonelli

Quinn Simmons swipes stage win, two jerseys at Redlands Bicycle Classic

Tour de France organizers unveil opening stages of 2020 race

Britain’s richest man becomes new sponsor of Team Sky

Primoz Roglic wins Tirreno-Adriatico by 1 second from Yates

Durango mountain bikers sharp at The Cactus Cup

Quinn Simmons sprints to green jersey at Redlands Bicycle Classic

USA Cycling creates fund honoring the late Kelly Catlin

Cyclist Kelly Catlin’s family donates her brain for concussion research

US Olympic cyclist Catlin found dead in her home at age 23

Mixed blessing for cycling from Pope Francis

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