Editing Calgary Stampede (section)

==Community==
The festival spirit during Stampede extends throughout the city. Parade day serves as an unofficial holiday as many companies give employees half or full days off to attend.<ref>{{harvnb|Reasons|1984|p=103}}</ref> People of all walks of life, from executives to students, discard formal attire for casual western dress, typically represented by [[Wrangler (jeans)|Wrangler jeans]] and [[cowboy hat]]s.<ref>{{citation |last=Williamson |first=Kerry |title=Hats, boots, jeans&nbsp;– now you're ready! |work=Calgary Herald |date=2002-07-04 |page=SE10}}</ref> Many Calgarians have reduced productivity during the event because they take a relaxed attitude towards their usual workplace and personal responsibilities.<ref>{{harvnb|Reasons|1984|p=104}}</ref> However, the community and corporate events held during the Stampede create [[social network]]ing opportunities and help newcomers acclimatize to the city.<ref name="GMFocus100">{{citation |last=Laird |first=Gordon |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/what-the-100-year-old-calgary-stampede-means-to-canada/article4382104/ |title=What the 100-year-old Calgary Stampede means to Canada |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2012-06-30 |access-date=2012-07-02 |page=F1 |archive-date=2012-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701181155/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/what-the-100-year-old-calgary-stampede-means-to-canada/article4382104/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Stampede is an important stop for political leaders as part of their annual summer tours of the country, sometimes called the [[barbecue circuit]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/7-things-politicians-said-between-pancakes-at-the-stampede-1.1296022 |title=7 things politicians said between pancakes at the Stampede |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=2012-07-12 |access-date=2012-07-25 |archive-date=2012-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723160742/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/07/12/pol-list-politicians-stampede-oilsands.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Pancake breakfasts===
[[File:Chinook Stampede Breakfast.png|thumb|right|250px|The Chinook Centre pancake breakfast serves more than 60,000 people each year.|alt=Several thousand people stand in lineups while volunteers serve food. A large shopping mall stands in the background.]]
The pancake breakfast is a local institution during Stampede.<ref name="SwervePancake">{{citation |last=Brooker |first=Kevin |title=Man vs. Pancake: How the breakfast was won&nbsp;... right here |work=Swerve Magazine |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=July 2011 |pages=37–41}}</ref> Dozens are held throughout the city each day, hosted by community groups, corporations, churches, politicians and the Stampede itself.<ref name="SwervePancake" /> The tradition of pancake breakfasts dates back to the 1923 Stampede when a chuckwagon driver by the name of Jack Morton invited passing citizens to join him for his morning meals.<ref name="ChinookPancake">{{citation |last=Fortney |first=Valerie |url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=3e3f954c-1270-48a7-8b2f-b0f8d4913351&p=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118160624/http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=3e3f954c-1270-48a7-8b2f-b0f8d4913351&p=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-18 |title=Chinook Centre hosts 50 years of breakfast fun |work=Calgary Herald |date=2010-07-08 |access-date=2010-07-10 }}</ref>

The largest is the breakfast hosted at the [[Chinook Centre]] shopping mall. Four hundred volunteers are required to feed over 60,000 people who attend the one-day event that had its 50th anniversary in 2010.<ref name="ChinookPancake" /> Other groups, such as the Calgary Stampede Caravan, feed as many as 120,000 people over ten days.<ref>{{citation |last=Dormer |first=Dave |url=http://test.calgarysun.com/news/Stampede/2010/07/09/14659826.html |title=120,000 expected at Stampede breakfasts |work=Calgary Sun |date=2010-07-09 |access-date=2011-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509072039/http://test.calgarysun.com/news/Stampede/2010/07/09/14659826.html |archive-date=2012-05-09 }}</ref> The rising popularity of the [[barbecue grill]] in the 1960s and the city's population boom at the time brought with it the growth of community and company barbecues throughout the city during Stampede.<ref name="Gray137" /> Community booster groups have exported the tradition across the country as a symbol of Calgary's hospitality. Among them are the Calgary [[Grey Cup]] Committee, whose volunteers have hosted pancake breakfasts on the day of the [[Canadian Football League]] championship game for over three decades, sometimes in spite of poor weather conditions for the annual November contest.<ref>{{citation |last=Bielski |first=Zosia |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=769f6b8d-2ed6-4b17-a67f-f33ef3df54c4 |title=The breakfast must go on |work=National Post |date=2007-11-23 |access-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324105046/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=769f6b8d-2ed6-4b17-a67f-f33ef3df54c4 |archive-date=2016-03-24 }}</ref>

===Stampede parties===
The size and number of parties each year during Stampede is viewed as an indicator of Calgary's economic strength.<ref name="CHParties">{{citation |last=Toneguzzi |first=Mario |title=Economy spurs higher interest in Stampede corporate parties |work=Calgary Herald |date=2011-07-08 |page=B3}}</ref> Corporations and community groups hold lavish events throughout the city for their staff and clients,<ref name="CHParties" /> while bars and pubs erect party tents, the largest of which draws up to 20,000 people per day.<ref>{{citation |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/party-tents-popping-up-1.666287 |title=Party tents popping up |publisher=CTV News |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033301/http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/party-tents-popping-up-1.666287 |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul Vickers, who owns several establishments in the city, estimates that he makes up to 20 percent of his annual revenue during the ten days of Stampede alone.<ref>{{citation |last=Pitts |first=Gordon |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/energized-by-oils-resurgence-calgary-gets-ready-to-cash-in/article2087977/ |title=Energized by oil's resurgence, Calgary gets ready to cash in |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2011-07-06 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711002106/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/energized-by-oils-resurgence-calgary-gets-ready-to-cash-in/article2087977/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some parties have become known for heavy drinking and relaxed morals,<ref name="CBCBuckles">{{citation|last=Rutherford |first=Kristina |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/blog/2010/07/buckle-bunnies-whiskey-and-stampede-rumours.html |title=Buckle bunnies, whiskey and Stampede rumours |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=2010-07-18 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109224534/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/blog/2010/07/buckle-bunnies-whiskey-and-stampede-rumours.html |archive-date=November 9, 2012 }}</ref> so much so that one hotel's satirical ad promising to safely store a patron's wedding ring during Stampede was widely viewed as a legitimate offer.<ref name="WFPDebauchery">{{citation |last1=Graveland |first1=Bill |last2=Montgomery |first2=Shannon |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/calgary-stampede-debauchery-divorce-disease-50532497.html?path=/canada&id=50532497 |title=Calgary Stampede: Debauchery&nbsp;... divorce, disease |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=2008-07-11 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324020914/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/calgary-stampede-debauchery-divorce-disease-50532497.html?path=%2Fcanada&id=50532497 |url-status=live }}</ref> The parties are not without consequences, as lawyers have noted a significant increase in divorce filings in the weeks following the Stampede, primarily on claims of infidelity.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/03/Divorce-rate-rises-after-Calgary-Stampede/UPI-26711246645077/ |title=Divorce rate rises after Calgary Stampede |publisher=United Press International |date=2009-07-03 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2011-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221100733/http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/03/Divorce-rate-rises-after-Calgary-Stampede/UPI-26711246645077/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Clinics see an increase in people seeking testing and treatment for [[sexually transmitted disease]]s,<ref name="WFPDebauchery" /> and Calgary is said to experience an annual baby boom each April&nbsp;– nine months after the event.<ref name="CBCBuckles" />