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US golf team won’t protest during anthem at Presidents Cup

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – On that rare occasion the national anthem is played in golf, U.S. captain Steve Stricker says his team will stand together at the Presidents Cup. Stricker said...

DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Xander Schauffele wins Tour Championship, Justin Thomas takes FedEx Cup

Schauffele wins Tour Championship

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Paul Casey closes in on an elusive victory at Tour Championship

ATLANTA — Paul Casey had an easy time keeping it simple even as he was presented all the scenarios, projections and possibilities of winning $10 million for the FedEx Cup. “They w...

DATE: Sep 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Kyle Stanley opens strong at Tour Championship, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas lurking

Spieth, Thomas lurking three shots back

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Smile and swing away at Adaptive Golf Program

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Reiley Waldo rediscovering golf game at Fort Lewis College

2015 DHS grad back on the course

DATE: Sep 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Pat Perez is at Tour Championship and feels like 10 million bucks

ATLANTA – All 30 players who made it to the Tour Championship have a mathematical shot at the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. That includes Pat Perez, the No. 11 seed, who ca...

DATE: Sep 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Prep Roundup: Two qualify for state golf tournament for Durango

Reaching a state championship in high school golf in Colorado comes down to one day. On that day, Durango’s Kyle Pritchard and Luke Tichi made sure they wouldn’t miss out on the last tournam...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Ferguson: Time for tour to add more sizzle to FedEx Cup finale

ATLANTA – Dustin Johnson had a chance to win $10 million while sitting in front of a television. For all the drama the final day of the FedEx Cup can provide, it must have been ju...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tiger Woods’ event out of Congressional, looking for sponsor

ATLANTA – The tournament that Tiger Woods launched 10 years ago remained on next season’s PGA Tour schedule. Still to be determined is where — and if — it is held. Quic...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Fort Lewis College women’s golf climbs; Dallas Baptist dominates regional preview

FLC cuts 17 shots from first to second round

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Nordqvist beats Altomare in playoff to win Evian major

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – Anna Nordqvist beat unheralded American Brittany Altomare in a playoff under driving rain and hail at the first extra hole to win the Evian Championship on Sunday. ...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | 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 donned 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 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 the 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 years 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 it’s 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 years fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unphased 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

US golf team won’t protest during anthem at Presidents Cup

Xander Schauffele wins Tour Championship, Justin Thomas takes FedEx Cup

Paul Casey closes in on an elusive victory at Tour Championship

Kyle Stanley opens strong at Tour Championship, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas lurking

Smile and swing away at Adaptive Golf Program

Durango’s Reiley Waldo rediscovering golf game at Fort Lewis College

Pat Perez is at Tour Championship and feels like 10 million bucks

Prep Roundup: Two qualify for state golf tournament for Durango

Ferguson: Time for tour to add more sizzle to FedEx Cup finale

Tiger Woods’ event out of Congressional, looking for sponsor

Fort Lewis College women’s golf climbs; Dallas Baptist dominates regional preview

Nordqvist beats Altomare in playoff to win Evian major

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