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W  2012 - 32nd Annual Rendezvous W
June 27th-July 1st, 2012

We had two very good Rendezvous last year.  Thank you to everyone who attended and helped this past year.  I do apologize for taking so long to update the site, but it is now complete.  At the end of the June rendezvous when we have our annual meeting we can be discuss possibly having another in September.  Again thank you for a very active rendezvous and muzzle loading season this past year.

Our annual summer rendezvous outside Kit Carson, CO, is the last weekend in June.  This year we are currently only having the summer June rendezvous outside Kit Carson.  The new dates are June 27th-July 1st, 2012.  We are going to have a 5 day event this year to allow time for all the activities we have planned.  There will be more shooting events and activities for both kids and adults.  Some of the new activities planned are as follows:

v - Novelty shoot - This is something we have done in the past and last year at the Horseshoe Bend Rendezvous near Chivington, CO.  It was a huge hit with the spectators & shooters attempting to hit various targets and seeing very reactive hits.  This shoot will have an extra $5.00 fee to help with the expenses of targets and prizes.

v - Club members mentioned this past year after the June Rendezvous that we bring back our Seminar Classes allowing our fellow members to pass along information to others with demonstrations and talks about skills and information related to our hobbies.  Any members with ideas of classes they want to put together should email me so I can put together a list.  The list will be posted at registration with the presenters' names.  Some of the suggested classes are:  Muzzle loading:  Loading, Cleaning, Sighting in; Fire Starting, Primitive Archery, Primitive Dress, Camping, & Equipment; History of the Fur Trade.  We are also working on having a special guest speaker for our Saturday BBQ camp potluck.

v - Shoots this year will include as always our Primitive Steel Shoot, Trail Walk Steel Shoot--both with new targets.  Make sure you get some practice shooting in this year before the Rendezvous as I've been shooting a bit more this past year ;-) than previous years.  We will have our Shotgun Shoot which consists of shooting 20 birds.  This shoot will have an extra $5 fee to help cover the expenses of birds, loaner equipment, supplies and prizes.  Additional events as time & interest allow will be Pistol Steel, Pistol Duel, Primitive Skill Walk, Primitive Archery, Trade Gun Grudge Match & Squirrel Gun Shoot.  All the shoots will follow NMLRA range rules and the KCMM posted range rules.  Primitive patched round ball ONLY, primitive dress and fixed iron sights strongly encouraged.  Please ask if you are interested in Traditional Black Powder Muzzle Loaders and do not have equipment.  We will be more than happy to help newcomers to the sport.  If you need powder let me know as early as possible.  I will have some extra powder available to purchase from the club.

v - In addition to our Saturday Night BBQ & Potluck Dinner, we are looking into running a club hot lunch cantina this year with a small menu of food items that can be purchased during the day.  One of our major projects this year will be an Ice Wagon and Ice Box for daily ice runs.  With the longer event, I'm sure that we will be going through a lot of ice.  One can also put in an order for the store and have it delivered.  After putting in the two new hooters last year we are going to wait another year before replacing any more.  We are replacing the shower stall door, fixing the ranges and hawk and knife butts this year.  We will be having a Club Work Weekend in May again this year since it is good time to get some work done.  After scanning through my calendar this year Saturday, May 19th is the date set for the work weekend.  The work weekend will conclude with an informal club shoot so I won't get rusty ;-{) taking a weekend off from shooting.

As always please RSVP for the BBQ "Potluck" dinner for Saturday Evening and also bring an sizeable side dish and/or dessert.  See everyone down the trail!