Major Entertainment Events

The following are source documents which cover Major Entertainment Events. They are intended to be used for teaching New Mexico history.

Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial

• Start Plans Now for Ceremonial to be Held Next Year
  Newspaper Article - The Gallup Independent
  The articles in 1922 have been restricted from the Access Newspaper Archive database. This article talks about the second Indian ceremonial, which in effect defines the existance of the first. This was a long article and is presented in two parts.

Start of Santa Fe Opera

• First Opera Season Starts at Santa Fe
  Newspaper Article - Farmington Daily Times
  This article summarizes the start-up of the Santa Fe Opera. The Farmington article provided a shorter summary. There are other articles providing additional details on and around this

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

• Albuquerque Balloon Event Getting Boosts
  Newspaper Article - Alamogordo Daily News
  This article is a summary of the early balloon fiesta activities. This reflects what was seen in Alamogordo. There are other longer articles published around this time frame that provide additional

• Use for Hot Air: Balloon Races Pending
  Newspaper Article - Albuquerque Journal
  This article describes the plans for the first hot-air balloon race in Albuquerque.  This describes the start of the events that led to the formation of the Albuquerque International Balloon

Norman Petty Studio in Clovis

• Norman Petty Recordings Put Clovis on Map
  Newspaper Article - Clovis News Journal
  The original article about Norman Petty is long. An important part of the article is the association of Norman Petty with Buddy Holly. Due to the length of the article, only excerpts are provided. The article was written after Buddy was killed in an

Initial New Mexico State Fair

• Eight Big Days of Entertainment to be Offered at State Fair
  Newspaper Article - Albuquerque Journal
  This is the article that explains the activities associated with re-instituting the state fair at the new fairgrounds on

Pari-Mutuel Betting

• Side Lights
  Newspaper Article - Clovis New Mexico Evening News
  This short article time stamps when pari-mutual betting was authorized in New Mexico. It also has other interesting

Indian Casinos

• Potential Problem
  Newspaper Article - Roswell Daily Record
  This article describes the status of Indian gaming in New Mexico. The article also addresses the U. S. Supreme Court position on the sale of liquor on the

• State officials, tribes agree to fresh start on gambling
  Newspaper Article - Roswell Daily Record
  This article provides documentation of the rise of Indian gaming in New Mexico. Some of the tribes made the transition from bingo to gaming and this is where they were in

First Intercollegiate Championship

• NMMI Plays Top Polo in Beating Favored Tigers
  Newspaper Article - Las Cruces Sun News
  NMMI won the first intercollegiate sporting event in New Mexico and this is the article announcing this. NMMI was a four-year college at this

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