This Saturday and Sunday only, the downtown arena is hosting an event highlighting the extraordinary art of horse dancing. Come see local legends not only stand up on a moving horse, but complete unique and complex choreographed dance routines. Watch in amazement as they triple flip into the air, land on different horses, and proceed to jitterbug like maniacs.
Globally known as “Horsancing,” we caught up with three-time champion Gemma Coghlan and asked what made her decide to take up such a daring sport.
“Well, when I was a youngin’,” she began, “I climbed onto Pa’s prized horse, stood up on its saddle, and thought to myself that I should just start daaancin’,” she proceeded to close her eyes and sway hypnotically. “I heard my mama shriek, and scream that the devil done got into me, so I reckon I danced that horse right out of the stable, straight up the main road, and I danced so hard that I didn’t stop until I was here at the Horsancin’ show – and I’ve been here ever since!”
And what a long three days that has been. Horsancing is quickly becoming the world’s most popular sport, which means that even with all of her incredible talents, Gemma has some serious competition. But don’t worry about The Angel of Horsancing just yet. Gemma left us with some insight regarding the finale of her show, and although we won’t spoil it, let’s just say it involves a full radium body suit, seventy pounds of textured soap, and a near apocalyptic level of jazz hands.
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Grace (G. M. Byrne) is an artist from the Inland Northwest, the creator of Della and Max, and the owner of Max and Grace Studios.
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