The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) has plans to mix things up this year, bringing something fresh to its fundraising scene. Instead of the classic Duelling Pianos, the EAGM will introduce a new adult event on Nov. 5, paying homage to the Kentucky Derby.聽
Hobby Horse Night will be a board game brought to life at the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadet Hall. For $100, a participant can claim a 鈥渉obby horse鈥� that they can decorate any way they want, be it with their own style or the logo of a business, and get two tickets to the event.
鈥淥ne ticket is for your jockey, who will ride the horse in the races, while the other is for the person who鈥檒l roll the dice,鈥� explained EAGM director Amber Andersen. 鈥淔or anyone who wants to come and watch tickets are $20, and they are available at the art gallery or Henders Drugs.鈥�
Andersen said the event will function like a board game. Participants will roll the dice and be in control of the hobby horses, moving them like game pieces across the floor of the hall, which will be decorated like the grid of a game board.聽
鈥淎s the dice is rolled, that鈥檚 how much a horse will advance, until they cross the finish line,鈥� said Andersen. 鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be more than one heat. There鈥檒l be (groups of), let鈥檚 say, 10 people in each race, and people are going to pick randomly out of a hat what order they get to go in.鈥�
The game itself is a tongue-in-cheek take on the Kentucky Derby, Andersen noted, since it wouldn鈥檛 be possible to actually have a horse race in Estevan鈥攑articularly in the Wylie-Mitchell Hall. 聽
鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of silly, fun and entertaining way to do the Kentucky Derby. It鈥檚 been done previously, where a mix of people can dress up and add to the entertainment,鈥� said Andersen. 鈥淲e encourage people, if they want to come out and wear their jeans and stuff. If they really want to, they can dress up and wear a cowboy hat and chaps like they do at the Kentucky Derby.
鈥淪ay, for example, the official drink of the Kentucky Derby is the mint julep. Well, ours is actually going to be a mint julep shooter.鈥�
Proceeds from the Hobby Horse Night will go toward the assorted events and programs the EAGM hosts throughout the year.聽
鈥淓vents like this help subsidize all the different events at the gallery for families, kids and even adults,鈥� said Andersen. 鈥淭his is so we can keep things free or at a very reasonable rate. It all goes back into our programming.鈥�
